I-SHERMAN, CT - Ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwabathengi kungase kunyuke, kodwa uma kuziwa ekuhambeni kokungcebeleka, abantu abaningi baseMelika basazizwa bengonga. Ngokombiko omusha wesikhulu socwaningo lwemboni yezokuvakasha i-PhoCusWright, izigameko zokuvakasha zokungcebeleka zizonke zahlala ziphansi onyakeni odlule, futhi abantu abadala abaningi base-US abakwazile ukuya eholidini bathathe uhambo olumbalwa noma olufushane. Kodwa nakuba umhambi ovamile engase angazizwa engazethembi ngokwanele ukuba angadlali, kunezimpawu zokuthi abanye abavakashi bazama ukuxegisa izintambo zesikhwama semali.
Ngokusho kwe-PhoCusWright's US Consumer Travel Report Fifth Edition, abantu abadala base-US abayisithupha kwabayishumi bahamba bayongcebeleka ngo-2012, cishe nangonyaka odlule. Abahambi ngokwesilinganiso bathathe uhambo lokungcebeleka okungu-2.8, behle kancane, futhi abanye abahambi bathuthuke ngokufushanisa uhambo lobude obumaphakathi (ubusuku obu-4-6) baye ezindaweni ezisheshayo zempelasonto. Akumangazi ukuthi ukuthatha uhambo oluncane noma olufushane kuphinde kwasho ukuthi abahambi basebenzise imali encane - isilinganiso semali yohambo yonyaka sehle cishe ngama-$230 unyaka nonyaka.
“Uhambo olumbalwa lungase lunikeze umbono wokuthi ukuzethemba kwabathengi kwehlile, kodwa abaningi bebemane bezidela kancane ukuze bashiye isabelomali sabo seholide elikhulu laminyaka yonke,” kusho uCarroll Rheem, umhlaziyi oyinhloko. “Yize abahambi bengazizwa bekhululekile futhi bekhululekile, bahlakulela ukubekezelela uchungechunge olungapheli lwemiyalezo yezomnotho exubile.
Ngenkathi amamethrikhi okuhamba awela phansi, kunezimpawu ezithile zokuthi uhambo lokungcebeleka luyakhuphuka. Izihambeli eziningi zamahhotela, ngokwesibonelo, zizizwe zikhululekile ngokwanele ukuthi zikhuphukele emakethe kulo nyaka odlule. Izehlakalo zokuchitha okungenani ubusuku obubodwa ehhotela/imotela yesabelomali zehle kancane, futhi bambalwa kakhulu abahambi abasale nabangane noma umndeni.
