I-Travel & Tourism e-Kenya ikhule ngokushesha kune-avareji yesifunda futhi yadlula kakhulu eminye iminotho e-Sub-Saharan Africa, ngokocwaningo olusha oluvela ku-World Travel & Tourism Council.
Ngo-2018, i-Travel & Tourism ikhule ngo-5.6% ukuze inikele nge-KSHS 790 billion kanye nemisebenzi eyizigidi ezingu-1.1 emnothweni waseKenya. Leli zinga lokukhula lishesha kunesilinganiso somhlaba wonke esingu-3.9% kanye ne-Sub-Saharan Africa isilinganiso esingu-3.3%.
Lokhu kwenza iKenya ibe ngeyesithathu ngobukhulu umnotho wezokuvakasha e-Sub-Saharan Africa ilandela iNingizimu Afrika neNigeria zombili ezikhule ngaphansi kakhulu kuneKenya ngo-2018.
Sekukonke, abavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe bachithe ngaphezu kwe-KSHS 157 bhiliyoni eKenya ngonyaka odlule, okubalelwa ngaphezu kuka-15% wesamba esiphelele sokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe. Izimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe ezinkulu kunazo zonke ezingenayo kwakuyi-USA (11%); e-UK (9%); I-India (6%); iShayina (4%); kanye neJalimane (4%). Kuhlanganiswe nokusetshenziswa kwemali kwasekhaya, i-Travel & Tourism isekele u-8.8% we-GDP yezwe ngo-2018.
Ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-25, iWorld Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), emele imboni ezimele emhlabeni wonke ye-Travel & Tourism, ikhiqize ucwaningo olugunyaziwe mayelana negalelo lezomnotho lomkhakha. Ucwaningo lwalo nyaka luveza ukuthi:
- I-Travel & Tourism eKenya ikhule ngo-5.6% ngonyaka odlule - ngaphambi kwesilinganiso somhlaba wonke esingu-3.9%.
- Lokhu kube negalelo elingu-8.8% kwi-GDP yaseKenya, ebiza u-KSHS 790 billion (noma amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-7.9) lapho yonke imithelela eqondile, engaqondile nebangelwayo icatshangelwa.
- I-Travel & Tourism inesibopho ngo-8.3% wayo yonke imisebenzi yaseKenya, noma imisebenzi eyisigidi esingu-1.1
- Umnikelo we-GDP kulindeleke ukuthi ukhule ngo-5.9% ngo-2019
Ekhuluma esithangamini sabezindaba eNairobi, eKenya, WTTC UMongameli kanye ne-CEO uGloria Guevara uthe, "I-Afrika ingenye yezindaba eziyimpumelelo yokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele njengesifunda sesibili esikhula ngokushesha emhlabeni - futhi iKenya isenkabeni yesifunda, indawo edumile nedumile esibone ukukhula okukhulu umsebenzi wezokuvakasha kanye nenani onyakeni odlule.”
“Ngithanda ukubonga kakhulu umbono kaMengameli u-Uhuru Kenyatta nokuzibophezela kwakhe kwezokuVakasha nezokuvakasha njengendlela yokukhulisa umnotho nokuqeda ububha. UMnyango Wezokuvakasha Nezilwane Zasendle, ngaphansi kobuholi bukaNobhala weKhabhinethi uNajib Balala, kufanele uhalaliselwe ngokukhulisa ezokuvakasha ngezinga elingaphezu kwesilinganiso somhlaba kanye nesifunda kanye nokuheha izivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili okokuqala ngqa ngowezi-2018.
Ekhuluma kulo mcimbi, uNobhala Wekhabhinethi Wezokuvakasha Nezilwane Zasendle, uNom. U-Najib Balala uyenaba ngezinzuzo zalo mkhakha futhi wezwakalisa ukwaneliseka kwakhe ngempumelelo iyonke yalo mkhakha obalulekile onegalelo elikhulu emnothweni.
"Izinzuzo zalo mkhakha ziwumphumela wemizamo ehlangene phakathi kwezinhlaka ezahlukene zikahulumeni, umkhakha wezokuvakasha oye wazibandakanya, kanye nemizamo ebumbene yokumaketha iKenya njengendawo ethandwa kakhulu,” kuphawula u-CS Balala.
Mayelana neWorld Travel & Tourism Council
WTTC wuhlaka olumele umkhakha ozimele we-Travel & Tourism emhlabeni jikelele. Amalungu ahlanganisa ama-CEO ezinkampani zomhlaba ze-Travel & Tourism, izindawo okuyiwa kuzo, nezinhlangano zezimboni ezisebenzisana ne-Travel & Tourism.
WTTC inomlando weminyaka engama-25 yocwaningo lokulinganisa umthelela wezomnotho womkhakha emazweni ayi-185. I-Travel & Tourism iyisisusa esikhulu sokutshalwa kwezimali kanye nokukhula komnotho emhlabeni jikelele. Lo mkhakha ungenisa u-US$8.8 trillion noma u-10.4% we-GDP yomhlaba, futhi ubala imisebenzi eyizigidi ezingama-319 noma owodwa kweyishumi kuyo yonke imisebenzi emhlabeni.
Eminyakeni engaphezulu kwe-25, WTTC kube yizwi lale mboni emhlabeni jikelele. Amalungu angoSihlalo, oMongameli kanye nabaPhathi abakhulu bamabhizinisi ahamba phambili emhlabeni, azimele Ezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha, aletha ulwazi olukhethekile lokuqondisa inqubomgomo kahulumeni nokuthathwa kwezinqumo nokuqwashisa ngokubaluleka kwalo mkhakha.
