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i don't think you understand how broad the word "tourism" is. in march, worldwide air travel was down almost 95%. even now it's still down about 60-75%. thes
by ir77 6y ago
i don't think you understand how broad the word "tourism" is. in march, worldwide air travel was down almost 95%. even now it's still down about 60-75%.
these are staggering numbers, that have and will have staggering effects. think how many people go into building, maintaining and flying a simple airbus 320. everyone from airbus, to its engineers, suppliers, everyone on delta, etc., is absolutely impacted if that plane is not flying.
this trickles down into private travel which hits even more well paying jobs that build/maintain/support/fly those aircraft.
travel is simply not some dumpy motel in some dumpy town going out of business, travel/tourism has tremendous implications.
- eli_gottlieb 6y agoYeah, every single academic conference has gone virtual for the entire year. I can't leave the state and come back without having to quarantine for two weeks. Long-distance travel is down.
- ghaff 6y agoFrom what I've seen, all going well most professional events business (and a great deal of other business travel) is completely shutdown for the next 12 months. That will have huge downstream effects.