I-SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Ezokuvakasha zithole i-El Salvador isamba esingu-US$399,565,060 phakathi kwezinyanga zikaJanuwari noMeyi 2008, ngokombiko owenziwe esidlangalaleni namuhla nguMnyango Wezokuvakasha (MITUR) nge-Salvadorean Tourism Corporation (CORSATUR).

Njengoba kuningiliziwe embikweni, lokhu kuwumphumela wokufika kwezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe eziyi-813,810 kanye nabafuna i-adventure, okumelela ukukhuphuka kwenani labafikayo ngama-24% kanye nokwenyuka kwemali engenayo ngo-13%.

I-Guatemala isalokhu ingumthombo wokuqala we-El Salvador wabavakashi bangaphandle nabafikayo abayi-199,045, cishe ama-36% yenani eliphelele phakathi nezinyanga ezine zokuqala zonyaka. Lesi sibalo sikhuphuke ngo-7.65% uma kuqhathaniswa no-2007. I-United States isaqhubeka nokuba ngowesibili ngabafika abangu-139,402, abangaba ngu-25% yenani eliphelele, ilandelwa yiHonduras, nabafika abangu-85,805 ku-15.32%.

"Ukubaluleka kwezivakashi zaseMelika Ephakathi kusabalulekile, nakuba sesivele siqaphela izinguquko ekukhuleni kwezimakethe zesifunda zase-US naseYurophu ngenxa yemizamo eyenziwe yokuheha lezi zimakethe futhi kufinyelele umgomo wokushintsha ingxube yokufika ukuze kugcwaliseke I-Federal Tourism Plan (PNT) 2014,” kusho uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha uRuben Rochi.

Izibalo mayelana nokuziphatha kwezivakashi zesizwe zibonisa inkambiso ekhulayo phakathi naso sonke isikhathi, futhi kulinganiselwa ukuthi ingqikithi yezivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-1.7 nabafuna ukuzijabulisa bayobe sebefikile e-El Salvador ekupheleni kuka-2008.

Umsebenzi wokuphromotha we-MITUR e-US uzoqiniswa ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo ngokuvulwa ngoJuni 25 kwehhovisi elisha lokuphromotha lezizwe ze-CA-4 - iGuatemala, iHonduras, iNicaragua ne-El Salvador. Icala elinjalo lihlose ukukhulisa izinsiza kanye nokubeka izindawo zezivakashi ngokuphathelene nemakethe enkulu kunazo zonke esifundeni - i-United States ne-Canada.