I-Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 21 Januwari, 2008 - Naphezu kwemiphumela yokushoda kwezikweletu okuqhubekayo emhlabeni jikelele, abaholi bezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha namuhla baveze ukuthi imboni izothinteka ngokusesilinganisweni futhi isayine ukukhula kwamazinga okukhula ka-2008 ngesivinini esincishisiwe. Ngokocwaningo lwakamuva olwenziwe yiWorld Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) kanye ne-Oxford Economics (OE), i-Travel & Tourism ingene kulesi sikhathi sakamuva ngemuva kokunye ukusebenza okuqinile ngo-2007. Ukufika kwezokuvakasha kwamanye amazwe kunyuke cishe ngamaphesenti ayisi-6, okuhlanganisa cishe ezigidini ezingu-900 zezivakashi nokuphawula okwesine. unyaka olandelanayo lapho ukukhula kwabafikayo kudlule inkambiso yayo yakudala yamaphesenti ama-4 (umthombo: UNWTO).
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ucwaningo luphinde lwaveza ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezokuvakasha ngomuntu ngamunye kungaphezu kokuqhathaniswa nalokhu kunyuka. Ukuhamba kwabagibeli bezindiza emhlabeni jikelele nakho kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-9.3 (umthombo: IATA) unyaka nonyaka ngoNovemba WTTC UMongameli uJean-Claude Baumgarten wathi “ukukhula kwezokuvakasha kuye kwashesha ikakhulukazi emazweni asathuthuka anokukhula okushesha kakhulu kwenani labavakashi abafikayo esifundeni saseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Lawa mazwe awaqapheli nje kuphela amandla entuthuko ye-Travel & Tourism ngakho-ke etshala imali eningi engqalasizinda emisha nasezikhungweni kodwa izakhamuzi zawo zibona ukukhula ngokushesha komnotho kuthuthukisa iholo lazo lidlule izinga lapho uhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe luba yinto engenzeka futhi efiselekayo.” UMqondisi Jikelele woMnyango Wezokuvakasha Nezohwebo (DTCM) wase-Dubai u-Khalid Bin Sulayem wengeze ngokuthi “inqubomgomo eqhubekayo yezokuvakasha isize imboni yezokuVakasha nezokuVakasha yase-Dubai ukuthi isheshise futhi lokhu kukhula kuzosiza ukuthi iphinde ikhuphuke ngaphezu kokuwohloka komnotho okungaba khona.” Noma kunjalo i-Travel & Tourism imboni ibhekene nezinselelo ngonyaka ozayo. Izimo zomnotho eziwohlokayo, ikakhulukazi ezimakethe zezindlu nezikweletu emhlabeni wonke zandisa ukukhathazeka ngale mboni. Kodwa-ke ukwehla komnotho kungenzeka kube nomthelela olinganiselwe, ngenxa yokukhula kwezimakethe ezisafufusa kanye nokuncipha kwenqubomgomo yezimali ngamabhange amakhulu. Izintengo eziphakeme zamandla ziyinselelo ekabili njengoba ziminyanisa isabelomali sasekhaya emhlabeni jikelele futhi zikhuphula izindleko zokufakwayo okubalulekile embonini Yezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha. U-Baumgarten wathi ngisho nale nselele ine-engeli enhle, echaza ukuthi “imali engenayo ephezulu ikhulisa kanjani imali etholwa abakhiqizi bakawoyela futhi inyusa izimali ezitholakalayo zokutshala imali kumaphrojekthi ahlukahlukene ngokuvamile agxile emandleni angangabazeki ezokuvakasha.
“Impela iDubai imele isizwe esesamukele ngempela iTravel & Tourism njengesisusa sokukhula komnotho nokuchuma. Ngokubona umbono nokuzibophezela kukaHulumeni waseDubai uzosingatha iGlobal Travel & Tourism Summit yalo nyaka kanye nezinkampani ezihamba phambili zeTravel & Tourism ezihlanganisa i-DTCM, i-Emirates Group, iJumeirah International, iNakheel neDubailand. I-Global Travel & Tourism Summit yesi-8 izosingathwa yi-Jumeirah Group futhi izoba ngo-April 20-22, 2008 futhi izoba ubambiswano olubaluleke kunawo wonke emhlabeni lomphakathi/lwangasese ngenhloso yokuqhuba i-ajenda ekuzibophezeleni nasekubambeni iqhaza elibalulekile. I-Travel & Tourism iyadlala.
