Colombo - Imboni yezokuvakasha eningizimu ye-Asia ngokuvamile ikhombise ukukhula ngo-2007, ngaphandle kwasePakistan naseSri Lanka. Ukungaqini kahle kwezombusazwe kanye nokuntuleka kokuvikeleka kulawa mazwe amabili kuholele ekwehleni kwabantu abafika bevela phesheya: -7% ePakistan, kanye -12% eSri Lanka. Idatha eshicilelwe namuhla yiphephandaba i-Singhala Isiqhingi ibeka indawo yaseCeylon endaweni yokugcina phakathi kwezindawo zezokuvakasha kuso sonke isifunda.
Sekukonke, imboni yezokuvakasha ezwenikazi ikhombise ukukhula ngo-12%. Ngo-2006, ngemva kokuhlasela kwe-tsunami ngoDisemba ka-2004, iSri Lanka ayizange ifinyelele izivakashi ezingu-560,000. Ngonyaka odlule, isibalo sehle nakakhulu, safinyelela ku-494,000. Ukwehla okukhulu kakhulu (-40%) kwakungoMeyi, kulandela ukuhlasela kweTamil Tigers esikhumulweni sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe sase-Bandaranaike, kanye nemithetho yokubuya ekhaya eyabekwa ezindizeni zasebusuku.
I-Nepal ibambe indawo ephezulu esifundeni, ngokukhula ngo-27% kulo mkhakha. Lokhu kwanda kwezivakashi ezweni kuxhumene nokusayinwa kwesivumelwano sokuthula esaqeda ukuvukela kwama-Maoist osekunamashumi eminyaka. Lesi simo siholele nasekukhuleni kwemisebenzi kuleli. Ngemuva kweNepal kuza iNdiya, +13%. Kulo mongo, elinye ibala, ngaphezu kweSri Lanka, limelwe yiPakistan, lapho isidingo sezokuvakasha sehle ngamaphesenti angu-7 ngo-2007. Ochwepheshe bathi lokhu kuhlobene nokuntengantenga okukhulu kwezombusazwe kanye nokuhlasela kwamaphekula okuvamile.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- This increase of tourists in the country is connected to the signing of the peace agreement that put an end to the decades-old Maoist uprising.
- The steepest drop (-40%) was in May, following the attack by the Tamil Tigers on the Bandaranaike international airport, and the subsequent curfew imposed on night-time flights.
- Data published today by the Singhala newspaper The Island place the former Ceylon in last place among the tourism destinations in the entire region.
