Umongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-American Bus Association (ABA), uPeter Pantuso - emele amashishini amancinci amaninzi kwi-motorcoach kunye ne-travel and tourism industry - ukhuphe le ngxelo ilandelayo malunga nokuqhubeka kokuvalwa kukarhulumente.
“Elinye ithuba liphoswe namhlanje xa iCongress isilela ukuwisa umthetho kuwo omabini amagumbi ukuba aphinde avule urhulumente wobumbano kwaye aphelise eyona nto inde kwaye ibiza kakhulu kwimbali yesizwe sethu.
“I-ABA ngoku ibambe eyona ndibano inkulu yokhenketho lweqela lasekhaya kunye neengcali zokuhamba kumboniso wayo wonyaka worhwebo eLouisville, KY. Omnye umxholo ebengalindelekanga kulo mboniso walo nyaka kukusinda kubunzima obubangelwa kukuvalwa korhulumente kuqhubeka.
“Ngokutsho kwedatha evela kwi-US Travel Association, ngo-2017 uhambo lwenze i-2.4 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kuqoqosho lwase-US kunye nokuxhasa imisebenzi eyi-15.6 yezigidi. Ukuvalwa kobuncwane baseMelika obubodwa, obunje ngeePaki zeSizwe kunye namaziko eSmithsonian, kuneziphumo ezinokuthi zithathe iminyaka ukulungiswa. Ayizizo kuphela iikhampani zemoto kunye neenkampani zokhenketho kunye nezinto ezinomtsalane eziziva iziphumo, kodwa kwanoqoqosho lwasekhaya oluxhomekeke kukhenketho olufana neehotele, iindawo zokutyela, iivenkile zezikhumbuzo kunye nezinye iinkampani ezibonelela abatyeleli. Oku kuvalwa akulunganga kuphela kwishishini kubi eMelika.
“Umbutho weebhasi zaseMelika kwakhona ucela iCongress kunye noLawulo ukuba badibane kwaye baphelise oku kuvaleka ngokungeyomfuneko kwangoko. Usuku ngalunye oluhambayo, le meko iya isiba maxongo ngakumbi.”
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- It is not just the motorcoach and tour companies and the attractions that are feeling the effects, but also the local economies that rely on tourism such as hotels, restaurants, souvenir shops and other companies that cater to visitors.
- CEO of the American Bus Association (ABA), Peter Pantuso – representing numerous small businesses in the motorcoach and travel and tourism industry – released the following statement on the continuation of the government shutdown.
- “Another opportunity was missed today when Congress failed to pass legislation through both chambers to reopen the federal government and bring an end to the longest and costliest shutdown in our nation's history.
