I-American Samoa, isiqhingi sasePacific esikhohliwe uma kukhulunywa ngokuhamba nezokuvakasha. Ukutholwa kocwaningo lokuqala olunzulu lokufika nokuhamba kwezivakashi ePago Pago International Airport kuzosiza ekuthuthukiseni ikhwalithi futhi kuthuthukise nezinsizakalo zabavakashi be-American Samoa, kusho uMqondisi Omkhulu we-American Samoa Visitors Bureau (ASVB) uDavid Vaeafe.
"Umkhakha wezokuvakasha kanye nomkhiqizo we-American Samoa uhlukile futhi ucwaningo oluqhubekayo luzosiza iTerritory yethu ekuthuthukiseni nasekuhlanzeni umkhakha wezokuvakasha oqinile futhi ozinzile ezizukulwaneni ezizayo", esho, ebona ukuthi imiphumela yocwaningo "iyakhuthaza kakhulu."
Uphinde wagcizelela ukuthi "ukusebenzisana kwezinkampani ezizimele" kuqhuba ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha yi-ASVB kanye nayo yonke indlela kahulumeni emkhakheni ekufezeni imiphumela efiselekayo.
Umbiko we-American Samoa International Visitor Survey 2017, owawuthunyelwe yi-ASVB futhi wahanjiswa yiSouth Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) eseFiji, ukhishwe ngokusemthethweni ngoMsombuluko ngesikhathi kwethulwa Igumbi Lupelele eHhotela i-Tradewinds.
Lo mbiko onamakhasi angama-69, ungumphumela womsebenzi wasensimini owenziwa ePago Pago International Airport kusukela ngoDisemba 1, 2016 kuya ku-Agasti 30, 2017 ngokuxhaswa yihhovisi loMnyango Wezangaphakathi lase-US le-Insular Areas.
Uhlukaniswe izigaba eziyi-13, lo mbiko uhlanganisa izingqinamba ezahlukahlukene, kufaka phakathi ukuthi ngubani ohambela le ndawo; bahlala isikhathi esingakanani, nokuthi basebenzisa malini. Iphinde yethule imininingwane ngakunye kwalezi zinkinga ngokusebenzisa imininingwane yehluzo - izingcezu eziningiliziwe zolwazi, ezihambisana namashadi namatafula.
Umbiko uphawula ukuthi igama elithi "izivakashi" lisho izivakashi ezihambela zonke izinhloso - iholide / ezokungcebeleka, zivakashela abangane nezihlobo, amabhizinisi, izinkolo, ezokuhamba nezinye. Izivakashi zosuku, kanye nabo bonke abantu abahlala e-American Samoa, kungakhathalekile ubuzwe babo, abakhishiwe kulolu cwaningo. Abantu abaqashwe yizinkampani zaseAmerican Samoa nabo babekelwa eceleni.
Ngokwe-ASVB, umbiko wocwaningo uyisinyathelo esibalulekile sezivakashi ezizosetshenziswa nguhulumeni nezinkampani ezizimele ukwenza izinqumo eziyinkimbinkimbi mayelana nokuhlela, ukumaketha, ukwakhiwa kwenqubomgomo kanye nemithethonqubo emkhakheni wezokuvakasha.
"Kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuthi zonke izivakashi zifaka isandla emnothweni wase-American Samoa futhi nazo zibamba iqhaza emisebenzini yokuzijabulisa," kusho lokhu.
Phakathi kokutholakele okubalulekile kwalo mbiko, ngukuthi ngo-2016, izivakashi ezingama-20,050 sezizonke zaqoshwa Uphiko Lwezibalo loMnyango Wezohwebo. Futhi "abangani nabavakashi abavakashile (i-VFR)" babhekele iningi lezivakashi ku-55%.
I-US (ngaphandle kweHawaii) iyimakethe enkulu kunazo zonke engama-42.3%; kulandelwa amazwe aseziqhingini zasePacific ngo-21%; IHawaii ene-11.3%; naseNew Zealand ngo-10.1%
Ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi ngaphezulu kwe-17% yabavakashi abavela e-US bahlala eCalifornia, abane-4.9% abavela e-Utah no-3.7% abavela esifundazweni saseWashington. Ngaphezu kwengxenye yabo bonke abavakashi abavela e-US bahlala kwezinye izifundazwe.
IZizathu ZOKUVAKASHA
Ngokusho kocwaningo, isizathu esiyinhloko sokuvakashela le ndawo bekungokwamabhizinisi angama-37.6%. Kuleli qembu, isizathu esiyinhloko sokuvakashelwa kwaba ngamabhizinisi nezingqungquthela ku-28%.
Ukuzilibazisa, okuyisizathu sesibili esikhulu, bekulawulwa ngabantu abavame ukuvakashela izindawo zokudlela nezokudlela (59.7%), bethenga (44.7%) kanye nokubuka izindawo ezizimele (44.2%). Ku-VFR, umndeni fa'alavelave ubuse ingxenye engu-29%.
UBUDE BOKUHLALA
Isikhathi esijwayelekile sokuhlala kwakungu-8.1 ebusuku, ngokusho kombiko, ophawula ukuthi izivakashi zaseSamoa nezaseJalimane zahlala isikhathi eside kakhulu ngesilinganiso sobusuku obungu-19.7 no-19 ngokulandelana.
Abavakashi bezebhizinisi bahlala isikhathi esilinganiselwe sezinsuku eziyi-11.9; izivakashi zamaholide / ezokungcebeleka isilinganiso sobusuku obungu-10.4; ne-VFR isilinganiso sobusuku obungu-7.9
UKUVAKASHELA KWOKUQALA NOKUDLULA
Ucwaningo luthole nokuthi u-46% wabo bonke abavakashela i-American Samoa yizihambi zokuqala. Kodwa-ke, labo abavela eYurophu (85%) nakwamanye amazwe ase-Asia (84.6%) bebesethubeni elikhulu lokuhambela i-American Samoa okokuqala kunalawo avela e-Australia nakwamanye amazwe asePacific. Ukwengeza, izivakashi ezivela eHawaii naseSamoa bezincane kakhulu amathuba okuba izivakashi zokuqala - okusho ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi bake bavakashela phambilini.
Izivakashi ezedlule, umbiko uthi ama-56% avakashele i-American Samoa phambilini. Lokhu kuphakeme kulabo abavela eSamoa (76.5%), eHawaii (68.3%), kwezinye iziqhingi zasePacific (56%), e-Australia (52%), eNew Zealand (48.6%) nase-US (47.9%) - ngaphandle kweHawaii 'i.
Iphansi kunalezo zimakethe ezinde zokudonsa ezwekazini i-Europe (15%) nakwamanye amazwe ase-Asia (15.4%), ngokusho kombiko. (ISamoa News izobika ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kuleli sonto ngokunye okutholakele kulo mbiko.)
Imiphumela ebalulekile yocwaningo yethulwe emhlanganweni wangoMsombuluko owenziwe yisikhulu esiphezulu se-SPTO, uChristopher Cocker, obeya kuleyo ndawo nezinye izikhulu ezintathu ze-STPO, ukuyobamba iWorkshop Yezinsuku ezimbili Yezobalo kanye Nezokusimama Kwezokuvakasha kubabambiqhaza nakuhulumeni eTradewinds Ihhotela ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto.
