on the zone between the 2 borders and it shows some of the thousands of people stranded there they left after i grow opened its border a week ago to allow refugees to make their way to greece but the greek border remains officially closed to that. all right coming up next business africa with benefits all and he'll be looking at how the corona virus outbreak has dealt a blow to south africa already struggling economy thank you for watching. but i don't need to keep. people over for the over rich and home of the force i'm pleased. that we can look. at the dragons. through. books. to

go beyond yes. as we take on the world. we're all about the stories that matter to you and really. never. really know. how you made the mines. global markets plunge corona virus infections puzzle 100000 worldwide it's at the travels take the high it off to berlin councils the world's biggest tourism trade fair african to all right to set up their own events here in the german capital to keep is this going. into a crisis management mode how european companies are coping with the outbreak as the disease. to news to spread across this part of the world. has a virus takes

a big bite out of south africa's loves to trade with china industry experts reckon the survival rate of many businesses will be long. and been physical and that's their business what is the day the world's biggest travel trade fair has been taking place in berlin for over half a century this year the show was canceled because of the coronavirus imagine missing out on something like this the forests of madagascar well participants from africa pressed ahead with their own networking events to ensure we don't miss out. for years for he'll shot from tanzania has been coming to berlin to attend the i.t.v. the world's biggest travel trade show the cancellation of this year's event came as a blow still the money was spent so he made the trip regardless it's very sad everything was planned we do it people with our flights in accommodation that's why we sort of came in new ways because most of it was nonrefundable. i think we really

do rely on i.t.v. market in germany is very big for tense and so it is normally a very good trade fair for us but when the i.t.v. was cancelled last week tour operator acquired our travel decided spontaneously to hold an african travel conference $34.00 african and european travel agencies agreed to take part to carry on as normal networking a negotiating deals while in berlin the cancellation of i to be alone was a massive shock for the whole industry because it was one of the major market places in african. troops and trade and of course this marketplace was now not available for us african tour operators are bracing themselves in case the corona virus spreads further. we rely on tourism from everywhere in the world so that global pandemic will definitely affect all of us. we see in tanzania we had to 3 years ago we had outbreak of ebola in africa that we could see that affected tourism greatly even though it was intense and here is. the coronavirus is already

beginning to have serious effects on global tourism this year the industry meeting was a much cozier affair but that's little consolation for these african tour operators . is the coeditor of tourism operate off through africa now you found out about the cancellation on a friday after hours but you still came was it worth it yeah absolutely. you know tourism has to go on and not having i to be take place could have a 2 year knock on effect to the downturn of tourism it's of exceptionally important trade fair that we have to attend and we have to make another plan so that the plan work the plan absolutely worked africa's is incredibly networked. tourism destination. both supplies in africa and baez in europe have great

relationships and we pull together very quickly through saturday sunday and monday and pulled off a great many i t v on wednesday and thursday this week i guess this wouldn't have been possible without social media i mean to do what would you do set up a whatsapp group. group messages out on linked in. yeah and through our through our databases mailing lists etc and we really pulled together and it was a big team effort so you've managed to salvage some business but how will you make up for the loss of all these chinese tourists that africa has become reliant on. yeah it's of course that's an immediate effect of a downturn on tourism but you know we're going to be looking at other markets other markets will come up in traffic and travel will now be quite a strong market for us and serve africans traveling abroad to travel loci within africa what happens though if the situation changes i mean there are limited cases

of the coronavirus in africa or the more what if that changes yeah we'll have to we'll have to face that when it comes. i believe african governments are doing a lot to you know to screen for full coronaviruses that at ports of entry are surprised actually going through london and then into berlin. temperatures taken where it's going through the african airports a lot of screening is being taken place so this they become measures if millions around the world though do stay home. with domestic tourism be enough to save poor countries that are really relied on rich foreigners coming in as tourists yeah absolutely. yeah you know we have to keep looking for different markets and we do the the strong stable markets you know we have great relationships

and we'll keep relying on those relationships to to grow business ok diversify is the word i get ready i thank you very much for coming in and good to have you here good to have you in belated it's great that you made it thank you ben for europe's multinational corporations are in crisis management as the corona virus continues to creep into almost every corner of this continent many companies rely on pots and raw materials produced in china by suppliers all their own subsidiaries but supply has dried up. a management consultant. crisis management. she and her team advise 60 german firms that do business in china they're in demand right now because covert 19 is causing havoc fanfan is on her way to a client in a small town in northern germany the shelter group. the automotive parts supplier had to halt production at its facility near beijing for 2 weeks. things are

starting up again but with precautions in place. are. we're back up to 50 or 70 percent capacity so far we don't yet know when we'll reach 100 percent because we can't get the stuff back into the factory yet. the drop in revenue and therefore the economic hit amounts to several 1000000 euros . or. international supply chains are collapsing or at risk you can't make a car if the gearbox isn't available shutters 8 plants in europe have to offset the production halted in china but not for much longer says the optimist frank founding

. c.e.o. you're going slaughter is not convinced however. this is not. from some president it was i can't recall anything like it on our planet in my view we've got through this and i hope we do deal with it sensibly i think we'll have to think about what needs to change in the future. for the us. for example will there be calls to could tail international business travel fanfan usually travels back and forth between germany and china spending 2 weeks at a time in each country. she has a team of certainty in china but for now she can't go and see her colleagues oh her family says she communicates with them online from hamburg. fine fine believes the tough measures imposed by the government in china have been decisive in. germany and europe there's so much freedom

and people don't wear face masks. it's a different mentality and a different way of life. and that is why the numbers here are rising day by day. and. the virus is threatening not just the health of individuals but also the health of the global economy. lufthansa has announced it's cutting half its flights to limit the financial damage brought on by the sudden drop in demand due to the ongoing outbreak a german airline had already announced flight cancellations to china and iran its cuts are equivalent to grounding 150 passenger planes subsidiary austrian airlines says it will shorten the working hours of some 7000 stops. talks between opec members and russia have broken down without agreement on production costs the price of brant funds by almost 9 percent on the news he is trying to strike

a deal with nonmembers to stabilize prices due to the coronavirus the cost of crude has dropped water since the disease appeared officials have slashed demand food costs for this year. the south african government says the arrival of the virus this week could have a severe effect on the recession hit economy it's a weighty hurting trade with china experts in the state industry say very few businesses will survive if this goes on much longer. before sunrise on the western cape tino britton jazz and his crew take to the water and with the help of this bait they're hoping to attract a regional delicacy and it doesn't take long until they get their 1st catch. normally this lobster would almost certainly have been destined for a plate in china but the chinese stopped all imports in late january because of coronavirus taking a huge chunk out of tinos earnings you're. going to premier in. power

. that is not in food and if they were going to children through all this because of the of the virus in china rioters in jail you know. the problem goes well beyond tino and his crew china represented 90 percent of south africa's loves to market the loss of those lucrative exports mean the fish is making much less money maybe this was a stop people and then got jobs back to work is that working. it's become very she's meant. to use this little. bit if you will be edited so that if this continues much not. the south african government has extended the season to catching the lobster the aims to give fish is more time to make up their losses. but china is also the main market for other

south african seafood notably this one. below me known in some places as the emperor of shellfish it's rarely enjoyed outside of southeast asia it's easter the rest of the world to also endure to look to see what it was. passed for tina jazz and his crew the arrival of coronavirus on south african shores this week is just one more thing to worry about. i was doing business with.

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