I-MANDALAY, Myanmar - Idolobha lesibili ngobukhulu eMyanmar libone ukwanda kwezivakashi ngamaphesenti angu-12 ezinyangeni ezine zokuqala zalo nyaka, ngesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule, kusho uMnyango Wezamahhotela Nezokuvakasha.
UNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha u-Htay Aung uthe izivakashi ezingu-80,000 zivakashele eMandalay ezinyangeni ezine zokuqala zonyaka, cishe ingxenye yesibalo ezasithola ngonyaka odlule lapho izivakashi ezingu-200,000 zivakashele idolobha.
Ukusho lokhu ngesikhathi enomhlangano ekupheleni kwenyanga edlule nabanikazi bamabhizinisi ezokuvakasha, izimenenja nabaqondisi baseMandalay.
Izinombolo zikhulu uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi yizinkampani zenethiwekhi ezinhlanu kuphela ezinezindiza eziqondile eziya eMandalay. ISingapore Airlines izoba ngeyesithupha kule nyanga, kusho uHtay Aung.
IMandalay ingeyokugcina ezinhloko-dolobha zasebukhosini baseMyanmar, kanye nedolobha lapho izivakashi zithatha khona uhambo losuku lokuya ePyin Oo Lwin noma ziqhubeke nohambo lwazo oluya eSifundazweni SaseShan.
Ngenxa yokuthi izivakashi eziningi zenza uhambo lwasemini kuphela oluya ePyin Oo Lwin zisuka eMandalay, u-Htay Aung unxuse imboni yezokuvakasha yendawo ukuthi yakhe izindawo ezintsha zokuvakasha eduze nedolobha elisezintabeni ukuze kukhuthazwe izivakashi ukuthi zichithe isikhathi esengeziwe lapho.
Izivakashi ezifika eMyanmar ziye zanyuka minyaka yonke kusukela ngo-2011, okubangela ukushoda kwamakamelo amahhotela ngezikhathi zonyaka eziphakeme kakhulu. Amanani amakamelo nawo ahlala ephakathi kwaphezulu kakhulu esifundeni, ngokusho kwedatha yomkhakha.
Imali engenayo yezokuvakasha ifinyelele cishe ezigidini ezingama-US$940 (Ks 940 billion) ngonyaka odlule, kwadala amashumi ezinkulungwane zemisebenzi eMyanmar.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- UNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha u-Htay Aung uthe izivakashi ezingu-80,000 zivakashele eMandalay ezinyangeni ezine zokuqala zonyaka, cishe ingxenye yesibalo ezasithola ngonyaka odlule lapho izivakashi ezingu-200,000 zivakashele idolobha.
- Mandalay is the last of Myanmar's royal capitals, as well as the city from which tourists take day trips to Pyin Oo Lwin or continue their travels to Shan State.
- Myanmar's second largest city saw a 12 percent rise in tourists in the first four months of this year, over the same period last year, the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism said.
