世界旅游组织表示，受新冠肺炎疫情影响，今年国际游客人数将减少六至八成。

The number of international tourist arrivals will drop by 60-80% in 2020 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the World Tourism Organization said. 

 

Widespread travel restrictions¹ and the closure of airports and national borders to curb² the spread of the virus had plunged³ international tourism into its worst crisis since records began in 1950, the UN tourism body said in a statement. 

 

Tourist arrivals dropped by 22% in the first quarter of the year, and by 57% in March alone, with Asia and Europe suffering the biggest declines. 

 

"The world is facing an unprecedented⁴ health and economic crisis. Tourism has been hit hard, with millions of jobs at risk in one of the most labor-intensive sectors⁵ of the economy," said Zurab Pololikashvili, secretary-general of the tourism body. 

 

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