受疫情影響,全球遊客數或銳減八成

Global tourism faces 80% slump
全球遊客數或銳減八成

The number of international tourist arrivals will drop by 60-80% in 2020 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the World Tourism Organization said.
世界旅遊組織表示，受新冠肺炎疫情影響，今年國際遊客人數將減少六至八成。

Widespread travel restrictions and the closure of airports and national borders to curb the spread of the virus had plunged international tourism into its worst crisis since records began in 1950, the UN tourism body said in a statement.
該聯合國旅遊機構在一份聲明中稱，爲遏制病毒傳播，多國實施旅行限制、關閉機場和邊境等措施，使全球旅遊業陷入自上世紀五十年代有記錄以來的最大危機。

Tourist arrivals dropped by 22% in the first quarter of the year, and by 57% in March alone, with Asia and Europe suffering the biggest declines.
今年一季度全球旅遊人數下降22%，僅3月一個月就下降了57%，其中亞洲和歐洲的遊客規模減少幅度最大。

"The world is facing an uNPRecedented health and economic crisis. Tourism has been hit hard, with millions of jobs at risk in one of the most labor-intensive sectors of the economy," said Zurab Pololikashvili, secretary-general of the tourism body.
世界旅遊組織祕書長祖拉布·波洛利卡什維利表示，全球正面臨一場史無前例的健康和經濟危機，作爲勞動密集程度最高的產業之一的旅遊業已遭受重創，數以百萬計的工作崗位岌岌可危。