联合国秘书长：新冠疫情重创全球旅游业，今年前五个月已损失3200亿美元

8月25日，联合国秘书长古特雷斯发布题为“新冠疫情与旅游业”的政策简报。

简报中，古特雷斯指出旅游业是仅次于燃料和化学品的全球第三大出口品类，占到2019年全球贸易的7%。新冠肺炎疫情给全球旅游业带来了沉重打击，今年前5个月已损失3200亿美元（约合人民币2.21万亿元）。

古特雷斯表示，今年全球旅游业带来的收入较去年预计减少9100亿美元，降至1.2万亿美元。这一行业的收入损失也可能导致全球GDP下降1.5%至2.8%。

此外，全球每10个人中就有1人在旅游相关行业就业，疫情也使得1.2亿旅游从业者的工作岗位受到威胁。

古特雷斯还指出旅游业是自然和文化遗产保护领域的重要支柱，旅游业收入的减少，导致一些自然保护区和栖息地的偷猎和破坏事件增多，世界文化遗产的保护和修缮工作也未能正常开展。

Devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the global tourism sector has suffered losses up to 320 billion U.S. dollars in export revenue during the first five months of 2020, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of the United Nations (UN) said on Tuesday.

The UN chief said in a policy briefing and video address that tourism is the third largest export sector in the global economy, after fuels and chemicals, and it accounted for seven percent of the global trade in 2019.

The export revenues from tourism could fall by 910 billion U.S. dollars to 1.2 trillion in 2020, which could reduce global GDP by 1.5 to 2.8 percent.

Meanwhile, at least one in 10 of the population works in the tourism sector, whose livelihoods are now at risk due to the pandemic. Guterres said in the briefing that at least 120 million jobs were at risks since the global outbreak.

Aside from the economic losses, the UN chief said that the recession in tourism revenue could also lead to increased poaching in natural reservations while risking the protection of cultural relics as well. 

The secretary-general said that tourism, besides boosting economies, also "allows people to experience some of the world's cultural and natural riches and brings people closer to each other, highlighting our common humanity."

He called on the globe to rebuild tourism while having the communities under protection, but also mentioned that the recovery of the sector would depend much on the development of the pandemic and the world economy. 

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