Ukwanda okukhulu kwenani lezivakashi ezivela e-US naseNyakatho Melika kushayela izinombolo zokuvakasha ezirekhodiwe kulo lonke elase-London ngokusho kwe-London & Partners, i-ejensi esemthethweni yezokukhangisa yeMeya.
Imininingwane yakamuva esemthethweni ibonisa ukuthi iLondon yamukele ingqikithi yezivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe eziyizigidi ezingu-5.5 ngo-Q2 (April-June) okuwukunyuka ngamaphesenti angu-10 ngesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2016 kanye nerekhodi laleso sikhathi.
Izivakashi sezizonke zichithe u-£3.4 billion ngesikhathi zivakashele eLondon phakathi kuka-Ephreli noJuni, ngamaphesenti angu-15 ngaphezu kwenkathi efanayo ngonyaka odlule.
Kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo inani lezivakashi ezifika eLondon zivela eNyakatho Melika lenyuka ngamaphesenti angu-30 laya ku-976,000 futhi inani lemali eziyisebenzisile lenyuka ngamaphesenti angu-23 laya ku-£764 wezigidi.
Kusho ukuthi phakathi kuka-Ephreli noJuni amaphesenti angu-18 azo zonke izivakashi zaphesheya kwezilwandle eLondon kwakungabantu baseNyakatho Melika abathatha amaphesenti angama-22 akho konke ukusetshenziswa.
Ngenyanga edlule iLondon ishicilele iTourism Vision entsha yedolobha ehlela ukuthi ngonyaka wezi-2025 izivakashi zase-US ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-3.3 ngonyaka zingavakashela eLondon (zisuka ku-2.32m ngo-2016), kuqinise isikhundla saseMelika njengemakethe ebaluleke kakhulu yaseLondon kwezokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe.
U-Andrew Cooke, ibamba leSikhulu Esiphezulu eLondon & Partners, isikhungo seMeya esisemthethweni sokukhangisa enhloko-dolobha, siphawule: “Kuyizindaba ezimnandi ukuthi inani elandayo labantu likhetha ukuvakashela eLondon ukuyosampula okungcono kakhulu kwenhloko-dolobha yethu. ILondon ivulekele umhlaba wonke futhi inesikhalo esisabalele ngokusobala emhlabeni wonke ngezinto zayo eziheha amasiko, ezemidlalo nezomlando.
"INyakatho Melika iyimakethe yethu ebaluleke kakhulu kwezokuvakasha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukwamukela izivakashi eziningi ezivela lapho nangaphezulu ezinyangeni ezizayo."
Imicimbi eminingi esezingeni lomhlaba yenzeke ku-Q2 ebambe iqhaza ekuheheni inani elirekhodiwe lezivakashi. Kuhlanganisa nombukiso kaDavid Hockney eTate Britain, Wolfgang Tillmans eTate Modern, Tall Ships Festival eGreenwich, World Cup of Gymnastics e-The O2, impi yesibhakela kaJoshua v Klitschko eWembley Stadium, isemi ye-hockey World League yabesilisa. -owokugcina eHockey and Tennis Center eQueen Elizabeth Olympic Park kanye nase-Oxford Cambridge Boat Race.
Imboni yezokuvakasha yaseLondon ibiza amaphesenti angu-11.6 e-GDP yenhloko-dolobha kanye namaphesenti angu-9 e-UK yonkana. Lo mkhakha uqashe abantu abangu-700,000 eLondon - okulingana nomsebenzi oyedwa kwabayi-1.
Ezinye izimakethe ezikhula ngokushesha zezivakashi eLondon ngo-2025 yiChina (ukukhula kwamaphesenti angu-103), i-India (ukukhula kwamaphesenti angama-90), kanye ne-UAE (amaphesenti angu-43).
I-Tourism Vision yaseLondon, esekelwa ozakwethu bemboni abangaphezu kwe-100 futhi isekelwa yiMeya yaseLondon, iphinde ihlele ukuthi imali yezivakashi ikhule cishe ngamaphesenti angama-50 iye ku-£22 billion ngonyaka, isuka ku-£14.9 billion (2016).
