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聯合國估計新冠疫情導致國際遊客人數下降65%
By Susan Shand
20 September 2020
A new report says the coronavirus pandemic caused a 65 percent decrease in international travel during the first six months of 2020.
一份新的報告稱，新冠病毒大流行導致2020年上半年的國際旅行減少了65%。
The World Tourism Organization, an agency of the United Nations, published the report on Tuesday. It noted that the drop in international travel resulted in a loss of $460 billion in export revenues from tourism.
聯合國下屬的世界旅遊組織周二發布了該報告。報告指出，國際旅行減少導致旅遊業的出口收入損失了4600億美元。
The loss is five times greater than the loss recorded in 2009 during the international financial crisis.
這一損失是2009年國際金融危機期間錄得損失的5倍。
The organization said in a statement that the U.N. agency estimates it will take between two to four years for tourist arrivals to return to 2019 levels.
該組織在一份聲明中稱其估計遊客人數恢復到2019年水平將需要2到4年時間。
The report shows that Asia and the Pacific were the first areas to be affected by COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. They faced the sharpest drop as the number of tourists fell 72 percent during the first half of the year.
報告顯示，亞太地區是最早受新冠肺炎影響的地區。今年上半年期間，該地區接待的遊客人數下降了72%，下降幅度最大。
Europe had the next largest decrease, falling 66 percent.
歐洲接待的遊客人數下降了66%，緊隨其次。
North and South America, Africa and Middle East experienced similar levels of decrease.
北美和南美、非洲以及中東地區接待遊客人數的下降幅度比較接近。
"This represents an unprecedented decrease, as countries...closed their borders and introduced travel restrictions in response to the pandemic," the U.N. agency said.
該聯合國機構表示：「這代表著接待遊客人數前所未有的下降，因為各國關閉了邊境，並且為了應對大流行實施了旅行限制。」
Around the world, countries have recorded decreases of more than 50 percent in international tourism arrivals, threatening millions of jobs and businesses.
在全球範圍內，各國接待國際遊客人數減少了50%以上，威脅到數百萬的就業崗位和企業。
The report shows that as of early September, 53 percent of international tourism destinations lifted some travel restrictions.
報告顯示，截至9月初，53%的國際旅遊目的地取消了一些旅行限制。
However, as some countries begin reporting a "second wave" of the coronavirus, those restrictions may return.
然而，隨著一些國家開始報告新冠病毒的第二波疫情，這些限制可能會再次出現。
The World Tourism Organization estimates that the year 2020 will show an overall decrease of about 70 percent, but that number may rise.
世界旅遊組織估計，2020年全年遊客總人數將會下降70%，但是該數字可能會上升。
I'm Susan Shand.
我是蘇珊·尚德。
pandemic – n. a contagious illness that affects many countries
revenue – n. the income from a business
tourism – n. the business of people traveling to place for pleasure
unprecedented – adj. never happened before
destination – n. the place a person or thing is traveling to
wave – n. an occurrence or increase in certain actions
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