Ayikho imboni eye yathinteka kakhulu ngubhadane ukwedlula ukungenisa izihambi. Ezokungcebeleka nomoya wokungenisa izihambi ulahlekelwe yimisebenzi eyizigidi eziyi-3.1 phakathi nobhadane okusamele ibuye, emele ngaphezu kwengxenye yesithathu yabo bonke abantu abangasebenzi e-United States, ngokusho kweBureau of Labor Statistics. Okubi kakhulu, izinga lokusweleka kwemisebenzi emkhakheni wezindawo zokuhlala lisalokhu liphakeme ngama-330% kunawo wonke umnotho.
Amahhotela angenalutho noma avalwe unomphela abe nomthelela omubi emiphakathini ezweni lonke, kwalimaza amabhizinisi amaningi ancike ebukhoneni babavakashi bamahhotela, njengezindawo zokudlela nezitolo, izinkampani ezihlinzeka ngamahhotela nokwakha. Kubantu bonke abayishumi abaqashwe ngqo endaweni yehhotela, amahhotela axhasa imisebenzi eyengeziwe engama-10 emphakathini, kusuka ezindaweni zokudlela kanye nokuthengisa kuya ezinkampanini ezihlinzeka ngamahhotela nokwakha, ngokusho kocwaningo olwenziwe yi-Oxford Economics. Njengoba amahhotela kulindeleke ukuthi aqede u-26 kwehle imisebenzi engama-2021, ngokuya ngesilinganiso sangaphambi kobhadane, eminye imisebenzi esekelwa yihhotela eyizigidi eziyi-500,000 isengozini kulo nyaka ngaphandle kokuxhaswa okwengeziwe yiCongress.
Lesi simo sibucayi kakhulu ezindaweni ezisemadolobheni, kulimaze imiphakathi emincane. Amahhotela asemadolobheni, athembele kakhulu ekuhambeni kwezebhizinisi nasemaqenjini futhi asethubeni lokusingatha imicimbi emikhulu, aqede ngoJanuwari ancipha ngo-66% emholweni wegumbi uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule. Ngokwemibiko yamuva nje, iNew York City ibone ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu zamagumbi ayo amahhotela — angaphezu kuka-42,000 — iqedwa ngumqedazwe i-COVID-19, amahhotela acishe abe ngu-200 avale unomphela kuleli dolobha.
