In the depths. Or inmate in the shallowness. Welcome back there are few industries in the world harder hit by the coronavirus than the travel and Tourism Sector without question 2020 will go down as one of the worst years ever for the industry but in reality were only in august and still have a long way to go already the effects are being felt in fact the Hotel Industry is warning that as a whole they are facing an absolute Economic Disaster and a desperate plea to congress submitted this week the industry claims that nearly 25 percent of all hotels in the United States are at risk of foreclosure simply put those hotels have loans that are at least 30 days delinquent or longer at the end of 29000. 00 the same number was 1. 9 percent of hotels and this is just the beginning so joining us now to discuss is boom bust cohost investigative journalist bence want and travel expert from money we have dot com very choice thank you both for joining us today ben i want to start with you can you g
Dollars and they Say International travel for them will not resume until the middle of 2021 the middle of next year you talk about the cruise industry you know the Cayman Islands saying that theyre not going to allow International Cruises to come in to the Cayman Islands until at least after december 31st of this year so it doesnt really matter what sector youre in everybodys taking it on the chin right now and no barrier there are destinations like bali that plan to reopen the tourism by september but overall are people actually traveling right now and will tourism pick up again this year or is everything going to shift to 2021 or is it going to be 2022. I think it really depends on where you live regardless where in the world you are i think domestic trouble is that they yes thing right now obviously mainly just because of border closures you know here in cannes i can only go to certain destinations u. S. Citizens can only go to certain areas but if you can stay domestic theres defin
Lowest spits and cough attacks on British Police doubles during a pandemic. Morning its a tell you have this 8th of september here in moscow live from arties world news age q with the update this morning my name is kevin irwin almost a program so 1st the condition of the Prominent Russian opposition activist election of l. Me has improved and hes no longer in a coma though the german medics treating him havent given any prognosis yet nor of the presented any definitive proof or details as to what caused his illness in the 1st place but that hasnt deterred the u. S. President from meeting out punishment to russia already the nord stream to gas pipeline project must be terminated he says. But i was supportive of that i was the 1st one to work up you never heard of it or stream to it or drug ever when i came along most of them and it were protecting germany from russia. Well ive heard to a berlin correspondent peter all of this is rum to open a day isnt it peter morning weve heard america
A desperate plea to congress submitted this week the industry claims that nearly 25 percent of all hotels in the United States are at risk of foreclosure simply put those hotels have loans that are at least 30 days delinquent or longer at the end of 2019 the same number was 1. 9 percent of hotels and this is just the beginning so joining us now to discuss this boom bust cohost and investigative journalist ben swan and travel expert from money we have dot com barry choi thank you both for joining us today ben i want to start with you can you give us a rundown quick of some of the other aspects of the travel industry struggling right now. Yeah its kind of like a pick your poison kind of situation right now it doesnt matter what part of the travel industry youre in right now things are going very very poorly you have the Airline Industry Quantas Airlines out of australia saying that for this last year of this last fiscal year that is theyve actually lost 4000000000. 00 in australian dolla
Live from moscow watching r. T. International with me Daniel Hawkins were shooting in from for day welcome to the program. They were high profile member of the opposition has been arrested on the border with ukraine over an incident where a patrol agents life was put in danger for his claims while his supporters that what are your greatest think of the oppositions coordination had been kidnapped by but are a security officers. On the conflicting versions. While this is a somewhat strange and confused the story on monday news came out that recollects the couple one of the horses opposition figures and a Campaign Partner of satellite who will remember was defeated at the recent president ial elections was abducted in minsk snatched from the street bundled into a van by ordinary man as many would say not in the evening the police filed a missing persons report and started an official such lots of people one article came out consigned to whereabouts and this includes people beyond about a