JAKARTA – I-Indonesia ihlose ukuheha izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe eziyizigidi ezingu-7 ngo-2010, inyuke isuka ezivakashini ezibalelwa ezigidini ezingu-6.45 kulo nyaka, kusho uNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha namaSiko uJero Wacik ngoLwesithathu.
Ungqongqoshe uthe izwe laseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia selidlulile umgomo walo wokufika kwabantu abayizigidi eziyisi-6.4 kulo nyaka naphezu kwezinkinga zomnotho emhlabeni wonke, ukuhlasela kwamasosha ngokuzibulala emahhotela amabili kanokusho eJakarta ngoJulayi nokukhathazeka ngodlame olungase lube khona phakathi nokhetho lwasephalamende nolomongameli ngo-2009.
U-Wacik uthe, nokho, imali esetshenziswe yisivakashi ngasinye sangaphandle sehle saya ku-$995 kulo nyaka sisuka ku-$1,178 ngo-2008.
Ungqongqoshe uthe izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ngo-2010 kulindeleke ukuthi zisebenzise imali elinganiselwa ku-$1,000 umuntu ngamunye, okusho ukuthi kuzongena u-$7 billion emnothweni.
Ungqongqoshe uphinde watshela izintatheli ukuthi ukuhoxiswa kokuvalwa kwe-European Union ezinkampanini zezindiza okuhlanganisa nenkampani ephethe ifulegi iGaruda kulo nyaka nakho kuzosiza ekufukuleni ezokuvakasha ngonyaka ozayo.
"Futhi manje, ngenxa yokuthi iGaruda Airlines indiza iya futhi ibuya eYurophu manje, izinombolo zezivakashi zizokhuphuka," kusho yena.
Ezokuvakasha zenza cishe amaphesenti angu-3 esamba somkhiqizo wasekhaya emnothweni omkhulu waseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, kodwa ezinye izindawo, okuhlanganisa nesiqhingi sase-Bali sokungcebeleka, zincike kakhulu kwezokuvakasha ukuze uthole imisebenzi nokukhula.
Iqoqo leziqhingi leziqhingi ezingaphezu kwe-17,500 linamabhishi, izintaba kanye nezindawo zokutshuza phakathi kwezindawo ezikhangayo ezahlukahlukene, kepha ingqalasizinda yezokuvakasha ngaphandle kwe-Bali imvamisa impofu futhi imikhankaso yezokuvakasha ivame ukugxekwa njengokushoda.
I-Indonesia nayo isisemuva kakhulu ngomakhelwane omncane wase-Singapore, okuhloswe ngawo ukuheha izivakashi ezifika ezigidini ezingu-9.5 kulo nyaka, kanye neMalaysia, ebheke abavakashi bangaphandle abayizigidi ezingu-19.
UWacik uthe nokho, ukufika kwe-Indonesia kube ngcono kuneVietnam neThailand, eyehle ngamaphesenti ayi-16 nayi-17 ngokulandelana.
