Imali etholwa abantu baseCuba kwezokuvakasha yeqe ngamaphesenti angu-13 engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka uma iqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2010, kusho iHhovisi Likazwelonke Lezibalo, noma ONE, engosini yalo ye-Internet. Ngokwezibalo ze-ONE, isamba semali engenayo evela emkhakheni wezokuvakasha eCuba phakathi kukaJanuwari-Julayi ibe ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-990 uma kuqhathaniswa nezigidi ezingu-874.5 zango-2010.
Kulo nyaka kubikwa inzuzo eqinile ezindaweni ezinjengamahhotela, ukudayiswa kwezitolo, i-gastronomy nezokuthutha, kuyilapho ukuzijabulisa nokungcebeleka kuthambekele ekubeni kubi.
Imininingwane esemthethweni ikhombisa ukuthi izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ezingaphezu kwesigidi eziyi-1.5 zivakashele eCuba ezinyangeni eziyisithupha zokuqala zonyaka, okuwukukhula ngamaphesenti ayi-10.6 esikhathini esifanayo ngo-2010.
I-Canada ihola uhlu lwemithombo ehamba phambili yezivakashi kulesi siqhingi, ilandelwa yiBrithani, i-Italy, iFrance neSpain, kuyilapho i-Argentina iseyimakethe ebaluleke kakhulu nekhula ngokushesha kunazo zonke eLatin America.
Ezokuvakasha zingeyesibili enkulu ekubambeni iqhaza emnothweni waseCuba ngemuva kwezinsiza zobuchwepheshe nezomsebenzi. Ngo-2010, imali etholwayo evela kwezokuvakasha ilinganiselwa ku-2.5 billion dollars. Kulo nyaka uMnyango Wezokuvakasha ulindele ukwamukela izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-2.7.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Imali etholwa abantu baseCuba kwezokuvakasha yeqe ngamaphesenti angu-13 engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka uma iqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2010, kusho iHhovisi Likazwelonke Lezibalo, noma ONE, engosini yalo ye-Internet.
- Canada headed the list of the leading sources of tourists to the island, followed by Britain, Italy, France and Spain, while Argentina remains the island's most important and fastest growing market in Latin America.
- 5 million foreign tourists visited Cuba in the first six months of the year, an increase of 10.
