UNWTO = United Nations World Tourism Organization's summary shows that the loss of the world tourism industry due to the decrease in the number of people traveling abroad due to the influence of the new coronavirus is estimated to be more than 135 trillion yen in the last year. It was.
According to the UNWTO, the number of people who traveled abroad in the last year has decreased by about 1 billion from the previous year due to the global restriction on the movement of people due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection. The loss of the business is estimated to be 1.3 trillion dollars, or 135 trillion yen in Japanese yen.
This is more than 11 times that of 2009 after the Lehman shock.
Looking at the number of people traveling abroad in the last year by region, Asia-Pacific accounted for 84%, Africa and the Middle East 75%, Europe 70%, and the United States 69%, each of which is lower than the previous year.
As a result, 100 to 120 million people involved in the tourism industry may lose their jobs, and the impact on small and medium-sized enterprises is particularly serious.
UNWTO said last year was "the worst year in tourism history" and expects it will take two and a half to four years for the number of foreign travelers to return to pre-infection levels. ..