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on policeman from me. we are here is actually on fire. the for. south africa facing mall travel restrictions around the world than any other country income from foreign tourists has been told put downs will ask the country's tourism minister what type there is for work is never sees holidaymakers. and university students in brazil all struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic instead of studying many have been forced into work shattering that dreams of the great. to see the real business on inventing welcome to the program. south africa's

struggling tourism industry is in dire straits with the country subject to a mockery of our shower restrictions than any other nation in the world following one of the hottest covered 19 lockdowns on the planet the country was then hit by the emergence of a highly infectious barrie and now foreign tourism to south africa has been all but wiped out all alone in the african bush safari operator nicola roxon most relies on foreign tourists at his 2000 hectare came farm north of your home his bird. only vehicle vehicle will be prone to have people from all over the world problems europe asia even as far as mongolia people are coming to enjoy the game there are sea nightshirt but service to go a bit daunting to travel restrictions and nobody is coming the cove in $1000.00 pandemics last visitor numbers by over 95 percent and the tourists won't be

returning anytime soon because of the more contagious covert 19 strain which emerged in south africa at the end of last year travel to and from the country is now either restricted or completely prohibited by $120.00 nations the situation could lead to the end of many south african companies in the tourism sector so that because good video a levels of quality and unemployment in today's them is one of those industries that can really make a difference unfortunately a lot of lost yet it devastating impact on tourism in south africa and travel restrictions this year on the wrist of the wall though much of the recent tool is really putting the final nail in the coffin of 2 isn't in south africa. so where toes famous vilakazi street where nelson mandela once lived is usually swamped with foreign visitors. businesses here are turning to locals amid bankruptcies

and closures that. was. before corporate this place was buzzing with fall into all these flocking day in day out 7 days a week 247365 so after chipped in the business went down but slowly slowly with it main focus on domestic tourism slowed to the business picking up but notice before but while this strategy is working for some it's not really an option for most tour operators whose business models rely on foreign tourists. it's pretty bad i mean just for stuff we had to let go 50 percent of the stuff my share for use during the cleaning out just to keep busy hopefully it will. get tourists again if not i don't know what's plan b with the ongoing travel restrictions a reversal of south africa's tourist industry collapse isn't in sight and we can

now speak to south africa's midst of a tourism i'm a local by bonnie thanks a lot for joining us minister and that's just pick up where that reports left off and ask you know how long are people working in south africa's tourism sector going to have to wait for recovery. gritting stop watson together with us from suffered injuries in point of view we have started with you on the tourism recovered september cover strategy only its p. less is based on the domestic market pedals into is the market and obviously that's gauging investment thoughts so that they can get which can be received they've been deceived to come to some of the meta thing that is an interest because of mis information about the variance of the full committee looks real as we see today so that's going to cover very in terms of the opinion it's 95 percent so it's not going to get many companies that look at what we have seen as it is a is

a bend in terms of africa and imposing restrictions other phooka it's not that i can see with other news so we believe that in testing this balloon to simply look at our uncovered leads and 5 as i said between 80 and 95 most of the time you get alan thinks and rates would seem even to the lowest where 47 is there are 7 business in less than 500 in terms of infections in terms of i tell you to date as well if you look at that number assess what we see that we actually have room i tell you generate a significant and that's almost believe that it's because of mis information and this clue case in about how i'm getting to that i mean which and that has been i guess internet safety transit maybe these restrictions are in place so foreign travelers can come to south africa because the contents there and countries that could be the case we don't know how long could be

a yeah it could be longer so what are you doing to make sure that people working in the tourism sector have that job stop. that's something we've got a tourism sectary covered plate hadn't quite the tourism sector covered plan for example it would be in the face basis is that muted and it may take the risk to terrorism to be able to carry in terms of the numbers for us i mean gauge in terms of the u.s. counties through to government talents to be able to explain the situation inside of because of that how interest can do to remove that being so those are the 2 major yes that will add to them to be able to respond to what they're faced. in the meantime you mentioned about domestic tourism how big a role is that going to have to play in keeping people in business and tourism in south africa this last year we've seen is sage in terms of domestic terrorism

post both in terms of even not just came from what you started is as a country one of the times where we see a lot of it is that they need and that has been able to assist in terms of getting a lot of businesses in terms of when we look at the notices from our stuff for example just in april we saw a number of businesses were even this time had been able to make some of the stuff i mean in terms of which is a way to get back some time to do is to market will be able to get an ai what tourism sector and that's why we have appealed to many of us it to be as to reposition their products and also to be able to outwardly both in tennis now and to misty in the meantime get into a misty y.b. reiki together interest of i could think might happen of course a comic up on of the foreign tours and so you need to come back and minister for torres's by bonnie thank you very much for joining us on day to be business thank

you very much. china web beijing says the economy grew by 18.3 percent in the 1st quarter 2021 compares to the same period a year ago it's the biggest jump in g.d.p. since china started publishing quarterly figures almost 3 decades ago record growth is largely because of the tremendous drop in g.d.p. during the 1st 3 months of last year as china dealt with its called $900.00 franc i will just say it nevertheless suggests that china continues to gain economic momentum as more from our financial correspondent in frankfurt chelsea delaney. china isn't likely to repeat an 18.3 per cent search engine d.p. in the coming quarters even so if the economy is going to be one of the strongest in the world this has a lot of benefits not just for china but for many other countries around the world china is one of the biggest buyers of foreign goods and we're already seeing this really boost at companies here in europe for example b.m.w.

recently reported a record 1st quarter and that's mostly because sales in china are going quite strongly today time warner also said that it's going to report better than expected earnings for the 4th quarter mostly because of china l v m h as well so this is really a trend we're seeing among european companies while the market here in europe does remain weak because of the coronavirus restrictions in place china has really emerged as a major bright spot. now some of the other global business stories making the news so that the central bank has banned the use of crypto currency such as big purchases citing transaction risks these include lack of regulation supervision non-recoverable losses the parties involved possible use for illegal purposes the bank says the payment comes a time when the lira remains weak and inflation stubbornly high. beilin thousands of people have taken to the streets after the constitutional court declared the city's rent noland void the measure took effect last year and affected 90 percent

of rental properties it was considered one of the mode. radical measures against soaring rents for. a coronavirus pandemic is raging unchecked in brazil for many students this means the end of their dreams of getting a degree and making of something of themselves instead of going to university and now forced to work a little pay just to get by. various several sets off on her bike for a long day on the saddle the 29 year old will probably write 80 kilometers today as she does every day crisscrossing rio de janeiro to deliver food. that. i can't do anything else now because of this job i get up early and from that moment on i have to be completely at the beck and call of this app if not i automatically stop receiving orders. on. various been carrying this orange bag for

a year since the pandemic 1st hit she used to study history on a scholarship but that run out during the coronavirus crisis now she earns money by fighting her way through rio's traffic chaos each day a risky undertaking. to begin with she tried to combine her studies with the job. in the beginning i often delivered food while listening to lectures on my headphones and biking at the same time but i couldn't concentrate on either the lecture or what was happening on the road. as there are those who only movie without this job maria wouldn't have enough money to survive during the pandemic she gets the equivalent of $0.40 per delivery and rarely receives tips many of brazilians are in a similar situation. thing i spend nearly 24 hours a day delivering food on the stage or

a street how am i supposed to study on the side. of thinking it's going to believe that. there is also have to give up her apartment for the time being she's staying with the family of a friend for free she's very worried she may soon end up on the street one reason she suffered from depression for the past year. when my scholarship ran out i didn't know what to do in the middle of the pandemic the only way out seemed to be delivering food. but i recently broke 3 ribs in an accident and i couldn't work for a whole month. maria comes from brazil's impoverished northeast and wants to be the 1st woman in her family to go to college instead she's working hard for a miserable. she no longer dreams of finishing a degree. my dream of going to university was stolen by the pandemic.

i feel like a loser because i'm not able to finish my degree. is. one maria sees no hope as long as the coronavirus rages on through brazil. that's all from me in the business team here in berlin to check out our website to do we don't call slash business but. my 1st vice like moses sewing machine. where i come from women are almost by this ocean for. something as simple as learning how to ride a bicycle isn't. since i was a little girl i wanted to have a bicycle off my home and it took me as the place is. finally they gave up and went on by me and i said that but returns people sewing machines sewing i suppose was more apt procreate for girls then rising i'm biased as knowledge i want to meet

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