Izindawo zase-Europe zibike ukukhula okunempilo kuleli hlobo naphezu kokwanda kwezingozi zezombangazwe kanye nezimo zezezimali ezixega kancane ezibeka usongo kumbono womnotho womhlaba. Umfutho wokukhula ukhuliswe isidingo esinamandla sangaphakathi kweYurophu kanye nokuthuthukiswa kokuxhumana komoya, ikakhulukazi okuvela e-China.
Ngokombiko wakamuva we-European Travel Commission, “European Tourism – Trends & Prospects 2018”, izindawo zokubika ezingama-32 kwezingu-34 zibhalise uhlobo oluthile lokukhula phakathi nenkathi yasehlobo, kanti oyedwa kwabangu-1 ojabulela ukwanda okuyidijithi kabili kwabafikayo. I-Europe ibone ukwanda okungu-+4% [7] kwabavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe abafikayo engxenyeni yokuqala ka-1 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2018 ngokukhula okuholwa izindawo eziseNingizimu/Medithera.
I-Turkey (+23%) ibone ukunyuka kwamadijithi amabili kuzo zonke izimakethe zemithombo ezibikiwe. Ukukhathazeka kwezokuphepha okufiphalayo kanye nokwehla kwenani le-lira kwengeze ekuthandeni kweTurkey kubahambeli bamaholide bangaphandle. Ukwenyuka okukhulu kuphinde kwaqoshwa e-Greece (+19%) ngenxa yokuheha kwayo kwesizini kanye nomnikelo ohlukahlukene kuyilapho e-Serbia (+15%) inqubomgomo ye-visa yamahhala yabahambi base-China kanye nokuxhumana okungcono emoyeni kwakhuphula ukukhula kwabafikayo. I-Malta (+16%) ihlomule enhlokodolobha yayo ekubeni i-European Capital of Culture eqokiwe ngo-2018. E-Iceland (+6%) isidingo sokuhamba esiqinile esivela e-US nase-Russia sikwazile ukwehlisa ukwehla okuvela ezimakethe ezibanzi zemithombo ngenkathi “ibolekiwe. ” isabelo semakethe manje esibuyela eNyakatho Afrika naseTurkey singase sichaze ukwehla kweSpain (-0.1%).
Phakathi nezimpi zohwebo ezikhulayo nezimo zomnotho ezintengantengayo, isidingo sokuhamba esisuka ezimakethe zase-Europe ezithatha isikhathi eside sihlala siqinile. E-US, ukukhula komnotho kanye nedola eliqinile kusekela imali engenayo eqhubekayo nokukhula kokusetshenziswa. Cishe zonke izindawo zokubika zithumele ukukhula kusukela kule makethe okulindeleke ukuthi kwenyuke ngo-+8% ngo-2018. Abahambi baseShayina bebewumthombo wokukhula okubanzi kokufika ezindaweni ezimbalwa zase-Balkan ngokusekelwe kudatha yaminyaka yonke. Unyaka Wezokuvakasha e-Turkey e-China usekele ukwanda kwezinombolo zezivakashi e-Turkey (+87%) kuyilapho ukuxhuma emoyeni okuthuthukisiwe kukhuthaza ukukhula e-Serbia (+104%), e-Montenegro (+64%) nase-Croatia (+41%).
“Ukuze kugwenywe ukwehla komnotho kanye nokusebenzisa amandla ezokuvakasha ukuze kudaleke amathuba emisebenzi kanye nokwenza lula ukukhula komnotho, i-European Travel Commission icela ukuthi kube nokuxhumana okungcono kwamathuluzi aqondisa imboni yezokuvakasha yaseYurophu. Ababambiqhaza bezokuvakasha kanye nabathatha izinqumo, kuwo wonke amazinga, kufanele baxhumanise ukutshala imali ngobuhlakani emikhiqizweni nasezinsizeni zezokuvakasha ezizinzile futhi ezisha ukuze kuthuthukiswe ulwazi lwabavakashi baseYurophu,” kusho u-Eduardo Santander, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-ETC.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “To avoid further slowdown and capitalise on the potential of tourism to create jobs and to facilitate economic growth, the European Travel Commission calls for better coordination of the instruments steering the European tourism industry.
- The Turkey Tourism year in China supported the upsurge in visitor numbers in Turkey (+87%) while improved air connectivity drove growth in Serbia (+104%), Montenegro (+64%) and Croatia (+41%).
- Europe saw a +7%[1] increase in international tourist arrivals the first half of 2018 compared to the same period in 2017 with growth led by Southern/Mediterranean destinations.
