Ucwaningo lwakamuva, oluhlaziya amandla endiza yomhlaba, ukuseshwa kwezindiza kanye nokuthengwa kwezindiza okungaphezulu kwezigidi eziyi-17 ngosuku, lwembula ukuthi ezokuvakasha eCaribbean zikhule ngo-4.4% ngonyaka wezi-2019, obekuhambisana ngokuphelele nokukhula kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke. Ukuhlaziywa kwezimakethe ezibaluleke kakhulu zemvelaphi kukhombisa ukuthi ukwanda kwezivakashi kuqhutshwa yiNyakatho Melika, nokuhamba okusuka e-USA (okubalwa izivakashi ezingama-53%) kukhuphuke ngo-6.5%, bese kusuka eCanada kukhuphuke u-12.2%. Lolu lwazi luvezwe engqungqutheleni yeCaribbean Hotel and Tourism Association eCaribbean Pulse, ebibanjelwe eBaha Mar eNassau Bahamas.
Indawo ephezulu yeCaribbean kude yiDominican Republic, enesabelo se-29% sezivakashi, kulandele iJamaica, ngo-12%, iCuba nge-11% neBahamas ngo-7%. Uchungechunge lokufa, obekusatshwa ekuqaleni ukuthi luzosolisa, lwabavakashi baseMelika eDominican Republic kuholele ekuhlehlisweni kwesikhashana ekubhukheni okuvela e-USA; kodwa-ke, njengoba abaseMelika bebengazimisele ukunikela ngeholide labo epharadesi, ezinye izindawo, ezinjengeJamaica neBahamas ziye zazuza. I-Puerto Rico ibone ukukhula okuqinile, kukhuphuke ngo-26.4%, kepha lokhu kubonakala kangcono njengokululama ngemuva kwesiphepho uMaria esonakalise indawo eya kuyo ngoSepthemba 2017.
Ngenkathi ukuhambela eDominican Republic kusuka e-USA kwehle ngama-21%, izinombolo zezivakashi ezivela e-Continental Europe, nakwezinye izindawo, zanda zathatha ezinye zezindawo zokuhlala ezingenamuntu. Izivakashi ezivela e-Italy zikhuphuke ngo-30.3%, zaseFrance zenyuka ngama-20.9% kwathi ezaseSpain zenyuka ngo-9.5%.
Ukucekelwa phansi okwenzekile eBahamas yisiphepho uDorian kuphinde kulimaze imboni yezokuvakasha, njengoba ukubhuka okuvela ezimakethe zayo ezine kweziyisikhombisa eziphezulu kwehle kakhulu ngo-Agasti futhi kwaqhubeka ukwehla ngo-Okthoba nangoNovemba. Kodwa-ke, uDisemba uthole ukululama okukhulu.
Uma ubheka phambili kwikota yokuqala yonyaka we-2020, umbono uyinselele, njengoba ukubhuka kwalesi sikhathi okwamanje kungu-3.6% emuva kwalapho babekhona ngesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. Ezimakethe ezinhlanu ezibaluleke kakhulu zemithombo, i-USA, okuyiyona ehamba phambili, isemuva ngo-7.2%. Kuyakhuthaza ukuthi ukubhuka okuvela eFrance naseCanada njengamanje kungu-1.9% no-8.9% ngaphambili ngokulandelana; kodwa-ke ukubhuka okuvela e-UK nase-Argentina kungemuva kwe-10.9% kanye no-5.8% ngokulandelana.
Ngokusho kweWorld Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), ezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha eCaribbean zibophezele ngaphezu kwama-20% okuthunyelwa kwayo kwamanye amazwe kanye no-13.5% wokuqashwa.
UFrank J. Comito, oyi-CEO noMqondisi-Jikelele weCaribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, uphethe ngokuthi: “Njengesizinda sesifunda, enye yezinto ezilusizo kakhulu esingayenza ukukhuthaza ukubambisana phakathi kwamazwe ukwakha amandla okuqina ezimakethe. Vele, lapho siyiqonda kangcono imakethe, kulapho kufanele sibeke kangcono lokho. Ukuba nokufinyelela kuhlobo lwemininingwane esezingeni eliphakeme esabelana ngalo namuhla nakanjani kuzosiza ekuthuthukiseni ukuqonda ezimakethe, ukuhlela nokwenza izinqumo. ”
