I-Iraq isilungele ukuba yindawo yezokuvakasha yesikhathi esizayo yembula i-WTM Global Trends Report namuhla (ngoMsombuluko 8 Novemba).
Umbiko, ngokubambisana ne-Euromonitor International, ubonisa ukuthi ezokuvakasha zase-Iraq zikhula ngokushesha ngokwanda kwezinkampani zezindiza namahhotela kulandela ukuba khona kwezwe ngempumelelo kwe-World Travel Market 2009 - ukuvakasha kwayo kokuqala emcimbini wokuhwebelana nokuvakasha iminyaka eyi-10.
I-Iraq ibukisa ngomcimbi omkhulu wokuhwebelana kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha e-WTM 2010 njengoba ibheke ukuxoxisana nokutshalwa kwezimali okwengeziwe engqalasizinda yayo yezokuvakasha kulandela ukuphela kwempi ngo-2003.
Ngonyaka odlule ithimba lezikhulu eziphezulu zase-Iraq lavakashela i-World Travel Market, umcimbi ohamba phambili emhlabeni wonke wemboni yezokuvakasha, ukuyoqala inqubo yokuvuselela ezokuvakasha kanye nokubeka i-Iraq ebalazweni lezokuvakasha lomhlaba futhi.
Ngaphezu kwengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yemiklamo ehleliwe isivele iyaqhubeka okuhlanganisa nenani lezindawo ezintsha zokuvula amahhotela okubhekelela ezokuvakasha zamabhizinisi nezokuzijabulisa. Izinkampani zezindiza ezinkulu zamazwe ngamazwe ezihlanganisa i-Lufthansa kanye ne-Austrian Airlines nazo zithathe isinqumo sokuphinda ziqale ukundizela endaweni okuyiwa kuyo.
Ngonyaka odlule izivakashi ezivakashele e-Iraq zaba yizigidi ezingu-1.3 nabavakashi bezenkolo, ikakhulukazi abavela e-Iran, okubalelwa ingxenye enkulu. Kodwa-ke, abavakashi bamabhizinisi nabo bayanda ngentshisekelo evuselelwe evela kubatshalizimali baseGulf okunomthelela ekunyukeni kwama-58% kwezokuvakasha kwebhizinisi ngonyaka odlule.
Izinhlangano zezokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe okuhlanganisa i-Sharaf Travel (UAE) kanye ne-Terre Entière (France) ezisungulwe e-Iraq ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, kanti iSafir Hotels and Resorts nazo zivule indawo enamagumbi angama-340 eKarbala.
Ngo-2014, amahhotela angama-700 okulindeleke ukuthi avulwe.
Ukuvulwa kwamahhotela okuzayo kuhlanganisa i-Rotana, ezovula ihhotela layo lokuqala e-Erbil ngaphambi kokuphela kuka-2010 ngamasu okwandisa amabhrendi ayo e-Arjaan ne-Centro. I-Rotana e-Baghdad ihlelelwe u-2012.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ihhotela lezinkanyezi ezinhlanu i-Divan Erbil Park Hotel kanye ne-Le Royal Park Hotel zizovulwa e-Erbil ngo-2011.
USihlalo we-World Travel Market u-Fiona Jeffery uthe: “Isinqumo se-Iraq sokuletha ithimba e-World Travel Market ngonyaka odlule sasibekwe isikhathi esikahle sokuthi kuqale kabusha ezokuvakasha kule ndawo. Izwe lihlinzeka ngengxube ehlukahlukene yomlando, amasiko kanye nolwazi oluyingqayizivele konke okuvula indlela yendawo yalo njengendawo ejabulisayo nezayo.”
"I-Iraq ibukisa nge-WTM 2010 ukuze ifune ukutshalwa kwezimali okwengeziwe embonini yayo yezokuvakasha eyinika ithuba elihle lokuba isizinda sezokuvakasha esizayo."
Inhloko ye-Euromonitor International ye-Global Travel and Tourism Research uCaroline Bremner uthe: “Ikusasa lezokuvakasha lase-Iraq libukeka liqhakazile liqhutshwa ukufunwa kwezokuvakasha kwezamabhizinisi. Kulindeleke ukuthi kuqhamuke izikhungo zezokuvakasha ezingaba ngu-700 eminyakeni emine ezayo okuhlanganisa namagama amakhulu afana neRotana neMillennium neCopthorne.”
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