UNWTO I-Barometer: Ezokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe ziyawudlula umbono

“Ezokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe ziyaqhubeka nokukhula ngokuphawulekayo emhlabeni wonke, futhi lokhu kuholela ekudaleni amathuba emisebenzi emazweni amaningi eminotho. Lokhu kukhula kusikhumbuza isidingo sokukhulisa amandla ethu okuthuthukisa nokuphatha ezokuvakasha ngendlela esimeme, ukwakha izindawo ezihlakaniphile futhi sisebenzise kakhulu ubuchwepheshe nokusungula izinto ezintsha,” kusho. UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele, uZurab Pololikashvili.

Ukufika kwabavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe kukhule ngo-6% ezinyangeni ezine zokuqala zika-2018, uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule, hhayi nje ukuqhubeka nomkhuba oqinile we-2017, kodwa weqa. UNWTOisibikezelo sika-2018.

Ukukhula kwakuholwa yi-Asia nePacific (+8%) kanye neYurophu (+7%). I-Afrika (+6%), iMpumalanga Ephakathi (+4%) kanye namazwe aseMelika (+3%) nayo iqophe imiphumela yomsindo. Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, UNWTOIsibikezelo sika-2018 sasiphakathi kuka-4-5%.

I-Asia ne-Europe ihole ekukhuleni ekuqaleni kuka-2018

Kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya ku-April 2018, ukufika kwamanye amazwe kukhuphuke kuzo zonke izifunda, eziholwa yi-Asia nePacific (+8%), ne-South-East Asia (+10%) kanye ne-South Asia (+9%) imiphumela yokushayela.

Isifunda sezokuvakasha esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, i-Europe nayo yenze ngamandla phakathi nalesi sikhathi esiyizinyanga ezine (+7%), idonswa phambili izindawo zase-Southern and Mediterranean Europe, kanye ne-Western Europe (zombili +8%).

Ukukhula emazweni aseMelika kulinganiselwa ku-3%, kube nemiphumela enamandla eNingizimu Melika (+8%). I-Caribbean (-9%) iyona kuphela isifunda esingaphansi esithole ukwehla kwabafikayo phakathi nalesi sikhathi, yasindwa ezinye izindawo ezisazabalaza nemiphumela yeziphepho zango-August no-September 2017.

Ulwazi olulinganiselwe oluvela e-Afrika naseMpumalanga Ephakathi lukhomba ukukhula ngamaphesenti angu-6 no-4, ngokulandelana, okuqinisekisa ukuphindaphinda kwezindawo zaseMpumalanga Ephakathi kanye nokuhlanganiswa kokukhula kwe-Afrika.

Ukuzethemba kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele kusalokhu kuqinile ngokwakamuva UNWTO Inhlolovo ye-Panel of Tourism Experts. Umbono wePhaneli ngesikhathi sikaMeyi-Agasti ungowokubukeka okuhle kakhulu kule minyaka eyishumi, eholwa umuzwa ophakeme ikakhulukazi e-Afrika, eMpumalanga Ephakathi naseYurophu. Ukuhlolwa kochwepheshe kokusebenza kwezokuvakasha ezinyangeni ezine zokuqala zowezi-2018 nakho bekuqinile, ngokuhambisana nemiphumela eqinile eqoshwe ezindaweni eziningi emhlabeni jikelele.