IGrenada: Ukusebenza kwezokuvakasha kweStellar 2019

Unyaka ka-2018 kwaba unyaka owaqopha umlando eGrenada, eCarriacou nasePetite Martinique njengoba indawo eneziqhingi ezintathu yamukele izivakashi ezingaphezu kwesigamu sesigidi ogwini lwayo. Yakha phezu kwalesi sisekelo esiqinile, esisekelwa ubudlelwano obunolaka obuqhubekayo nemizamo yokumaketha yokuheha izethameli eziqondiswe kubo, iGrenada igcine umfutho wayo wokukhula ngo-2019 okuholele ekutheni isibalo sokuqala sesivakashi sibe ngu-525,453 njengoba sikhishwe yiGrenada Tourism Authority (GTA) namuhla.

Ukufika kwezivakashi ze-Stayover, ezithathwa njengesivakashi esibaluleke kakhulu ngokwemali echithwa esiqhingini, zibalelwe ku-162,902, okuwukukhula okungu-1% ngaphezu kokukhula okunamandla kwango-2018 (10%) kwabafikayo abayi-160,970. Ngokwengezwa kwesevisi entsha eqondile ye-American Airlines evela ku-Charlotte's Douglas International Airport kanye nokucabangela ukuthi elinye lamahhotela amakhulu esiqhingini, i-Rex Grenadian, livaliwe ukuze lilungiswe kusukela ngoMeyi 2019, lokhu kuyinkomba enhle yokukhula nokuphezulu kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo. isidingo nabahambi abanesibindi.

Njengoba isabelo semakethe sikhula, kuzoba njalo Grenadaiphothifoliyo yezindawo zokulala kanye nokwengezwa kwehhotela i-The Royalton Grenada, elihlelelwe ukuvulwa ngoMashi 1, 2020 njengehhotela elikhulu kunawo wonke esiqhingini elinamagumbi angu-269. I-Sandals Grenada enamagumbi angu-257 kanye ne-Radisson Grenada Beach Hotel enamagumbi angu-227 kuzoba ihhotela lesibili nelesithathu ngobukhulu esiqhingini ngokulandelana. Indawo okuzoyiwa kuyo izophinde ibe yikhaya lehhotela iKimpton Kawana Bay elizoba namagumbi angu-220 kanti ukwakhiwa kuqhubeka kahle ebhishi elidumile emhlabeni wonke iGrand Anse kanti angu-100 azotholakala ngoDisemba 2020.

Izivakashi ezifika ngomkhumbi zibalelwa ku-337,940 ezigcina izinombolo eziqinile ngemuva kokukhula kwamarekhodi ka-2018 (15%) kwezi-342,826. Kunezinhlelo ezikhona zeRoyal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) zokwandisa ukuvakashelwa kusuka kumakholi we-cruise angu-19 ngo-2019 kuya kumakholi angama-29 ngo-2020 nge-Celebrity Cruises kanye ne-Royal Caribbean International. Umkhumbi weCarnival Fascination weCarnival Corporation uhlela izingcingo ezintsha eziyi-12 eziya eGrenada unyaka wonke ka-2021.

IGrenada iyaqhubeka nokukhula kwayo okumangalisayo ekuthuthweni kwezikebhe ngokufika kwezivakashi zokuqala njengamanje ku-24,611. Ngokunwetshwa kwemikhumbi yaseCamper kanye neNicholson enamakamelo ayi-160, njengoba sekuphothuliwe amanye angama-90, isikhungo esisezingeni lomhlaba ePort Louis silungiselela ukukhula okukhulu kulo mkhakha.

Isikhulu Esiphezulu seGrenada Tourism Authority, uPatricia Maher, sithe amathemba ezokuvakasha mahle kakhulu kule ndawo, hhayi nje ngo-2020 kodwa nangale kwalokho, ngesimemezelo sehhotela i-Six Senses elizovulwa ngo-2022. ipulani yokuthuthukisa amahhotela amabili eLa Sagesse esigodini esihle saseSt. Kuzoba ihhotela lokuqala lohlobo lwe-Six Senses e-Caribbean. Muva nje, indawo okuyiwa kuyo ibizwe ngokuthi “Ezingu-100 Eziphezulu okufanele zibukwe ngo-12” ku-Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) Travel Trends Report 2020, okuwukuphela kwendawo yase-Caribbean ezofakwa embikweni webhentshimakhi womhlaba wase-UK kusukela ngo-2020.

Ungqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Nezokundiza Ngezindiza, uMhlonishwa. UDkt. Clarice Modeste-Curwen, uphawule ababambisene bezokuvakasha bendawo kanye namalungu adlelana nawo embonini abheke ngabomvu ezinhlelweni ezibalulekile zokukhula kwekusasa kulo lonke elaseGrenada, Carriacou kanye nePetite Martinique ngokucabangela yonke intuthuko emisha emikhakheni yokuhlala, ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kanye ne-yachting.