The I-WTM Global Travel Report, ngokubambisana neTourism Economics, ishicilelwe ukuze kuphawulwe ukuvulwa kwe-WTM London yalo nyaka, umcimbi wezokuvakasha nowezokuvakasha onethonya elikhulu emhlabeni.
Isibalo sabavakashi bezokungcebeleka esifundeni ngo-2023 kulindeleke ukuthi sifinyelele ezigidini ezingama-33, uma siqhathaniswa nezigidi ezingama-29 ngo-2019. Lokhu kukhuphuka ngo-13% kusho ukuthi i-Middle East ukuphela kwesifunda esilulame ngokuphelele kulolu bhubhane ngomthamo. Uma kulinganiswa ngamadola, i-Middle East ihola indlela, ngokwemibandela yokukhula, ngokunyuka kwama-46% emalini engenile uma kuqhathaniswa no-2019.
I-Middle East iphinde isebenze kahle kakhulu kunazo zonke ezinye izifunda zokuhamba zasekhaya, ezikhule ngo-176% kusukela ngo-2019, nakuba zisuka endaweni ephansi.
Ukuphumelela kokululama kwesifunda kulolu bhubhane kuqhutshwa yiSaudi Arabia kanye ne-United Arab Emirates, ngokuzibophezela kwabo kwezokuvakasha okukhombisa izimpawu zempumelelo. Lo mbiko uphawula ukuthi “womabili la mazwe atshala imali eningi kungqalasizinda yezokuvakasha, ebuka ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha njengesu elibalulekile lokuhlukana nokuthembela kuma-hydrocarbons.”
Kwangaphakathi nasekhaya kuzo zombili izimakethe kutholakale ngokugcwele kulo bhubhane. KwaSaudi, ukungena kwangaphakathi kusebenza kahle kunonyaka ka-2019 ngo-66% ngokwedola, kanti i-UAE ibhalisa ukwenyuka ngo-21%. Ekuvakasheni kwasekhaya, amazwe ahamba phambili ngama-37% nama-66% ngokulandelana.
Unyaka olandelayo nawo ubukeka umuhle ezimakethe zesifunda ezingenayo nezasekhaya kanye nezimakethe zaso ezimbili ezinkulu. "I-Saudi Arabia izohola ukukhula ngenxa yezinhlelo ezintsha zama-visa nokuqhubeka nokuthuthukiswa kwamandla," kusho umbiko, futhi uphawula "ikhono nesifiso se-Dubai sokuheha nokubamba imicimbi emikhulu yazo zonke izinhlobo..." Isithombe siyefana nesasekhaya, neSaudi kanye ne-UAE iqinisa isikhundla sayo sobuholi ngo-2024.
Isithombe sesikhathi eside sihle futhi esifundeni naseSaudi ikakhulukazi. Kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo, inani lezokuvakasha lokungcebeleka elingena ezweni lizokhuphuka ngo-74%, uma liqhathaniswa nephrofayili yokukhula kwezimakethe ezisunguliwe njengeSpain (74%) kanye neFrance (72%).
UJuliette Losardo, uMqondisi Wemibukiso, iWorld Travel Market London, uthe: “I-Middle East ingesinye sezifunda ezijabulisa kakhulu futhi ezishukumisayo kwezokuvakasha. Imiphumela emihle evela ku-WTM Global Travel Report ikhombisa ukuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali kokuqala okwenziwe ekuthuthukisweni kwengqalasizinda emisha yezokuvakasha sekuvele kunezinzuzo.
"Ithimba le-WTM liyaqhubeka nokusebenzisana eduze nomcimbi wethu, i-Arabian Travel Market, ukuqinisekisa ukusekelwa okuqhubekayo esifundeni emizamweni yaso eqhubekayo."
