Ukufika kwamazwe aphesheya kwehle ngama-72% kwiinyanga ezilishumi zokuqala zika-2020, kuthintelwa uhambo, ukuzithemba kwabathengi okuphantsi kunye nomzabalazo wehlabathi wokuqulatha Covid-19 intsholongwane, konke kube negalelo kowona nyaka mbi kwimbali yokhenketho.
Ngokwedatha yokhenketho yamva nje evela kwiWorld Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), iindawo zokufikela zamkele izigidi ezingama-900 zabakhenkethi abambalwa bamazwe ngamazwe phakathi kukaJanuwari no-Okthobha xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo lika-2019. Oku kuguqulela kwilahleko ye-US $ 935 yebhiliyoni kwingeniso yokuthumela ngaphandle evela kukhenketho lwamazwe ngamazwe, ngaphezu kwe-10 amaxesha elahleko ngo-2009 phantsi kwempembelelo yentlekele yoqoqosho lwehlabathi.
Ngokusekwe kubungqina obukhoyo ngoku, UNWTO kulindeleke ukuba ukufika kwamazwe aphesheya kwehle ngama-70% ukuya kuma-75% ngowama-2020 uwonke iirisithi. Oku kwehla kukhenketho ngenxa yobhubhane kunokubangela ilahleko kuqoqosho lwe-US $ 30 trillion kwi-GDP yehlabathi.
Izithintelo zokuhamba ziyaqhubeka nokulinganisa ukubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo
I-Asiya kunye nePacific, ingingqi yokuqala ukubethwa sisibetho kwaye lowo unelona nqanaba liphezulu lezithintelo zokuhamba ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, wabona ukwehla kwe-82% kwabafika kwiinyanga ezilishumi zokuqala zika-2020. UMbindi Mpuma ubhale i-73% ukuhla, ngelixa i-Afrika ibone ukwehla kwe-69%. Ukufika kwamazwe aseYurophu naseMelika kuye kwehla ngama-68%.
IYurophu irekhode ukwehla okuncinci kwe-72% kunye ne-76% ngoSeptemba nango-Okthobha xa kuthelekiswa neminye imimandla yehlabathi, kulandela ukubuyela okuncinci kwithuba elifutshane kwiinyanga eziphakamileyo zenyanga kaJulayi nango-Agasti. Ukuvuselelwa kwentsholongwane kuwo wonke loo mmandla kukhokelele ekuvuseleleni kwezinye iindlela zothintelo lohambo. Nangona kunjalo, iYurophu ingingqi apho iindawo ezingaphezulu (iipesenti ezingama-91 ukusuka nge-1 Novemba 2020) ziye zaluthintela olo thintelo, ngakumbi phakathi kwamalungu eLungu laseSchengen.
Kwelinye icala lesiphelo, iAsia kunye nePacific baqhubeka nokurekhoda ukwehla phantse kwe-100% ngoSeptemba nango-Okthobha, kubonisa ukuvalwa okuqhubekayo kwemida e-China nakwezinye iindawo eziphambili kulo mmandla. Amazwe aseMelika abone ukuphucuka okuthe chu ukusukela ngeyeSilimela ukwehla ngokuthelekisa ngokuthe kratya kokufika kwamazwe aphesheya ngo-Okthobha. Oku kubonakalisa ukuvulwa kwakhona kweendawo ezininzi kulo mmandla, kubandakanya iziqithi ezincinane ezisakhulayo kwilizwe laseCaribbean.
Ibango lihlala libuthathaka lilonke ngaphandle kokuphucuka okuncinci kwezinye iimarike
Idatha kwinkcitho yezokhenketho yamazwe aphesheya iyaqhubeka nokubonakalisa imfuno ebuthathaka yokuhamba okuphumayo. Nangona kunjalo, ezinye iimarike ezinkulu ezinjengeMelika, iJamani neFrance zibonise iimpawu zokubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo kwezi nyanga zidlulileyo. Ngapha koko, ibango lokhenketho lwasekhaya luyaqhubeka nokukhula kwezinye iimarike, kubandakanya iChina neRussia.
Ukujonga phambili, isibhengezo sesitofu sokugonya kunye nokuqala kogonyo kulindeleke ukuba ngokuthe ngcembe kwandise ukuzithemba kwabathengi. Kwangaxeshanye, inani elandayo leendawo zokusingwa liyaphungula okanye lisusa imiqobo yokuhamba. Ngokophando lwamva nje oluvela UNWTO, umlinganiselo weendawo ezivaliweyo zehla ukusuka kwi-82% ngasekupheleni kuka-Epreli 2020 ukuya kwi-18% ekuqaleni kukaNovemba (echazwe kwipesenti yokufika kwamanye amazwe).
Imeko ezandisiweyo zowe-2021-2024 ezithiwe thaca yi-arhente yeZizwe eziManyeneyo ezikhethekileyo kwezokhenketho zalatha kwisiqingatha sesibini sonyaka ka-2021. iminyaka emine.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Asia and the Pacific, the first region to suffer the impact of the pandemic and the one with the highest level of travel restrictions to date, saw an 82% decrease in arrivals in the first ten months of 2020.
- At the other end of the spectrum, Asia and the Pacific continued to record declines of nearly 100% in September and October, reflecting the ongoing closure of borders in China and other major destinations in the region.
- International arrivals fell by 72% over the first ten months of 2020, with restrictions on travel, low consumer confidence and a global struggle to contain the COVID-19 virus, all contributing to the worst year on record in the history of tourism.
