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Old 22nd Mar 2020, 22:06
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kiwi grey
 
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Originally Posted by Sunfish
We just cancelled two business class returns to Europe, train in germany, car hire for six weeks, accomodation in Italy, Sicily and Sardinia, four overnight ferries, yacht charter for two weeks in Croatia, a week in venice, sicily and elsewhere, two Vietnam domestic flights and a week in Nha Trang. Now multiply by tens of thousands of similar vacations and you get a picture of the impact of this bug.

Even if a miracle cure was found tomorrow, it’s going to take a year to get back to “normal”. If there is such a thing.....
When the crisis is over (I'm betting Christmas at best, more likely next northern spring, i.e. twelve months) a whole bunch of over-65s will have a huge lot less in their super funds, maybe 50% less. It may not make a lot of difference to those who started off with $10,000,000, but those who started of with say $600,000 and have now got $300,000 are not going to splash it on an expensive overseas holiday. And nobody is going on a plague cruise ship.
The shape of tourism and leisure flying has changed for a l-o-n-g time

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