A new report says the coronavirus pandemic caused a 65 percent decrease in international travel during the first six months of 2020. The World Tourism Organization, an agency of the United Nations, published the report on Tuesday. It noted that the drop in international travel resulted in a loss of $460 billion in export revenues from tourism. The loss is five times greater than the loss recorded in 2009 during the international financial crisis. The organization said in a statement that the U.N. agency estimates it will take between two to four years for tourist arrivals to return to 2019 levels.
Title: International Travel and Tourism Business Struggling
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4543/C.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='International Travel and Tourism Business Struggling' data-article-id='5038'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='15854'>A new report says the coronavirus pandemic caused a 65 percent decrease in international travel during the first six months of 2020.</span> <span data-start-time='15854' data-end-time='26188'>The World Tourism Organization, an agency of the United Nations, published the report on Tuesday. </span> <span data-start-time='26188' data-end-time='41063'>It noted that the drop in international travel resulted in a loss of $460 billion in export revenues from tourism.</span> <span data-start-time='41063' data-end-time='52688'>The loss is five times greater than the loss recorded in 2009 during the international financial crisis.</span> <span data-start-time='52688' data-end-time='70583'>The organization said in a statement that the U.N. agency estimates it will take between two to four years for tourist arrivals to return to 2019 levels.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4543/20_years.wav'><span>20 years</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4543/five_to_eight_years.wav'><span>five to eight years</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=15887 data-hint-location='26188' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4543/what_is_the_loss_of_tourism_revenue_due_to_the_drop_in_international_travel.wav'>What is the loss of tourism revenue due to the drop in international travel?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='$460 billion '><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4543/260_billion_.wav'><span>$260 billion </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4543/460_billion_.wav'><span>$460 billion </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4543/460_million.wav'><span>$460 million</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4543/160_million.wav'><span>$160 million</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=15888 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4543/the_coronavirus_pandemic_caused_a_drop_in_international_travel_of__blank_.wav'>The coronavirus pandemic caused a drop in international travel of <span class='blank'>65 percent </span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='65 percent '><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4543/85_percent_.wav'><span>85 percent </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4543/65_percent_.wav'><span>65 percent </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4543/55_percent_.wav'><span>55 percent </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4543/6_percent_.wav'><span>6 percent </span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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