IMyanmar izobona abavakashi abayisigidi abafikayo onyakeni wezimali ka-2009-2010 nakuba ihehe kuphela izivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe ezingaba ngu-200,000 ngo-2008, u-U Htay Aung, umqondisi jikelele we-Directorate of Hotel and Tourism, uthe ngenyanga edlule.
Lesi sibikezelo size ngemva kwesibikezelo seNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha - ngokususelwa ezibalweni zezinyanga ezine zokuqala zonyaka kanye nezimo zamanje zezimakethe - zokuthi ezokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe zizokwehla ngamaphesenti ama-4-6 emhlabeni wonke ngo-2009.
Ekhuluma emhlanganweni wezohwebo nezokuvakasha phakathi kwe-Indonesia neMyanmar owawungoJuni 23 eYangon, u-U Htay Aung uthe imizamo ehlangene yoMnyango Wezamahhotela Nezokuvakasha, iMyanmar Marketing Committee (MMC), Union of Myanmar Travel Association (UMTA) kanye neMyanmar Hoteliers Association (MHA) ukukhuthaza iMyanmar njengendawo ehamba phambili ngeke nje kusize izwe ukuthi linqobe umkhuba womhlaba wonke, kodwa futhi kwandise abafikayo ngokuphindwe kahlanu.
Ngenkathi abamele imboni yezokuvakasha eMyanmar bevumile ukuthi izinombolo zokufika kwezivakashi kungenzeka zikhuphuke ngaphezu kwezibalo eziphansi zangonyaka odlule, bazwakalise ukungabaza ukuthi imaki eyisigidi izofinyelelwa.
“Nakuba ngingacabangi ukuthi ukwesaba kwamanje kwe-A(H1N1) kuzoba nomthelela omkhulu kwezokuvakasha, kusobala ukuthi ezokuvakasha kuyo yonke indawo ziye zathinteka kakhulu ngenxa yokuwohloka komnotho emhlabeni,” kusho uDkt Nay Zin Latt, unobhala jikelele we-MHA.
“Ngeke kube lula ukuheha izivakashi eziyisigidi kulesi simo sezulu esikhona njengamanje, futhi uma singathola ukweqa kungazelelwe sisuka ku-200,000 siye esigidini esisodwa, ngeke sibe namahhotela anele ezweni lonke ukubamukela bonke,” esho.
“Ukuze sikwazi ukubhekana nezivakashi eziningi kangako, kuzomele sibone ukutshalwa kwezimali okwengeziwe emahhotela,” engeza.
NgokoMnyango Wezamahhotela Nezokuvakasha, iMyanmar inamahhotela angu-652 anamagumbi angu-26,610 esewonke. Amashumi amathathu nanhlanu alawa mahhotela asebenza ngaphansi kokutshalwa kwezimali kwamanye amazwe, ikakhulukazi eSingapore, Thailand, Japan naseHong Kong.
Ngokusho komnyango, izivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe ezifikayo zehle ngo-8pc ezinyangeni ezimbili zokuqala zika-2009 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2007, lapho kwaba khona abangu-62,599. Ngo-2008, kwaba khona abavakashi abangu-40,352 abafika ngesikhathi esifanayo.
Umnyango uthi u-2006 bekuwunyaka oqopha umlando, njengoba iMyanmar ithola izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ezingaphezu kuka-200,000 eYangon kuphela. Kodwa-ke, umnyango awukwazanga ukuhlinzeka ngezibalo eziphelele zonyaka.
Izibalo zikahulumeni zibonisa ukuthi bangu-193,319 2008 abantu bakwamanye amazwe abavakashela eMyanmar ngo-247,971, behle besuka ku-XNUMX XNUMX ngonyaka owandulele.
Izibalo zokufika zihlukumezekile eminyakeni yamuva nje ngenxa yezinto ezehlukene, okuhlanganisa ukuwohloka komnotho emhlabeni wonke, iCyclone Nargis kanye nokuvalwa kwezikhumulo zezindiza eCyclone Nargis kanye nokuvalwa kwezikhumulo zezindiza eBangkok ngababhikishi ngoNovemba nangoDisemba 2008.
U-Ko Aung Kyaw Thu, uchwepheshe wezokuvakasha ozinze eYangon, uthe ulindele ukuthi abavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe abafika eMyanmar ngo-2009-2010 bakhuphuke ngo-10-20pc uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule, nakuba evumile ukuthi amandla abantu abasebenzisa imali athintwa umnotho womhlaba. .
“Kunoma yikuphi, abantu bazohambela ukuyongcebeleka nokungcebeleka, kodwa izindlela zokuhamba zabo namandla okuchitha kuzoshintsha ngenxa yokuwohloka komnotho emhlabeni. Kungase kushintshe usayizi wesabelomali sabo,” usho kanje.
U-Ko Phyo Wai Yarzar, iphini likasihlalo we-MMC, uthe ikomidi lizoqhubeka nokukhuthaza iMyanmar njengendawo yokuvakasha ngokuhambela imibukiso yezokuvakasha yamazwe ngamazwe nokuhlela imisebenzi yasekhaya yokuqongelela imali.
"Kodwa ukuze sifinyelele abafika abayisigidi, kudingeka senze okwengeziwe ukuze sikholise abaqhubi bezokuvakasha ukuthi bakhuthaze iMyanmar ezimakethe zabo, futhi sidinga imali yokwenza lokho," esho.
“Sibone izivakashi ezifikayo zehla ngo-2007 nango-2008 ukusuka phezulu ngo-2006, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi sizobona izivakashi zikhula futhi ngonyaka wezimali ka-2009-2010,” usho kanje.
Ngokwe-UN World Tourism Barometer, ezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke zehlile zisuka ezigidini ezingama-269 zabavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe abafika emazweni angaphandle phakathi kukaJanuwari no-April 2008, zaya ezigidini ezingu-247 ngesikhathi esifanayo kulo nyaka, ukwehla ngo-8pc.
I-Afrika kanye neNingizimu Melika kube yizona kuphela izifunda ezinciphise ukuthambekela kokwehla, zithumele ukwenyuka ngo-3pc no-0.2pc ngokulandelana.
"Imiphumela emihle e-Afrika ikhombisa amandla ezindawo zaseNyakatho Afrika ezizungeze iMedithera kanye nokusimama kweKenya njengendawo ehamba phambili e-Sub-Saharan," kusho isitatimende seWorld Tourism Organisation.
I-France yahlala iyindawo ehamba phambili yezokuvakasha emhlabeni ngo-2008 lapho kufika izigidi ezingama-79, kwathi i-United States yaphinde yathola indawo yesibili, eyayilahlekelwe yiSpain ngemuva kokuhlasela kwangoSepthemba 11, 2001.
