ISri Lanka ayifikelelanga kwithagethi ka-2018 ekufikeni kwabakhenkethi Umphathiswa Wezophuhliso Lwezokhenketho eSri Lanka uJohn Amaratunga etyhola umngeni wezopolitiko ngo-Okthobha.
ISri Lanka yangena ezingxakini xa inkulumbuso yayo yathatyathelwa indawo ngowayesakuba ngumongameli owayenxulunyaniswa nokunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu. Utshintsho olukhawulezileyo loonogada lunokuchaphazela ukwenziwa komgaqo-nkqubo kunye nokuzithemba kweshishini ngexesha lengxaki yezoqoqosho, ukutyhala ilizwe lase-Asiya elixineneyo ngemali kufutshane naseBeijing.
Umphathiswa uxelele oonondaba bendawo: “Siyekile ukufikelela kancinane kwizigidi ezi-2.5 zokufika zabakhenkethi kunyaka ophelileyo, nangona besinenani elandileyo labatyeleli kwezi veki zimbalwa zidlulileyo zikaDisemba. Ithagethi yalo nyaka iphoswe ikakhulu ngenxa yokungazinzi kwezopolitiko esikubone emva komhla wama-26 ku-Okthobha. Nangona kunjalo, ndicinga ukuba ngokwengeniso sifikelele kwi-3.5 yezigidi zeerandi. ”
Idatha epheleleyo ye-2018 ilindeleke kule veki, ukufika kwabakhenkethi kwiinyanga ezili-11 zokuqala kunyuke nge-11% ukuya kwi-2.08 yezigidi. Ingeniso evela kukhenketho ngoSeptemba inyuke nge-2.8% ukuya kwi-276 yezigidi zeedola unyaka nonyaka, ngengeniso eqokelelweyo efikelela kwi-3.2 yezigidigidi, yathumela ukukhula kwe-11.2% kwiinyanga ezilithoba zokuqala ze-2018, yatsho iBhanki eNkulu kwiNgxelo yeNtsebenzo yangaphandle.
Kwi-2017, iSri Lanka irekhode lonke ixesha eliphakamileyo le-2,116,407 kwi-2017, ethumela ukukhula okuthe chu kwe-3.2%, ngelixa ingeniso yezokhenketho inyuke ngepesenti efanayo ukuya kwincopho yexesha lonke ye-3.63 yezigidigidi.
Umphathiswa ubanga ukuba ngaphandle kwesiphithiphithi sezopolitiko, iSri Lanka ngeyifikelele kwithagethi yokufika ngexesha lesizini, ilizwe likwindawo yokuqala yezokhenketho kwi-2019 yiLonely Planet.
Ngaphandle kokulahleka ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwezigidi ezi-2.5 zokufika ukusukela ngo-2016, u-Amaratunga wayenethemba lokuba iSri Lanka izakufumana abakhenkethi abazizigidi ezine kwaye ivelise ingeniso engaphezulu kweebhiliyoni ezi-5 zeerandi ukuphela kwalo nyaka.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Umphathiswa ubanga ukuba ngaphandle kwesiphithiphithi sezopolitiko, iSri Lanka ngeyifikelele kwithagethi yokufika ngexesha lesizini, ilizwe likwindawo yokuqala yezokhenketho kwi-2019 yiLonely Planet.
- The full 2018 data is expected within this week, tourist arrivals in the first 11 months rose by 11% to 2.
- ISri Lanka ayifikelelanga kwithagethi ka-2018 ekufikeni kwabakhenkethi Umphathiswa Wezophuhliso Lwezokhenketho eSri Lanka uJohn Amaratunga etyhola umngeni wezopolitiko ngo-Okthobha.
