- Izindawo zokuvakasha zaseCaribbean ziyaqhubeka nohambo lwazo olubheke kokufana okujwayelekile.
- Ngenkathi abafikayo beqhubeka nokulahla izinombolo zangaphambi kobhadane, ukusebenza kwesigamu sokuqala konyaka kwenyuswe yikota yesibili.
- Ekupheleni kukaMeyi abafikayo bebesezigidini ezi-5.2, behle ngama-30.8% esikhathini esihambisanayo ngonyaka we-2020, okungcono kakhulu kunesilinganiso somhlaba wonke sokwehla okungama-65.1%.
Njengoba izindawo zokuvakasha zaseCaribbean ziqhubeka nohambo lwazo olubheke kokufana kokujwayelekile, imininingwane yokuqala evela emazweni angamalungu eCaribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) iveza ukuthi lesi sifunda sahlula wonke umhlaba engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2021.
Ngalesi sikhathi, izivakashi zomhlaba wonke ezifika e- I-Caribbean ifinyelele ezigidini ezingama-6.6, ezimele ukwehla ngamaphesenti ayi-12.0 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. Ekupheleni kukaMeyi abafikayo bebesezigidini ezi-5.2, behle ngama-30.8 amaphesenti wesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2020, kangcono kakhulu kunesilinganiso somhlaba wonke sokwehla kwamaphesenti angama-65.1. Ezifundeni ezinkulu ezihlaziyiwe, i-The Americas, ebandakanya iCaribbean, ibhalise ukwehla ngamaphesenti angama-46.9, uma kungenjalo, asikho esinye isifunda esenze kangcono ukwedlula ukuwa kwabantu abafikayo ngamaphesenti angama-63.
Ngenkathi abafikayo beqhubeka nokusala ezinombolweni zangaphambi kobhubhane, ukusebenza kwesigamu sokuqala konyaka kukhuliswe yikota yesibili lapho izivakashi zivakashela I-Caribbean igxume phakathi kwezikhathi eziyishumi nezingu-37 ezinkulu kunalezo ezinyangeni ezihambisanayo ngonyaka we-2020. Ngamagama aphelele, kube nokuthuthuka okuzinzile, njengoba amanani okufika enyuke asuka esigidini esisodwa ngo-Ephreli aya ku-1.2 million ngoMeyi aya ku-1.5 million ngoJuni, ngokusho kwedatha ehlanganiswe ngumnyango wezocwaningo we-CTO.
Phakathi kwezizathu zekota yesibili eqinile ukukhuphuka kohambo oluphumayo oluvela emakethe eyinhloko yesifunda, i-United States, lapho ukuvakasha kwabavakashi kufinyelele khona kwizigidi ezingama-4.3 engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka, ukwanda ngamaphesenti angama-21.7. Ezinye izinto ezibe nomthelela zibandakanya ukwehliswa kwemingcele ethile yokuhamba nokwenyuka kwezindiza.
“Lokhu kuyizimpawu ezikhuthazayo zokuthi ukusebenza kanzima kwamazwe ethu angamalungu okuzibandakanya ekuguquleni isimo salo bhubhane sekuqala ukukhipha izinzuzo,” kusho uNeil Walters, Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha yaseCaribbeanuNobhala Jikelele osabambile. “Noma samukela umqondo wokusimama namathuba osifo asinikeze wona, kumele siqhubeke nokubheka izinselelo esibhekene nazo njengamanje kanye nezinselelo ezingaba khona isimo esinamandla njengalesi sifo esingaletha. Umkhakha wezokuvakasha eCaribbean waziwa ngokuba ngomunye wemikhakha eqinile kakhulu emhlabeni. ”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- While the tourist arrivals continued to lag pre-pandemic numbers, the first half year performance was boosted by a second quarter spurt when overnight tourist visits to the Caribbean jumped between ten and 37 times greater than those in the corresponding months in 2020.
- Njengoba izindawo zokuvakasha zaseCaribbean ziqhubeka nohambo lwazo olubheke kokufana kokujwayelekile, imininingwane yokuqala evela emazweni angamalungu eCaribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) iveza ukuthi lesi sifunda sahlula wonke umhlaba engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2021.
- “Even as we embrace a recovery mindset and the opportunities the pandemic has given us, we must continue to be mindful of the challenges we currently face and the potential challenges a dynamic situation like the pandemic can present.
