Ngokombiko wakamuva wekota we-European Travel Commission (ETC) “Ezokuvakasha zase-Europe: Amathrendi namathemba”, inselele yezempilo emhlabeni wonke ishiye umkhakha wezokuvakasha eYurophu ubhekene nenkinga engakaze ibonwe, nokungaqiniseki okukhulayo mayelana nokululama kwayo. Izibikezelo zakamuva zikhomba ukuthi ukuya eYurophu kulindeleke ukuthi kwehle ngo-54% kulo nyaka kunango-2019.
Ukunciphisa imiphumela yokuqubuka kwalesi sifo, ezomnotho zase-Europe seziqala ukuvuleka kabusha ngenkathi zigqugquzela ezokuvakasha ukuze zihlenge isikhathi samaholide ehlobo futhi zinciphise ukwehla kwezimali kulo bhubhane. Ijubane lokuthola kabusha ngendawo okuyiwa kuyo lizohluka futhi lizoncika ezingeni abathembele ngalo ezimakethe zemithombo yamazwe ngamazwe kanye nokuvuselela ukuzethemba kwabathengi.
Imboni yezokuvakasha isaqhubeka nokuzabalaza lapho ibhekene nalolu bhubhane oluqhubekayo
Lo mbiko uthi umthelela wenkinga yezempilo yomhlaba wonke usucaca ngokukhula kwezokuvakasha kwaseYurophu okulindeleke ukuthi kuhlale ngaphansi kwamazinga ka-2019 kuze kube ngu-2023. Phakathi nezinyanga ezine zokuqala zonyaka, i-Europe yabona ukwehla okukhulu kwe-44% yabavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe uma kuqhathaniswa ne Isikhathi esifanayo ngo-2019. Ukulahleka kwemisebenzi yezokuvakasha e-Europe ngo-2020 kungaba yisikhumbuzo, kusukela phakathi kwe-14.2mn kuya ku-29.5mn Ukungaqiniseki kusabusa futhi ubude bemikhawulo yobhubhane buzoba ukhiye wokunquma ukulahlekelwa kulo mkhakha.
Imininingwane ebikwe izindawo okuyiwa kuzo ezinyangeni zika-Ephreli/Meyi ikhombisa izinga lokuphazamiseka okudalwe wubhubhane. I-Croatia (-86%) neCyprus (-78%) ibone ukwehla okukhulu kakhulu okubonisa ukulahleka okukhulu kwezimakethe ezibalulekile zemithombo, njenge-Italy ne-UK, ezithikamezeke kakhulu yilolu bhubhane. Naphezu kokwehla okukhulu kwabafikayo base-Iceland (-52%), impumelelo ekunqandeni ukusabalala kwaleli gciwane ngenxa yohlelo lwalo oluqinile lokulandela umkhondo nokulandela umkhondo kuvumele isiqhingi saseNordic ukuthi sivule ngokuzethemba umngcele waso ukuze sihambe amazwe ngamazwe kuleli hlobo.
Ukubhuka okudangele kubonwe kulo lonke elaseYurophu
Idatha yakamuva etholakalayo ibonise ukwehla okungu-96.9% kokubhukha okuya e-Europe kuzo zonke izifunda phakathi nesikhathi sikaJanuwari-Meyi 2020 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. Okuhle, njengoba umsebenzi wabathengi usuqala ukuba namandla, idatha iphinde yabonisa ukweqa ekubhukheni kwezindiza ezindaweni ezifana neGreece, Portugal, neSpain ngoJulayi no-August. Izivakashi zezokungcebeleka zilandisa ngenqwaba yamathikithi amasha athengiwe, kodwa ukutakula kunamandla phakathi kwabahambi abahlose ukuvakashela abangani nezihlobo.
Ithuba lokululama ohambweni lwasekhaya kanye nohambo olufushane
Ukubuyiselwa kohambo oluya kuzo zonke izindawo emhlabeni wonke kuzoncika ezicini zezomnotho, isivinini imikhawulo yokuhamba esuswa ngaso, impilo yemboni yezindiza, kanye nokwenyanya ubungozi kwabangase babe ngabahambi. Amathuba okuthola kabusha okuzinzile nokusheshayo kwesidingo sohambo kungenzeka abe makhudlwana ezindaweni ezithembele kakhulu kubahambi basekhaya nabahamba isikhashana. Izindleko eziphansi zokuhamba, imikhawulo esele yokuvakasha yamazwe ngamazwe, ukungaqiniseki ngokutholakala kwezinto zokuthutha kanye nokwenyanya ubungozi obuphakeme kungenzeka kukhuphule ukuthanda kwabathengi ekuhambeni eduze nasekhaya.
Isabelo esimaphakathi sabahambi basekhaya siku-44.5% phakathi kwezindawo zamazwe ase-Europe, kanti abafika ngamahosha amafushane bafinyelela ku-77% wabo bonke abahambi. Ukuhlanganisa kokubili abafikayo abavela ngaphakathi kwezwe nokuthembela ohambweni olufushane, iJalimane, iNorway neRomania yizona ezikwazi ukumelana nezimo futhi ezingase zisheshe futhi zizinze ekululameni. Ngokuphambene nalokho, i-Iceland, iMontenegro neCroatia banamaphuzu aphansi kakhulu anengozi enkulu yokululama. Lezi zindawo zinezimakethe ezincane zezokuvakasha zasekhaya kanye nokuthembela okuphezulu kakhulu esidingweni samazwe ngamazwe, okuhlanganisa nenani elikhulu lokuhamba elisuka ezimakethe ezingaphandle kwe-Europe okungenzeka libe ngaphansi kwemikhawulo isikhathi eside.
Izitayela ezintsha kwezokuvakasha
Umbiko uphawula ukuthi ezokuvakasha njengoba besazi ukuthi azisekho, kuyilapho impumelelo ilele ekwamukeleni ngokushesha ukwenziwa kwedijithali kanye nokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obusha ukuze buvumelane “nokuvamile okusha” kanye nokuguquguquka kokuziphatha kwabathengi. Umkhakha ngokwesiko obonakala ngokusebenzelana kwabantu usuzodingeka unikeze izici ezifanayo ezingaphatheki ezibalulekile kusetshenziswa izindlela ezingathinteki kakhulu emhlabeni owenziwe idijithali. Ukuzinza kuzoba ukhiye ekwakheni umkhakha oqinile futhi oqhudelana kakhulu ngokusebenzisa ukuqaliswa kwemodeli ezosebenza ngokwezomnotho, ezenhlalakahle, kanye nemvelo esikhathini eside.
U-Eduardo Santander, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-ETC uthe: “Ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 lube nomthelela omkhulu kuwo wonke umkhakha. Sekuyisikhathi eside sikhuluma ngokukhula okusimeme, ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu, idijithali, kanye nokusungula izinto ezintsha, leli yithuba lokucindezela inkinobho yokusetha kabusha, uphonsele inselelo amamodeli amiswe ngaphambilini futhi ekugcineni uthathe zonke lezi zindaba ngokungathi sína. Kufanele sisebenzise ukululama kulesi simo esibi ukusheshisa uguquko futhi sishintshele kwezokuvakasha kusasa.”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The recovery of travel to all destinations worldwide will depend on economic factors, the speed with which travel restrictions are lifted, the health of the aviation industry, and the risk aversion of potential travelers.
- The report notes that tourism as we knew it has ceased to exist, while success lies on swiftly embracing digitalization and leveraging new technologies to adapt to the “new normal” and to shifts in consumer behavior.
- To minimize the knock-on effects of the outbreak, economies in Europe are starting to reopen while stimulating tourism to salvage the summer holiday season and limit the financial fallout from the pandemic.
