Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi umkhuhlane wezingulube awubonakali uvimba izinkumbi zezivakashi ukuthi zithutheleke eNew York City kule nkathi yezivakashi.
Izindaba ezimbi ukuthi ukwehla okukhulu komhlaba jikelele kulindeleke ukuthi kwehle ngo-4% ukuvakasha kwezivakashi kuleli hlobo.
“Asicabangi ukuthi i-H1N1 izoba nomthelela wangempela enanini lezivakashi ezizofika kuleli hlobo,” kusho uKimberly Spell, iphini likamongameli omkhulu kwa-NYC & Company, inhlangano yezokukhangisa nokuvakasha yedolobha. "Manje, umnotho - indaba ehlukile leyo."
U-Spell uvumile ukuthi "bekunokwethuka okukhulu" kulandela ukuqubuka komkhuhlane wezingulube lapha kodwa, kuze kube manje, amaqembu amabili kuphela abafundi akhansele uhambo.
Njengoba isizini yasehlobo iqala ngokungekho emthethweni kule mpelasonto yoSuku lweSikhumbuzo, umbono usalokhu ulungile, kusho yena.
Izikhulu zibikezela ukuthi izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-12.15 zizofika kuleli hlobo, ukwehla ngo-4% kusukela ngo-2008.
Ngesonto eliphela ngoMeyi 16, ukuhlala kwamahhotela edolobheni bekungu-80.6%, uma kuqhathaniswa no-90.5% wesonto elifanayo ngo-2008, amarekhodi abonisa.
Ukuncipha kwesidingo samahhotela kuholele ekwehleni kwamanani ekamelo, okunikeza abahambi abaya eNew York ikhefu. Ngokwezibalo zakamuva, isilinganiso samagumbi edolobheni sasingu-$218 ngoMashi, uma siqhathaniswa ne-$285 ngonyaka odlule.
UKathleen Duffy, okhulumela amahhotela angu-12 aseMarriott edolobheni, uthe zonke izakhiwo kulindeleke ukuthi zidayiswe, noma zicishe zidayiswe, kule mpelasonto.
“Sinethemba elikhulu lokuthi sizoba nehlobo elihle,” kusho uDuffy, eveza ukuthi amahhotela ahlinzeka ngamaphakheji akhethekile okuheha abahambi. “Siyaqonda ukuthi abantu bafuna inani, ngakho-ke uma kuyiphakethe elihlanganisa amathikithi e-baseball, noma indawo yokupaka, noma ibhulakufesi, nanoma yini ezobasiza bonge kancane ngenkathi besedolobheni, siyakwenza lokho.”
Izingxoxo nabasebenza kwezokuvakasha eCalifornia, Arizona nase-United Kingdom ziveze ukuthi izivakashi ziyakuxwaya ukusebenzisa imali ngenxa yomnotho.
"Angikaze ngithole muntu othi uyahoxisa ngenxa yomkhuhlane wezingulube," kusho u-Ortha Splingaerd, inkampani yezokuvakasha ezinze eSan Francisco.
Ngenxa yomkhuhlane wezingulube eCalifornia, wahleka, “kungase kuphephe ukuhamba kunokuhlala.”
UCandice Sutterfield, 29, umthuthukisi weWebhu ovela eTexas, eNew York kule mpelasonto neqembu labafundi besikole samabanga aphezulu, uthe umkhuhlane wezingulube awuyona into.
“Besikhathazekile ngokuthi indiza yethu izomiswa ngenxa yomkhuhlane wezingulube, kodwa njengoba sisuka eTexas sikhathazeke kakhulu ngekhaya,” kusho yena.
UTim Tompkins, umongameli we-Times Square Alliance, uthe amabhizinisi ezimpambanweni zemigwaqo emhlabeni “athambile.”
“Kodwa akunzima,” kusho yena. “Impela kukhona umuzwa wokukhathazeka,” mayelana nezinyanga zezivakashi zasehlobo, kuvuma u-Tompkins. "Abantu balinde ukubona ukuthi kuhamba kanjani."
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “We understand people are looking for value, so if it’s a package that includes baseball tickets, or parking, or breakfast, or anything that will help them save a little bit while they’re in the city, we’re doing that.
- UKathleen Duffy, okhulumela amahhotela angu-12 aseMarriott edolobheni, uthe zonke izakhiwo kulindeleke ukuthi zidayiswe, noma zicishe zidayiswe, kule mpelasonto.
- According to the latest figures, the average room rate in the city was $218 in March, compared with $285 a year ago.
