Ukubukeka kwehhotela laseMauritius kunamandla. Lokhu kungokombiko wePricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), 'Umbono wamahhotela: 2018-2022: South Africa – Nigeria – Mauritius – Kenya – Tanzania'.
Embikweni, i-PwC ithi, emazweni amahlanu abuyekeziwe (okuhlanganisa iNingizimu Afrika, Nigeria, Kenya kanye neTanzania), iMauritius ibe nemakethe yamahhotela eqinile iminyaka eminingana. Ngo-2017, isiqhingi sase-Indian Ocean sabika ukwenyuka kwe-12.7% emalini engenayo yamagumbi, okungezele ekukhuleni okukhule ngama-38% kusukela ngo-2014.
I-PwC iphinde iphawule ukuthi i-Mauritius isisimamise umnotho okhulayo iminyaka eminingana, ibika ukwanda kwaminyaka yonke kwe-GDP ngama-3.8% phakathi neminyaka emibili edlule. Nokho, amazinga aphezulu e-inflation angase aqale ukuba nomthelela emnothweni onyakeni ozayo. I-PwC ilindele amazinga okwehla kwamandla emali aphakathi kuka-4% ukwenza i-Mauritius ibe indawo ebiza kakhulu yezivakashi.
Ukufika kwezivakashi eminyakeni emine edlule kuqhubekile nokukhula, njengoba izivakashi ezibalelwa ku-300 000 ezengeziwe zihlanganiswe kusukela ngo-2014. Ukukhula okuqine kakhulu kwavela ezimakethe zase-Europe, i-France ihola iphakethe ngama-20% abo bonke abafikayo. Phakathi kuka-2016 no-2017, zonke izimakethe ezinkulu zase-Europe zabona ukukhula kwabafikayo ne-France, i-United Kingdom ne-Germany ehamba phambili ohlwini ngabafika abangaphezu kuka-100 000 ngayinye. Abavakashi baseNingizimu Afrika nabo bakhombise ukukhula, bafike kwabayizi-112 129 ngonyaka wezi-2017. Izimakethe zase-Asia-Pacific kanye naseNyakatho Melika nazo zikhuphuke phakathi kuka-2018 no-2017, inani lamazwe elikhula ngaphezu kuka-15% unyaka nonyaka.
I-PwC iyaphawula: “Izwe ligxile emakethe yezokuvakasha ngenhloso yokuba 'isango elikhethwayo lokuhamba ngempukane' eliya e-Indian Ocean, futhi lihlose ukwandisa izindawo zalo zezindiza ukuze lisekele imakethe yezokuvakasha ekhulayo." Ukwengeza, kube nomkhankaso wokudala amaholide 'e-Beach & Bush' ngokuhlangana namazwe ase-Afrika emaphakathi, okuhlanganisa i-Kenya neNingizimu Afrika. I-Mauritius nayo iya ngokuya iduma njengendawo yomshado.
Kuze kube manje, i-PwC ikhomba ukukhulisa ukufinyelela komoya esiqhingini kusuka e-Afrika. NgoJuni, i-Kenya Airways kanye ne-Air Mauritius zelule i-codeshare yazo, kuyilapho i-Kenya Airways iphinde yamemezela imizila emisha eya e-Mauritius ukuze ihambisane ne-codeshare.
I-PwC ibikezela ukukhula kwamazinga ekamelo ukuze kuqhubeke, ibona kusengaphambili ukwanda okungama-8.8% emalini engenayo yegumbi ka-2018. Phakathi neminyaka emihlanu ehlongozwayo, i-PwC ibona imali ephelele yamahhotela ikhuphuka isuka ezigidini ezingu-739 zama-euro ngo-2017 iye ku-€1 bhiliyoni ngo-2022.
Njengamanje iMauritius inamahhotela angu-114, ahlinzeka ngemibhede engu-13 330 ngobusuku. Amaphrojekthi e-PwC azokhula kancane ngo-0.8% ehlanganiswa minyaka yonke, ethatha ubusuku bokulala obutholakalayo ngo-2022 bufinyelele ku-14 835. Ngasekupheleni kuka-2015, uhulumeni wasusa isimemezelo sokumisa amahhotela amasha izinyanga eziyi-18, okuholele ekwenyukeni okuncane kwentuthuko. I-Mauritius ihamba phambili ohlwini lwamanani okuhlala amahhotela ngenani eliphezulu elingashintshi. Kusukela ngo-2017, ukuhlala kwabantu bekungaphezu kwama-75% futhi lokhu kulindeleke ukuthi kukhuphuke kuye ku-79.8% ngo-2022.
Uma kuqhathaniswa, ambalwa kuphela amahhotela amakhulu aphesheya anezinhlelo zokwakha eMauritius eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo. Ngokombiko: "I-Anantara Le Chaland Resort kufanele ivule ihhotela elinamagumbi angu-164 eliseceleni kolwandle maphakathi no-2019. UMarriott umemezele izinhlelo zokwethula uhlobo lwayo lwe-Aloft ePort Louis ngo-2022 ngokuguqulwa kwesakhiwo samahhovisi sibe ihhotela elinamagumbi ayi-150. I-Park Inn ka-Radisson Mauritius nayo imenyezelwe ngo-2020, kanti amahhotela e-Avani ne-Sheraton ahlelelwe u-2021 no-2022, ngokulandelana.”
I-PwC ikholelwa ukuthi indawo eyinhloko yokukhula kweMauritius kuzoba amahhotela ezinkanyezi ezinhlanu. "Silindele ukuthi ubusuku bezivakashi bamahhotela ezinkanyezi ezintathu nezine bube bushelelezi ngesikhathi sokubikezela, njengoba ukukhula emakethe kuzogxila emahhotela ezinkanyezi ezinhlanu." Imali engenayo yegumbi evela emkhakheni wezinkanyezi ezinhlanu kulindeleke ukuthi ikhule ifinyelele ku-€354 million ngo-2022.
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