Izindleko eziphakeme kakhulu ezibandakanya intela ephezulu yasemgwaqeni bezizophela imali ebekelwe imali yabathengisi abasesitolo
Ukuvalwa kwesitolo kubhekwe njengokubalulekile kwabaningi ukuze baqhubeke nokuntanta
Ukuvalwa okuningi kwesitolo kungenzeka kulandele njengoba umhlaba ungena kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi 'okusha okujwayelekile'

I-COVID-19 isheshise ukwenziwa kwedijithali kwemodeli ye-ejenti yezokuvakasha, idala ukuvalwa okuningi kwezitolo njengoba ama-ejensi esitolo eshintsha ukusebenza online. Lokhu kulungiswa okudingekayo ekushintsheni okuthandwa ngabathengi.

Ukusinda kwesikhathi eside kwama-ejensi wokuhamba esitolo kuye kwaxoxwa iminyaka eminingana ngenxa yokwanda kokuthandwa kokubhuka online. Impumelelo ngonyaka ka-2021 izoncika kakhulu emazingeni amahle okungena kwemali, okuyindawo lapho ama-online travel agents (ama-OTAs) aqhubeka nokuba yisinyathelo esiphambi kwezinhlaka zezitayela zendabuko nodaka, ngenxa yamamodeli ebhizinisi abo alula.

Kuphela yi-17% yabaphenduli bomhlaba jikelele kwinhlolovo yabathengi ye-Q3 2019 emenyezelwe ukuthi babhukhe nomenzeli wezokuvakasha esitolo, okukhombisa ukuthi ngaphambi kwe-COVID-19, ukubhuka esitolo bekuvele kwehla ukuthandwa. Ucwaningo lwakamuva ngoDisemba 2020 luthole ukuthi ama-47% wabaphenduli bomhlaba wonke bazothenga imikhiqizo eminingi online kunokuvakashela isitolo kanti ama-60% angenza ukuthengiselana ngamabhange online ku-'kujwayelekile okusha '.

Ukuntuleka kwemali engenayo kanye nesidingo esikhulu sokubuyiselwa kwemali sekuthinte izinhlaka eziningi zendabuko zezokuvakasha. Izindleko eziphakeme ezibandakanya intela ephezulu yasemgwaqeni bezizonciphisa imali ebekelwe imali kuma-store agents uma kuqhathaniswa nama-OTA. Ukuvalwa kwesitolo kubhekwe njengokubalulekile kwabaningi ukuze baqhubeke nokuntanta phakathi no-2020 kanti okunye kwenziwe unomphela.

Abakwa-STA Travel, onguchwepheshe wezindiza ezindiza isikhathi eside onezitolo ezingaphezu kuka-50 e-UK, kuye kwadingeka ayeke ukuhweba ngo-Agasti 2020 njengoba izindleko zazibheda ngesikhathi lapho imali yayincane. Isikhungo Sezindiza ivaliwe izitolo zayo ezingama-421 kwezingama-740 ngesikhathi se-COVID-19, kanti iHays Travel isimemezele ukuthi ilindele ukusebenzisa ukubuyiswa 'kwe-hybrid' ekuthengiseni ezinye izitolo zivulwa futhi ezinye zizohlala zivaliwe maqondana nomgwaqo kaHulumeni wase-UK. Abasebenzi abaningi bamemezele ukuthi bayakujabulela ukusebenza ekhaya, okungabona ukuvalwa kwezitolo unomphela njengomphumela. I-TUI ye-tour opharetha yiyona yakamuva ukwedlula yonke yokumemezela ukuthi ihlela ukuvala amanye amagatsha angama-48 ngo-2021. Lokhu, ngaphezu kwezitolo eziyi-166 zama-TUI ezavalwa ngo-2020, kushiya inkampani inamagatsha angaba ngu-314 njengoba ihlose ukwenza imisebenzi yayo ngedijithali.

Manje kubila ekusindeni kwezinamandla kakhulu. Ukukhishwa kwemigomo emhlabeni jikelele, kuhambisana nokuthiwa kukhishwa amaphasipothi wokugoma edijithali, kunikeze isibani sethemba emkhakheni wezokuvakasha. Kodwa-ke, izindaba zezinhlobonhlobo ezintsha ze-COVID-19, ezihambisana nokuvalwa okuqhubekayo kulo lonke elaseYurophu, zikhombisa ukuthi unyaka we-2021 usazoba unyaka okungajwayelekile.

Ama-ejensi wezokuvakasha wendabuko asezitolo abe elokhu eba ngaphansi kwengcindezi yokwakha izinkomba zawo eziku-inthanethi ukuze ziqhubeke nokuncintisana ezimakethe zomhlaba wonke. Ukwehla kwezindleko ezingaguquki zezinhlangano zokuvakasha, kuzoba nokuguquguquka okuthe xaxa ekusebenziseni isikhala sokuhamba esizayo. Ngakho-ke, ukuvalwa okuningi kwesitolo kungenzeka kulandele njengoba singena kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi 'okusha okujwayelekile'.