U-Abu Dhabi akabhekile ukuncintisana neDubai ngenzuzo yezokuvakasha, kusho usihlalo we-Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) ngeSonto.
USheikh Sultan bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan uthe i-Abu Dhabi igxile ekuheheni "abahambi bezinkanyezi ezinhlanu" futhi ngeke ibheke imakethe yezokuvakasha.
USheikh Sultan uthe i-emirate ifuna ukuzuza izimakethe ze-niche lapho izivakashi zizochitha khona "izikhathi eziphindwe ka-10" kunezivakashi ezijwayelekile.
“Akukhona mayelana nokuvakasha kwabantu abaningi lapha [e-Abu Dhabi]. Sigxile ezimakethe ze-niche. Kodwa kumele ukhumbule ukuthi isivakashi esisodwa sezamasiko singasebenzisa izikhathi eziyishumi ngaphezu kwalokho okungachithwa isivakashi samaholide,” esho, ekhuluma eceleni kokwethulwa kohlelo lweminyaka emihlanu lwe-ADTA lwemboni yezokuvakasha yase-Abu Dhabi.
I-ADTA ithe izogxila emabhishi, imvelo, amasiko, ezemidlalo, ezokuvakasha kanye nezamabhizinisi.
USheikh Sultan uthe i-Abu Dhabi ithatha "indlela ephethwe" embonini yayo yezokuvakasha.
Uthe i-emer ibheke emazweni ase-India kuze kufike eNyakatho ne-Afrika ukuze ifunde ngamasu okuvakasha kwamanye amazwe.
Ngaphansi kohlelo lweminyaka emihlanu, u-Abu Dhabi uhlela ukwandisa isibalo samakamelo amahhotela e-emirate afinyelele ku-25,000 ekupheleni kuka-2012 ukuze abhekane nenani lezivakashi zonyaka ezilinganiselwa ezigidini ezingu-2.7.
I-ADTA ithe lezi zibalo ziwukwenyuka okukhulu kwezibikezelo zangaphambilini ezenziwa ngo-2004, ezibikezela amakamelo amahhotela angu-21,000 kanye nezivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-2.4 ngo-2012.
Njengamanje i-Abu Dhabi inamahhotela atholakalayo angaba ngu-12,000 kanye nezivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-1.4 ezivakashela inhloko-dolobha ye-UAE minyaka yonke.
Ukugqugquzela lokhu kukhula, i-ADTA ithe ihlela ukuvula amahhovisi emazweni ayisikhombisa ngo-2012, okuhlanganisa i-Australia, i-China ne-Italy. I-ADTA isivele inamahhovisi e-UK, Germany naseFrance.
Isiphathimandla sihlela ukwethula izinhlelo ezingaba ngu-135 okuhloswe ngazo ukuthuthukisa “ubuqotho bomkhiqizo”, okuhlanganisa nokwethulwa kohlelo olusha lokulinganisa izinkanyezi ngezigaba zamahhotela, sathi.
Imikhawulo ye-Visa izokwenziwa lula futhi ukwenza kube lula ngabantu ukuvakashela emirate, yengeza.
I-Abu Dhabi njengamanje yakha izindawo eziningi eziheha ezokuvakasha, okuhlanganisa ithrekhi yomjaho i-Yas Island Formula One, i-boutique Desert Islands Resort e-Sir Bani Yas Island kanye ne-Qasr Al Sarab desert retreat e-Liwa Desert.
I-emirate futhi yakha iminyuziyamu emihlanu esiqhingini saseSaadiyat, okuhlanganisa iLouvre Abu Dhabi, iSheikh Zayed National Museum, imnyuziyamu yesimanje yezobuciko yaseGuggenheim Abu Dhabi, isikhungo sobuciko obulingisayo, imnyuziyamu yasolwandle kanye nedlanzana lezindawo zobuciko.
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