I-DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (eTN) – Ukuvakasha kwe-Inter-Arab kusobala ukuthi kuyanda. Ukuvakasha kwangaphakathi nangaphandle nakanjani kuqukethwe esifundeni esiziqhenya ngokufinyelela umvuthwandaba wengqalasizinda kanye nenkonzo yokwamukela izihambi.
Futhi uma iMpumalanga Ephakathi izoqhubeka nokuzuza ukukhula kwezokuvakasha okungakaze kubonwe, amazwe esifunda adinga ukuqinisekisa ukuthi imikhiqizo yawo iyancomana, kusho u-HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, umongameli we-Dubai Civil Aviation Authority kanye nosihlalo we-Emirates Airline Group. ukuvulwa kwe-15th Arabian Travel Market, umcimbi ohamba phambili wezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha waseMpumalanga Ephakathi.
“Ezokuvakasha ziyadlondlobala eMiddle East, hhayi lapha e-UAE kuphela. Kodwa-ke, lokhu kukhula kungaqhubeka kuphela uma sithatha indlela ehlanganisiwe yokuqinisekisa ukuthi imikhiqizo yezokuvakasha yezwe ngalinye kanye namasu asekhaya ayancomana,” kusho uSheikh Ahmed.
Ibanjwe ngaphansi kobuholi buka-His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, iphini likamongameli kanye nondunankulu we-UAE, umbusi wase-Dubai, futhi ngaphansi koMnyango Wezokuvakasha Nezokumaketha Kwezohwebo, uHulumeni wase-Dubai, i-Arabian Travel Market 2008 yavulwa. Ngomhla ziyisi-6 kuNhlaba eDubai, inesizinda sababukisi esikhulu kunazo zonke esake saba ngu-2,208, ababambiqhaza abavela emazweni angama-70 - ukwanda okungamaphesenti ayisishiyagalombili kuhlelo lwango-2007. Ukubhukha izifunda zombukiso ka-2008 kwenyuke ngamaphesenti amahlanu ngonyaka odlule, nokumeleleka kwawo wonke amazwe aseMpumalanga Ephakathi - umbukiso kuqala - obonisa ukuqiniswa kweziphakamiso zezokuvakasha ezihlukahlukene zesifunda. Izinombolo ziyaqhubeka nokukhula ngenxa yokwanda okungakaze kubonwe ngaphambili kwamahhotela eMpumalanga Ephakathi kanye nokushintshana kwezokuvakasha okwenzeka cishe ngaphakathi.
“Eminyakeni edlule, i-ATM ithuthuke ngokuhambisana nokukhula nokuthuthukiswa kwemboni yezokuvakasha neyokuvakasha,” kusho uRichard Mortimore, umqondisi ophethe weReed Travel Exhibitions, ongumhleli wombukiso. “Ukuziphendukela kwemvelo kwalo mbukiso kube yinqubo eqhubekayo futhi kukhombisa ukuvela kweMpumalanga Ephakathi njengenye yezikhungo zezokuvakasha ezivelele nezijabulisa kakhulu emhlabeni.”
NgokukaMortimore, ukwanda kokuhlanganyela kwababukisi besifunda nakwamanye amazwe kuyinkomba ecacile yokukhula kwale makethe. “Ukuhlukahluka kwemikhiqizo namasevisi aboniswayo kugcizelela futhi ukukhula okukhulayo kwemboni nokuncintisana.”
Ukuheha izivakashi zaseDubai kuwukuthenga mahhala. Lapha, izivakashi zithanda ukuchitha imali ezimpahleni ezingakhokhi intela, kuyo yonke imisebenzi noma isiphi isihambi esithanda ukuzenza kunoma iyiphi indawo. Ingxenye enkulu yokukhula kwezokuvakasha singabalelwa emicimbini yokuthenga nokuzijabulisa ephambili yase-Dubai: i-Dubai Shopping Festival kanye ne-Dubai Summer Surprises.
Yasungulwa ngo-1996, i-Dubai Shopping Festival yabeka i-Dubai njengendawo ehamba phambili yezokuvakasha, ekhuthaza imikhakha yezomnotho neyokuvakasha edolobheni. Lo mqondo bekungokokuqala ngqa kulesi sifunda okufakazelwe njengokubambisana okuyimpumelelo phakathi kukahulumeni nezinkampani ezizimele. Kukhithike amarisidi kanye nezinombolo zezivakashi zase-Dubai, kusukela ku-AED 2.15 bhiliyoni emalini echithiwe kanye nezivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-1.6 ezivakashela i-AED 10.2 billion kanye nezivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-3.5 ngezinsuku ezingu-43 nje ngo-2006/2007.
Phakathi nezinyanga ezishisa kakhulu zasehlobo, izivakashi zithutheleka eDubai, zizothenga. Yingakho ngo-1998; idolobha lethule iDubai Summer Surprises (DSS), ethathwe njengokuzijabulisa komndeni okugqamile ehlobo emazweni aseGulf naseMiddle East. Iqondiswe ezivakashini ezisuka ngaphakathi kwe-UAE nangaphandle, i-DSS ikhulise ithrafikhi yezokuvakasha isuka ezivakashini ezingu-600,000 kanye ne-AED 850 million ekusetshenzisweni kwemali ngo-1998 kuya ezivakashini eziyizigidi ezingu-2.16 kanye nezindleko ze-AED 3.08 billion ngonyaka odlule. I-DSS yakhelwe ukubhekelela izingane kanye nemindeni ngaphakathi kwesifunda, iheha izingxenye ezimbalwa zezivakashi ehlobo futhi igxile ezintweni ezibalulekile zokuthenga, ukuwina kanye nezenzakalo zomndeni phakathi namaviki ayi-10.
Isebenzisa inqubomgomo kahulumeni yokubeka i-Dubai ebalazweni lomhlaba njengendawo yokuvakasha nebhizinisi engenakuqhathaniswa, i-Dubai Shopping Festival idale imicimbi emikhulu yokuthenga yase-Dubai ukuze ihambisane nomgomo we-Dubai wokuheha izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-15 ngonyaka ka-2010.
Ukuqagela kubonakala kungokoqobo inqobo nje uma amazwe ase-Arab ebopha ndawonye ukuze agcine izivakashi zawo zangaphakathi.
“Lapho siqala eminyakeni engu-15 edlule, lalincane kakhulu, kodwa ukukhula kule minyaka eyishumi edlule bekumangalisa. Ukubona kulo nyaka ukuthi unababonisi abangaphezu kuka-2,000 XNUMX abavela emhlabeni wonke, ngokubamba iqhaza okunamandla kwesifunda, kuwuphawu lokuthi ukukhula okuzayo kuzoba okumangalisayo, ”kwengeza uSheikh Ahmed.
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