Ezokuvakasha zaseBotswana manje sezithola idola elilodwa kwayisikhombisa kuwo wonke umnotho

Umnotho wezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha waseBotswana ukhule ngo-3.4% weqa ama- $ 2.5 billion ngo-2018, futhi manje usunikela cishe i-dollar elilodwa kulawa ayisikhombisa emnothweni wezwe, ngokusho kwe IWorld Travel & Tourism Council's (WTTC) ukubuyekezwa kwaminyaka yonke komthelela wezomnotho kanye nokubaluleka komphakathi komkhakha okhishwe namuhla.

The WTTC ucwaningo oluqhathanisa umkhakha Wezokuvakasha Nokuvakasha emazweni angama-185, kukhombisa ukuthi ngo-2018 umkhakha weBotswana Travel & Tourism:

• Ukhule ngo-3.4%, wavele wagudla ngaphezu kwesilinganiso se-Sub-Saharan Africa esingu-3.3%
• Kunikelwe ama-US $ 2.52 billion emnothweni wezwe. Lokhu kumelela u-13.4% wawo wonke umthelela wezomnotho eBotswana - noma ucishe ube munye kuwo wonke amadola ayisikhombisa kwezomnotho
• Imisebenzi engu-84,000 esekelwayo, noma u-8.9% womsebenzi ophelele
• Yayiqhutshwa kakhulu ngabahambi bezokungcebeleka: ama-96% emali esetshenzisiwe kwezokuhamba nezokuvakasha emnothweni yakhiqizwa izivakashi zokungcebeleka kwathi ama-4% kuphela kubahambi bebhizinisi.
• Kukalwa kakhulu ngokuya emazweni omhlaba: 73% yemali esetshenzisiwe ivela kubahambi bamazwe omhlaba kwathi ama-27% avela ekuhambeni kwasekhaya

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."