I-Saudi Arabia Ithi isalokhu isendleleni yokufinyelela ezinhlosweni zayo zokwamukela izivakashi eziyizigidi eziyikhulu ngonyaka ngonyaka ka-100. Lokhu kungasho ukwanda okuphindwe cishe kasithupha kwabavakashi abazobe befika eminyakeni engu-2030 ezayo, kusukela ezivakashi eziyizigidi eziyi-11 izwe elizamukele ngo-17.
Ukwanda kwalesi silinganiso manje kubonakala kunesifiso esikhulu, ngomthelela omkhulu ubhadane oluqhubekayo lwe-COVID-19 olube nawo ekuhambeni kwezwe kanye nezokuvakasha. Ochwepheshe bezezimboni babikezela ukuthi ukufika kwamazwe angaphandle kweSaudi Arabia kuzofinyelela ezigidini ezingama-21 ngonyaka ka-2024, ngakho-ke, ukwanda okuya ezigidini eziyi-100 ngonyaka ka-2030 kusalokhu kuyinselelo enkulu esimweni sezulu samanje.
Kodwa-ke, lokho akusho ukuthi iSaudi Arabia ayikwazi ukuba namandla emakethe yezindawo eziya eMiddle East, iThe Red Sea Project ifuna ukusungula iSaudi Arabia njengendawo yezokuvakasha kanokusho engaheha izivakashi eziningi ezihambela eDubai unyaka nonyaka, ikakhulukazi abahambi abasebenzisa kakhulu imali abavela e-UK naseChina. Okwamanje, inhloko-dolobha yaseRiyadh inamandla okuzisungula njengendawo yokunethezeka ye-premium embangi yaseDubai.
Ukuheha kwezenkolo nemikhosi sekuvele kungumthombo omkhulu wezokuvakasha ezweni njengoba izigidi zabavakashi bamanye amazwe zifika zizobamba iqhaza kwiHajj nase-Umrah. ISaudi Arabia efinyeleleka kalula ingaheha inani elikhulu lezivakashi ezingamaSulumane kule micimbi minyaka yonke.
ISaudi Arabia ibuye ibe nezindawo ezinomlando ezisukela ezinkulungwaneni zeminyaka edlule, ngakho-ke izwe lingaba yisizinda sokuvakasha kwamasiko eMiddle East ngaleyo ndlela liguqule uhlobo lohambo oludonswa yizwe.
Ezokuvakasha kwezemidlalo enye indawo iSaudi Arabia ebeka kakhulu imali kuyona, muva nje ibambe impi yesicoco somhlaba sika-Anthony Joshua ebhekene noAndy Ruiz. Ukusingatha imicimbi emikhulu yezemidlalo kunikeza iSaudi Arabia ithuba elikhulu lokuzikhangisa njengendawo ephambili yezivakashi.
ISaudi Arabia inikeza okuningi okungadonsela inombolo ephezulu yezivakashi zomhlaba wonke unyaka nonyaka. Izwe linezinhlelo eziningi ezenziwayo zokusiza ukufeza izinhloso zalo zokuvakasha ezifuna ukuvelela ngonyaka wezi-2030, kodwa kusazobonwa ukuthi kungakanani okuthikameza i-COVID-19 enabafiki bamazwe eminyakeni ezayo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- However, that does not mean that Saudi Arabia cannot become a dominant force in the Middle East destination market, The Red Sea Project is looking to establish Saudi Arabia as a luxury tourist destination which could attract many of the tourists that travel to Dubai each year, particularly high-spending travelers from the UK and China.
- The country has a number of initiatives in place to help achieve its ambitious tourist targets to 2030, but it remains to be seen how much of a limiting factor COVID-19 has on international arrivals over the coming years.
- ISaudi Arabia ibuye ibe nezindawo ezinomlando ezisukela ezinkulungwaneni zeminyaka edlule, ngakho-ke izwe lingaba yisizinda sokuvakasha kwamasiko eMiddle East ngaleyo ndlela liguqule uhlobo lohambo oludonswa yizwe.
