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credo no chemicals. and was. just don't stand a chance. training success. tucker chatted me starts oct 15th. south africa is open to international travelers again but tourists and business travelers keen to this is a country that's just starting to emerge from a strict coronavirus lockdown we ask an expert also coming up china starts national day holidays with millions of chinese traveling for the 1st time since the coronavirus outbreak mostly staying within the country. and belarus is losing its technological edge thousands of a. 90 specialists have pledged to ukraine to escape the violence at home. but come

to do business i want to johnson berlin good to have you with us so south africa's reopening of international travel got off to a well let's say underwhelming start today traffic was minimal at major airports following a decision to bar visitors from high risk countries but after a 6 month travel ban there was plenty of celebration among travelers and those who work in the tourist industry adrian reports from cape town. the water salute is a cheerful app or tradition to celebrate the 1st arrival of an airline and airport or the retirement of a c.d.o. pilots today the whole city and cape town is celebrating that's the 1st international plane is landing here again in cape town off to a 6 month break just to show you how cheerful and important it is for the country have a look at thousands of journalists who came here to cover the. night

back home. super excited so emotional. they're going to see some of this is a place like this is going to stand out on the 1st international flight from dubai it was made in the south africans who came back here but they haven't been able to come back home for 6 months now the tourism industry is of course hoping that in the next days more and more tourists will come back because the industry has been suffering had lots in the past 6 months according to the south african tourism business council more than 1000000 tourism related jobs where impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and this is of course something that the people working at the airport also failed for example the taxi operators were almost out of business during that time i love you my life is good so i was not good again it's my 1st day

being here. does it disaster it does it does us aid me no. room for do food. mission in the. region and it is not likely that things will get back to normal here anytime soon also because tourists from high risk countries are still not allowed to come here that includes the u.s. the united kingdom and the netherlands all countries that usually make up a huge share of international travelers that visit south africa. international travel is for full leisure all of vital and because they spend more intend to stay longer and of course the effect of the travel restrictions is to choke off key source markets including the u.k. the u.s. . and france and that will have a negative effect on the tourism and hospitality sector and slow down i think the

prospects of economic recovery in the west and it's precisely for that reason that we think that the travel restrictions imposed by the national government needs to be revisited the government says it will review the list of high risk countries every 2 weeks now last year the international airport here in cape town had more than 10000000 arrivals but this year the airport management hopes that in the beginning they were reach 20 percent of capacity and hopefully by the end of 2020 they reach 50 percent. i was a report by adrian creech well there's always hope for more i'm joined by martin luther moo no he's a ph d. fellow at the institute of globalization and international regulation at maastricht university good to have you with us martin so south africa is open to international travelers again but it was a tough few months before that how how tough has it been especially for the south african economy. well thank you very much for posting me here it's been tough

on the economy because i did it for me it was largely driven by the tourism industry and there is an in-depth faith as we know that heroin is very important in terms of promoting connectivity so the number of people who have mass livelihoods in terms of torque i don't see. it but tell businesses that's why i left that supplier you know that's a brand. that's where does this model businesses that make up for this by the chain of the tartars of industry so it has been tough for this economy and the government had to take up this mess because they had to put f.i.o.s. but last time went by it then it became increasingly clear that they are putting have us because it's our surprise so there were increased unemployment we saw

a lot of struggling. incomes when or damn near because devout stated so in this opening up of the airport and the flight it really went after the airport of south africa just like it is in africa so that's already yeah i'm painting so we hope that the government can be able to demonstrate that it is said to travel to south africa and to our base and be all right i mean that as a tribe event of course is the question martin isn't it i mean will people return to south africa because obviously the pandemic that's why it's called the pandemic is not just happening there it's happening everywhere so there's a lot of more hurdles to overcome in between and this will be seen today says somewhat hof the baked reopening because there are still travel restrictions and a lot of caution all around all that do you think it will still boost the sector the tourism sector in particular enough to keep jobs. yeah i think you're just

a good stat because as we know nobody expected and even fired my god that's i think what happened across the water so it is a situation that government finds itself in just like other countries but their view should invest it simply must be up and running for inventing everything human travelers to come here to keep this up and trains running like i say and no we need a lot of red paint the kind of proportions that and the character but the trouble. with it missed it got that well i hope your optimism spread everywhere where it's needed martin luther moon was there from last week university thank you so much here. today is china's national day the anniversary of the founding of the people's republic in 1909 it also marks the starts to one of the biggest travel periods in the calendar the golden week but with the pandemic still raging mostly outside the country's borders more chinese

are keeping their troubles within the country. a train station in the southern city of joe packed like before the pandemic chinese traveler seen here on state t.v. we are once again on the move. also here in beijing it's known as golden week and it's the 1st major holiday period since the novel coronavirus emerged from china with beijing's blessing it's in full swing 600000000 trips are expected this year bringing billions and spending the bulk of it locally to overseas travel restrictions that's bad news for destinations like vietnam and thailand but a boost for the domestic economy and also a powerful message for a country eager to tout its coronavirus successes. for chinese themselves a chance to finally spread their wings. my feelings are pretty complex i've been away from home for quite a long time in order and i miss my family very much i'm also very excited and very

eager to get back home as soon as possible. without you. but safety is still in the minds of many beijing estimates 20 percent fewer trips will be taken this year compared to the last. of the plans for this trip even though the pandemic situation has improved i'm still worried every day is different and the situation may change the world will not for now most just seem happy to get away. during their meeting in brussels e.u. leaders will try to reach agreement on sanctions against the government often belarus and draft conclusions prepared ahead of the summit they condemn the violence against peaceful protesters there they also say the election in early august was raked need as will try to break the deadlock over economic sanctions the u.k. and canada have already taken action against the government of alexander lukashenko who was foreign and for a 6th term as president following that disputed election meanwhile the political turmoil in belarus has had ripple effects on the all important i

t industry thousands of tech workers have fled to ukraine since demonstrations against oppression could began in august it's a luxury that not many in the country enjoy. but demonstration against the regime in minsk but this one is in kiev that's where max car leave scheme now does his protesting the 30 year old head of software testing at a technology firm requested the transfer to the ukrainian capital following a brutal encounter with bella rusian security forces. they took me aside through me on my knees began to kick me and beat me with truncheons and i covered my body with my hands to protect me from their feet. they started shouting slogans like what do you want more freedom do you want change and i said guys i'm going home i have a cat and

a dog at home what do you want from me. he's not alone ukraine counts 2080 workers from belarus among recent arrivals after the country loosened immigration restrictions it's not just the violence they're escaping but the growing disruptions to the internet the kiev government is eager to have them it's even working with a local tech firm s approach to recruit i.t. workers from bella reuss there are a lot of candidates to i.t. work was thriving in bella reuss accounting for 5 percent of bellary xeon exports. alrighty it was that when the internet goes down in pella reuss our people get on a plane and an hour later we meet them at kiev airport and bring them to the office they don't have to do anything they just come sit down and work on their projects you know at the very beginning we didn't offer any jobs but we're receiving more and more applications and people are asking about jobs because it looks like some

businesses and i.t. companies have shut down unfortunately. this isn't me. mercs currently have ski is one of the fortunate ones part of an industry where he can work almost anywhere. and is a reminder of our top story south africa's open to international travelers again but why there were celebrations in the tourist sector the traffic at major applets was minimal following a last minute rule that will keep out wealthy tourists from high risk areas. it's a business update from the in the team in berlin thanks for watching.

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