E-EDINBURGH, eScotland - Bambalwa abavakashi abavakashela eScotland, ngokwezibalo ezisemthethweni.
Izivakashi nazo zisebenzisa imali encane, kanti uNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha uFergus Ewing wathi unyaka odlule “bekuyisikhathi esiyinselelo enkulu” embonini.
Abavakashi baphesheya kwezilwandle bavakashele eScotland cishe ezigidini eziyi-2.2, ngaphansi kuka-125,000 kunango-2011.
Imali esetshenziswa abavakashi yehle isuka ngaphansi nje kuka-£1.5 billion ngo-2011 yaya ngaphezudlwana kuka-£1.4 billion ngonyaka odlule.
Izibalo zezokuvakasha zasekhaya zibonisa ukuthi abantu abahlala e-UK benza uhambo oluyizigidi eziyi-12.8 lokuya eScotland ngonyaka odlule, behle ngo-4.6%, futhi bachitha ngaphansi kuka-£2.9 billion, behle ngo-4.2%.
Izivakashi ezimbalwa eza eScotland zivela e-US, zehla zisuka ku-436,000 ngo-2011 zaya ku-414,000, kodwa ukusetshenziswa kwaleli qembu kukhuphuke ngo-£ 41 million kuya ku-£352 million.
Isibalo sabavakashi abavela ezwekazini laseYurophu sehle sisuka kwabangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.5 saya cishe ezigidini ezingu-1.4 ngonyaka odlule, abasebenzisa u-£752 wezigidi, sehla ngo-£140 wezigidi ngesamba sika-2011.
UMnu Ewing uthe: “Nakuba unyaka wezi-2012 kwakuyisikhathi esiyinselelo enkulu emnothweni wethu wezokuvakasha, njengoba inkinga ye-euro ivimbela izivakashi ezivela kwezinye zezimakethe zethu ezivelele, kuyajabulisa ukubona ukunyuka okukhulu kwezindleko ezivela eNyakatho Melika.
“Zikhona izimpawu zokusimama ezimakethe zakuleli nezamazwe ngamazwe ngekota yokugcina ka-2012, nokho kuyacaca ukuthi le mboni ibe nesikhathi esinzima ngenxa yama-Olympics nesimo sezulu esingesihle.
"Wonke umuntu embonini yezokuvakasha eScotland udlala indima yakhe ekusizeni lo mkhakha ukuthi unqobe lezi zinselelo, futhi bangaqiniseka ukuthi bayakwesekwa nguHulumeni waseScotland ekwenzeni lokho."
Ongqongqoshe bazosebenzisana nenhlangano yezokuvakasha Vakashela iScotland kanye nabanye “ngonyaka wethu we-Natural Scotland ngo-2013 kuya ku-2014, okuzobeka iScotland esiteji somhlaba njengoba singamukeli nje umhlaba onyakeni wethu wesibili Wokubuyela Ekhaya kodwa neScotland idlala imidlalo emibili emikhulukazi emhlabeni: iGlasgow Commonwealth Games ka-2014 kanye ne-Ryder Cup”, esho.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ministers will work with tourism body Visit Scotland and others “during our Year of Natural Scotland in 2013 and on into 2014, which is set to put Scotland on the global stage as we not only welcome the world to our second year of Homecoming but Scotland also plays host to two of the biggest sporting events in the world.
- “Zikhona izimpawu zokusimama ezimakethe zakuleli nezamazwe ngamazwe ngekota yokugcina ka-2012, nokho kuyacaca ukuthi le mboni ibe nesikhathi esinzima ngenxa yama-Olympics nesimo sezulu esingesihle.
- “While 2012 was a very challenging time for our tourism economy, with the euro crisis deterring visitors from some of our most prominent markets, it is heartening to see a significant rise in expenditure from North America.
