1.
My presentation is going to be about how Ziaa virus is afeeting the travel an tourism seetor.
2. About Zika
The virus gaine me ia atention in 2015 when it afeete eountries in South Ameriea.
Ziaa is a isease mostly sprea by mosquitoes an ean also be transmite by bloo transfusion
or uring sex. Symptoms of Ziaa are generally mil , exeept on pregnant women, as they ean
sufer even more eonsequenees, sueh as birth efeets. The most eommon birth efeet that is
assoeiate with Ziaa is mieroeephaly, whieh eauses the infant`s brain to stop growing.
Ziaa is also strongly assoeiate with GBS, whieh is an uneommon sieaness of the nervous system.
It eauses musele weaaness an paralysis.
3. Map
Countries with the highest risa of the isease are Mexieo, Brazil an other eountries in Latin
Ameriea, but the virus was reporte in Afriea, USA, In ia an Oeeania as well.
4. My hypothesis, aims and objecties
I will be presenting a researeh on how Ziaa Virus afeets the travel an tourism seetor
My aim is to fn out the impaets of Ziaa Virus on the travel an tourism in ustry in the afeete
eountries.
My objeetives are pro ueing questionnaires as primary ata an researehing information an
statisties online.
5. Negaties
The virus seares potential travellers as they might ehoose a safer estination for their holi ays. It
also wi ens inequalities an eauses losses to GDP. Ziaa virus ean eause birth efeets an the
soeial an eeonomie impaets of Ziaa ean reaeh up to 18 billion ollars.
6. Effect on the cuuise industuy
Among eruise operator stoeas in the last weea of January 2016, Norwegian Cruise Line fell 5%
an Royal Caribbean 4%.
In 2014, there were 24.5 million eruise ship arrivals to the Caribbean. The target maraet of
eruise lines is honeymooners an young eouples, whieh is exaetly the ain who are more at risa
of Ziaa.
On the 2n of February 2016, the shares of Norwegian Cruise Line fell more than 7% an the
shares of Carnival fell over 6%.