Kusukela ngoLwesithathu zingama-28 kuLwezi kuze kube uMgqibelo mhla lu-1 kuZibandlela wezi-2018, i-Philadelphia izosebenza njengedolobha lokuqala elake lasingathwa e-US leNgqungquthela Yonyaka ka-2018 ye-Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA). Ngokwesiko, le ngqungquthela ibibanjelwe eYurophu kuphela. Ngenxa yokwenyuka kwezindiza ezisuka e-Europe ziya esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Philadelphia International Airport kanye nesu elihlosiwe lamazwe ngamazwe lethimba le-Global Tourism le-Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau's (PHLCVB), i-Philadelphia iqokwe njengendawo okuyiwa kuyo le ngqungquthela yamazwe ngamazwe.
I-ITAA imele abasebenzeli bezokuvakasha base-Ireland nabaqhubi bezokuvakasha, ihlanganisa izinkampani ezingaphezu kwe-100 ezihlanganisa amagatsha angu-140 kuyo yonke iRiphabhulikhi yase-Ireland. Minyaka yonke, iNgqungquthela ye-ITAA ihlanganisa ndawonye amalungu aqavile ayi-120 ahlanganisa abenzeli abahweba ngezokuvakasha, abahlinzeki, nabezindaba, bonke abamele imboni yezokuvakasha yase-Ireland.
Abazothamela Ingqungquthela bazozizwela ubungqabavu beDolobha Lamagugu Omhlaba lokuqala laseMelika ngenkathi bebambe iqhaza embonini nasemicimbini yezemfundo ehlelwa umnyango weGlobal Tourism e-PHLCVB ngokusekelwa yi-Pennsylvania Convention Center kanye ne-Philadelphia International Airport.
Ngemizamo Yesikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe Sase-Philadelphia (PHL), ukukhushulwa komoya okwengeziwe kuqinise indima ye-Philadelphia njengesango ledolobha eliya e-United States – ikakhulukazi esifundeni sase-Ireland. NgoMashi 2018, i-Aer Lingus yaqala isevisi engami phakathi kwe-Philadelphia ne-Dublin Airport (DUB), isebenza nsuku zonke ivela e-Dublin futhi inikeza imvume yangaphambili ye-US Customs and Immigration ngezikhathi zokulinda eziphansi zomngcele. I-Aer Lingus iyinkampani yezindiza yokuqala yase-Philadelphia ethwala izindiza zase-Ireland (futhi inkampani yesibili yendiza ehlinzeka nge-Ireland), futhi iyinkampani yenethiwekhi entsha yamazwe ngamazwe yesibili ekhetha ukundizela e-Philadelphia phakathi nezinyanga eziyi-18 ezidlule. Ukwengeza, i-American Airlines isebenzisa isevisi yansuku zonke ukusuka eDublin kanye nesevisi yesizini (April-September) ukusuka eShannon Airport kuya ePhiladelphia.
Abazothamela ingqungquthela abamele imboni yezokuvakasha yase-Ireland bazothola ithuba lokuzwa i-Philadelphia ngendlela iningi labavakashi abayenza ngayo, namaphuzu avelele afaka:
• ULwesine zingama-29 kuLwezi ngo-9:30 am: Ukuvulwa kwesidlo sasekuseni nenkomfa e-Pennsylvania Convention Center, enamazwi avela omele i-Philadelphia City u-Sheila Hess, umongameli we-PHLCVB kanye ne-CEO uJulie Coker Graham, umongameli wePennsylvania Convention Centre uJohn McNichol kanye noChris Thompson, umongameli kanye Isikhulu esiphezulu seBrand USA.
• ULwesihlanu zingama-30 kuNovemba: Usuku olunikezelwe ekuvakasheni e-Philadelphia okuhlanganisa nokugqamisa izinketho zokuthenga ezingenayo intela, ukukhombisa ubuciko bomphakathi, nokuvakashela izimpawu zendawo zomlando nezinto ezihehayo ezidumile.
• NgoMgqibelo 1st Disemba: Ukuvakashela Ezweni lase-Philadelphia, eBrandywine Valley & Valley Forge, okuhlanganisa nezindawo okuyiwa kuzo njengeLongwood Gardens kanye neBrandywine River Museum of Art.
“I-Ireland iphakathi kwezingu-10 ezimakethe ezinkulu zaphesheya kwezilwandle zasePhiladelphia. Futhi ngo-2017 kuphela, idolobha lethu lamukele izivakashi ezingu-14,300 ezivela esifundeni,” kusho uMongameli we-PHLCVB kanye ne-CEO uJulie Coker Graham. "Siyajabula ngokuthi i-ITAA ikhethe iPhiladelphia njengendawo yokuqala yase-US yengqungquthela yayo yaminyaka yonke, futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukuhlinzeka abahambele umcimbi ngolwazi oluzobasiza ukuthi bakhuthaze futhi badayisele uhambo oluya e-World Heritage City."
Ngo-2017, i-Philadelphia yamukele izivakashi zaphesheya kwezilwandle ezingu-648,000, ikhuphuke kancane isuka ku-2016, kanye nokwanda kwe-9% kule minyaka emihlanu edlule. Ngokwemininingwane ekhishwe ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka kwaTourism Economics, ukusetshenziswa kwemali okuqondile kwezivakashi zaphesheya nakho kukhuphuke ngo-7.2% unyaka nonyaka (YoY), okuhlanganisa cishe u-£509 wezigidi ($651 million). Umthelela olinganiselwe wezomnotho owenziwe ngokuvakashela phesheya kwezilwandle esifundeni esikhulu sasePhiladelphia ukhuphuke wafinyelela cishe ku-£860.8 wezigidi ($1.1 billion).
"Ukunweba izindiza eziya e-Philadelphia kuyinto ehamba phambili yethu," kusho isikhulu se-PHL International Airport u-Chellie Cameron. “Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ithimba lethu lisebenzele ukuqasha abathwali bamazwe ngamazwe abanjengo-Aer Lingus kanye ne-Icelandair abanikeze amathuba amasha okwandisa imizamo yedolobha lethu yokuletha izivakashi eziningi zaphesheya e-Philadelphia. Kokubili i-Aer Lingus kanye ne-Icelandair bandise ukunikezwa komzila kusukela kwethulwa, esikubheka njengenkomba enhle yokukhanga kwe-Philadelphia njengendawo yase-US.”
Isikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe Sase-Philadelphia sithole isevisi yendiza eyengeziwe evela kwa-American Airlines, okuthe entwasahlobo edlule yengeza izindiza eziqondile ezivela e-Budapest, ePrague naseZurich. I-American nayo isanda kumemezela ukuthi ngo-2019, bazoqala izindiza ezintsha ezingami zisuka eBerlin, Bologna, Edinburgh naseDubrovnik.
Ngenxa yemizamo yokubambisana Yesikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe Sase-Philadelphia, i-PHLCVB kanye neDolobha lase-Philadelphia, i-Philadelphia manje isifinyeleleka kalula futhi ingasebenzisa amathuba okwandisa ukuvakasha phesheya kwezilwandle okuvela ezimakethe zomhlaba ezibalulekile njenge-Ireland. I-PHLCVB isebenzisa amahhovisi okumela ezindaweni eziyisikhombisa emhlabeni jikelele futhi igqugquzela ngenkuthalo i-Philadelphia ezimakethe zomhlaba ezingama-23. Ngokuhlanganyela, nangaphansi kokuqondisa kwethimba lezokuvakasha lomhlaba wonke elizinze e-Philadelphia, lawa mahhovisi omhlaba asebenzela ukukhulisa umlayezo wase-Philadelphia futhi akhuthaze uhambo oluya esifundeni. Ngokufika kwe-ITAA e-Philadelphia, i-PHLCVB izokwazi kangcono ukunika amandla abenzeli bezokuvakasha base-Ireland ukuze bakhuthaze kangcono ukuvakashela e-Philadelphia.
