Coronavirus | Impact of COVID-19 on the tourism industry: Sonwabile Unathi Henama

The Global Business Travel Association estimates that if coronavirus-related travel restrictions continue, whether the travel cutbacks are self-imposed or ordered by governments, spending on travel around the world could drop by more than 37%, costing the industry a whopping $46.6 billion a month and nearly $560 billion in a year. Google is the latest company to cancel a big event and curb employee travel as the global spread of the coronavirus outbreak has struck fear across the business world. The tech company called off its flagship developers conference, which was scheduled for May in Mountain View, Califonia. Last year, the three-day event drew 7 000 attendees. For more on this, we are joined by Sonwabile Unathi Henama, a tourism lecturer at the Tswane University of Technology.

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