MADRID - Ezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke zenyuke kakhulu zaze zaba yirekhodi ngo-2007, ziholwa izimakethe ezisafufusa, kanti umbono usalokhu umuhle naphezu kwezinkinga zezimali kanye namanani aphezulu kawoyela, kusho i-UN World Tourism Organization ngoLwesibili.
"Unyaka ka-2007 udlule inhloso yokuvakasha kwamazwe ngamazwe njengoba abafikayo bafinyelela izibalo ezintsha ezirekhodiwe" zezigidi ezingu-898, zenyuka ezigidini ezingu-52, noma amaphesenti angu-6.2, ngo-2006, indikimba yaseMadrid yathi.
Ithe ukusebenza kusekelwe ekukhuleni komnotho okusimeme eminyakeni yakamuva kanye nokusimama komkhakha kumaphuzu angaphandle.
I-Middle East iqophe ukwanda okukhulu ngamaphesenti, okukhuphuke ngamaphesenti ayi-13 kuya ezigidini ezingama-46, kwalandelwa isifunda sase-Asia-Pacific, ngamaphesenti ayishumi, kwathi i-Afrika, ngamaphesenti ayisishiyagalombili, UNWTO kusho embikweni wayo wonyaka.
I-Middle East “iyaqhubeka nokuba ngenye yezindaba zempumelelo yezokuvakasha kule minyaka eyishumi kuze kube manje, naphezu kwezingxabano eziqhubekayo nezinsongo,” UNWTO kusho isitatimende.
"Lesi sifunda sivela njengendawo eqinile lapho izinombolo zezivakashi zikhuphuka ngokushesha kakhulu kunomhlaba wonke, kanti iSaudi Arabia ne-Egypt ziphakathi kwezindawo ezihamba phambili ekukhuleni ngo-2007."
Le nhlangano ithe ukuzethemba nakho kusalokhu kuphezulu ngo-2008, nakuba lo mbono ungase ushintshe.
"Sinethemba elikhulu ngo-2008, ozobona ukukhula kodwa mhlawumbe kungabi phezulu njengango-2007," kusho uFrangialli.
Uthe kuphela uma kwenzeka “kuwohloka okukhulu komnotho” e-United States lapho ezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke zizobona ukukhula okungekuhle kulo nyaka.
Le nhlangano ithe umnotho emhlabeni wonke "ukhombise ukwanda kokuntengantenga kanye nokuzethemba sekuntekenteke kwezinye izimakethe ngenxa yokungaqiniseki ngezinkinga ze-subprime mortgage kanye namathemba omnotho, ikakhulukazi e-USA, kanye nokungalingani komhlaba kanye namanani aphezulu kawoyela."
“Ezokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe zingase zithinteke kulo mongo womhlaba. Kodwa ngokusekelwe kokuhlangenwe nakho kwangaphambilini, ukuqina okuqinisekisiwe komkhakha futhi kunikezwe imingcele yamanje, UNWTO ayilindele ukuthi ukukhula kuzoma.”
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