Ukukhishwa kwakamuva kwe UNWTO I-World Tourism Barometer evela ku-World Tourism Organization ikhombisa ukuthi ezokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe ziqhubekile nokukhula engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka wezi-2019. Nakuba zihamba kancane uma ziqhathaniswa neminyaka emibili edlule, ukwenyuka ngo-4% okubhaliswe ekuqaleni kuka-2019 kuwuphawu oluhle kakhulu. I-Middle East (+8%) kanye ne-Asia kanye ne-Pacific (+6%) ihlangabezane nokwanda okuphezulu kwabafika kwamanye amazwe. Amanani e-Europe nase-Afrika akhuphuke ngo-4%, kanti emazweni aseMelika ukukhula kuqoshwe ku-3%.

"Ezokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe ziyaqhubeka nokusebenza kakhulu emhlabeni jikelele ngenxa yomnotho omuhle, ukwanda kwamandla omoya kanye nokusiza ama-visa", kusho. UNWTO Unobhala-Jikelele, uZurab Pololikashvili. "Ukukhula kwabafikayo kuyehla kancane ngemuva kweminyaka emibili yemiphumela encomekayo, kodwa lo mkhakha usaqhubeka nokudlula izinga lokukhula komnotho emhlabeni jikelele."

I-Europe, indawo enkulu yezokuvakasha emhlabeni, ibike ukukhula okuqinile (+4%), okuholwa izindawo eziseNingizimu neMedithera Yurophu naseCentral naseMpumalanga Yurophu (zombili +5%). Ukukhula e-Afrika kwaqhutshwa ukusimama okuqhubekayo eNyakatho Afrika (+11%). Emazweni aseMelika, iCaribbean (+ 17%) iphinde yavuka ngokuqinile ngemva kwemiphumela ebuthakathaka ngo-2018, kulandela umthelela weziphepho u-Irma noMaria ngasekupheleni kuka-2017. E-Asia nasePacific, imiphumela yezinyanga ezintathu zokuqala ibonise ukwanda kwe-6% okuholwa I-North-East Asia (+9%) nokusebenza okuqinile okuvela emakethe yaseShayina.

"Ngalokhu kukhula kuza umthwalo omkhulu wokuguqulela emisebenzini engcono nezimpilo ezingcono", uMnu. Pololikashvili ugcizelela. "Kudingeka siqhubeke sitshale izimali ezintsha, uguquko lwedijithali kanye nemfundo ukuze sikwazi ukusebenzisa izinzuzo eziningi ezingalethwa ezokuvakasha kuyilapho ngesikhathi esifanayo sinciphisa umthelela wazo emvelweni nasemphakathini ngokuphatha kangcono ukuhamba kwezokuvakasha."

UNWTO Iphaneli Yenkomba Yokuzethemba inethemba lokukhula okuzayo

Ukuzethemba kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke sekuqale ukushuba futhi ngemuva kokuncipha ekupheleni kuka-2018, ngokusho kwakamuva. UNWTO Inhlolovo yenkomba yokuqiniseka. Umbono wenkathi kaMeyi-Agasti 2019, isizini ephezulu yezindawo eziningi okuyiwa kuzo eNyakatho nenkabazwe, unethemba elikhulu kunasezikhathini zamuva futhi abangaphezu kwesigamu sabaphenduli balindele ukusebenza okungcono ezinyangeni ezine ezizayo.

Ukuhlolwa kochwepheshe kokusebenza kwezokuvakasha ezinyangeni ezine zokuqala zika-2019 nakho kwaba kuhle futhi kuhambisana nalokho okulindelekile okwashiwo ekuqaleni kwaleyo nkathi.

UNWTO ibikezela ukukhula ngo-3% kuya ku-4% kwabavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe abafikayo ngo-2019.