Njengoba ezokuvakasha ziqala kabusha kancane kancane enanini elandayo lamazwe, i Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba (UNWTO) ikhiphe idatha entsha ekala umthelela we Covid-19 emkhakheni. UNWTO igcizelela isidingo somthwalo wemfanelo, ukuphepha kanye nokuphepha njengoba imingcele yokuhamba isuswa. Inhlangano iphinde igcizelele isidingo sokuzibophezela okuthembekile ekwesekeni ezokuvakasha njengensika yokuvuselela kabusha.
Ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa zokuphazamiseka okungakaze kubonwe ngaphambili, i- UNWTO I-World Tourism Barometer ibika ukuthi lo mkhakha usuqala ukuqala kabusha kwezinye izindawo, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni eziseNyakatho Nenkabazwe. Ngaso leso sikhathi, imikhawulo yokuhamba isekhona ezindaweni eziningi zomhlaba, futhi ezokuvakasha zisengenye yezinto ezithinteka kakhulu kuyo yonke imikhakha.
Ngokumelene nalesi simo sangemuva, UNWTO isiphinde ikhwelo layo lokuthi ohulumeni nezinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe zisekele ezokuvakasha, a umzila wokuphila wezigidi eziningi kanye nomgogodla wezomnotho.
Ukuqala kabusha ezokuvakasha ngendlela eqotho into esemqoka
Ukususwa kancane kancane kwemikhawulo kwamanye amazwe, kanye nokwakhiwa kwemigudu yokuhamba, ukuqaliswa kabusha kwezinye izindiza zamazwe ngamazwe kanye nezimiso ezithuthukisiwe zokuphepha nenhlanzeko, kuphakathi kwezinyathelo ezethulwa ohulumeni njengoba bebheke ukuqala kabusha ezokuvakasha.
UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele uZurab Pololikashvili uthe: “Ukwehla okungazelelwe nokukhulu kwezibalo zezivakashi kusongela imisebenzi nezomnotho. Ngakho-ke, kubalulekile ukuthi ukuqaliswa kabusha kwezokuvakasha kwenziwe kube yinto ehamba phambili futhi kulawulwe ngokuzibophezela, kuvikelwe abasengozini enkulu kanye nempilo nokuphepha njengento ehamba phambili kulo mkhakha. Kuze kube yilapho kuqalwa kabusha ezokuvakasha kuyo yonke indawo, UNWTO futhi ufuna ukwesekwa okuqinile komkhakha ukuze kuvikelwe imisebenzi namabhizinisi. Ngakho-ke siyazamukela izinyathelo ezithathwe yi-European Union kanye namazwe ngamanye okuhlanganisa iFrance neSpain ukusekela ezokuvakasha kwezomnotho nokwakha izisekelo zokusimama.”
Nakuba u-April bekulindeleke ukuthi abe ngesinye sezikhathi ezimatasa kakhulu onyakeni ngenxa yamaholide ePhasika, ukwethulwa okuseduze kwendawo yonke kwemikhawulo yokuhamba kuholele ekwehleni okungama-97% kwabavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe. Lokhu kulandela ukwehla ngama-55% ngoMashi. Phakathi kukaJanuwari no-April 2020, abavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe abafikayo behle ngo-44%, okuhumushele ekulahlekelweni cishe kwezigidigidi ezingu-US$195 kumarisidi ezokuvakasha amazwe ngamazwe.
I-Asia nePacific ishaye kakhulu
Ezingeni lesifunda, i-Asia kanye nePacific kwaba ngeyokuqala ukushaywa yilolu bhubhane kanye nesigameko esibi kakhulu phakathi kukaJanuwari no-Ephreli, abafika behle ngama-51% ngaleso sikhathi. I-Europe iqophe ukuwa kwesibili ngobukhulu, nokwehla ngo-44% ngesikhathi esifanayo, kulandelwa iMpumalanga Ephakathi (-40%), iMelika (-36%) kanye ne-Afrika (-35%).
Ekuqaleni kukaMeyi, UNWTO sibeke izimo ezintathu ezingase zibe khona emkhakheni wezokuvakasha ngo-2020. Lokhu kukhomba ekwehleni okungaba khona kwenani lezivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe lilonke ngamaphesenti angama-58 ukuya kuma-78, kuye ngokuthi imingcele yokuvakasha isuswa nini. Kusukela maphakathi noMeyi, UNWTO ikhombe ukwanda kwenani lezindawo ezimemezela izinyathelo zokuqalisa kabusha ezokuvakasha. Lokhu kubandakanya ukwethulwa kwezinyathelo ezithuthukisiwe zokuphepha nenhlanzeko kanye nezinqubomgomo eziklanyelwe ukukhuthaza ezokuvakasha zasekhaya.
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