英语训练：印尼又遇地震旅游受影响

英语自学网

　　A powerful earthquake in the Indian Ocean， so soon after the Boxing Day
tsunami， will be a big setback for the region's plans to revive tourism. An
earthquake 125 miles off the coast of the Indonesian island Sumatra triggered
tsunami warnings. Indonesia， Sri Lanka， Thailand and India issued tsunami
warnings， but fears of a tsunami seemed to subside after around three hours and
they were scaled down.
        　　The earthquake struck at 16：09 GMT at a magnitude of 8.7. This was 11：09pm
local time. There were reports of many deaths in the Indonesian island of Nias，
south of the earthquake's epicentre. Tourism in the region is likely to be
affected whether or not the earthquake leads to tsunamis. “As a direct result of
the (Boxing Day) tsunami there is a risk that 9% of international travellers
planning a holiday in 2005 have switched their travel plans to other regions，”
says a report published earlier this month.
        　　The “Post-Tsunami global travel intentions” report， commissioned by the
intergovernmental World Tourism Organisation (WTO)， highlights how those worst
affected by the tsunami have also been the ones hit by the sharpest falls in
visitor numbers. “Since the tsunami disaster， there has been a significant drop
in international travel to affected tourist destinations such as Phuket in
Thailand， Sri Lanka and the Maldives，” says James Murray， executive with Visa
International Asia Pacific， which co-authored the report.
        　　[辅助翻译]去年圣诞节次日爆发的海啸刚刚平息，印度洋海域又发生了一场强烈地震，使该地区旅游业的复兴计划严重受挫。