WASHINGTON, DC – Imali echithwa yizivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe e-United States ngoJanuwari 2013 idlule amazinga kaJanuwari 2012 cishe ngamaphesenti angu-11, ngokusho kwedatha esanda kukhishwa yi-International Trade Administration (ITA). Izivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe zichithe imali elinganiselwa ezigidini eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-14.4 zamarandi ekuhambeni, kanye nemisebenzi ehlobene nezokuvakasha ngaphakathi, e-United States phakathi nenyanga.
“Ukukhula okuqopha umlando embonini yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha kuyaqhubeka nokuba nomthelela ekuqiniseni umnotho wezwe lethu,” kusho u-Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade uFrancisco Sánchez. “Ukuhamba nokuvakasha kwamanye amazwe kumele izinsiza ezinkulu zezwe lethu ezithunyelwa ngaphandle, futhi ngo-2012, ukusetshenziswa kwemali okurekhodiwe e-United States ngabavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe kwaba nomthelela kuma-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.2 kuzo zonke izimpahla ezithunyelwa e-US – izinga eliphezulu kakhulu emlandweni wezwe lethu. Kodwa mkhulu umsebenzi okufanele wenziwe. Kungakho sisebenza nsuku zonke ukusebenzisa i-National Travel and Tourism Strategy ukuze sihehe izivakashi eziningi ogwini lwethu futhi sisekele abantu baseMelika abacishe babe yizigidi eziyisishiyagalombili abaqashwe kule mboni ebucayi.”
Ukuthengwa kwezimpahla zokuvakasha nezokuvakasha kanye nezinsizakalo izivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe ezivakashela e-United States zenze isamba semali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-10.9 phakathi noJanuwari, okuwukunyuka ngamaphesenti angaphezu kwangu-10 uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule. Lezi zimpahla namasevisi ahlanganisa ukudla, indawo yokulala, ukuzijabulisa, izipho, ezokuzijabulisa, izinto zokuhamba zasendaweni e-United States, nezinye izinto ezihambisana nokuhambela kwamanye amazwe. Imali yokugibela etholwe abathwali base-US (nabaqhubi bemikhumbi base-US) evela ezivakashini zamazwe ngamazwe nayo ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angaphezu kuka-11 yaya ku-$3.5 wezigidigidi ngenyanga, okuwukukhuphuka ngo-$355 wezigidi uma kuqhathaniswa noJanuwari 2012. Sekukonke, i-United States yajabulela ukulingana okuhle kwezohwebo. ngenyanga kaMasingana emkhakheni wezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha, nensada yezigidigidi ezingama-4.6 zamarandi.
Idatha yangoJanuwari yezindleko zokuvakasha kwamazwe ngamazwe nezokuvakasha yakhela embikweni onamandla osanda kukhishwa yiBureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) yoMnyango Wezohwebo wase-US (BEA), obonise ukuthi, ukuqashwa ezimbonini zezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha kunyuke ngamaphesenti angu-2.2 ngo-2012 ngemva kokwenyuka ngamaphesenti angu-1.8. ngo-2011. Sekukonke, izimboni zezokuvakasha neziphathelene nezokuvakasha zisekele imisebenzi eyizigidi eziyisi-7.7 ngowezi-2012, okuwukukhula ngamaphesenti angu-2.1 uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule. Cishe izigidi ezi-5.5 (amaphesenti angu-71) zalezi zikhundla bekuyimisebenzi yezokuvakasha eqondile - imisebenzi lapho abasebenzi bekhiqiza izimpahla kanye nezinsizakalo ezidayiselwa izivakashi ngqo - kanti izigidi ezingu-2.2 (amaphesenti angu-29) kwakuyimisebenzi ehlobene ngqo nezokuvakasha - imisebenzi lapho abasebenzi bekhiqiza izimpahla kanye nezinsizakalo ezisetshenziselwa khiqiza lokho okuthengwa yizivakashi.
Ukwenyuka kohambo lwase-US kanye nezokuvakasha ngeke kuze kube nezindleko zokuphepha kwezwe. Uhlelo lukaMongameli lwezinguquko ze-commonsense zabokufika luhlanganisa inani leziphakamiso zokweseka ukuzibophezela kwakhe ekwandiseni uhambo nokuvakasha e-US kuyilapho egcina ukuphepha kwezwe lethu. Ngokukhethekile, isiphakamiso sikaMongameli sokuthuthela kwelinye izwe sishintsha Uhlelo Lokuyekwa KweVisa ukuze kuqiniswe ukubambisana kwabomthetho kuyilapho kusiza ukuhweba nokuvakasha okuphumelelayo e-United States, kuqondise ngokuphephile ukucutshungulwa kwama-visa kanye nezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe, kusizakale ubudlelwano phakathi komphakathi nezinkampani ezizimele okuhloswe ngazo ukwandisa ukutshalwa kwezimali ekucubunguleni izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe, futhi iqinise futhi ithuthukise ingqalasizinda ezindaweni zokungena.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Specifically, the President's immigration proposal reforms the Visa Waiver Program to strengthen law enforcement cooperation while facilitating more efficient trade and tourism to the United States, securely streamlines visa and foreign visitor processing, facilitates public-private partnerships aimed at increasing investment in foreign visitor processing, and strengthens and improves infrastructure at ports of entry.
- That is why we are working every day to implement the National Travel and Tourism Strategy to attract more visitors to our shores and support the nearly eight million Americans employed in this critical industry.
- Overall, the United States enjoyed a favorable balance of trade for the month of January in the travel and tourism sector, with a surplus of $4.
