SEOUL - ISouth Korea, okuyizwe eliphansi ohlwini lwezindawo ongazibona kubahambi abaningi bomhlaba, ibhekene nokushuba kwezivakashi okumangazayo, njengoba ubunzima bomnotho emhlabeni wonke buyenza ipharadesi labathengi.
Isibalo sabavakashi abavakashela eSouth Korea sikhuphuke ngo-6.9% ngonyaka odlule, ngaphezu kwanoma iyiphi enye indawo yase-Asia, njengoba ukuncipha kwenani lenzuzo yaseKorea kwenze kwashibhe kakhulu ukuthenga ezweni.
I-boom iholwa izivakashi ezivela eJapane, lapho ukwazisa kwe-yen yaseJapane kuye kwakhulisa umphumela wokwehla kwe-win. Isibalo sabavakashi baseJapan sikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-52 ngoDisemba kwathi ngo-55% ngoJanuwari, ngokusho kweKorea Tourism Organisation, okuyinhlangano kazwelonke yokugqugquzela ezokuvakasha. Lezo zivakashi zigcwalisa amahhotela ngesikhathi lapho ukuhamba kwezamabhizinisi kwehla.
UMiki Usui, umamukeli wenkampani oneminyaka engu-27 ubudala eJapane, muva nje usebenzise ama-yen angu-130,000 1,300 (cishe amaRandi angu-1.18 XNUMX), phakathi nezinsuku ezintathu zokuthenga edolobheni laseSeoul. Leso samba siguqulelwe ekubeni izigidi ezimbili ze-Korean won, uma kuqhathaniswa nezigidi ezingu-XNUMX eziwinwe ngonyaka odlule.
“Kushibhile ngempela,” kusho uNksz. “Angibatshelanga ngisho abangani bami ukuthi ngiyeza eSeoul ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi bazongicela ukuba ngibathengele okuningi.”
Igagasi lezivakashi likhulu kangangokuthi izindiza eSouth Korea naseJapan zengeze izindiza phakathi kwamazwe. Futhi abathengisi emadolobheni amakhulu njengeSeoul neBusan baqashe izisebenzi ezikhuluma isiJapane futhi bafaka izimpawu zokukhangisa ezibhalwe ngesiJapane.
Ama-ejensi okuvakasha ase-Japan ahlinzeka ngohambo olusha oluya eSouth Korea, kanti olunye lwakhiwe eduze kokuthenga. Umuntu uthatha izivakashi aziyise esitolo esingenamsebenzi ngokushesha ngemva kokufika eSeoul. Ngisho nenhlangano yezokuvakasha kuzwelonke yaseNingizimu Korea ingena kulesi sigameko ngomkhankaso eJapan oqukethe isiqubulo esithi, “Visit Korea Now — Double Your Joy at Half the Cost.”
I-South Korean ewinile ithole amandla amakhulu kunanoma iyiphi imali enkulu uma iqhathaniswa nedola laseMelika kusukela ngo-2005 kuya ku-2007. Kodwa inani layo lehla ngonyaka odlule njengoba abatshalizimali bakwamanye amazwe bethengisa izinto ezibambelene emakethe yamasheya yaseNingizimu Korea ukuze bakhokhele ukulahlekelwa kwenye indawo, banciphisa isidingo se-win. Manje kuthatha cishe i-1,400 ewinile ukuthenga idola laseMelika eli-1, okungaphezulu kakhulu kwe-906 ewiniwe edingekayo ngenani layo eliphakeme ekuqaleni kukaNovemba 2007.
Ukuwa kumenyezelwe ngendlela efanayo uma kuqhathaniswa nezimali zase-Asia ezihambisana eduze nedola, njengalezo eziseHong Kong, Singapore naseChina, okuholela ekulimaleni kwezivakashi ezivela kulezo zindawo. Isibalo sabavakashi abavela eChina senyuke ngo-15% ngoJanuwari.
Ukukhula kwezivakashi akwanele ukunqoba izinkinga ezinkulu emnothweni waseNingizimu Korea, oncike kakhulu ekukhiqizweni kokuthekelisa. Kodwa linciphise igebe elivamile phakathi kwamaKorea ashiya izwe uma kuqhathaniswa nezivakashi ezifika kulo. NgoJanuwari, isibalo sabavakashi abavakashelayo sikhuphuke ngo-25.3% saya ku-607,659, kanti isibalo sabantu baseKorea abahambela uhambo sehle ngo-38.6% saya ku-812,901, kusho inhlangano yezokuvakasha.
Isibalo sabantu baseKorea abavakashele eJapan sehle ngamaphesenti angama-52 ngoJanuwari, ukwehla okukhulu kakhulu kusukela ngo-1991.
U-Kumiko Ito ulinde inyanga ukuze abhukhe uhambo lwaseNingizimu Korea nenkampani yezokuvakasha enkulu kunazo zonke e-Japan, i-JTB Corp. Ngemva kokuthenga endaweni yase-Myeong-dong yedolobha laseSeoul, oneminyaka engu-42 ubudala waphumula endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi ehhotela ngaphambi kokuya emsebenzini. -isitolo samahhala. “Ngathenga ubusuku bonke kwaze kwaba u-5 ekuseni ngavuka ngo-8 ngiyothenga futhi,” kusho yena, ephethe uhlu olude lokuthenga oluhlanganisa kakhulu izimonyo.
I-Myeong-dong iyisitobhi esibalulekile sabavakashi, okuyikhaya lezitolo ezinkulu zamaketanga esitolo somnyango weLotte neShinsegae, kanye namakhulu ezitolo ezincane.
I-TheFaceShop, uchungechunge lwezimonyo lwasendaweni, ibike ukuthi idayisa cishe izigidi ezingu-55 zezimpahla eziwinwe ngosuku esitolo sayo se-Myeong-dong esingamamitha-skwele angu-890 kuphela, okukhuphuke ngo-120% esikhathini esingangonyaka odlule. Abavakashi baseJapan basebenzise cishe izigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisishiyagalolunye eziwine ezitolo ezinkulu zeLotte ngoJanuwari, izikhathi eziyi-11 kunaleyo eziyisebenzise esitolo ngonyaka odlule. "Uma isibalo sabavakashi, ikakhulukazi baseJapan, sehla, kuzoba nomthelela omkhulu enkampanini," kusho uSong Jee-young, okhulumela iLotte Hotel eseduze, lapho kuhlala khona cishe u-90% phakathi nezinyanga zasebusika. isikhathi lapho ihhotela ngokuvamile ligcwala cishe ngo-65%.
Omunye umphumela wokwanda komsebenzi kube ukushoda kwezimpahla, ikakhulukazi izimpahla zabesifazane eziwubukhazikhazi. Izitolo ezingenamsebenzi edolobheni laseSeoul ngenye impelasonto yakamuva beziphelelwe yisikhwama sesikhwama se-Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas Papillon 30 esimise okwesilinda, esibiza izigidi ezi-1.4 zokuwina, cishe ishibhe ngo-15% kunokusithenga e-Japan. Umkhulumeli weLouis Vuitton Korea uthe iletha izinto ezintsha masonto onke.
NgoFebhuwari, Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha YaseKorea imema abaholi bezinhlangano zokuvakasha ezinkulu eziyisikhombisa zase-Japan emhlanganweni wezinsuku ezintathu ukuze bakhe uhambo olusha lokukhuthaza ukuvakasha kwesibili nokwesithathu kamuva onyakeni. Indawo eyodwa: imnyuziyamu ka-Son Sung-mok, ongumnikazi weqoqo elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni lamagilamafoni, edolobheni elisemaphandleni lase-Gangneung.
U-Akihiro Hosono, umphathi jikelele wegatsha le-JTB tour agency, uthe uzobheka indawo kaMnu. Son njengethuba lokuvakasha kwezingane zesikole zaseJapane. Ukuhlukahluka kwezindawo eSouth Korea kuzosiza ukugcina isithakazelo eKorea lapho igebe lemali ekugcineni liphela, kusho uMnu Hosono.
