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super. to be. very good causes kind of into active exercises the hard thing about the d. w. don't come slashdot actually and i'm on facebook and the i'm still. german for free with w. . the phone. an environmental catastrophe and an economic shock in one of the world's most beautiful places as militia struggle to contain last month's mouth of the oil spill attention is turning to the long term consequences of the disaster. also coming up corona virus infections are back on the rise and stay in a further blow to the country's already feeling towards an industry. on holiday not home a few gallons are real. 6 national parks in his bid to promote enough to tourism
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but can a local visitor and sustain an industry that's traditionally relied on to foreign money. this is a business i'm kate ferguson thanks for joining me it's an environmental catastrophe in one of the world's most pristine waters authorities on the island of shows have been working are running for a clock to contain last month's massive oil spill from a japanese owned cargo ship the prime minister says nearly all of the fuel has now been removed but environmentalist warned thousands of animal species are at risk of drowning in the polluted water is about food security health and the country's economy are in peril. these coral reefs have brought re now into more rishis a tropical island nation beloved for its natural beauty and crystal clear waters but there's trouble in paradise a massive japanese freighter on route from china to brazil struck
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a coral reef there. a gaping hole in its haul. from the belly of the ship thousands of tons of oil leaking out and cooling on the shallow waters close to the shore threatening an ecologically sensitive area. the ocean is also the lifeblood of the mauritian economy last year 1400000 visitors came to the island. going to have a huge impact especially because of the whole process right busy now it's really really. based. on this model of all of this out. it's going to reveal. a specially fishy. you know that's how to make money the. residents along the coast have been collecting the oil sludge and buckets and the government says almost all fuel has
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been removed from the tanks of the ship but considering the scale of the accident longer term fixes are still going to be needed. let's bring in robin smith there now he's head of corporate banking at a fraser bank and joins us from. robin this is an ecological and economic disaster in one how will this affect life in hoods on russia's. thank you very much for having me on the show or. you know the truth is that that is quite difficult to determine right now because the crisis is not yet over you know current iran 1000 tons of fuel that's built into the the other protected marine areas on the east coast of the island. the japanese ship. which crashed into there are limits as to meditate carried around 4000 tons of fuel and the good news that right now is that most of the remaining fuel on board has been removed and 5 recent rescue efforts
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and i think there's been a superb effort by the merchant population. over the past few days to to try and address the crisis and clean up but there's a point in time we formed that this around 200 plants remaining on board the bad news is that the ship was close to breaking out. posing a strong chance that the remaining fuel leak if not removed in time and that would further deepen the extent to which the disaster has taken place. is extremely dependent on tourism and to support the local economy it's important to know that if you take into consideration the odor the industry as well as the and salute was those that makes up the tourism industry and it comes from approximately 25 percent of g.d.p. and you know if we are saying that this industry may face
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a slowdown but least the minimum apartments you know we talking about colossal figures yes so the unfortunate part about this incident is that it's come at a very difficult time for the island in context of this you know the coronavirus. you know could have a disastrous impact on the number of tourists traveling to the island in the coming summer season and this really is not as the noise of the. the local hotel operators not the entire ecosystem you know wish depends on on tourism can afford right now you know there are many lives on. the payment on the tourism. for this and borrow. so that's the current situation right now so the stakes are incredibly high robin feather thanks for speaking with us. again. the german government has agreed to a 1200000000 euro aid package to keep holiday company 2
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e afloat it's the 2nd time the state has stepped in to save the world's largest tourism group to he says the funds will help it get through winter after global travel restrictions destroyed its summer business. and it may yet get worse before it gets better for travel companies like to leave the closure of major holiday destinations like spain has caused a major dent in business having brought its 1st wave of corona virus infections under control the country is now struggling to contain a new number of breaks prompting fresh travel warnings and more hardship for those employed in the sector plus the maior in madrid is normally full of tourists but it is deserted like it was during the lock down hotels and restaurants have long since reopened waiting for guests but nobody comes to them is that. this moment july in madrid has been really unusual due to the worldwide pandemic there's been
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a freefall in the occupation rich in our case it's gone from 70 percent to just 10 percent. for many shops and souvenir stores opening up is not worth while some will remain closed forever cafes and restaurants hope for at least a few guests but the situation is dire british people typically make up a large part of tourists here but they're staying away current u.k. routes so they have to be in quarantine for 2 weeks if they return from spain the spanish tourism association expects a loss of around 40000000000 euros and many jobs now to some of the other business stories making news. britain's economy shrank by one 5th in the 2nd quarter more than any european neighbor it marks the country's deepest recession on record the u.k.'s coronavirus force locked in triggering steep declines and put across services production and construction finance minister ritchie sue not told the country to brace for more job losses following hundreds of thousands already gone
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to. the counseling capital of the world is reopening for business authorities in macau are once again issuing tourist visas for mainland chinese visitors casino operators lost $15000000.00 per day during the last time. one of the most famous names in entertainment 20th century fox is no more the company's t.v. studios have been renamed 20th television film studio was the ready renamed in january after disney for the bulk of rupert murdoch's media. meanwhile fox is launching a global streaming service for its news and business channels conservative leaning fox news is the u.s. as most popular t.v. news channel but so far has only been available to domestic cable satellite subscribers. uganda has reopened its national parks to help
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salvage its struggling travel industry while locals can visit the country's attractions and enjoys the fiery tour operators say to messick tourism cannot sustain the sector the industry is an important part of the ugandan economy with most of the $1600000000.00 generated last year coming from foreign tourists. the scope we're joining your view of what you saw in foods in uganda. it procures proposed for tourists from 3 modes. read more to come from kampala. the chance to travel here right after the coronavirus shutdown. if it was. out. in the long.
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run we had. followed was a lot. of almost. we all travel up to the hotel it is not business as usual. stuff like keeping good distance from the eye guests and their usual smile as he did behind the mouse. when the. boss put it is something coming on. but with time with contraband it is just here to stay with us. so we all come together and he does need. to see me in the new normal this is what cyrus t.t.l. calls the new normal in the hospitality business. all guests must allow the munda to reduce the friction of their private rooms even when
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they have no chick taught. to look at over tellings because before we could. take. all the room. you could put one in each room at the same time. but currently of course were guided by the room in its approach and based on the. international standards that every time you're keeping clients you hope that is to jump into the next one unless they are all one family. and 2. yeah. well then that's at least. so you know but. uganda's just reopened its national parts to target. but
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a few can afford to suffer through that course about 3 times the dollar let's especially in the aftermath of the finest show stress for knock down. but even before the pandemic uganda tourism was have lived depended on foreign visitors as. europeans and americans brought in most of the $1600000000.00 on from tourism last year and before they can return tourism here is still far from recovery. and that's all we have time for at our website w dot com the fashion trend mean the team by taking.
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