Njengabantu abancinci abamanyeneyo kwihlabathi liphela nge-25 kaSeptemba, kwisenzo sabo sokuqala sehlabathi ngexesha lobhubhane, abahlalutyi beshishini lokuhamba balumkisa ukuba kuyacaca ukuba i-COVID-19 ayisiyiyo kuphela isithintelo senzuzo yexesha elizayo kubahambi abahambahambayo.
I-38% yeGenZ kunye ne-41% yemillennials inqwenela ukuva iindaba malunga namanyathelo okuzinzisa uphawu ngoku. Indlela uphawu olwenza ngayo ngexesha le-COVID-19 iseyeyona nto iphambili, kodwa lo bhubhane ubonakalisile kubemi behlabathi ifuthe lokuhamba nokhenketho olunokuba nalo kwindalo esingqongileyo.
Abaqhubi bayaqhubeka nokuzabalaza phakathi kokudodobala kweemfuno zohambo kunye neepaseji zohambo eziguqukayo- umzekelo, iRyanair kutsha nje ichaze ukubhukisha kwayo ngoNovemba nangoDisemba kuphela kuma-10% amanqanaba aqhelekileyo. Ukubuyisa ukuzithemba kwabathengi ukuze uluntu luqhubeke nokubhukisha iiholide yeyona nto iphambili, kodwa ayisiyiyo kuphela ingxaki abajamelene nayo abaqhubi, njengoko inkxalabo malunga nokuzinza kunye neempembelelo kwindalo esingqongileyo kusenokwenzeka ukuba zikhawulezisiwe.
Xa izithintelo zokuhamba zamazwe aphesheya zazinyanzeliswa ngokungqongqo, iindawo ezazisokola kukhenketho olugqithisileyo zazinexesha lokuphola. Ungcoliseko lomoya lwaqala ukwehla, kunye nokukhutshwa kwekhabhoni kunye neenyawo ngokubanzi zabahambi kwindawo enye egxinyiweyo.
Phambi kobhubhane, kuphela yi-15% yabahambi behlabathi abaqhubeka ngokuhamba 'ngeholide ye-eco'. I-40% yabahambi isalindele ukunciphisa izicwangciso zokuhamba kumazwe aphesheya kulo nyaka, kodwa xa ukuzithemba kwabathengi kusomelele, ifuthe lokusingqongileyo liya kuba sisigqibo esikhulu kwinkqubo yokubhukisha ebangela ukwanda komdla kwiiholide ze-eco.
Abanini-zithuthi bebesele bephantsi koqwalaselo olunzulu ngamanyathelo abo okuzinza kunye nendlela abahlangabezana ngayo notshintsho lwemozulu ngaphambi kwe-COVID-19. Ngelixa konke kuya kuqhubeka nokusokola kwiziphumo ze-COVID-19, abaqhubi abanokujolisa ngakumbi kubume bendalo banokubamba isibonelelo seqhinga kunye nokuqina kukhuphiswano kwindawo yentengiso yexa elizayo.
