World travel is going to be hurting for a decade, once it slowly resumes

[devifemme]

I was just talking to an LJ friend about travel -- as the world slowly recoups economically. I think that international travel in general (both business and pleasure) will recover only VERY slowly from the downturn

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[anais_pf]

I'm glad you're trying to help the crews in some small way. I just read about the situation on cruise ships in an article today. (Washington Post, possibly?) Yeah, cruising is going to be hurting bigtime for a long while.

On a more selfish note, I worry that by the time it is possible to travel safely again, I will be too decrepit to enjoy it. I am already not in the best physical shape, and who knows in 5 or 10 years whether I'll be capable of withstanding the physical travails of airplanes, luggage, gangplanks, etc.

[meisje_viktoria]

I think this will be effecting us for year and years. It took almost a decade for the West to get out of the Great Depression, and only the break out of WW2 to jump up in industry, sadly for war.

[devifemme]

Yup, it's clear that The Donald bumbled and schemed his way into massive harm to the world! Not the least of his "legacies" is making China the most powerful nation

[meisje_viktoria]

China was already powerful but he really helped open the flood gates. The issue is if China will not trip over it's own feet.