Ngemuva kwezinsuku eziyi-111 kuphela, indawo okuyiwa kuyo irekhoda ingqophamlando yezivakashi eziyi-100,000, izinyanga ezi-5 ngaphambi kwezinsuku zika-2021, okuyinkomba ephezulu yokululama ngempumelelo Ukuvakasha kweSeychelles imboni.
Njengokwemininingwane enikezwe yi-Seychelles National Statistics Bureau (NBS), iSeychelles yafinyelela kumaki ayo ezivakashi eziyi-100,000 ngo-Ephreli 21, 2022.
Njengoba izibalo zisondela ezinambeni zokufika kwangaphambi kobhubhane, indawo okuyiwa kuyo yaqopha izivakashi ezingama-28, 685 ngoMashi 2022, izivakashi ezingaphezu kuka-7,685 kunalokho obekubikezelwe ngale nyanga, okuphinde kube ngaphansi kwe-12,527 kuphela izibalo eziqoshwe ngo-2019.
Ekhuluma ngesigameko esiyingqopha-mlando, uMqondisi-Jikelele Wezokumaketha Kwendawo, uNkz. Bernadette Willemin uthi izinombolo zikhuthaza kakhulu.
"Kujabulisa kakhulu ukubona izinombolo zokufika kwezivakashi zilokhu zikhuphuka kanye nokuzwa kubasebenzi bethu nabahlinzeki bezinsizakalo ukuthi ibhizinisi liyadlondlobala futhi."
“U-2020 no-2021 kube iminyaka eyinselelo endaweni yethu encane futhi ozakwethu bendawo, sitshale umzamo omkhulu ukubuyisela isimo emuva. Izibalo zamanje zikhomba ukuthi sisendleleni yokufinyelela ezivakashini eziyi-182, 849 ezatholwa ngo-2021 futhi lokho kuyingqophamlando uma kubhekwa isimo esishubile somnotho umhlaba obhekene naso,” kusho uNkk Willemin.
Ithinteke kakhulu ubhubhane, Seychelles' isu lokubuyisela beligxile ekwakhiweni kabusha kwezivakashi ukuzethemba okuqhubekisela phambili umkhankaso kazwelonke wokugoma wezakhamuzi kanye nezakhamuzi zawo. Lo mkhankaso uqiniswe yinqubomgomo yawo yezitifiketi zokuvakasha eziphephile ngokuqeqeshwa okujulile kwabasebenzi bemboni yezokuvakasha ezinyathelweni zezempilo nezokuphepha.
Izilinganiso ezivela eTourism Seychelles zibonisa ukuthi indawo okuyiwa kuyo ilindele izivakashi eziphakathi kuka-36,000 kuya ku-76,000 ngo-2021.
Izimakethe ezisebenza kahle kakhulu eshadini lokufika kusukela ngoJanuwari 2022, zisasele eFrance, eRussia naseJalimane.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The current numbers indicate that we are on our way to reaching the minimum 182, 849 visitors received in 2021 and that is a milestone considering the current economic downturn the world is facing,” said Mrs.
- “It is truly a great satisfaction to see the visitor arrival numbers remain on the rise and to hear from our operators and service providers that business is booming again.
- Njengoba izibalo zisondela ezinambeni zokufika kwangaphambi kobhubhane, indawo okuyiwa kuyo yaqopha izivakashi ezingama-28, 685 ngoMashi 2022, izivakashi ezingaphezu kuka-7,685 kunalokho obekubikezelwe ngale nyanga, okuphinde kube ngaphansi kwe-12,527 kuphela izibalo eziqoshwe ngo-2019.
