Ngenxa yokwehla okukhulu kwesidingo sokuhamba kusuka Covid-19, izimali zentela zombuso nezasekhaya ezivela emisebenzini yamahhotela zizokwehla ngama- $ 16.8 billion ngo-2020, ngokusho kombiko omusha okhishwe namuhla yi Inhlangano yase-American Hotel & Lodging (AHLA).
Sekuyisikhathi eside amahhotela esebenza njengenjini yezomnotho emiphakathini yobukhulu bonke, kusukela emadolobheni amakhulu, kuya ezindaweni zokungcebeleka emabhishi, kuya emadolobheni amancane asenkabeni-nokweseka ukwakhiwa kwamathuba emisebenzi, amathuba amabhizinisi amancane nomsebenzi wezomnotho ezifundazweni nasezindaweni asebenzela kuzo. Amahhotela abuye akhiqize imali engenayo yentela yezifundazwe kanye nohulumeni basekhaya ukuxhasa ngezinsizakalo ezahlukahlukene zikahulumeni. Ngo-2018, imboni yehhotela yakhiqiza ngqo cishe ama- $ 40 billion emalini yentela yombuso neyasekhaya ezweni lonke.
Ezinye zezifundazwe ezishayeke kakhulu zibandakanya iCalifornia (- $ 1.9 billion), New York (- $ 1.3 billion), Florida (- $ 1.3 billion), Nevada (- $ 1.1 billion) neTexas (- $ 940 million). Le mithelela yentela imele ukwehla kwemali ngqo yentela kusuka ekwehleni okukhulu kokuhlala kwamahhotela, kufaka phakathi ukuhlala, ukuthengisa, nentela yemidlalo. Lezi zibalo azibandakanyi okungaba khona, okubalulekile, nemiphumela engqongqo enteleni yempahla esekelwa amahhotela (cishe ama- $ 9B).
"Ukubuyisela umnotho wethu emgqeni kuqala ngokuxhasa imboni yamahhotela nokusiza ukuthi baphinde bakwazi ukunyathela," kusho uChip Rogers President & CEO we-American Hotel & Lodging Association. “Amahhotela anomthelela omuhle kuyo yonke imiphakathi ezweni lonke, ukudala amathuba emisebenzi, ukutshala imali emiphakathini, nokuxhasa izigidigidi zamadola emalini yentela esetshenziswa ohulumeni basekhaya ukuxhasa ezemfundo, ingqalasizinda nokunye okuningi. Kodwa-ke, ngomthelela emkhakheni wezokuvakasha ophindwe kasishiyagalolunye kuno-9/11, amahhotela adinga ukwesekwa ukugcina iminyango yethu ivulekile nokugcina abasebenzi njengoba sisebenzela ukululama. Silindele ukuthi kuzothatha iminyaka ngaphambi kokuba izidingo zibuyele emazingeni aphezulu ka-2019. ”
Ukukhula okunamandla embonini yamahhotela kule minyaka eyishumi edlule kukhuthazwe yilo bhubhane, oludale ukuthi abasebenzi abangaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-70 abasebenzi basehhotela badilizwe noma baphelelwe amandla. Lo nyaka kubhekwe ukuthi ube unyaka omubi kakhulu emlandweni wokuhlala kwamahhotela, futhi ochwepheshe balinganisela ukuthi kuzoba okungenani u-2022 ngaphambi kokuthi amahhotela abuyele ezingeni lawo lokuhlala kanye nengeniso ka-2019. Ngenkathi uhambo lokuzilibazisa luqala kancane ukuqhubeka, amakamelo amahhotela ayisithupha kulawo ayishumi ahlala engenalutho, kanti nohambo lwebhizinisi alulindelekile ukuthi lukhule ngokugcwele kuze kube ngu-2022.
Ngaphambi kwalolu bhubhane, amahhotela ayeziqhenya ngokusekela umsebenzi owodwa kwabangu-25 baseMelika — izigidi eziyi-8.3 sezizonke — futhi banikela ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-660 kwi-GDP yase-US. Ihhotela elimele abantu elinamakamelo ayi-100 ubusuku ngabunye lisekela imisebenzi ecishe ibe ngama-250 emphakathini futhi lenza imali eyizigidi ezingama- $ 18.4 ekusetshenzisweni kwezivakashi ezitolo nasezitolo zokudlela. Amahhotela akhiqiza imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama- $ 186 kwizintela zendawo, zezwe, kanye nezombuso unyaka ngamunye.
Umkhakha ubeke "Umgwaqo obhekise ekubuyiseleni" obiza iCongress ukuthi inikeze ukwesekwa ukusiza amahhotela ukugcina nokuvuselela abasebenzi, ukuvikela abasebenzi nezivakashi, ukugcina iminyango yamahhotela ivulekile futhi kukhuthaze abaseMelika ukuthi baphinde bahambe.
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