Ngokombiko we-Euromonitor International, ingqikithi yohambo oluyizigidigidi ezingu-1.4 luzokwenziwa emhlabeni wonke ngo-2018, kanti isibalo okulindeleke ukuthi sikhuphuke ngesinye isigidigidi kule minyaka engu-12 ezayo.
"Izindawo okuyiwa kuzo njengeChina zilungele ukusebenza ngempumelelo kwezokuvakasha ezingena ngaphakathi, kanti iChina izodlula iFrance njengendawo ehamba phambili emhlabeni wonke ngo-2030," kusho lo mbiko.
Iningi lokwenyuka kwezokuvakasha lizoqhamuka esifundeni sase-Asia Pacific lapho uhambo okulindeleke ukuthi lukhuphuke ngamaphesenti ayishumi kulo nyaka. Lesi sifunda sizuze ezomnotho ezikhula ngokushesha kanye nesigaba esimaphakathi esikhulayo e-Asia esibheke ukuchitha imali eningi ohambweni.
Inqubo ehamba kancane yokuxegiswa kwemikhawulo yama-visa yenze ukuhamba e-Asia Pacific kwaba lula, ngamaphesenti angama-80 abantu abafika e-Asia abavela esifundeni, kusho umhlaziyi omkhulu wezokuvakasha wakwa-Euromonitor uWouter Geerts.
Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi imicimbi yezemidlalo izothuthukisa isifunda, njengoba iTokyo izosingatha Imidlalo yama-Olympic Yasehlobo ka-2020 kanye neBeijing umcimbi wasebusika wango-2022.
“Ezokuvakasha ziyinsika esemqoka yomnotho waseShayina, futhi kutshalwe izimali eziningi ukuze kuthuthukiswe ingqalasizinda namazinga, ngaphezu kwezinqubomgomo nezinhlelo ezithinta ezokuvakasha,” kusho uGeerts.
I-China iyizwe lesine elivakashelwa kakhulu emhlabeni, iFrance, i-United States neSpain ikleliswe emazweni amathathu aphezulu, ngokusho kweWorld Tourism Organisation.
I-Euromonitor iphinde yaxwayisa ngokuthi imboni yezokuvakasha yaseMelika ingase ibhekane nenkinga uma ukungezwani kwezohwebo phakathi kwe-US neChina kudlondlobala.
