
After a year marked by extreme heat and war sending fuel prices skywards, British travel executives hoped for solace in Madeira’s benign subtropical climate, separated by hundreds of miles of blue sea from the overtourism protests and six-hour EU-entry queues seen on the Portuguese mainland.(经历了极端高温和战争推高油价的这一年,英国旅游业高管们希望在马德拉温和的亚热带气候中寻得一丝慰藉——这座岛屿与葡萄牙大陆之间隔着数百英里的蔚蓝大海,远离那边因过度旅游引发的抗议和长达六小时的欧盟入境排队。)
经历了极端高温和战争推高油价的这一年,英国旅游业高管们希望在马德拉温和的亚热带气候中寻得一丝慰藉——这座岛屿与葡萄牙大陆之间隔着数百英里的蔚蓝大海,远离那边因过度旅游引发的抗议和长达六小时的欧盟入境排队。
As bosses admitted, holidays will be ever less affordable, AI is coming for their jobs, and the visitable world is shrinking – not least those parts where tourists remain welcome.(正如老板们所承认的,度假将越来越让人负担不起,人工智能正在抢走他们的工作,可游览的世界正在缩小——尤其是那些仍然欢迎游客的地方。)
正如老板们所承认的,度假将越来越让人负担不起,人工智能正在抢走他们的工作,可游览的世界正在缩小——尤其是那些仍然欢迎游客的地方。
Some of the bigger anxieties in spring, such as widespread border chaos and planes running out of fuel, have not come to pass(发生,成为现实); others now appear chronic(长期的,慢性的) issues. New supplies of jet fuel, a major concern after the US first attacked Iran in February, have been established – but the cost is staying far higher for longer than most expected.(今年2月美国首次袭击伊朗后,航空燃油供应成为一大忧虑,如今新的供应已经建立——但成本居高不下的持续时间远超多数人预期。)
春季一些较大的担忧,比如大范围的边境混乱和飞机燃油耗尽,并未成为现实;另一些担忧如今则成了长期问题。今年2月美国首次袭击伊朗后,航空燃油供应成为一大忧虑,如今新的供应已经建立——但成本居高不下的持续时间远超多数人预期。