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Updated: February 14, 2020
Coronaviruses are common causes of respiratory infections. They have previously been implicated Public Health Emergency
in viral outbreaks, including SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, but are also responsible for some common of International Concern
colds. Coronavirus COVID-19 is a new virus, without any known prior human infection. (PHEIC)
Russia H Measles
Finland
Sweden
Canada G Polio
UK Germany High (>4)
France
Viral control and
Smallpox K
Spain
Italy China
Japan USA improved case
Nepal D Chickenpox
India Republic of Korea management will
Thailand
UAE Cambodia COVID-19 MERS-CoV J push COVID-19
Vietnam
Sri Lanka Philippines Medium
Singapore
Malaysia F SARS-CoV to behave more
(2-4)
closely to recent
Australia Influenza and
C Zikavirus Zikavirus
Influenza H2N2 1957 E Influenza 1918 I
Number of confirmed cases B outbreaks
A Influenza H1N1 2009 Ebola (West Africa 2014)
1-2 Low (<2)
3 - 10
11 - 100
101 - 500
> 500 Low (<2%) Medium (2-15%) High (>15%)
Hubei province China
Virus has spread across Identification of cases early in the disease (i.e. with fewer symptoms), intensification
over 25 countries of viral control methods, and deployment of treatments (when available) will drive
down the reproduction number and reduce case fatality
1. Latest numbers are available from a number of sources, including daily situation reports from the World Health Organization available here
2. Case fatality numbers are reflective of the outbreak setting and depend on a number of factors, including patient's age, community immunity, health system
capabilities, etc. This graphic aims to offer a broad comparison
25+1
Disability Ebola – 1-year disability rate of 78%3, while most patients
Countries affected Clinical
effects with SARS who recover suffered few long-term effects2
(biological)
Estimated impact LAST UPDATED: Feb 4, 2020
Death
Current estimates of ~1-2% fatality ratio2 (by comparison:
Influenza: ~1-2%, Ebola: ~50%, SARS: ~5-10%)
Estimated annual
~$90B+2 economic impact based
Mode of
Pathogens that spread via droplet or aerosolized routes pose
on ~0.1% shock to transmission
much higher risk than those requiring direct physical contact
global economy with infected fluids (such as Ebola)
COVID-19 Cases Majorly impacted province, Large industrial base, can Urban center, driver of
per million (Feb 08, 2020) likely to have longer be engine of faster Chinese consumer
Bubble size is proportional to size of manufacturing sector economic impact manufacturing recovery behavior
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Hubei Hubei is the worst impacted province, with more than 500 cases per million
people. The taxed healthcare situation in several areas, especially Wuhan, will
20 Zhejiang mean slower return to work and ramp-up of productivity, and sustained acute
Jiangxi
impact across sectors (both manufacturing and services), unless cases peak by
18 end of February
Beijing
16 Chongqing Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shandong are all large industrial bases with
Hainan Hunan lower cases per million. Key goals for them are to maintain public health while
14 Anhui
attempting a restart of manufacturing activity. The largest of these is Guangdong,
Shanghai
12 which has provided detailed guidelines for how companies can return to work – a
Henan
regime of stringent processes, checking travel and exposure history of
10 Heilongjiang Shaanxi Guangdong
Ningxia
employees and ensuring a safe environment; factor restarts commencing work
Guangxi
8 the week of February 10, but slow and staggered – reports of 10-30% employees
Fujian
Tianjin return to date
6 Qinghai Jilin Jiangsu
Sichuan Beijing and Shanghai are the highest profile urban area to monitor for
Shanxi Shandong
4 return to work and resumption of consumer demand. The earliest leading
Yunnan
Guizhou indicator for economic recovery is whether the return of nearly 16M migrant
2 Inner Mongolia
Xinjiang Hebei
Gansu
drives a spike in cases over the next 5-10 days (post-Lunar New Year); if it does,
Liaoning it could set recovery back by months, since it will be taken as a sign that
0
0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 restarting economic activity is difficult without risking public health. Near-term
GDP (2018) focus on basic services (e.g., utilities, hospital access); economic restart and
$B USD economic restart based on greater possibility to work from home given higher
significance of white collar work
Current Gap to 2019 value Pos. trend Neg trend Pending addl. data
Clinical indicators to monitor New clinical case definition is Economic indicators to monitor
contributing to recent large
Global clinical indicators of outbreak spread increase Supply chain restart in China
Restart authorized Workers present Goods moving out
6 NO 25 12% 8% Week of 2/10 Inbound movement of population to major industrial
# of site outside of Evidence of # of countries 2/11 to 2/13 2/8 to 2/10 4 0 provinces in China7 TBD
Wuhan with significant with new # of identified plant # of identified plant % of major port occupancy
confirmed 3rd gen transmission via confirmed cases restarts in other key restarts in Hubei by containers compared to
Global confirmed case 11% 15% 8%
transmission aerosol route in the last 14 industrial centers5
21%
20198
(compound daily growth %)2
(severity)1 days (breadth)
5 79% 89% 85% 92%
# of reported potential
production shifts to Southeast Guangdong Jiangsu Shandong Hubei
China-specific clinical indicators of outbreak spread Asia (decisions pending
further development of virus)6
3.82 - - - Late- Feb
Signals of demand restart in China
China: Ratio of China: Ratio of China: % China: % Expert
last day’s latest day increase of increase of consensus on Consumer confidence restoring Demand increasing
confirmed suspected daily daily peak of case
cases to cases to prior confirmed confirmed count in Peak congestion level in major cities in China9
previous max day cases cases 1 week cases 1 week China4 +/- 0% TBD
daily after migrant after factory 14% 24% 24% 15% CapitaLand REIT (owns 12 % of major mall parking lot
29%
confirmed worker return3 restart2 malls across China) week over occupancy compared to 20195
86% 76% 76% 71%
cases 85% week value
Shenzhen Beijing Shanghai Nanjing Wuhan
1. Germany, China, including Hong Kong, Singapore, UK, France , other (cruise ship off the coast of Japan); 2. China updated definition of confirmed cases on 2/13/20 to include people diagnosed by clinical criteria and diagnostic kits instead
of diagnostics kits only, which may impact these statistics; calculated where (FV/PV) ^ (1/days) - 1; 3. Available Tuesday/Wednesday during week of Feb 17 at provincial level; 4. Verified with 3 sources. 5. Shandong, Jiangsu,
Guangdong; 6. Aisin Seiki Co, Toyota Boshoku Corp., Fujitsu General Ltd., LPP. Ftech shifted production to Philippines on 1/30/20; 7. Measures movement of population into destinations 8. Metrics pending access to additional
data sources. 9. Car traffic only. Congestion level measures % increase in travel time compared to free flow condition 10. United States, European Union, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brazil, India, Russia; Full
represents no restriction, partial represents restricting some travelers or ports of entry, none represents complete closure of ports of entry;
Source: WHO Situation Reports; National Bureau of Statistics of China; McKinsey Global Institute; OCED Data, Johns Hopkins CSSE, London School of McKinsey & Company 11
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Columbia University, Xian Jiaotong University, press research, TomTom traffic index, Baidu QianXi
Leading indicators
NEC Corp (2/10) Cargill (2/10) Y Toyota (2/16) ups, and ongoing public
Y Mitsubishi
Sharp Corp (2/10) Honeywell (2/10) Hainan Motors (2/16) Y Honda (TBD) concern over the virus,
1. Dates estimated given latest available information - situation rapidly unfolding and subject to change G Foxconn (2/10) may slow down the
2. Exact reasons are not clear at this time; this could be driven by ongoing recommendations to stay home, personal fear, limitations in G Lenovo (2/10) restart
mobility (e.g., lack of transport to work), or other reasons
Source: Japan Times, Automotive News Europe, Reuters, Xinhua Net, Expert interviews McKinsey & Company 12
Leading indicators
1. Measures movement of population into destinations 2. Car traffic only. Peak congestion is defined as the point of day where travel time is the longest compared to free flow condition
PRELIMINARY
Get control & craft trigger-based portfolio of actions Improve supply chain robustness
Set up a nerve center dedicated to managing the COVID-19 outbreak. Understand exposure by determining critical components, defining buffer and
Ensure high decision authority to allow for speed of decisions current inventory, creating tier-transparency, cost scenarios and priority component
lists and action plans
Defined tailored scenarios for the company, and evaluate impact to
P&L and balance sheet in each situation Take action to address anticipated shortages including using available
inventory and alternate transport options
Define portfolio of actions that are appropriate under different
scenarios, triggered by a small number of practical leading indicators Ensure supplies, materials and personnel required to restart production
including PPE source, employee communications, etc.
Conduct a table-top to ensure full alignment on triggers and actions
under different scenarios by the leadership team Understand additional options including supplier task forces, moving supply to
non-China countries if multi-sourced, and/or developing new supplies
1. Buffer stock from Chinese New Year may provide a cushion and potential false sense of security. Impact likely to be felt first in JIT supply chains (e.g. automotive).
2. Given costs, airfreight might not be an option for many industries; availability is already limited
3. Source 4 Growth is a comprehensive database with supplier coverage in every major global region with capability to generate supplier shortlists based on requirements and industry.
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Appendix
2015: Zika
2
2014: Ebola
Worked on multiple aspects of the global response, including
emergency operations, funding, planning and R&D coordination 4
3
3
2014: MERS-CoV
Supported immediate response & contingency planning for the
1 2
2014 MERS CoV outbreak
5
4
2009: Influenza
Helped develop a plan to address the threat of pandemic
influenza, with a focus on sufficient vaccine production
c
5
2019: Twin Cyclones
Helped an NGO improve its Emergency Operations Center
after a twin cyclone in Mozambique
Crisis management experts Global public health, inc. epidemics Supply chain risk management
Mihir Mysore (Partner, Houston)
Matt Wilson (Senior Partner, NYC) Knut Alicke (Partner, Stuttgart)
Global leader of the Crisis Response Leader of Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Overall leader of the Global Health Practice focused on
Practice with extensive crisis management Practice, with deep expertise across sectors
infectious diseases, and healthcare systems and services
experience across multiple sectors on including travel, logistics, advanced
topics including crisis preparation, industries, pharmaceuticals
simulation, and response
Matt Craven (Partner, Silicon Valley)
Leader of our work in Infectious Diseases; Medical doctor Anna Strigel (Associate Partner, Berlin)
Linda Liu (Partner, New York) with deep expertise in outbreak response; leadership role Leader in Manufacturing & Supply Chan
Core leader in the Crisis Response in the WHO’s Ebola Response in Sierra Leone; work on Practice, with experience across advanced
Practice serving public sector and multiple other outbreaks with McKinsey industries, automotive
Fortune 100 clients on enterprise risk
management, long-term strategic
planning, crisis response & Michael Conway (Senior Partner, Philadelphia) Global macroeconomics and stress testing
preparedness, regulatory remediation Former leader of the Global Public Health Practice
and work on multiple prior outbreaks, including Zika, Arvind Govindarajan (Partner, Boston)
MERS, influenza and Ebola Leader of Risk Dynamics, deep expertise
David Chia (Senior VP, Miami)
across sectors including banking,
Core leader in the Transformation gas/energy
Practice and expert in travel, Sanjiv Baxi (Engagement Manager, Silicon Valley)
transportation, logistics, and healthcare Leader in the Healthcare Practice with significant
strategy and operations in the crisis Sree Ramaswamy (Partner, DC)
expertise in Epidemiology, serving clients on strategy
management context and operations topics Leader in McKinsey Global Institute; deep
expertise in economic analysis and policy,
productivity, tech
Ophelia Usher (Expert, New York)
Marie-Renee B-Lajoie (Engagement Manager, Boston)
Experience in private and public sector crisis Ezra Greenberg (Associate Partner, Stamford)
Global public health expert focused on response
management with specific expertise in threat
preparedness operations and supply chain Leader in Strategy & Corporate Finance; deep
identification, stakeholder assessment and
Practicing emergency physician with 10+ years experience expertise in macroeconomic analysis and
strategy, and business continuity
in humanitarian response forecasting
Stand up central ❑ Stand up a central team to maintain a real-time view of the situation and oversee and coordinate response
activities
“nerve center” ❑ Set up emergency response leadership construct including clearly defined decision authority
❑ Create stakeholder maps to understand potential impacts on employees, customers, and suppliers
❑ Create communications plan (e.g., employee FAQ) for information dissemination
Define tailored ❑ Define range of 3 potential scenarios for how the situation could evolve based on evolution of epidemiology and
socioeconomic responses
scenarios and ❑ Conduct stress testing to assess impact to P&L, balance sheet, for each scenario, in coordination with financial
conduct stress test planning and other functions, as necessary
Create portfolio of ❑ Develop contingency plans and mitigation actions for likely scenarios (e.g., if supply chain exposure, engage
Tier 1 to create mapping of Tier 2+)
mitigating tactics ❑ Identify leading indicators – e.g., triggers indicating economic restart, resumption of consumer demand – and
create real-time dashboard that displays curated, relevant information
Conduct table-top ❑ Create and conduct table-top exercises for executive / operating committee to align on triggers and actions to
take, by scenario
exercises
Supply chain ❑ Form central transparency hub to identify critical components and coordinate with Tier 1 suppliers to map
out Tier 2+ suppliers
sourcing hub
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Example: Nerve center
Illustrative
Leads overall response effort
Executive Committee COVID-19 Response Lead Has authority to act on behalf of organization
Steers and provides oversight, day-to-day guidance
Key Define relevant scenarios and Source and maintain fact base Serve as ‘one source of truth’ Develop and implement
activities conduct modeling to understand on evolving situation for operations fact base communication strategies at
implications for organization Perform relevant research on Maintain view on resources, global, national, and regional
Model economic impact to the media and monitor threats and operational performance, and levels
organization at the local, leading indicators of situation status of each Develop stakeholder-specific
regional, and global levels Review and synthesize relevant Provide relevant inputs to the communications plan
Develop contingency plans surveillance, communication and economic impact model owned Coordinate internal and
Develop prioritized list of risks monitoring data by Scenario Planning external communications
and mitigation plans including media social media
In 2000, the Chinese market represented only COVID-19 will likely have a greater impact on the luxury goods sector than the SARS Given widening travel restrictions,
2% of luxury sales; by contrast, Chinese epidemic did in 2003 companies are anticipating that
consumers delivered >50% of global growth in — In 2003, China saw rapid recovery in the luxury goods segment in 2H 2003 once the SARS decreased spending patterns of
luxury spending between 2012–2018 crisis abated, fueled by months of unmet demand Chinese customers will negatively
In 2018, Chinese consumers spent $115Bn on impact sales over coming weeks
— However, China commands a much larger portion of the market today than in 2003
luxury items, representing >30% of the global Local footfall examples:
Domestic footfall in China’s boutiques and luxury shopping malls has plunged with
luxury spend — 24 of Burberry’s 64 stores in
gov’t-imposed restrictions and Chinese consumers social distancing
China’s luxury spending is projected to nearly Mainland China are closed
— Significant drop in social gatherings, group entertainment, afflicting demand for non-staple
double from 2018 to 2025, representing ~40% with remaining stores operating
luxury goods such as wines, spirits
of global spend on luxury goods in 2025 with reduced hours and seeing
— Offline shopping for luxury goods to remain main spending modality; however, companies significant footfall declines
— Explosion in upper-middle-class
are reporting 80-90% drop in foot traffic
households, which continue to purchase in — European luxury retailer
luxury categories even as growth in China’s — Online purchasing (<15% of luxury spend) unlikely to be viable substitute for luxury goods operating in China reported
economy has eased and is also affected by transportation challenges foot traffic decreased from
— Even if China’s growth slows, luxury spend Precipitous fall of Chinese spend on luxury goods outside of China are likely to result in between 600-800 people in a
will likely continue to grow as consumer more detrimental impact than decreases in domestic footfall day, to no more than 5
behaviors continue to shift from investment — Over 50 countries or territories have imposed travel restrictions and tightened visa customers entering the store
to consumption requirements on Chinese travelers; relaxation of such restrictions likely dependent on per day
70 percent of Chinese consumers did their perception of disease being “under control” (e.g., fatality rate lower, case growth down, Significant outlook adjustments
luxury spending overseas but this ratio is containment measures effective ex-Hubei) plus economic/trade pressure — Tapestry Inc. estimated loss of
shifting toward more domestic spend as a result — Over 70 airlines have canceled or suspended flights to China (e.g., American through April; sales of $200-$250M in sales
of government actions (e.g., repatriation, cutting British Airways through March, excluding Hong Kong) for the second half of its
taxes on some luxury imports) In base case, consumer confidence will take longer to return than economic restart. fiscal year as a result of the
Vast majority of luxury goods profit in China Consumer spend to remain muted until Q2 2020; but the luxury sector is likely to, as with SARs, coronavirus
is secured by the top 20 percent of rapidly recover once disease is perceived to be “under control” (customers deferring spend — Capri Holdings reduced its
companies, creating a polarized market rather than not spending at all); if the disease peaks by April/May, recovery would start in 2H sales outlook for the quarter
dominated by a subset of “super winners” Next two weeks will be critical – staggered, slow restart in consumer demand likely, by by $100M; ~150 of Capri
“Made in China” manufacturing of luxury province, mirroring but behind economic restart (e.g., Beijing, Shanghai first, provinces without Holdings’ 250 stores in China
goods growing (e.g., up to 20% of Prada goods) sustained transmission); early reports indicate slow-ramp – reports of only 10-30% of remain closed
employees coming to work after re-opening
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Source: Press reports, McKinsey China Luxury Report 2019, IATA
Industry deep dive: Automotive industry
COVID-19 poses significant challenges to the automotive industry with a pronounced impact on OEMs
Overview Sector-specific considerations Examples
China is the world’s largest automotive market with 25.7 The COVID-19 will be more harmful to the automotive Impact on top global automakers
million cars produced in 2019, compared to 2.3 million industry than the 2003 SARS epidemic — The coronavirus outbreak will force carmakers in China
cars in 2001, an 11x increase in less than two — COVID-19 has already outpaced 2003 SARS epidemic in to slash production by about 15% in the first quarter,
decades both number of confirmed cases and number of deaths requiring a new customer first “pull” mindset
Global automakers have a substantial footprint in — In 2003, China had not established itself as an — Based on idled plants and lack of component supply from
Wuhan, Hubei Province, and China more broadly automotive powerhouse and did not serve as a major tier-chain – current inventory for some Japanese OEMs
— Wuhan and the rest of Hubei province account supplier to global automakers to fully produce is less than a week - losses could reach
for 9% of total Chinese auto production. » Chinese’s car parc was only at 24M units then, ~10x 9 billion USD per week1,2
General Motors, Nissan, Renault, Honda and PSA less than it is now (200M units) » More than 60% of Chinese automotive light
(owns Peugeot) have large factories in Wuhan, vehicle production is based in affected provinces
» Chinese car sales increased during ARS epidemic as
» Nissan produces ~1.5M cars/year in Wuhan people bought cars to avoid taking public transit » Central government is encouraging local
» Honda produces ~700K cars/year, equal to » While Chinese automotive production declined during governments to incentivize production re-start
50% of its production capacity in China the SARS crisis, overall automotive sales and — Nissan, VW, Ford, Tesla, GM, Honda, Daimler, BMW,
» GM operates 15 assembly plants with its revenue were increasingly positive Suzuki and Toyota suspended operations in China
Chinese partners The outbreak comes at a time of already slumping sales, through at least February 9, 2020
» Ford has 6 assembly plants and Fiat heightened trade tensions and dampened forecasts » Ford, Tesla were planning to reopen factories this
Chrysler has 2 plants in China — China auto sales fell 2.8% in 2019 amidst global trade week but will ramp slowly up to pre-outbreak capacity
» BMW has three factories in northern China tensions, the first decline in nearly two decades » GM, Toyota, Honda, Suzuki, Nissan, BMW anticipate
Chinese automotive components are a major part of — Global automakers forecasted further sales declines in re-opening factories in the coming days to week
the global auto supply chain, including 8 2020, prior to knowledge of the coronavirus outbreak Impact on global supply chain outside of China
components factories for Toyota, and 24 plants Prolonging of the crisis could prove financially disastrous — Missing manufacturing components are slowly
making cars or parts in China for 40% of the for global automakers, causing depletion of parts reserves production globally, especially in APAC including
Volkswagen production and supply chain bottlenecks Hyundai in South Korea, Nissan’s plant in Kyushu,
— German engineering firm Bosch, the world's — Fiat Chrysler and Ford unprofitable in China; GM facing Japan, and Renault in Busan, South Korea
largest auto component manufacturer, has decreased profits in the region — Fiat Chrysler may suspend production at a European
dozens of plants in China including two in Wuhan production plant due to supply chain disruption
— Inventory surplus estimates differ but range between 2-6
— Other parts suppliers including Schaeffler, ZF weeks; any delays in production beyond this timeframe
Friedrichshafen, Faurecia and Valeo have (including ramp up time) could signal deep financial losses For more information, please connect with Bill Peng, and
significant operations in the country Arthur Wang, our dedicated partners in Hong Kong
1 Estimate of immediate vehicle production losses assuming ongoing production halts in China and lack of parts outside of China - could be compensated over the FY through increased production in later quarters McKinsey & Company 23
2 Effect on global OEMs based on missing supply from Chinese exports of automotive parts based on following: ~9% of global trade volume of automotive (Tier-1) parts, assuming 50% average import share, negation of additional effects (e.g. affected Tier-x-suppliers from China, production stops based on single missing
parts and mitigation efforts of OEMs) Source: Press reports, S&P Global Ratings, IHS, Chinese Association of Automobile Manufacturers
Industry deep dive: Automotive industry – OEM segmentation
South China
Central China
Supplier Base for European and local
Supplier base for Japanese automotive
automakers
▪ Toyota, Honda, Denso, Aisin, Yazaki,
Hubei Province - General Motors, Nissan, Renault,
established their plants in Guandong,
Honda and PSA Group (owns Peugeot)
attracted and developed local supplier
all have large factories in Wuhan
base
Supplier base for auto components
New energy vehicle suppliers
- German engineering firm Bosch, the
▪ BYD buildup world’s largest fuel cell
world's largest auto component
factory in Foshan, Guangdong
manufacturer, has dozens of plants in
Province
China including two in Wuhan
Electronic components
▪ Guangdong province alone produces
about 20% of world’s electronics
industry products
Today, China is one of the largest markets for Travel bans by over 50 countries or territories have already had precipitous impact (10% - 23% decrease by region)
outbound travel and tourism spending — APAC dropped 15.1% in Chinese air arrival booking one week after the travel restriction; the Americas dropped 22.5%; Africa and Middle
— China grew to million travelers in 2019 - a East dropped 9.9%
10x increase from 2002 — Occupancy fell 75% over 2 weeks in mainland China in January (landed at 17% on Jan 26th); 150 Hilton hotels (approximately 33,000 room)
— China’s inbound tourism grew to 142 million are closed in China as a result of the outbreak
tourists in 2019 - a 3.7x increase from 2002 Top outbound destinations for Chinese tourists have seen 30% - 75% drop in arrivals since the outbreak
— 16% of international tourism spending was — Macau reported at 75% decrease in mainland tourists for the first four days of the Chinese Lunar New Year
from China ($277B) in 2018, with 51% of — Thailand stands to lose $3.4B in tourism revenue if the virus outbreak lasts to summer
travel and tourism GDP in APAC from — Maldives expects a 30% drop in tourist arrivals which leads to a $540 million in loss of revenue for hotels
China
— Singapore tourist arrivals estimated to fall by up to 30% in 2020
Chinese New Year (CNY) is one of the most — In addition, business travelers are holding off travel to other Asia destinations, e.g., Singapore, Mumbai, Kuala Lumpur
important periods for tourism industry thanks
Corporations downward adjusted expectations for year; e.g., Hilton expects a $25 - $50M hit on annual adjusted EBITA if the outbreak lasts 3
to the week-long holiday
– 6 months; Experts predict a drop of 4.6 million hotel room nights sold in the U.S. for the year
— In 2019, CNY period accounted for nearly
Impact likely similar to what happened in 2003 SARs episode – acute impact but recovery once disease perceived to be “under control”
10% of the total tourism year spending
— SARS in 2003 caused tourism arrivals to fall by up to 20-25% (at least $85Bn lost from aggregate travel income; plus $15Bn in corporate
— CNY total travel market has been income); international tourist arrivals dropped by >9M, resulting in loss of $30-50Bn
consistently growing in both spending and
— Hong Kong (near epicenter of Guangdong) faced 41% reduction in tourism’s contribution to GDP, while mainland China saw 3.2% decrease
number of people traveled each year (8% of
on hospitality’s impact to Chinese GDP (lost $3.5B in domestic tourism)
growth from 2018 to 2019)
— In 2003, losses were succeeded by subsequent gains, so annual margins were affected marginally
Chinese tourists favor visiting APAC regions
over the Americas and Europe based on In today’s base case, consumer confidence would likely take longer to return than manufacturing restart which is happening slowly in
convenience and affordability stages in ex-Hubei provinces. Consumer spend, including on tourism and leisure, will likely remain muted until Q2 2020, which means that summer
season might be impacted; in best case scenario, recovery by end of summary
— Chinese tourist accounts for >70% total
— Consumers to refrain until, as with SARs, disease is perceived “under control” across China (e.g., fatality rate lower, case growth down,
tourism in Hong Kong and Macao in 2018
containment measures effective ex-Hubei); accordingly, only then will travel, group entertainment, etc., be perceived to be safe, governments
— Similarly, >25% of total tourists in Thailand, likely to relax restrictions, and resumption of consumer demand
Japan, Vietnam and Korea are Chinese
— Potential difference in rebound time between Chinese tourists traveling domestically/globally versus foreign travelers visiting China (latter
— On the contrary, only 4 – 5% total tourism in could take up to a year, as in SARS)
US and Italy are Chinese Next two weeks will be critical in evolution of disease given post-Lunar New Year return of migrant workers across China – second spike likely to
For more information, please contact Steve Saxon and Jackey exacerbate fears and prolong recovery. Experts predict tourism might be able to recover at the tail end of summer based on postponed
Yu, dedicated leadership in our Greater China offices summer school holidays this year