Isifundazwe saKwaZulu-Natal (KZN) silindele ukuthutheleka okukhulu kwezivakashi ngenxa yemicimbi emikhulu ezobe yenzeka emasontweni amathathu azayo kanye nesimo sezulu esishisayo njengekhadi elibalulekile, kusho uNgqongqoshe wezokuThuthukiswa koMnotho, ezokuVakasha neMvelo. , uMnuz Sihle Zikalala.
IKwaZulu-Natal ibheke ngabomvu ukujova imali eningi njengoba kulindeleke ukuthi bangaphezu kuka-1.2 million abatakuli basezindlini abazobe bengamaholidi asekhaya abazobe bezotheleka kulesi sifundazwe kumaholide ezikole asebusika amasonto amathathu kusukela ngoJuni 22 kuze kube nguJulayi 17, 2018.
“I-KZN izomisa yonke into ukuze iqinisekise ukuthi amaholide ahlala ejabuliswa ngekhalenda lemicimbi egcwele eThekwini nasogwini lwaKwaZulu-Natal ukuze ihambisane nakho konke ukunambitheka. “Lokhu kubalwa neVodacom Durban July; IDundee July, The Soul and Jazz Experience eRichards Bay, iSardine Festival ePort Edward, iSimangaliso Trail Challenge eSt Lucia nezinye eziningi,” kwengeza uZikalala.
Amaholide asebusika yisikhathi esihle sokupakisha izikhwama zakho bese ubhekisa amabombo KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), kusho ibamba lesikhulu esiphezulu kwaTourism KwaZulu-Natal, uPhindile Makwakwa.
“Lesi yisikhathi esifanele sokuba abavakashi bakuleli bakhangise iKZN kanye nakho konke okuhlinzekwayo ngezokuvakasha; kusukela ogwini lolwandle kuya e-berg, kuya eziqiwini nezindlela zethu eziningi zokuvakasha ezihlukile. Ezokuvakasha zifaka amaphesenti ayisishiyagalombili esamba somkhiqizo wethu wasekhaya futhi ziqashe u-6.5% wabasebenzi bezwe. Kungumgqugquzeli obalulekile wezinguquko kwezomnotho esifundazweni.”
Ezokuvakasha zithuthukisa kakhulu umnotho ngokufaka isandla kweminye imikhakha ehlukene efana neyokwamukela izivakashi, ezokuthutha, ezobuciko nemisebenzi yezandla eyingxenye yochungechunge lwenani lezokuvakasha, kwengeza uMakwakwa.
UCharles Preece, oyi-East Coast Operational Manager yeFederated Hospitality Association of Southern Africa, (FEDHASA), uthe amaholide asebusika ahlale eyisizini enhle embonini njengoba ukubhukha kwamahhotela kubukeka kuqinile.
“Isikhala sisekhona, kodwa silindele isizini enhle. I-East Coast iyindawo eyintandokazi kuzivakashi zangaphakathi nezwe ezinethemba lokubalekela amakhaza,” kusho uPreece.
I-FEDHASA ibinokuzethemba ukuthi kulandela izinga eliphezulu lokuhlala kwabadlali ngonyaka odlule, le sizini ngeke ihluke. Iziphathimandla zethrafikhi zilindele futhi umthamo omkhulu wezimoto eziya e-East Coast kule sizini.
Umuntu angalindela ukuthutheleka kwezimoto emigwaqweni yase-KZN - ikakhulukazi emigwaqeni emikhulu nasezindaweni eziheha izivakashi zendawo.
IVodacom Durban July ezoba ngoJulayi 7 izobe ixube izinkumbi zabantu kanti kulindeleke ukuthi ihehe abantu abangu-50 000 ngosuku lomjaho. Imali efakwe kwiVDJ ngo-2017 ibe ngu-R260 million emnothweni waseKZN. Kulo nyaka, umnikelo we-GDP weTheku kulindeleke ukuthi ube ngu-R159 million kanti uzofaka u-R10 million wentela kahulumeni kanye nokudala amathuba emisebenzi angama-320 ngonyaka.
I-KZN Travel and Adventure ezoba ngoJulayi 5-8 izophinde ibuke izivakashi ezinekhono kwezokuvakasha, osekulungele ukuheha abantu abangu-30 000 - 40 000 kulezi zinsuku ezine.
I-KZN idume ngesimo sezulu esipholile sasebusika, amabhishi kanye nenqwaba yezindawo ezikhangayo njengeShaka Marine World. I-KZN inesimo sezulu esihle kakhulu sasebusika esinezinsuku ezifudumele ezinelanga ezilungele ukuchitha isikhathi sokungena nokuphuma emanzini olwandle olude olwandle oluhlanzekile.
