Ngenxa yokwehla okubukhali kwimfuno yokuhamba ukusuka Covid-19, irhafu yaseburhulumenteni neyerhafu yendawo evela kwimisebenzi yehotele izakwehla nge-16.8 yezigidigidi zeedola ngo-2020, ngokwengxelo entsha ekhutshwe namhlanje yi Umbutho weAmerican Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA).
Iihotele kudala zisebenza njengenjini yezoqoqosho kuluntu lwabo bonke ubungakanani, ukusuka kwizixeko ezikhulu, ukuya kwiindawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide elwandle, ukuya kwiidolophu ezincinci eziphakathi kwelizwe-ukuxhasa ukudalwa kwemisebenzi, amathuba amashishini amancinci kunye nemisebenzi yezoqoqosho kumazwe nakwingingqi abasebenza kuzo. Iihotele zikwavelisa irhafu ebalulekileyo yamazwe noorhulumente basekhaya ukuxhasa ngemali uluhlu lweenkonzo zikarhulumente. Kwi-2018, imboni yehotele ivelise ngokuthe ngqo i- $ 40 yezigidigidi kurhulumente nakwingingqi yerhafu kwilizwe liphela.
Ezinye zezona ndawo zibethayo zibandakanya iCalifornia (- $ 1.9 yezigidigidi), eNew York (- $ 1.3 yezigidigidi), eFlorida (- $ 1.3 yezigidigidi), eNevada (- $ 1.1 yezigidigidi) naseTexas (- $ 940 yezigidi). Ezi mpembelelo zerhafu zibonisa ukwehla kwirhafu ngokuthe ngqo ukusuka kwithontsi elinzima lokuhlala ehotele, kubandakanya ukuhlala, ukuthengisa, kunye neerhafu zemidlalo. La manani awabandakanyi okunokwenzeka, okubalulekileyo, okunkqonkqoza kwirhafu yepropathi exhaswa ziihotele (phantse i- $ 9B).
"Ukubuyisela uqoqosho lwethu kumkhondo kuqala ngokuxhasa ishishini lehotele nokubanceda baphinde baqale," utshilo uMongameli weChip Rogers kunye ne-CEO yeAmerican Hotel & Lodging Association. “Iihotele zinempembelelo entle kubo bonke abantu kwilizwe liphela, zidala imisebenzi, zityala imali ekuhlaleni, kwaye zixhasa iibhiliyoni zeedola kwingeniso yerhafu esetyenziswa ngoorhulumente bengingqi ukuxhasa imfundo, iziseko zophuhliso nokunye okuninzi. Nangona kunjalo, ngefuthe kwicandelo lokuhamba eliphindwe kalithoba elibi kune-9/11, iihotele zifuna inkxaso yokugcina iminyango yethu ivulekile kwaye igcina abasebenzi njengoko sisebenzela ukubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo. Silindele ukuba izakuthatha iminyaka ngaphambi kokuba imfuno ibuyele kwinqanaba le-2019.
Ukukhula okunamandla kwemizi-mveliso yehotele kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo kuye kwaphakanyiswa ngulo bhubhane, obangele ukuba ngaphezulu kweepesenti ezingama-70 zabasebenzi behotele baphelelwe ngumsebenzi okanye baphelelwe ngumlilo. Lo nyaka uqikelelwa njengowona nyaka ungoyena ubalulekileyo kwimbali yehotele, kwaye iingcali ziqikelela ukuba iya kuba ubuncinci i-2022 ngaphambi kokuba iihotele zibuyele kumgangatho wazo wokuhlala kunye neengeniso. Ngelixa uhambo lokuzonwabisa luqala kancinci ukuqala kwakhona, amagumbi ehotele amathandathu kumagumbi alishumi ahlala engenanto, kwaye uhambo lweshishini alulindelanga ukuba lubuye ngokupheleleyo kude kube ngu-2019.
Phambi kobhubhani, iihotele zazinebhongo ngokuxhasa umsebenzi omnye kwimisebenzi engama-25 yaseMelika — izigidi eziyi-8.3 zizonke-kwaye zanikela nge-660 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwi-GDP yase-US. Ihotele emeleyo enamagumbi ali-100 ahlala abantu ubusuku ngabunye ixhasa phantse imisebenzi engama-250 ekuhlaleni kwaye ivelisa i-18.4 yezigidi zeerandi kwinkcitho yeendwendwe kwiivenkile zasekuhlaleni kunye neeresityu Iihotele zivelisa i-186 yezigidigidi zeerandi kwingingqi, kurhulumente, nakwirhafu yonyaka.
Umzi mveliso ubeke "iNdlela ebuyela ekuPhulukeni" ebiza iCongress ukuba inike inkxaso ukunceda iihotele zigcine kwaye ziphinde zisebenzise abasebenzi, zikhusele abasebenzi kunye neendwendwe, zigcine iingcango zehotele zivulekile kwaye zikhuthaze amaMelika ukuba ahambe kwakhona.
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