Inani elikhulu le-COVID-19 kwezokuvakasha kwamanye amazwe manje selicacile, ne Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba (UNWTO) idatha ekhombisa izindleko ezifika kuMeyi besezivele ziphindwe kathathu kune-Global Economic Crisis ka-2009. Njengoba isimo siqhubeka nokuvela, i-ejensi ekhethekile yeZizwe Ezihlangene inikeze ukuqonda kokuqala okuphelele ngomthelela walolu bhubhane, ngezinombolo zabavakashi kanye nemali engenayo elahlekile, ngaphambi kokukhishwa okuzayo kwemininingwane yakamuva ngemikhawulo yokuhamba emhlabeni wonke.
Uhlelo lwakamuva lwe- UNWTO I-World Tourism Barometer ikhombisa ukuthi ukuvalwa okucishe kuphele okwabekwa ngenxa yalolu bhubhane kuholele ekutheni Amaphesenti angama-98 ehla ezinombolweni zabavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe ngoMeyi uma kuqhathaniswa no-2019. I-Barometer iphinda ikhombise ukwehla okungama-56% ngonyaka nonyaka kwabavakashi abafikayo phakathi kukaJanuwari noMeyi. Lokhu kuhumushela ekuweni kwe 300 million izivakashi kanye US$320 billion yalahleka kumarisidi ezokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe - ngaphezu kokulahlekelwa okuphindwe kathathu ngesikhathi se-Global Economic Crisis ka-2009.
Ohulumeni kuzo zonke izifunda zomhlaba banesibopho esimbaxambili: ukubeka eqhulwini impilo yomphakathi kuyilapho bevikela imisebenzi namabhizinisi
Ukwehla okumangazayo kwezokuvakasha kubeka izigidi zendlela yokuziphilisa engcupheni
UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele uZurab Pololikashvili uthe: “Le datha yakamuva ikwenza kucace ukubaluleka kokuqalisa kabusha ezokuvakasha ngokushesha nje lapho kuphephile ukwenza kanjalo. Ukwehla okumangalisayo kwezokuvakasha kwamazwe ngamazwe kubeka izigidi eziningi zezinto zokuziphilisa engozini, kuhlanganise nasemazweni asathuthuka. Ohulumeni kuzo zonke izifunda zomhlaba banesibopho esimbaxambili: ukubeka eqhulwini impilo yomphakathi kuyilapho bevikela imisebenzi namabhizinisi. Badinga futhi ukugcina umoya wokubambisana nobumbano ochaze indlela esisabela ngayo kule nselele esihlanganyelwe ngayo futhi bagweme ukuthatha izinqumo ezihlangene ezingase zicekele phansi ukwethembana nokuzethemba ebesisebenza kanzima ukuze sikwakhe.”
Ukuqalisa kabusha kuyaqhubeka kodwa ukuzethemba kuphansi
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, UNWTO futhi iphawula izimpawu zoshintsho oluhamba kancane noluqaphile enkambweni, ikakhulukazi eNyakatho Nenkabazwe futhi ikakhulukazi kulandela ukuvulwa kwemingcele ngaphesheya kwe-Schengen Zone ye-European Union ngomhla lu-1 kuJulayi.
Ngenkathi ezokuvakasha ziya kancane kancane kwezinye izindawo, lo UNWTO I-Confidence Index yehlile ukuze iqophe ukwehla, kokubili ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwenkathi kaJanuwari-April 2020, kanye namathemba kaMeyi-Agasti. Iningi lamalungu e- UNWTO Ithimba Lochwepheshe Bezokuvakasha lilindele ukuthi ezokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe zibuyele esimweni esihle engxenyeni yesibili ka-2021, kulandele labo abalindele ukubuya kwenani engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka ozayo.
Iqembu lochwepheshe bomhlaba wonke likhomba ochungechungeni lwezingozi eziphansi njengemikhawulo yokuhamba kanye nokuvalwa kwemingcele okusasebenza ezindaweni eziningi, izimakethe ezinkulu eziphumayo njenge-United States neChina zisamile, ukukhathazeka kwezokuphepha okuhlobene nokuhamba, ukuvela kabusha kwegciwane kanye nezingozi zokuvala izinto ezintsha noma izikhathi zokubuya ekhaya. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukukhathazeka ngokuntuleka kolwazi oluthembekile kanye nesimo somnotho esiwohlokayo kukhonjiswa njengezici ezikhathaza ukwethembeka kwabathengi.
