I-Tourism Australia ilindele ukuthi i-China ibe umthombo wesithathu ngobukhulu wezivakashi ezivakashela e-Australia phakathi neminyaka emithathu futhi ilwela ukuheha izivakashi eziningi zase-China ukuze zihlangabezane nalokho okulindelekile. Izwe laseShayina kulindeleke ukuthi libe umthombo wesine ngobukhulu wezivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe ezivakashela e-Australia ekupheleni kwalo nyaka futhi libe ngeyesithathu ngobukhulu phakathi neminyaka emithathu.
Kuze kube manje, izwe likleliswe endaweni yesihlanu ngemuva kweNew Zealand, i-United Kingdom, i-United States kanye neJapan, uRichard Beere, umphathi jikelele we-International (empumalanga ye-hemisphere) yophiko lweTourism Australia, etshela i-China Business Weekly. Ngokubheka umnotho oqinile waseShayina kanye nokuhwebelana okubili okukhulayo, uBeere uthe uyazethemba kakhulu ngemakethe yezokuvakasha yaseChina.
Embukisweni Womhlaba ose-Shanghai ngonyaka ozayo, i-Tourism Australia ihlele imicimbi yokukhangisa ukuze ikhuthaze indawo ephansi.
Izakhamuzi zasezweni laseShayina ezingu-356,400 zivakashele e-Australia ngonyaka odlule, ezaziphansi uma ziqhathaniswa no-2007, futhi ezingu-276,500 zavakashela izwe ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalolunye zokuqala zalo nyaka, ezimele ukukhula konyaka nonyaka ngephesenti elilodwa. Ngo-September kuphela, izivakashi ezivela ezweni laseChina zaba ngu-1 22,900, okuwukwanda ngamaphesenti angu-19 uma kuqhathaniswa nenyanga efanayo ngonyaka odlule.
UBeere uthe isibalo sabavakashi baseChina abavakashela e-Australia sikhule ngamaphesenti angu-18 ngonyaka phakathi kuka-1998 no-2003, namaphesenti angu-15 phakathi kuka-2003 nonyaka odlule. UBeere uthe izinga lokukhula kulindeleke ukuthi lenyuke ngo-11% kule minyaka emihlanu ezayo.
Nakuba ukuhamba kwezikhulu zikahulumeni waseShayina kwehlile, ukuhamba ngokuzimela kuvela njengenjwayelo, futhi ukuhamba komfundi kanye ne-VFR (abavakashele abangani nezihlobo) kuhlala kuqinile, kusho uJohnny Nee, umphathi jikelele wesifunda enyakatho ye-Asia ye-Tourism Australia. "Isidingo sezinhlelo zohambo ezijulile nezisezingeni liyathuthuka," kusho uNee.
I-Tourism Australia izokwenyusa iphromoshini phakathi kwabathengi baseShayina, ngaphezu kwabasebenzi bezokuvakasha. Le nhlangano ingena ijula emakethe yaseShayina ngokuhlola amadolobha asezingeni lesibili kulokho uBeere akubiza ngokuthi umzamo wesinyathelo ngesinyathelo.
Mayelana nezokuvakasha zase-Australia zizonke, uNee uthe imakethe ibingaqiniseki kakhulu ngonyaka odlule, kodwa ukhombise izimpawu ezicacile zokuthi alulame kulo nyaka. “Ithemba lokuthi uzolulama libuyile, yize izinselelo zisekhona,” kusho uNee.
Khonamanjalo, njengoba ukungezwani phakathi kwezimakethe zezwekazi, iHong Kong, kanye neTaiwan kungasabalulekile, iTourism Australia ihlanganise imizamo yayo yokumaketha ukuze kwandiswe ukusebenza kahle, esho.
I-Tourism Australia ibambe umkhankaso wokuhambela amazwekazi, i-Hong Kong, kanye ne-Taiwan e-Guangzhou ngasekuqaleni kukaNovemba owaheha abenzeli bezokuvakasha abangu-177 kanye nabaqhubi bezokuvakasha base-Australia abangu-48.
