Ucwaningo olwenziwe ngabakwa Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha yase-US iphinde ibike ukuthi ngaphezu kwezingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu (68%) zabasebenzi baseMelika bazizwa okungenani bekhathele ngokulingene futhi abangu-13% bashile ngokwedlulele. Labo abahlela isikhathi sabo sokuphumula esikhokhelwayo kusenesikhathi bazothatha isikhathi esengeziwe sokuhamba, kodwa ingxenye eyodwa kwezine (24%) yemindeni ayisithathi lesi sinyathelo futhi u-64% ubike ukuthi ulidinga kakhulu iholidi.
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"Ucwaningo lubonisa lokho abaningi abasuke bekwazi isikhathi eside-ukuthi izingcindezi zonyaka odlule, okungenani, zingasuswa ngokucabanga nokuhlela isikhathi sokuthatha kabusha nokuzwa okuthile okusha," kusho uMongameli we-US Travel Association kanye ne-CEO uRoger Dow. “Kunezinzuzo zangempela zokuthola izinhlelo zeholide ekhalendeni ekuqaleni konyaka, ezihlanganisa injabulo ehambisana nokuhamba kanye nokuzibophezela ukukhumula ngaso sonke isikhathi ositholele ikhefu elisifanele.”
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