Me 300 miliona mau ʻAmelika ma lalo o nā kauoha noho ma ka home e kōkua i ka hoʻolōʻihi ʻana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o Covid-19, makemake ʻia nā mea he nui e hana mai ka home a pale i nā huakaʻi ʻoihana pono ʻole āpau. I loko o kekahi mau pule, ua hoʻopanee ʻia a hoʻopau ʻia paha nā hālāwai kūkā he mau kaukani, nā kuʻikahi, nā hōʻike kālepa a me nā hanana ʻoihana ʻē aʻe. ʻO nā kuhi o kēia manawa mai ka US Travel Association a me Tourism Economics, kahi ʻoihana ʻo Oxford Economics, wānana i kahi hopena mua ʻole i nā hālāwai a me nā ʻoihana huakaʻi, kahi e kū ai nā nalowale ʻehiku mau manawa i ʻoi aku ma mua o 9/11 ma muli o ka maʻi ahulau.
Kuhi kahi noiʻi hou i nā limahana ʻAmelika - ʻo ka poʻe hoʻi i hele i nā hālāwai a me nā ʻaha kūkā ma mua o ka maʻi ahulau - makemake nui e hoʻi iā lākou ke loaʻa ka COVID-19 a ʻaʻole pono nā kulekele hoʻokalakupua.
"Ua pilikia nui nā kaiāulu a puni ka US ma muli o ka maʻi ahulau COVID-19 a ʻaʻole mākou e lawe iki i ka hopena o kēia pilikia," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Fred Dixon, Pelekikena a CEO o NYC & Company a me ka noho o ka hui ʻo Meetings Mean Business Coalition. (MMBC). "Eia nō naʻe, he mea hōʻoluʻolu ke ʻike i ka 83% o ko ʻAmelika poʻe i hoʻokikina ʻia i kēia manawa e hana mai ka home mai ua hala lākou i ka hele ʻana i nā hālāwai a me nā ʻaha kūkā. ʻOiai he mea nui, 78% ʻōlelo lākou e hoʻolālā e hele i nā mea he nui a ʻoi paha ke hala ka hoʻoweliweli o COVID-19 a palekana ka hana ʻana pēlā. "
Me nā luna kānāwai e hoʻopaʻapaʻa nei i nā ʻāpana o kahi bila hou Phase IV hou, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dixon ua hoʻouna ka noiʻi i kahi leka koʻikoʻi i nā luna kānāwai pekelala a me nā luna hoʻomalu i ko lākou noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā ala e lawe ai i ke kōkua i nā 5.9 miliona mau ʻAmelika i kākoʻo ʻia kā lākou mau hana e nā hālāwai a me nā ʻaha kūkā.
I ka nīnau ʻana inā he kūpono i nā kikowaena o nā ʻaha kūkā a me nā wahi hanana no ke kākoʻo pekelala a me ke kālā, 49% o ko ʻAmelika i ʻae a he 14% wale nō i kūlike ʻole - inā lākou i hele mua i nā hālāwai a me nā ʻaha kūkā ma ke ʻano he hapa o kā lākou mau hana, ʻaʻole paha. ʻO ka pākēneka i ʻae i ka likelike me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe e hilinaʻi ana i nā hana o loko, e like me ka ʻoihana ʻaina (53% kākoʻo); nā lawelawe pilikino e like me nā barbers a me nā salons lauoho (44%); a me nā hale kūʻai (43%).
"ʻOiai ke hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o nā hālāwai a hoʻopaneʻe ʻia ka huakaʻi ʻoihana, hōʻoia kēia noiʻi i ka mea a mākou he nui i manaʻo ai he ʻoiaʻiʻo," wahi a Trina Camacho-Lākana, Hope Pelekikena o Global Group Sales ma Hyatt Hotels Corporation a me ka noho luna o MMBC. "ʻO kā mākou ʻike like o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ke kino ua makemake mākou i ka lā e hiki ai iā mākou ke hui pū hou a hui kino. He hōʻailona ikaika kēlā no ka manaʻo o ka poʻe kūʻai wale nō, akā ʻo kā kā mākou ʻoihana waiwai i ka poʻe, ʻoihana a me nā kaiāulu. "
Wahi a Camacho-Lākana, ʻo ka ʻoihana, alakaʻi ʻia e MMBC, kūpaʻa i ke kōkua ʻana i ka hui ʻana a me nā ʻoihana hanana e hoʻokele i kēia pilikia a "hoʻi ikaika."
"I ka laka me nā hui ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ke alualu nei mākou i kēlā me kēia manawa kūpono e lawe i ke kōkua waiwai a hoʻoulu i nā mea kōkua ʻoihana e hoʻomau i nā hana o ka lawelawe kūloko - mai ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā meaʻai a me nā lako olakino i kahi ākea a me nā kālā no nā hui kaiaulu. I kēia mau manawa paʻakikī, ʻaʻohe hana liʻiliʻi. Paipai mākou i nā poʻe āpau i hiki ke hana i ka hana, kaʻana like ʻana i ka ʻike a me ka holomua ʻana i nā hana ʻoi loa. "
