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all the districts the technology driven industry is. safe and that's about understanding how technology works w a f research is reckoned that by 202550 percent of work will be done by humans and 50 percent by machines in many cases signed by scientists there's also a digital divide in the industrialized world in a lot of. the lockdowns used by the lockdowns which we've had worldwide of unleashed an immense surge of digitalisation which i believe will be a lasting one go with us. this search will continue in the post pandemic era as well and will involve a complete reshuffle distribution and reevaluation of starting work processes for tiger and annoyed with reaction from. our experts millions of jobs could soon be history research is saying more will be created but they'll be different types of jobs altogether the problem 60 percent of the world's population work in the
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so-called informal sector with no contract or further training opportunities what kind of a future did play have in a digital well and. so for example if you work in the cape economy you may actually not be working for a company you may be working for an application now because of that distributes work that you may respond to you are a taxi driver of your food delivery service person so so those kind of situations are you being controlled by the it could be or it can work out the people are almost like slaves to the author of if you don't get up to speed you'll be left behind to me because the digital divide is widening. the tourism industry is only just starting to pick up again in some parts of the world as case numbers subside and restrictions but the damage has been done spain is a popular holiday destination for europeans but places like the seaside resort of
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benidorm have been turned into ghost towns on the costa blanca tourism only accounts for a 3rd of economic output and the busy easter season looks set to fail. benidorm on the costa blanca is the stronghold of mass tourism in spain. it used to clock up over $16000000.00 overnight stays per year in hotels for cation apartments and campsites on a normal summer's day around $40000.00 visitors would throng the beaches. but these record numbers are now a thing of the past the pandemic has hit spain's largest beach resort with full force. almost all of the nearly 200 hotels in benidorm are closed. for a figure who stead of business has almost ground to a halt. normally his hotel would have around 75 percent occupancy at this time of year. but recently there were more employees than guests in his hotel he
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can only dream of state aid like in germany. spain is devoting only 3 percent of its g.d.p. to helping businesses that significantly less than the e.u. average and that needs to change because spain can't function without its tourism industry it's the main engine of job creation employing 20 percent of all workers in the country. closed know and many cafes on the sea front have shut down even their wealth orotate have allowed at least outdoor terraces to open. all going to see it is afraid that she too could lose her job. some 15000 jobs in the region's tourism industry are in jeopardy. tens of thousands have been on short time work for months and can barely survive on it.
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it's out of your wages in the industry a precarious all over spain meaning white stuff thrown around 1200 euros and. short time walk is only 70 percent of income so what's left over and rents here are very expensive about 502600 euros a month on average kenyan there's a lot of. in the center of benidorm the streets of being disinfected normally this is the party mild especially popular with british tourists now there's blue instead of fiesta. most of the stores are closed not because of the lockdown but for lack of customize . tomasetti of us sells ham. he spends
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most of the day alone in his shop. he sells more much and dies on line now which is the only thing keeping him afloat. which are quite a few stores bars and restaurants are closing permanently because they can't keep going many people started businesses in benidorm invested 50 or 100000 euros now they're having to give it all up because the landlords aren't willing to reduce the commercial rents. worked his way up from chef to restaurant. he's had no income for months now and he's worried that benidorm is about to see a wave of bankruptcies. the vulture funds and other affluent people will take advantage of this to buy it knock down prices what we have built with a lot of effort. is really difficult and the time will come
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when we'll be out on the street watching our life's work become smoke and mirrors. the only ray of hope for. benidorm is that there's been talk of possibly easing travel restrictions from the u.k. in mid may. it will likely take gives for the result to recover from the coronavirus crisis. and of course it's not just in spain hotel and catering industry has been hit hard all over the world here in berlin restaurants and cafes and have been forced to close or a during take away only many businesses are on the verge of collapse a few. actually opened new businesses in the middle of the crisis despite all the wrists. keera lawyer least a hotel during the pandemic most of her rooms are empty. no one's checking in today toga henning has just opened the restaurant but he has no guests our circle crisis
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brings opportunities and as a team we want to seize the moment. and we can keep this up much longer. having her own hotel was a dream come true for here in no way and she enjoys chatting to the few guests that come. despite the pandemic noid took the plunge and invested a lot of money. but her hotels occupancy rate is now just $0.12. we didn't expect things to be this and of course we're unsure we're worried about what the future will bring. 'd life partner patrick went into the business together. now in the middle of the crisis we will support for each other i think on our own each of us would probably have given up already. had. together they put several 100000 euros into giving the hotel interior
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a make over they used all their savings and money from the family to. tonga henning was thrilled when he was able to rent the restaurant he long dreamed of in downtown berlin. and even though he has no guests right now and only takeaway orders are allowed for him it's a huge stroke of luck. this is an opportunity if you look at the place it was just nowhere else like it in berlin and when you get that chance you have to grab it before you can do anything else. in the kitchen only opens at lunchtime from thursday to sunday the other days they just do what they can. yeah i'm just known as a team we've got to know each other in this time and you know what it makes each other take we're also the processes involved in the business and the point of sale system accounting etc it's all been
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a slow introduction. they're doing the basement tell me how parties. are. heading and gave up a well paid job as a manager in real estate to pursue his restaurant dream. now he's living off his savings. but i'm back to the coronavirus into our calculations we also took it into account during contract negotiations the owners accommodated this extremely well 300 of land demick clause in our contract. you sign a contract for 10 years at hard with you know things are hard for $23.00 or maybe 4 months at the beginning that's the blink of an icon paired to that 10 year contract to do continue on. is also optimistic for now. we have no regrets about taking this step this crisis in particular has brought us
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closer as a team we've grown together and taken the hurdles together is a good start. one of their regular guests popped by recently with a surprise and. we were there during a difficult time for his want and now that we're not doing so well with a covert crisis he suddenly appeared at the reception and handed us a box containing little gifts. and a donation of 2000 euros. and 5000 or one that was really a lot of money for him it was very generous and we were just incredibly touched i was moved to tears that someone could be so kind at a time like this as one to support or. aunts understood smushed. 'd and her partner say they can hold out until april but after that they may well
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churches are created. just to defeat drills starts april 12th on d. w. . this is the news live from berlin the news medical regulator tells governments to keep using astra zeneca as coronavirus vaccine the head of the european med since agency says the benefits outweigh the risks of side effects an investigation continues into reports that the vaccine could be linked to red blood clots also coming up u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken arrives in south korea as washington tries to
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