Ukufika kwezokuvakasha e-Guam's Filipino kukhuphuka

I-Matua Agupa Corp., uphiko lokumaketha lwe-Guam Visitors Bureau e-Manila, lubikezela ukwanda okungamaphesenti angu-5 kuya kwangu-8 kubahambi basePhilippines abaya endaweni yesiqhingi ngesikhathi sezimali zika-2010.

Engxoxweni ngesikhathi seNgqungquthela Yezithunywa Zezohwebo yaseGuam ngoJuni 30, u-Herbert P. Arabelo Jr., umongameli we-Matua Agupa, utshele Ijenali ukuthi ukukhula okulindelekile kubonisa ukusimama okungenzeka emakethe yezokuvakasha yomhlaba wonke. Ezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke ziwohlokile ngenxa yokuwohloka komnotho omkhulu e-US, Europe nase-Asia.

Idatha evela ku-GVB ibonise ukuthi kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya ku-April 2009, abafika bevela ePhilippines bakhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-3 baya ku-3,877 besuka ku-3,764 ngesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. Ingqikithi yabafike besuka ePhilippines kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya kuDisemba 2008 babeyi-10,867, inyuke ngamaphesenti angama-24.3 isuka kwabangu-8,744 abafika ngesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2007.

U-Arabelo uphawule ukuthi abafikayo basePhilippine banciphise ukwehla kwezinga lokufika kwabantu eGuam, okuthe ngokwezinyanga ezine, kwehle ngamaphesenti angu-7 kuya ku-369,163 kusuka ku-396,864 ngesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2008.

Ukwehla okuphawuleka kakhulu kokufika kwezivakashi e-Guam ngesikhathi sikaJanuwari-April 2009 kuvela ezimakethe zayo ezinkulu zezivakashi zase-Japan, ezehle ngamaphesenti angu-4.1 zaya ku-296,746; kanye neKorea, yehle ngamaphesenti angama-37.3 yaya ku-24,117. Okunye ukwehla kwaphawulwa kubahambi abavela eziQhingini zaseNyakatho Mariana ngamaphesenti angu-6.5 kuya ku-5,223; I-Palau ngamaphesenti angu-14.3 kuya ku-854; iHong Kong ngamaphesenti angu-49.2 kuya kwangu-845; e-Australia ngamaphesenti angu-9.5 kuya ku-717; kanye neYurophu kumaphesenti angu-5.1 kuya ku-571.

Abafike olwandle nabo behle ngamaphesenti angama-26.1 baya ku-4,330 besuka ku-5,857.

U-Arabelo wachaza ukuthi kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya ku-March 2009, abafikayo bevela ePhilippines behle kakhulu ngamaphesenti angu-17 baya ku-2,193 besuka ku-2,641 ngesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. “Kodwa lokhu kusulwe yizibalo zika-April kuphela. Selokhu kuqale iholidi lasehlobo lapha ePhilippines, idlanzana labantu basePhilippines belihambela eGuam,” kusho yena. Ngo-Ephreli kuphela, abahambi basePhilippines abaya endaweni yesiqhingi beqe ngamaphesenti angama-50 baya ku-1,684 uma kuqhathaniswa nabafika ngo-Ephreli 2008 ababeyi-1,123 kuphela.

Okuhlosiwe konyaka ozayo kuyasilela ekuqageleni kwangaphambili kwezikhulu ze-Matua Agupa zokuletha izivakashi zase-Philippine ezingu-50,000 e-Guam ngo-2010. (Bona "i-GVB ihlose ukufika kwabavakashi abangu-50,000 abavela e-Philippines," kumagazini kaJuni 13, 2005, we-Journal.)

Khonamanjalo, u-Arabelo uthe ukwehliswa kwezindleko zezindiza kanye namaphakheji ohambo kukhuphule isibalo sabahambi basePhilippines abaya eGuam phakathi nenkathi eyizinyanga ezine. “[I-Philippine Airlines] yehlise imali yokuya nokubuya yendiza eya e-Guam yaba ngu-$110 [kusuka kuma-US$250 avamile]. I-Continental iphinde yehlisa amanani ayo afinyelela ku-$200 ukuya nokubuya [kusuka ku-US$300] ehlobo,” esho. I-PAL iphinde inikeze amaphakheji okuvakasha ezivakashi ezivakashela e-Guam.

Ukuze iphushe izivakashi eziningi zase-Filipino ukuthi ziye e-Guam, i-Matua Agupa ihlele umqhudelwano wegalofu ngo-Okthoba e-Guam phakathi kwe-alumni yase-De La Salle University kanye ne-Ateneo de Manila University. Ngokujwayelekile amanyuvesi abeyizimbangi kwezemfundo nezemidlalo. Umqhudelwano wegalofu uzobandakanya abadlali abangu-140.

“Kuphinde kube nomjaho we-Guam Ko'ko' Road ngo-Oct. 18 ozobanjwa kanyekanye ne-Guam Micronesia Island Fair ngo-Oct. 16-18,” lapho umFilipino, u-Pepito Deapera, “ezobuyiselwa khona ukuze avikele isicoco sakhe, ” kusho u-Arabelo. UDeapera uwine ihalf-marathon ngonyaka odlule.

Inkontileka evuselelwe ka-Matua Agupa ne-GVB isuka kwezezimali zika-2008 kuya ku-2010, lapho inkampani yasePhilippines ithola khona imali yokugcina efinyelela ku-US$4,000 ngenyanga “engashintshiwe kusukela ngo-2006,” noma u-US$48,000 ngonyaka. Kubandakanya uxhaso lwezimali zamaphrojekthi ayo, isabelomali saminyaka yonke senkampani sihlala ku-US$100,000, njengoba lokhu kwehliswa ngokwezimali ngo-2006 kusuka ku-US$150,000 ngo-2005 ngenkathi iqokwa okokuqala njengommeleli wezokuthengisa e-Philippines.

Kokunye okuhlobene, idatha ye-GVB iphinde ibonise ukuthi ngonyaka wezimali ka-2009, kwakukhona abantu basePhilippines abangu-6,942 abavakashela e-Guam kusukela ngo-Oct. 1, 2008. Ngokwezimali zika-30 (kusukela ngo-Okthoba 2009 kuya ku-September 4.7), ingqikithi yabafika bevela ePhilippines ifinyelele ku-6,630, inyuke ngamaphesenti angu-1 isuka kwabangu-2007 eya eGuam ngo-30. okwesikhathi.

Ngokolwazi olufanayo, kusukela ngomhla ka-Oct. 1, 2008, kuya ku-April 30, 2009, ukwehla okukhulu kwabhalwa kwabafika e-Japan (phansi ngamaphesenti angu-8.9 kuya ku-490,340); Korea (phansi ngamaphesenti angu-31.4 kuya ku-43,848); I-NMI (yehle ngamaphesenti angu-10.7 kuya ku-9,468); kanye neHawaii (phansi ngamaphesenti angu-4.5 kuya ku-5,583).

Ingqikithi yabavakashi abafika e-Guam ngezimali zika-2008 (kusuka ngomhla ka-Oct. 1, 2007, kuya kuSepthemba 30, 2008) yehle ngamaphesenti angu-3.6 yaya ezigidini ezingu-1.18 isuka ezigidini ezingu-1.22.

Ikhalenda lika-2008 laletha izivakashi ezifika ezigidini ezingu-1.14 e-Guam kanye nezibalo zaseJapane ngenani elikhulu kunawo wonke ku-849,831; kulandele abaseKorea ku-110,548 42,564; izivakashi ezivela ezweni lase-US, ezingu-22,592; abaseTaiwan, abangu-17,429 48,592; kanye nezivakashi ezivela ku-NMI, XNUMX. Abafika olwandle bamele i-XNUMX.

UDavid B. Tydingco, usihlalo we-GVB naye owayeseManila engqungqutheleni yeGuam Trade Mission, uzwakalise ukuzethemba ngokuthi ukusimama komnotho womhlaba kuzophinde kulethe izivakashi esiqhingini.

Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi ukudluliselwa kwamasosha aseMelika angaba ngu-8,000 asuka e-Okinawa, kanye nabantu abathembele kuwo abangu-9,000, kuzovusa isasasa eGuam njengendawo yokuvakasha.

Embikweni wayo kaJanuwari, iNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha yabikezela ukuthi ezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke zizokwehla phakathi kuka-zero no-2 wamaphesenti ngo-2009, ngenxa yokuqhubeka nomphumela wokuwohloka komnotho emhlabeni. Lokhu kuzoba uguquko ukusuka ekukhuleni ngamaphesenti ama-2 okurekhodwe ngo-2008.

Naphezu kokuthamba jikelele kwemakethe yezokuvakasha yomhlaba, i UNWTO iveze ukuthi umnotho wase-Asia nasePacific cishe uzobona isibalo esihle kwabavakashi abafikayo, “nakuba ukukhula kuzoqhubeka kuhamba kancane uma kuqhathaniswa nokusebenza kwesifunda eminyakeni yamuva nje.”