Izibalo ezintsha ezikhishwe ngu VakashelaBritain khombisa ukukhula okuqinile kokufika kwezivakashi ezisuka e-United States (US) ziya e-United Kingdom (UK) phakathi nezinyanga eziyisithupha zokuqala zika-2019.
Kube nokuvakasha okuyizigidi ezi-2 kusuka e-US kuya e-UK phakathi kukaJanuwari noJuni kulo nyaka, okukhuphuke ngo-11% ngesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2018. Abahambi baseMelika basebenzise irekhodi elingu-£1.8 billion ngalesi sikhathi kulo lonke elase-UK, benyuke ngo-13%.
IVikela Mongameli Ophethe i-VisitBritain - The Americas, uGavin Landry, uthe:
“Njengemakethe yaseBrithani ebiza kakhulu yokusebenzisa imali kanye nabafikayo, sijabule kakhulu ukubona ukukhula okuqhubekayo kwamanani asuka e-US engxenyeni yokuqala yalo nyaka. Sakhela phezu kwalokhu kukhula, siqokomisa okuhlangenwe nakho okungokomfanekiso nokungalindelekile okungatholakala emadolobheni aseBrithani, emaphandleni nasezigodini ezingasogwini.
“Ikwindla nobusika izikhathi ezikahle zokuvakashela iBrithani ngomoya ofudumele weholide kanye nezivakashi ezikwazi ukuzwa ubuhle benkathi yamaholide nangale kwayo. Izitolo zaseBrithani, indawo yokuhlala kanye nezindawo eziheha izivakashi nakho kuyaqhubeka nokunikeza inani elihle ezivakashini zase-US futhi siphromotha umlayezo wenani kuwo wonke umsebenzi wethu e-US ukuze siqhube ukubhuka. Futhi, njengoba kunemizila yezindiza eqondile kanye nezindiza zansuku zonke ezivela e-US ezinikezwayo, isikhathi esihle ngempela sokubhukha uhambo njengamanje.”
I-VisitBritain iyaqhubeka nokuqwashisa abantu ngomkhankaso wayo womhlaba wonke othi 'I Travel For…' iqondisa izinkanuko ezigqugquzela abantu ukuthi bahambe nezinto ezenzeka eBrithani kuphela. Lo mkhankaso ubukeka ugqamisa ukuzizwisa okungalindelekile nezindawo ezingahloliwe kakhulu e-Britain, kanye nezindawo zayo ezidumile nezikhangayo ukuheha izivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe ukuthi zibhukhe uhambo njengamanje.
Ukukhishwa kwefilimu yaseBrithani e-US ngo-2019, okuhlanganisa nefilimu yakamuva ethi "Downton Abbey", kuqhubekile nokugcina iBrithani isengqondweni kubahambi baseMelika. NgoNovemba, "UKhisimusi Wokugcina" uzofika emasinema ehlinzeka 'ngencwadi yothando eya eLondon' ngamaholide futhi entwasahlobo ka-2020 ifilimu yakamuva kaJames Bond ethi "Akunasikhathi Sokufa" sihlelelwe ukukhululwa.
Idatha yakamuva evela ku-ForwardKeys ibonisa ukuthi ukubhukha indiza eya phambili esuka e-US ukuya e-UK kusukela ngo-Okthoba 2019 kuya ku-March 2020 kulandelela u-5% uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. Kusukela ngoMeyi kulo nyaka izakhamizi zase-US zingasebenzisa amasango e-ePassport, zinikeze ukungena kalula nangokushesha e-UK, kukhuphule ukunikezwa kwezwe kwezokuvakasha kokuncintisana kanye nomyalezo wakho wokwamukela.
Ngo-2018 kube nokuvakashelwa kwezigidi ezingu-3.9 kusuka e-US kuya e-UK. Izivakashi ezivela e-US zasebenzisa u-£3.4 billion kulo lonke elase-UK ngonyaka odlule.
Ezokuvakasha zibiza u-£127 billion ngonyaka emnothweni wase-UK, zidale amathuba emisebenzi futhi zikhuphule ukukhula komnotho ezizweni nasezifundeni.
