ʻO nā hōkele wale nō ka māhele o ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa a me ka ʻoihana leʻaleʻa i loaʻa i ke kōkua pololei ʻoiai ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea paʻakikī loa
ʻO 29% wale nō o ʻAmelika e noʻonoʻo e hele i ke kūlanakauhale a i ʻole ke kūlanakauhale i kēia kauwela
ʻO ka pōʻino waiwai e kū nei i nā mākeke kūlanakauhale, e hilinaʻi nui nei i ka ʻoihana mai nā hanana a me nā hui hui

Ua ʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi aupuni e ka American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) he 29% wale nō o ʻAmelika e noʻonoʻo e hele i ke kūlanakauhale a i ʻole ke kūlanakauhale kūlanakauhale i kēia kauwela, e hōʻike hou ana i ka pōʻino waiwai e kū nei i nā mākeke kūlanakauhale, e hilinaʻi nui nei i ka ʻoihana mai nā hanana a nā hālāwai hui, e hōʻike ana i ka pono o ka hoʻomaha ʻana mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.

Ua hoʻopau nā hōkele o ke kūlanakauhale iā Ianuali ma lalo o 66% i ka loaʻa kālā o ka lumi i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka makahiki i hala, ʻaʻole ia e komo i ka loaʻa nalowale mai nā hui, nā hālāwai a me nā meaʻai a me nā mea inu ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokele nui no ka ʻoihana ma kēia mau mākeke. No ka laʻana, ua ʻike ʻo New York City i kahi hapakolu o kāna mau lumi hōkele (42,030 lumi) i holoi ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19, me ka kokoke o 200 mau hōkele e pani mau ana i ke kūlanakauhale.

ʻO nā hōkele wale nō ka māhele o ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa a me ka ʻoihana leʻaleʻa i loaʻa i ke kōkua pololei ʻoiai ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea paʻakikī loa. ʻO ia ke kumu i hui pū ai ʻo AHLA a me UNITE HERE, ka hui nui o nā limahana hoʻokipa ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, e kāhea aku i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e ʻae i ka Save Hotel Jobs Act i hoʻokomo ʻia e Senatoa Schatz (D-Hawaii) a me Lunamakaʻāinana Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) . Hāʻawi kēia kānāwai i kahi ola i nā limahana hōkele, hāʻawi i ke kōkua e pono ai lākou e ola a hiki i ka hoʻi ʻana o ka huakaʻi i nā pae pre-pandemic.

Ua alakaʻi ʻia ka nānā ʻana o 2,200 mau mākua e Morning Consult ma ka inoa o AHLA. Loaʻa nā ʻike nui:

ʻO 29% wale nō o ka poʻe pane e hele paha i ke kūlanakauhale a i ʻole ke kūlanakauhale kūlanakauhale i kēia kauwela, a ʻo 71% ʻōlelo ʻaʻole lākou e hele i kahi mākeke kūlanakauhale.
ʻAʻole makemake ʻo 75% i ka huakaʻi i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo US a i ʻole ka metropolitan e pale aku i ka pili ʻana i ka pre-travel a post-travel quarantine a me nā alakaʻi hoʻāʻo.
ʻAʻole makemake ʻo 73% i ka huakaʻi i ke kūlanakauhale US a i ʻole ka metropolitan ma muli o ka makemake ʻole i ka huakaʻi maʻamau.
ʻAʻole makemake ʻo 72% i kahi huakaʻi hoʻomaha a i ʻole ka huakaʻi leʻaleʻa i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo US a i ʻole ka metropolitan ʻoiai nā kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa ma muli o ka liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe e hele ana.

"ʻO nā hōkele a me nā limahana hōkele ma nā mākeke kūlanakauhale kekahi o nā mea i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia e ka emi nui o ka huakaʻi i ka makahiki i hala," wahi a Chip Rogers, ka pelekikena a me ka Luna Nui o AHLA. "Ua hoʻopau ʻo COVID-19 i 10 mau makahiki o ka ulu ʻana o ka hana hōkele. ʻOiai ua loaʻa i nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe he nui ka hoʻomaha federal, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka ʻoihana hōkele. Pono mākou e ʻae ʻo Congress i ka Save Hotel Jobs Act no laila hiki i nā hōkele ma nā wahi paʻakikī ke hoʻi hou i ka wā e hoʻomaka hou ai ka huakaʻi ʻoihana a me nā hui.

Wahi a ka noiʻi like, ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻehiku ma 10 ʻAmelika (71%) e kākoʻo ana i ke aupuni e hāʻawi ana i ka hoʻokele waiwai i manaʻo ʻia i ka ʻoihana hōkele e like me ke kāhea ʻia ma ka Save Hotel Jobs Act, me ke kākoʻo ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe ma waena o nā Democrats ma 79%.

Ua hoʻopilikia ʻia nā hōkele ma nā mākeke kūlanakauhale e ka maʻi maʻi. ʻOiai e hoʻomaka ana ka huakaʻi leʻaleʻa e hoʻi mai i kēia makahiki no ka nui o nā poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, ʻo ka huakaʻi ʻoihana a me ka huakaʻi hui, ke kumu waiwai nui loa o ka ʻoihana, e lōʻihi loa ka hoʻōla. ʻAʻole i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻi i nā pae 2019 a hiki i ka 2023 a i ʻole 2024. Ua emi ka huakaʻi ʻoihana ma 85% mai nā pae pre-pandemic a ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomaka e hoʻi lohi a hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi maʻi maʻi COVID-19. ka hapa lua o ka makahiki. ʻO nā hanana nui, nā ʻaha kūkā a me nā hālāwai ʻoihana ua hoʻopau ʻia a hoʻopanee ʻia a hiki i 2022.

Ua nalowale ka leʻaleʻa a me ka hoʻokipa ʻana i 2.8 miliona mau hana i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi i hoʻi ʻole mai, a ʻo ka nui o ka hana ʻole ma ka ʻoihana noho e noho 225% kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ke koena o ka ʻoihana. ʻO ka nele i ka hana leʻaleʻa a me ka hoʻokipa ma mua o 25% o ka poʻe hana ʻole ma United States, e like me ka Bureau of Labor Statistics.