Ezokuvakasha zaseBotswana manje zibala idola elilodwa kwezisikhombisa emnothweni

Umnotho waseBotswana Wezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha ukhule ngo-3.4% waze wedlula amabhiliyoni angu-2.5 ngo-2018, futhi manje unikela cishe ngedola elilodwa kuwo wonke amadola ayisikhombisa emnothweni wezwe, ngokusho kweWorld Travel & Tourism Council's (WTTC) ukubuyekezwa kwaminyaka yonke komthelela wezomnotho kanye nokubaluleka komphakathi komkhakha okhishwe namuhla.

The WTTC ucwaningo oluqhathanisa umkhakha wezokuVakasha nezokuVakasha emazweni angama-185, lukhombisa ukuthi ngo-2018 umkhakha wezokuvakasha nezokuVakasha waseBotswana:

• Ukhule ngo-3.4%, wagudlukela ngaphezu kwe-Afrika eseNingizimu yeSahara engu-3.3%

• Unikele nge-US $ 2.52 billion emnothweni wezwe. Lokhu kumelela u-13.4% wawo wonke umthelela wezomnotho eBotswana - noma ucishe ube munye kuwo wonke amadola ayisikhombisa emnothweni

• Imisebenzi engama-84,000 esekelwayo, noma u-8.9% wemisebenzi isiyonke

• Bekuqhutshwa ikakhulu ngabahambi bezokungcebeleka: ama-96% emali esetshenzisiwe kwezohambo nezokuvakasha emnothweni yenziwa izivakashi zokungcebeleka kanti ama-4% kuphela kubahambi bamabhizinisi

• Kukalwa kakhulu ngokuya emazweni omhlaba: 73% yemali esetshenziswayo ivela kubahambi bamazwe omhlaba kanye nama-27% ohambweni lwasekhaya

Ephawula ngezinombolo, uGloria Guevara, WTTC U-President & CEO uthe: “I-Botswana iyigugu emqheleni we-Sub-Saharan Africa's Travel & Tourism sector. Kuyikhaya lezinye zezindawo zokuvakasha ezidumile e-Afrika, njenge-Okavango Delta, Chobe National Park kanye neCentral Kalahari Game Reserve.

“Ngiyajabula ukubona ukuthi iBotswana iqophe omunye unyaka wokukhula ngaphambi kwesilinganiso sesifunda, okubonisa umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu WTTC Ilungu, u-Myra T. Sekgororoane, i-CEO ye-Botswana Tourism Organisation, WTTCUzakwethu wokuqala we-African Destination.

"Sekuyisikhathi eside lesi sifunda sikuqonda ukuthi iTravel & Tourism ingakwazi ukuthuthukisa ukukhula komnotho, ukudala amathuba emisebenzi nokukhuthaza intuthuko yezenhlalakahle."