Bangu-87% abantu abaphendulile baseMelika ocwaningweni lwakamuva lwemboni yezokuvakasha ngoNovemba abathi bakhathazekile ngemikhawulo yokuzijabulisa nabangane nomndeni. Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu ngosuku olwandulela i-Thanksgiving, umgubho abaningi ababenethemba lokuthi uzogqugquzela ukuvakasha kwasekhaya.
Ezokuvakasha zasekhaya sekubhekiselwe kuzo ngokuthi 'yindlela yokuphila' yokuvuselela ezokuvakasha ngesikhathi Covid-19 futhi njengoba i-Thanksgiving manje seyiphezu kwe-US, lokhu bekungacatshangwa njengokukhanya 'emkhakheni wezokuvakasha wase-US. Kodwa-ke, iCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yeluleke mayelana nokuhambela emakhaya ngalesi sikhathi, kanti ucwaningo lwakamuva lwabathengi lukhombisa ukuthi lokhu kungena ezimeni zabathengi, abahambi abaningi bengaqiniseki ngezinhlelo zabo zokuhamba kulo nyaka. I-Thanksgiving ngakho-ke mancane amathuba okuthi inikeze 'intambo' edingeka kakhulu yamabhizinisi ahlobene nezokuvakasha.
Iphesenti lalabo 'abangavumelani neze' nokuthi bazobekisa uhambo lwasekhaya kulo nyaka lihlale lingaguquguquki kulo lonke ucwaningo lokutakula lwabathengi lwe-COVID-10. Abaphendulile abakhethe ukuthi bazobhuka uhambo lwasekhaya kulo nyaka, kodwa-ke benze ukwanda okuncane. Ngeviki 19 (1th -14th NgoJuni) bangu-15% kuphela abathi bazobekisa uhambo lwasekhaya ngo-2020 kepha ngeviki le-10 ekuqaleni kukaNovemba, nge-Thanksgiving isiseduze, lokhu kukhuphuke kwaba ngu-21%. Lokhu kusasho ukungazethembi.
U-42% wohambo lwasekhaya oluphelele e-US lwenzelwe 'ukuvakashela abangane nezihlobo' (i-VFR) ngonyaka ka-2019. I-Thanksgiving ingesinye sezikhathi ezithandwa kakhulu kwezokuvakasha kwasekhaya ngohambo oluyizigidi eziyi-167 oluthathwe ngoNovemba 2019.
Yize, njengoba izwe liqhubeka nokubamba isikhundla salo sokuba nesibalo esiphezulu samacala nokufa ngenxa ye-COVID-19, kusobala ukuthi isidingo sasekhaya sihlala siphansi kakhulu kunaseminyakeni eyedlule, kodwa abanye bazethemba kakhulu kunabanye.
Yize kukhona izimpendulo ezixubene ngokusobala ekuthandweni kohambo lwasekhaya ngalesi sikhathi, izinhlangano zokumaketha lapho ziya khona (ama-DMO) namabhizinisi ezokuvakasha kufanele abheke phambili.
I-VFR ineqhaza elibonakalayo emkhakheni wezokuvakasha wase-US kanti yize iningi labo kungenakwenzeka ukuthi lihambe ngalesi sikhathi, kuzoba nesidingo esithe xaxa lapho lolu bhubhane luba lula futhi izivakashi zikhetha ukuhlangana nabantu obathandayo endaweni ephephile.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- I-VFR ineqhaza elibonakalayo emkhakheni wezokuvakasha wase-US kanti yize iningi labo kungenakwenzeka ukuthi lihambe ngalesi sikhathi, kuzoba nesidingo esithe xaxa lapho lolu bhubhane luba lula futhi izivakashi zikhetha ukuhlangana nabantu obathandayo endaweni ephephile.
- Domestic tourism has been referred to as the ‘lifeline' for tourism recovery during COVID-19 and as Thanksgiving is now upon the US, this would have been thought of as a ‘light' for the US tourism sector.
- However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised against domestic travel during this period, and the latest consumer survey shows that this is feeding into consumer attitudes, with many travelers uncertain on their travel plans this year.
