IPuerto Rico ilambele izindaba ezimnandi ngemuva kokuthi imboni yezokuvakasha yalesi siqhingi yehle kakhulu emuva kwesiphepho esibi.
Namuhla e-IPW 2019 e-Anaheim, Discover Puerto Rico, isiQhingi se-Destination Marketing Organisation (DMO) yesiQhingi, simemezele ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kukaJanuwari-Ephreli 2019 kufinyelele ku- $ 373.6 million, okuyimali ephakeme kakhulu eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili edlule, nokwenyuka ngo-12.4 amaphesenti uma kuqhathaniswa namazinga kaMariya wangaphambi kwesiphepho wango-2017. Ukukhula kokuchitha ngokushesha kwesiQhingi kuqhutshwa ukukhuphuka kokubhukha kwezindawo eziqashisayo zamaholide, okubalwa ngamaphesenti angama-23 okweqa okuphawulekayo. Lokhu kugcizelelwa nawukufika kwabagibeli abanamandla, okulingana namazinga esiphepho sangaphambi kwesiphepho uMaria, afinyelela ku-1.5 million ngesikhathi esibekelwe uJanuwari-Ephreli.
“Sijabule kakhulu ukubona leli nani lezihambi lihlangabezana nakho konke lokho iPuerto Rico elinikela ngakho futhi lisekela umnotho wezivakashi wesiQhingi, othinta ngqo umphakathi wendawo. Indlela yethu eqhutshwa ucwaningo, ihlangene nemikhankaso yokwazisa kanye nemikhankaso yokuwina imiklomelo, iqhube imiphumela esheshayo yesiQhingi, ”kusho uBrad Dean, oyi-CEO ye-Discover Puerto Rico.
Inqubekela phambili ethokozisayo yesiQhingi iza njengoba iDiscover Puerto Rico isondela kwisikhumbuzo sonyaka waso wokuqala ukhona, kunezimpawu eziningi ezibalulekile. Lokhu kukhuphuka kweSpring Break kulandela i-DMO imemezela ukukhula okungakaze kube khona kwe-Q1. Izinkomba ezingeziwe zomkhakha okhulayo wezokuvakasha zifaka phakathi: ukuhola kwe-2019 YTD nokubhukha esikhaleni seMihlangano, Isikhuthazo, Izingqungquthela kanye Nemicimbi (MICE) kuphakeme kakhulu kuneminyaka emihlanu edlule; Isikhumulo sezindiza saseSan Juan (SJU) sibona ukwanda kwamaphesenti angama-23.8 unyaka nonyaka kumthamo wezindiza ku-Q1 ka-2019 uma kuqhathaniswa no-2018; futhi ngoJanuwari 2019 imininingwane yezikebhe ikhombisa ukwanda kwamaphesenti angu-28.9 abavakashi ethekwini, ngokunyuka ngamaphesenti angama-56.6 kwabagibeli bezikebhe eziya emakhaya uma kuqhathaniswa noJanuwari 2018.
I-DMO iqale unyaka we-2019 ngenhlonipho ehloniphekile yokuthola indawo ehamba phambili ehahelwa phambili The New York Times Uhlu lwe- “52 Places to Go”, olulandelwa yimboni eminingi encoma isiQhingi njengendawo ehamba phambili ukuvakashelwa ngonyaka ka-2019. Lokhu, kwalandelwa yi-Discover Puerto Rico yethula umkhankaso omusha wewebhusayithi nomkhankaso, othi “Have We Met Yet,” obekuhloswe ngawo ukuqalisa kabusha Isiqhingi emhlabeni, siqokomisa okungajwayelekile, kepha okujwayelekile ePuerto Rico ngokugxila eminikelweni yaso ehlukile yamasiko nemvelo, nokwamukela imvelo yabantu baso.
Njengoba kungekho zimpawu zokwehlisa ijubane, ukukhula kwePuerto Rico kugcizelelwa yimikhakha yezokuvakasha ebheka isizini yasehlobo, kufaka phakathi inethiwekhi yezokuvakasha yokunethezeka emhlabeni wonke iVirtuoso ekhulula ukuthi iPuerto Rico ikleliswe endaweni yesithathu ekubhekaneni nokwanda kwamaphesenti amakhulu onyakeni ekubhukeni kwehlobo, ngeqa elihlaba umxhwele elingamaphesenti ayi-149. Umphakathi wezokuvakasha womhlaba wonke i-Airbnb iphinde yabona iPuerto Rico ihamba phambili ohlwini lwezindawo ezihamba phambili eziyishumi emhlabeni wonke kuleli hlobo elizayo, ivikela izindawo ezintathu ezivelele ohlwini, kubandakanya iDorado, iVieques neRio Grande. Ngamunye ukhombisa ukwanda ngamaphesenti angama-400 ekubhukeni kwe-Airbnb uma kuqhathaniswa nango-2018.
“Ikusasa lePuerto Rico alikaze licace bha, futhi le ndaba ebuyayo, esiziqhenya ngokuba yingxenye yayo, isekude ukuphela,” kwengeza uDean. "Inhloso yethu ukuphinda kabili ubukhulu bezomnotho wezivakashi ukuze sithinte ngqo futhi siqinise intuthuko yesiqhingi nemiphakathi yaso emangalisayo."
Indawo okuyiwa kuyo ukubona izithuthukisi eziningi kumkhiqizo wayo, idonsela abahambi ohlwini olwandayo lokuhlangenwe nakho abangakuthola ePuerto Rico. Isiko elicebile lesiQhingi, ukudla kwalo, umlando, ezobuciko, umculo kanye nomdanso akunakuqhathaniswa. Njengesiqhingi esigcwele izimangaliso zemvelo, kufaka phakathi ihlathi lemvula kuphela ohlelweni lwehlathi laseMelika, i-El Yunque, nezindawo ezintathu kwezinhlanu zama-bioluminescent bays, isikhala sokusimama siyachuma ngemisebenzi ephawulekayo, kanye neminikelo ehlukahlukene yokupheka etafuleni . Isiqhingi futhi sesiphenduke indawo eseduzane eCaribbean yomphakathi we-LGBTQ +, enezinhlobonhlobo zezinto ezikhangayo nempilo yasebusuku, ekhuluma ngemvelo yokwamukela abantu basePuerto Rican. Futhi, ngentuthuko ekhulayo yezibhedlela esiQhingini, kanye nenzuzo yokululama esimweni sezulu esishisayo, umkhakha wezokuvakasha wezokwelapha nawo uzoba ngomunye wokukhula ngokuzayo.
Phakathi kwemizamo eminingi nejabulisayo yesikhathi esizayo yasePuerto Rico isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-500 yedolobha laseSan Juan, esenzeka ngemicimbi yamasiko ekwindla ka-2019 ukuvulwa kweSifunda iSan Juan, indawo yokungenisa izihambi neyokuzijabulisa engamahektare amahlanu, okumele ibe ngeyedlula zonke. idlangile eCaribbean, futhi iqanjwe njengendawo yokusingatha iWorld Travel and Tourism Council ezayo (WTTC) I-Global Summit ka-2020.
Ukuthola eminye imininingwane lapho uya khona, vakashela: Thola i-PuertoRico.com.
