Maputo - Izivakashi ezingu-400,000 kulindeleke ukuthi zivakashele eMozambique kulo Disemba, ngokusho koMnyango Wezokuvakasha.
Isikhathi esiphezulu sezokuvakasha e-Mozambique siqala ekuqaleni kukaZibandlela siye phakathi kukaJanuwari, lapho inani elikhulu labantu baseNingizimu Afrika liya emabhishi naseziqhingini eziseningizimu yeMozambique. Bajoyinwa inani elandayo labantu baseYurophu, ababalekela ubusika obusenyakatho nenkabazwe.
NgokukaNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha u-Fernando Sumbana, isibalo sezivakashi ezivakashelwa kulo nyaka kulindeleke ukuthi sibe phezulu ngamaphesenti ayi-16 kuya kwangama-20 kunonyaka wezi-2007, lapho izivakashi ezilinganiselwa ezigidini eziyi-1.3 zivakashele kuleli.
Kulinganiselwa ukuthi, ngokwesilinganiso, isivakashi sihlala ezweni izinsuku ezintathu, nezindleko zansuku zonke zamadola aseMelika angama-60 (ngaphandle kwendawo yokuhlala).
USumbana uyavuma ukuthi lokhu kuyisilinganiso esibi kakhulu, esisuselwa ocwaningweni lapho isampula lezivakashi libuzwa ukuthi zisebenzise malini. “Okwamanje asinalo uhlelo lwezibalo oluvumela ukuhlola kahle ukuthi yimalini abayisebenzisayo ngempela”, esho.
Njengamanje kulinganiselwa ukuthi ezokuvakasha zifaka amaphesenti angu-2.5 e-Gross Domestic Product, futhi zinamandla okunikeza imali eyengeziwe, njengoba iningi lezindawo eziheha izivakashi zezwe zisaxhashazwa kancane.
Ngonyaka odlule, imali engenayo evela kwezokuvakasha kwamanye amazwe ilinganiselwa ezigidini ezingu-163 zamaRandi, okuwukukhuphuka ngamaphesenti angu-17 uma kuqhathaniswa nesibalo sika-2006.
Ikhamera yemboni yamahhotela yaseMozambique inikeza cishe imibhede engu-17,000, futhi iqashe ngokuqondile abantu abangaphezu kuka-37,000, abangamaphesenti angu-50 abesifazane.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- According to Tourism Minister Fernando Sumbana, the number of tourist visits this year is expected to be between 16 and 20 per cent higher than in 2007, when an estimated 1.
- Kulinganiselwa ukuthi, ngokwesilinganiso, isivakashi sihlala ezweni izinsuku ezintathu, nezindleko zansuku zonke zamadola aseMelika angama-60 (ngaphandle kwendawo yokuhlala).
- 5 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product, and that it has the potential to provide much more revenue, given that many of the country’s tourist attractions are still under-exploited.
