Izibalo zokuqala ezikhishwe namuhla yi-Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) zibonisa ukuthi inani labavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe abavakashela esifundeni sase-Asia Pacific* lehle ngamaphesenti alinganiselwa kwamathathu unyaka nonyaka ngonyaka wekhalenda ka-2009, okuwumphumela othuthuke kakhulu uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi izinga lokwehla lalingamaphesenti ayisithupha engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka.
Ukulandwa okunamandla kunalokho obekulindelwe esidingweni sohambo engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka kwabona abafikayo abafika esifundeni bakhula ngephesenti elilodwa unyaka nonyaka esikhathini sikaJulayi-Disemba.
I-Southeast Asia yavela njengesifunda esincane e-Asia Pacific ukurekhoda inzuzo yonyaka wonke kwabafika kwamanye amazwe ngo-2009. Izinombolo zezivakashi zenyuka ngephesenti elilodwa unyaka nonyaka, zisekelwa yiMyanmar (+26%), iMalaysia (+7%). ), Indonesia (+1 amaphesenti) kanye neCambodia (+2 amaphesenti). IThailand, Singapore, kanye neVietnam, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ziqophe ukwehla konyaka ogcwele ngamaphesenti amathathu, amaphesenti amane namaphesenti ayishumi ngokulandelana.
Ukufika eNyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Asia kwehle ngamaphesenti amabili ngo-2009, unyaka wesibili olandelanayo wokwehla kwesifunda ngemuva kokuwa kwamaphesenti amabili okufanayo ngo-2008. - amaphesenti angu-19) kanye ne-China (PRC) (- 5 amaphesenti) kuyilapho i-Chinese Taipei (+3 amaphesenti) ne-Korea (ROK) (+14 amaphesenti) ithumele izinombolo zezivakashi ezikhuphukile. I-Hong Kong SAR iqophe ukwenyuka okungamaphesenti angama-13 kwabafikayo ngonyaka.
INingizimu Asia iqophe ukwehla okungamaphesenti amathathu kwabafikayo ezivakashini ngo-2009, okuqhutshwa ukwehla okufanayo kwamaphesenti amathathu kwabafika eNdiya. Nakuba ukukhula kwabafikayo e-India kuhlale kuvilapha engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka, abafikayo baphindaphindeka kakhulu e-Sri Lanka naseNepal phakathi naleso sikhathi okuholele enzuzweni yonyaka ogcwele kulezo zindawo ngamaphesenti amabili nephesenti elilodwa ngokulandelana.
Ukufika kwezivakashi ePacific kwehle ngamaphesenti amabili ngo-2009 ikakhulukazi ekuweni okubukhali kwezinombolo zezivakashi eGuam (- 8%) naseHawaii (- 4%). Ukufika e-Australia naseNew Zealand kwakuphansi.
Amazwe aseMelika aqophe ukwehla okukhulu kakhulu kwabafikayo phakathi kwezifunda ezincane kanti cishe amaphesenti ayisithupha awela unyaka wonke. Izibalo zabavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe abafika e-Canada, e-USA nase-Mexico behlile ngonyaka kanti i-Chile iqophe ukwenyuka ngephesenti elilodwa.
U-Kris Lim, uMqondisi we-PATA's Strategic Intelligence Centre (SIC), uthi, “Siwuphethe kahle unyaka ngokufika kwezivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe ogwini lwase-Asia Pacific zikhula ngamaphesenti amane unyaka nonyaka ngoZibandlela. Lokhu ukukhula kwanyanga zonke okukhulu kakhulu ngo-2009. Kube unyaka onenselelo enkulu kakhulu kodwa hhayi omubi kakhulu ngokwezibalo zokukhula.
“Abafikayo behle kakhulu ngo-2003, ngamaphesenti ayisikhombisa, njengoba inkinga yakwaSARS yaba nomthelela omkhulu ekuhambeni kwamanye amazwe. Ukusimama ngo-2010, nokho, mancane amathuba okuthi kulandele ukuphindaphinda okumise okuka-V ka-2004. Sibekwe kangcono manje kunezinyanga eziyisithupha ezedlule njengoba isimo somnotho siqhubeka nokuba ngcono,” uyengeza.
