Ungqongqoshe omusha wezokuvakasha e-French Polynesia akakungabazi nakancane ukuthi lezi ziqhingi zazihloselwe ukuhlehlisa ukwehla kwenani lezivakashi: osozigidi.

"Izinjongo ezisemqoka kumele kube osozigidi, abantu abanemali eningi," kusho uSteeve (Steeve) Hamblin ngemuva kokuqokwa kwakhe kwakamuva ngumengameli omusha walesi sifunda saseFrance uGaston Song Tang.

"Lokho kuzoheha umgomo obanzi kakhulu wabathengi - izivakashi ezingenazo izinto ezincane futhi ezizoya embonini encane yamahhotela."

U-Hamblin uchaze izibalo zabavakashi zakamuva njengezimbi kakhulu.

Izibalo zikaSepthemba zikhombise isamba sezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye sezivakashi eziyi-118,625, ebezingaphansi kwezi-31,770 noma ezingama-21.1% kunesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule, kubika iFrench Polynesia Statistical Institute.

Amahhotela omhlaba wonke eTahiti, eBora Bora nakwezinye iziqhingi ezinkulu abenesilinganiso sokuhlala kwabantu esingama-45% ngalezo zinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye, ehle ngo-7.8%.

Izindawo zokungcebeleka ezihamba phambili eFrench Polynesia, eziheha izivakashi ezicebile ezivela eFrance nase-United States, ziphakathi kwezindleko ezibiza kakhulu endaweni.