BRUSSELS – Abavakashi bachitha ubusuku obuncane emazweni ase-European Union (EU) ngo-2009 kunango-2008, okuwuphawu lwenkinga yezomnotho, kusho ihhovisi lezibalo le-EU i-Eurostat.
Ngo-2009, cishe ubusuku obuyibhiliyoni elingu-1.5 bachithwa emahhotela nasezikhungweni ezifanayo e-EU, ukwehla ngamaphesenti angu-5.1 uma kuqhathaniswa no-2008, ngemva kokwehla konyaka ngamaphesenti angu-0.2 ngo-2008 kanye nokwenyuka ngamaphesenti angu-3.5 ngo-2007.
I-Eurostat ithe ukwehla kwenani lobusuku bamahhotela e-EU kwaqala phakathi no-2008 futhi lehla ngo-2009. Inani lobusuku bamahhotela lehle ngenani lonyaka lamaphesenti angu-8.0 kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya ku-April 2009, uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo onyakeni odlule, angamaphesenti angu-4.1 kusukela ngoMeyi kuya ku-August namaphesenti angu-3.6 kusukela ngoSepthemba kuya kuZibandlela.
Izibalo ezisemthethweni zikhombise isibalo sobusuku bamahhotela obuchithwa ngabantu okungezona izakhamuzi sehle kakhulu ngamaphesenti angama-9.1 kanti izakhamuzi ezweni lazo lwehle ngamaphesenti angu-1.6.
Phakathi kwamazwe angamalungu e-EU angama-27, amanani aphezulu obusuku achithwa emahhotela ngo-2009 aqoshwa eSpain, e-Italy, eJalimane, eFrance naseBrithani. Lawa mazwe amahlanu abalele ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-70 yenani eliphelele lobusuku bamahhotela e-EU.
Inani lobusuku obuchithwa emahhotela ngo-2009 lehla kuwo wonke amazwe e-EU, ngaphandle kwaseSweden lapho lenyuke kancane ngamaphesenti angu-0.1. Ukwehla okukhulu kunakho konke kwaqoshwa eLatvia naseLithuania. Bobabili babone ukwehla konyaka ngamaphesenti angaphezu kwama-20.
