Abahambi base-US sebeba namagabadela ngokukhetha izindawo abaya kuzo amazwe ngamazwe futhi lo mkhuba ugqugquzelwa isizukulwane seMillennial.
Isibalo sezakhamizi zase-US ezihambela ngaphandle kweNyakatho Melika sikhule sisuka ezigidini ezingama-26 ngonyaka wezi-2000 saya ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-38 ngo-2017, ngokusho kukaZane Kerby, umongameli kanye no-CEO we-American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) phakathi neseshini ye-Americas Inspiration Stage. eWTM London.
Abantu baseMelika basebenzisa isilinganiso esingaphansi nje kuka-$4,000 kulolu hambo lwamazwe ngamazwe ngaphandle kwaseNyakatho Melika, kuyilapho ukusetshenziswa kwemali iyonke kuphindwe kabili kusukela ngo-2000 ukuze kufinyelele ku-$145 billion ngonyaka.
"Abantu baseMelika sebenesibindi kakhulu - bagibela izindiza futhi baya ezindaweni ezingaphandle kweWestern Hemisphere," kusho uKerby.
UKerby wengeze iphrofayili yomhambi ojwayelekile wase-US nayo ishintshile kulesi sikhathi lapho abesifazane baba nomthelela omkhulu ekwenzeni izinqumo zokuhamba.
“Ngo-2000, umhambi ovamile kwakungowesilisa, eneminyaka engu-45 ubudala futhi wayehlela uhambo kusasele izinsuku ezingu-86,” esho. “Manje umuntu ohamba amazwe ngamazwe ungowesifazane futhi uchitha izinsuku ezingu-105 ehlela uhambo.”
Isizukulwane seMillennial, manje esibalelwa ezigidini ezingama-70, sishintsha isimo semakethe yaseMelika.
"Izinkulungwane zeminyaka ziyisizukulwane sokuqala okuthi esikhundleni sokuhamba nokubona okuthile, sifune ukwenza okuthile," kuchaza uKerby.
Ngaphandle kwalesi sifiso samaholide amaningi okuhlangenwe nakho, isizathu sokuqala sokuthi abavakashi base-US bathathe iholide ukuphumula (64%) - ngaphambi nje kokuchitha isikhathi nomndeni (59%).
UKerby uveze ukuthi isabelo semakethe yaseYurophu njengendawo evela e-US sehlile kusukela ngo-2000 futhi manje sekuyi-37.8% kuphela yokuhamba ngaphandle kweNyakatho Melika (ehle isuka ku-49.8%) - ngokuphambene, kokubili iCaribbean ne-Central America abone amasheya abo emakethe ekhula kakhulu. lesi sikhathi.
I-Caribbean nayo yaba sobala phakathi neseshini yokuthi izindawo okuyiwa kuzo 'Zingakwazi kanjani Ukuhlela, Zilungiselele futhi Zivikele' ezimeni ezinzima ezifana neziphepho ezibhubhisayo zangonyaka odlule.
UDominic Fedee, ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha eSt Lucia, uthe: “Ngisho namazwe angathintekile abhekane nomonakalo omkhulu futhi isifunda sithintekile.
Ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha eJamaica u-Edmund Bartlett wengeze ukuthi lesi sifunda kumele sithuthukise amandla aso kanye nokuqina ukuze sibhekane nezinhlekelele zemvelo.
“Kuzomele uthuthukise amakhono ethu - yilokho okuzosisindisa ekubhujisweni ngoba lokhu kuphazamiseka kuzoqhubeka ukwenzeka,” usho kanje.
“Njengezomnotho, sincike kakhulu kwezokuvakasha – isifunda sisengcupheni.”
U-Bartlett uthe sekusungulwe isikhungo esisha se-Global Tourism Resilience & Crisis Management Centre ukuze kubhekwe ukuthi amazwe angathuthukisa kanjani amandla awo okumelana nezinhlekelele zemvelo nokunye ukuphazamiseka okukhulu.
"Sizodlulisela imikhuba emihle emazweni asengozini kakhulu emhlabeni," engeza. "Lokhu kuwushintsho olukhulu ukusiza amazwe aphakamise izinga lokulungela lokhu kuphazamiseka okukhulu"
Futhi eCaribbean, i-Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority yethule isifundo ohambweni lwayo lokuqala oluzinikele kanye nengqungquthela yabagqugquzeli benkundla yezokuxhumana ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.
UColin James, oyi-CEO ye-Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, uthe: “Besifuna ukusebenzisana nabagqugquzeli abaqondise ezizukulwaneni ezahlukene. Bekuyingqungquthela enkulu kunazo zonke eyake yaba nethonya e-Caribbean futhi sethemba ukuthi sizoyikhulisa ngonyaka ozayo.
"Imakethe ye-influencer ayihlungiwe futhi ilingana ngqo nalokho abathengi abakufunayo."
Ukusebenzisa inkundla yezokuxhumana kanye nabagqugquzeli bokumaketha kwakuyisihloko esibalulekile phakathi neseshini mayelana nezitayela zokuvakasha okunethezeka, okuholwa ngu-April Hutchinson, umhleli we-TTG okunethezeka.
UKate Warner, umphathi wemikhiqizo ne-PR enkampanini yezokuvakasha i-Black Tomato, utshele izethameli ezazigcwele phama ukuthi ukuxoxwa kwezindaba nobuqiniso nakho kuya ngokuya kubaluleke kakhulu.
Wengeze wathi: “Gxila kakhulu kubantu nasezindabeni zabo, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni. Obani abaqondisi bethu? Zithini izindaba zabo? Bavame ukuba nezinganekwane ezimangalisayo futhi leyo kuyindlela enhle ngempela yokuthengisa indawo ethile.”
Iphaneli liphinde lavuma ukuthi ukwenza kube ngokwakho kwakuya kuphakamisa ukuzizwisa okunethezeka, ikakhulukazi emkhakheni lapho "ukunethezeka kusho izinto ezihlukile kubantu abahlukene".
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