Amafemu ezokuhamba ase-UK kumele ashintshe kakhulu amamodeli ebhizinisi ukuze aphile ngo-2012

Imboni yezokuvakasha yaseBrithani ibhekene nobunzima buka-2012 ngemuva konyaka lapho abavakashi ababhalisiwe abangu-24 behluleka futhi omunye wabasebenzi ababili abakhulu, uThomas Cook, udinga ibheyili ephuthumayo emabhange ayo.

Izibikezelo ezivela eqenjini locwaningo lwemakethe i-Mintel zikhomba ekukhuleni kweqanda kwenani lamaholide aphesheya ngabavakashi base-UK ngo-2011, ngamaholidi alindelwe angama-36.4m phesheya - okungaphansi kwesihlanu kunenani eliphakeme lama-45.5m elabonwa ngo-2008.

Futhi i-Mintel ayikuboni ukululama ngo-2012. Izibikezelo ezisemthethweni zikhomba ukukhula kwe-GDP ngo-0.7pc kuphela ngonyaka ozayo, kanti imiqhudelwano yebhola lezinyawo yase-Europe yangoJuni kanye nama-Olympics ka-August kungenzeka kuqalise inkambiso “yokuhlala”.

"Uma kubhekwa ukwehla kwesibikezelo sokukhula kwe-GDP kanye nemicimbi ezayo yasekhaya phakathi nenkathi ephezulu yasehlobo, ukukhula kwamaholide aphesheya kubonakala kungenakwenzeka," kusho uMintel.

Izibalo ze-Air Travel Organisers' Licensing (ATOL) zibonisa ukuthi izinkampani zamaholide ezibhaliswe nge-ATOL ezingu-24 zaphazamiseka ngo-2011, enkulu yazo kube umnikazi wezinkampani ezihweba njengeHolidays 4 U and Aegean Flights.

Nakuba bengekho abalimele esikalini se-XL Leisure noma i-Goldtrail, umbiko wakamuva wezaziso ze-Begbies Traynor “Red Flag” wezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye zokuqala zika-2011 ubonise inani labaqhubi bokuvakasha ababhekene “nokucindezeleka okukhulu” elikhuphuka ngo-49pc unyaka nonyaka.

Uma kubhekwa izivunguvungu embonini ebhekene nazo, kuphinde kube nokukhathazeka mayelana nokushoda okukhulayo kwesikhwama se-Air Travel Trust esisetshenziselwa ukubuyisela abahambi abavaleleke emakhaya, okukhuphuke kusuka ku-£31.8m kuya ku-£42.3m ngonyaka kwaya ku-March 31 2011.

URichard Hathaway, inhloko yezokungcebeleka nezokuvakasha e-KPMG, uthe izinkampani zezokuvakasha zase-UK "zingalwela ukuphila ngo-2012 ngaphandle uma ziqhubeka nokushintsha izinhlobo zazo zebhizinisi".

UMnu Hathaway, oweluleka uThomas Cook ngokuhlela kabusha ukusebenza kwakhe e-UK, uthe uhambo lwamaphakheji lwehle lwafinyelela ku-14.1ma onyakeni - emuva ezingeni lamaphakathi nawo-1990 - njengoba "abahambi abaningi bekhetha ukuzipakisha ngokwabo ku-inthanethi kanye nezixazululo ze-niche".

"Amabhizinisi asathembele kakhulu ekuzibophezeleni ngonyaka ongaphambi kwenkathi yokuthengisa ngeke akwazi ukuzivumelanisa nezinguquko ezingalindelekile ezidingweni, futhi ngaleyo ndlela abeke engcupheni yokwephula izivumelwano noma ukungena ezinkingeni zezezimali," esho.

UThomas Cook izolo uthe balethe omunye u-£15m ekuhlosweni kwawo okungu-£200m wezinto ezingezona ezibalulekile ngokudayiswa kwebhilidi lamahhovisi e-Dutch.