Ukuya nokuya e-US kukhule ngo-3.2% unyaka nonyaka ngoFebhuwari, ngokusho kwe-US Travel Association's Travel Trends Index (TTI) yakamuva.

Kodwa-ke, i-Leading Travel Index (LTI) ebikezelayo iyaqhubeka nokuveza ukwehla kokukhula kohambo lwamazwe ngamazwe kanye nezasekhaya, njengoba zombili izigaba zingase ziqhubeke nokuzwa imiphumela yokunyuka kwezingxabano zezohwebo, izimakethe zezimali ezintengantengayo kanye nokwenza buthaka kwebhizinisi kanye nokuzethemba kwabathengi. Lezi zici zinamandla okukhinyabeza ukukhula kohambo kanye nokuncintisana kwaseMelika kube buthuntu ngesikhathi lapho i-US ifuna ukuhlehlisa isabelo sayo esinciphayo semakethe yezokuvakasha yamazwe ngamazwe.

Yize uhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe lukhule ngenyanga yesishiyagalolunye ilandelana, ingxenye ikhule ngo-1.4% kuphela ngoFebhuwari. Ukuvakasha kwasekhaya kukhuphuke ngo-2.8% unyaka nonyaka ngoFebhuwari, ngokukhula kuzo zombili izingxenye zebhizinisi nezokungcebeleka. Ukuhamba kwamabhizinisi asekhaya kwedlule ingxenye yezokungcebeleka okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-Okthoba 2018, kubhaliswa ngaphezudlwana kwesilinganiso sazo esihambayo sezinyanga eziyisithupha ngokukhula ngo-3.0%. Ukukhula kwezindawo zokungcebeleka kwehle kancane ngaphansi kwesilinganiso sakho esinyakazayo sezinyanga eziyisithupha ngezinga lokukhula elishisayo elingu-2.6%.

Uma ubheka phambili, uhambo lwangaphakathi nolwamazwe ngamazwe kokubili kulindeleke ukuthi lukhule, kodwa ngesivinini esimaphakathi.

IPhini Likamongameli Omkhulu Wezokuvakasha e-US uDavid Huether uthe: “Ukukhula kulindeleke ukuthi kwehle endabeni yohambo lwasekhaya kuyilapho uhambo oluya emazweni angaphandle kulindeleke ukuthi luhlale luthambile. Lokhu kuhambisana nokulindelwe ukukhula komnotho ozinzile kodwa olinganiselayo e-US nasemhlabeni jikelele.”

Izazi zezomnotho zase-US Travel zixwayisa ngokuthi leli zinga lokukhula elinciphile lizokwenza kube nzima nakakhulu ukuthi i-US iphinde ithole isabelo sayo esinciphayo semakethe yezokuvakasha yamazwe ngamazwe. Ukusebenza ngezinhlelo ezithile zomthetho—njengokugunyazwa kabusha kwesikhathi eside kwe-Brand USA kanye nokwenza kabusha nokunwetshwa kohlelo lwe-Visa Waiver—kungasiza i-US ukuthi ikhulise ukuncintisana emakethe yezokuvakasha yomhlaba.

I-TTI ilungiselelwe i-US Travel yinkampani yocwaningo i-Oxford Economics. I-TTI isuselwa kwimininingwane yomthombo womkhakha womphakathi neyangasese engaphansi kokubuyekezwa yi-ejensi yomthombo. I-TTI idonsa kusuka: kusesha kusengaphambili nedatha yokubhuka kusuka ku-ADARA naku-nSight; idatha yokubhuka yezindiza evela ku-Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC); I-IATA, i-OAG kanye nokunye ukufakwa kokuhamba kwamazwe angaphandle okungena ngaphakathi kuya e-US; negumbi lehhotela lifuna idatha evela ku-STR.

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However, the predictive Leading Travel Index (LTI) continues to project a slowdown in both international and domestic travel growth, as both segments could continue to feel the effects of rising trade tensions, volatile financial markets and weakening business and consumer confidence.
These factors have the potential to stunt travel growth and dull American competitiveness at a time when the U.
“Growth is expected to decelerate in the case of domestic travel while international inbound travel is projected to remain soft.