and young people clearly have the solutions. 77 percent. hoping for a fun filled vacations and a pandemic under control as biggest travel fair starts here and roland many wondering vaccinations and easing. quickly enough for these battered. bands have been hitting south africa's wine industry hard forcing rivers to. show you how. are you planning a summer vacation this year and where would you go. now these are the questions on everybody's mind at the international travel fair the world's largest gathering of the industry which is kicking off in berlin later today like so many other big events the i.t.v. has gone digital dizzier participants would be forgiven for not being in celebration mode though after all tourism is one of the industries that's been hardest hit by covert 19 last year travel slump by 74 percent worldwide as the pandemic led to restrictions in countries around the world that translates into $1.00 trillion dollars of lost revenue for airlines hotels and many others in the industry putting some $120000000.00 jobs everest's around the world has more. and the beach is the backdrop to the growing despair and anger among spanish tourism workers here on the holiday island of new york our hotels and restaurants have been shutting down pushing many close to poverty spain is just one of many tourism relying to caen in the east and it's been dealt a heavy snow by the pandemic in 2020 tourism top 69 percent in north and south america in africa and the middle east visitor numbers plunged 75 percent europe's or 70 percent fewer vacationers sound in the asia pacific region there was an 84 percent dip. the ankle remains bleak vaccination progress is slow countries like australia and new zealand are keeping their borders closed in europe a standardized vaccination card is being debased it but when things will return to normal is anybody's guess. let's take a look at a possible scenario for the summer here with axel hay for he's the head of go and online search engine here in germany and a subsidiary of the expedia group welcome to w. axel we just saw there seems to be only limited optimism for the summer in the travel industry the international airlines lobby group says recovery is slower than expected what sort of travel season do you expect. we are expecting a similar recovery than we've seen last year so great dominantly local weather driving distance with was very limits at continental travel and hardly any intercontinental. when we talk about these flights travel to other countries are you optimistic that there will be this standard standardized vaccination pass to do european union is talking about for example. i don't think that there is really an alternative to be honest answer because the i mean we have all travel it's hardly at all now for more than a year the industry has had hardly any revenue with the exception of a small town up peak last year and we've got in particular in southern europe a lot of economies and a lot of regions that depend heavily on tourism so i think the governments have to find a way to get some tourists at least into these destinations. to keep going. and that's what that's what make any positive ok if international travel is going to be limited according to your estimations and we might be entering its 3rd wave of infections we have cases and cases rising here in germany what does that mean for the travel sector as a whole. the key thing is that we can allow for the summer vacation i think it's not only for the travel industry but it's all of us all of us having been at lockdown for a very long time particularly families do need a break and i think that the summer should be ok given that the weather should help their vaccination programs should get some traction in the next couple of months in time for the summer season and we haven't fully exploited the benefits of testing so those 3 factors i think well counter the effects of the. variant that all variants that are more contagious how has the pandemic been impacting your business . i mean that you mentioned earlier and the. end they call it very very very hot up this they either we had in an april last year or pretty much no revenue at all. and had to really face reality that the travel industry will be much much smaller for the years to come but since then we try to take a positive perspective and focus really on the summer of this year try to focus on what the cost them as and the trouble as need would be and and what top on adjusting our products and i mean now getting getting more and more excited to actually test those products with was really a traveler traveling and some are actual some say the zoo meetings and video chats that have all been named become a routine of our lives are here to stay and are going to continue to take their toll on business trips how do you think depend demick will change leisure travel in the long term i think for leisure travel there will be a couple of direct in a couple of in direct effect i mean that the direct effect in the short term is that local destinations seem to be much more attractive you're much more in control and you know what you're getting where is very remote destinations are much more difficult to reach the risk is much greater to offshore from quarantine requirements being imposed the cetera the indirect in fact is more coming from from the airlines to be on a sunny day the amount of business travel is likely to be structurally reduced which means that the economy cost take that sound like to become more expensive so overall a shift from from intercontinental to more continental and local is our expectation of the isakov actually for c.e.o. of online travel search engine turn our go thank you for thoughts thank you. and now to some of the other global business stories making news airlines in the united states are urging the white house to develop a standardized system to get passengers flying in various groups and countries are currently working and so-called vaccine passports which would allow some travelers back on to planes but airlines fear a variety of different approaches will calls confusion and disruption the european union says it's investing heavily in its semiconductor and conductor industry in order to become more digitally independent it also claims the 1st european quantum computer will be available within 5 years more details of the plans are due to be officially set out later on tuesday currently europe is highly dependent on chips from asia and the united states. nobel peace prize winner. malala you such as he is expanding her partnership with apple to produce dramas children's series and documentaries that will air on the tech giants streaming service the 23 year old joins apples to the plus his roster of content creators including oprah winfrey and stephen smith. germany's highest courts has set a high bar for prosecutors seeking damages from audi in connection with the manipulated diesel motors used in some of its cars according to the ruling senior management must be aware of the fraud in order for the company to be held liable. time now for a quick check on financial markets chose to delay me as our correspondent in frankfurt chelsea let's take a look at tech stocks where the selloff seems to be continuing the nastase now down more than 10 percent since its february record and kerr currently officially in correction mode take stocks have sewer throughout the pen demick why are they falling now. well for the past year markets have really and lock down so all of these stocks that benefit from people being in quarantine staying home working from home amazon's apples the peloton were really really seeing very strong really strong growth in business and business and that helped to project to propel the overall market higher but now investors are starting to take more seriously this idea that we could be moving towards normality again so investors are dumping some of these so-called lock down stocks and investing more in real economy stocks at things like travel stocks bank stocks all of that is starting to see we're starting to see a bit of a rotation out of tack into it into other parts of the market. china auto sales put drupal. is the good news for the german car industry. it definitely is the chinese auto market was really a lifeline for the global auto market but particularly these german automakers like mercedes benz b.m.w. china was the only real growth market for them throughout the pandemic in part because luxury auto sales continued to be quite strong in china so this is good news that the market remains on solid footing in china but they are warning that the semiconductor shortage could pose problems for the market in this this year. is to south africa now where. coronavirus measures have dealt a heavy blow to the country's wine industry but in one region. have been able to avoid much demi greeted woes by going their own voice. it's known as a wine paradise the handle on ard or heaven on earth valley is located in the western part of south africa over the past year alcohol bans brought in as part of efforts to curb the coronavirus have dealt a heavy blow to the industry but why maker anthony hamilton russell managed to buck the trend now if your business relied a lot on tourism or direct sales from the property. you hit particularly hard particularly if you also run a restaurant on the property we're lucky on hamilton russell vineyards in only selling in my 30 s. on average about 7 percent of our wine directory we almost refer people to buy it to retailers and i live in a country of origin and so i rather buy their wine making has a long tradition in the region locals say the fresh atlantic air and abundance of sun give the wine a unique taste but not everyone grower has managed to establish an international brand those who do have been able to weather the crisis far better pascaline the ca works as a somalia in a new york restaurant. to assure markets for the situation has dramatically changed it's now obvious that south africa makes a purple lines and that walker bay has its place among the great wine regions for the shark name you know who are 12 years ago it was much harder to sell them but a lot of work has been done before it to fish. for some wine growers focusing on quality rather than just quantity has paid off those who managed to make a name for themselves before the pandemic find themselves in an especially strong position now still they await the day when they can once again welcome visitors to the valley. and a reminder of the top story for you at this hour as the world's biggest tourism fair gets under way here along today have a sector remains in conventions all online travel down to pendennis restrictions and companies are looking for a strategy to win back customers. that's a show thanks for watching on. twitter self a success. they are fleeing poverty only to end up in german brothels women from eastern europe forced into sexual slavery. for them help is hard to come by but in the southern german free of mannheim they're receiving support from a committed women's rights activist exploiting the core closer. to total. crime fighters are back with the most successful radio drama series continues all of us odes are available online and of course you can share and discuss on t.w. africa's facebook page and other social media platforms for a crime fighter tune in now. 6 lanes in the heart of europe whose lives count for nothing. he put a gun to my head and said i'm going to. myself and smash. throw you away he said and no one will remember you never existed.