Ukubungaza uSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha e-Abu Dhabi, u-Amr Abdel-Ghaffar, UNWTO omele isifunda saseMpumalanga Ephakathi, utshele ingqungquthela ukuthi isifunda sizothola izinga lokukhula elicishe liphindeke kabili kunesilinganiso somhlaba. Isibalo sabavakashi abazofika sizonyuka sifinyelele ezigidini eziyi-136 ngo-2020, sisuka ezigidini ezingama-54 ngonyaka odlule, esho.
Isibalo sabavakashi abafika eMpumalanga Ephakathi ezinyangeni eziyisikhombisa zokuqala zalo nyaka sehle ngamaphesenti angu-13 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule ngenxa yokuwohloka komnotho emhlabeni, ngokusho kombiko. UNWTO. Ngonyaka odlule, lesi sifunda sikhule ngamaphesenti angu-18.2. Kulindeleke ukuthi ijubane lokwehla lihambe kancane phakathi nonyaka wonke. I-UAE ibone ukukhula kwezokuvakasha ngamaphesenti ama-3 kwikota yokuqala yonyaka.
I-Abu Dhabi ihlose ukuphinda kabili inani labavakashi bamahhotela lifinyelele ezigidini ezingu-2.3 ngonyaka ngo-2012, phansi kusukela esibikezelweni sezigidi ezingu-2.7 ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka. IDubai ihlose ukuheha izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-15 ngonyaka ngo-2015, okuyisibalo esicishe siphindeke kabili isibalo sangonyaka odlule.
"Umthelela womkhuhlane we-H1N1, uhambisana nenkinga yezomnotho emhlabeni wonke, kungenzeka ukhuphule izinga lokuhlala kwamahhotela ezifunda nezasekhaya, njengoba ngokuya ngokuya ngokuya abahambi bekhetha izindawo eziseduze nasekhaya, esifundeni, noma emazweni abo," uMnu. Kusho u-Abdel-Ghaffar. Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi ezokuvakasha kwezemidlalo ezimakethe zaseGulf azikaze zibe nomthelela omubi ngenxa yokuwohloka komnotho emhlabeni, obekuwuphawu oluhle emicimbini efana nomjaho wokuqala ka-Abu Dhabi weFormula One ngoNovemba 1.
Yize ingxenye yezokuvakasha yebhizinisi nezamabhizinisi yayithintekile, imihlangano, izikhuthazo, izingqungquthela, kanye nemibukiso (MICE) imboni yayiqhubeka nokukhula e-UAE nakwezinye izindawo zaseGulf, esho. Amakhulu futhi amathuba embonini yezokuvakasha esanda kuzalwa kulesi sifunda, kusho uMnu. Abdel-Ghaffar. UMnyango Wezokuvakasha Nezohwebo waseDubai (i-DTCM) ekuqaleni kwale nyanga umemezele indawo entsha yokuhamba ngomkhumbi ye-emirate. Itheminali, ehlelelwe ukuvulwa ngoJanuwari, izokwazi ukuphatha imikhumbi emine ngesikhathi.
"I-Dubai itshale imali eningi emkhakheni wezokuvakasha futhi isesimweni esingcono sokuhlala iphilile ngalesi sikhathi esinzima," kusho u-Hamad bin Mejren, umqondisi omkhulu wezokuvakasha kwebhizinisi kwa-DTCM. "Sikholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi iDubai ingavela ngokushesha kunezinye izifunda lapho umnotho womhlaba uthuthuka."
UMnu. Abdel-Ghaffar uthe naphezu kokubambezeleka kanye nokuhoxiswa kwamaphrojekthi esifundeni, kusenentuthuko enkulu eqhubekayo. I-Middle East inamaphrojekthi wamahhotela angu-477, noma amagumbi angu-145,786, aseqalile ukwakhiwa, namaphesenti angu-53 aseyakhiwa, ngokombiko wenkampani yaseMelika yocwaningo i-Lodging Econometrics.
