- I-COVID-19 ibangela ukuwa okumangalisayo kwe-58% kwigalelo lecandelo kwi-GDP
- Ngama-680,000 emisebenzi eye yaphulukana neminye emininzi exhomekeke kwimali eseleyo
- Ukubuya kukhenketho lwamazwe aphesheya kulo nyaka kunokubangela ukuba igalelo le-GDP lenyuke ngokuqatha kwaye nemisebenzi ibuye
Ingxelo yonyaka ye-Economic Travel Impact (EIR) ye-World Travel & Tourism Council (EIR) namhlanje ityhila ifuthe elimandla le-COVID-19 kwicandelo lezoKhenketho noKhenketho kwiCaribbean, isusa i-33.9 yezigidigidi kuqoqosho lommandla.
I-EIR yonyaka evela kwi IKhenketho leHlabathi lezoKhenketho noKhenketho (WTTC), emele icandelo labucala lezoKhenketho noKhenketho kwihlabathi jikelele, libonisa igalelo lecandelo kwi-GDP lehle nge-58%, ephezulu kunomndilili wehlabathi.
Ukuhamba kunye nefuthe loKhenketho kwi-GDP yommandla yehle ukusuka kwi-USD $ 58.4 yezigidigidi (14.1%) ngo-2019, ukuya kwi-USD $ 24.5 yezigidigidi (6.4%), kwiinyanga nje ezili-12 kamva, ngo-2020.
Unyaka wezithintelo zokhenketho ezonakalisayo ezenze ukuba uninzi lokuhamba kumazwe aphesheya kuye kumile, kukhokelele kwilahleko yemisebenzi yoKhenketho noKhenketho engama-680,000 kummandla weholide odumileyo, ilingana phantse nekota yayo yonke imisebenzi kwicandelo.
Oku kulahleka kwemisebenzi kuye kwavakala kuyo yonke i-ikhosistim yoKhenketho noKhenketho, nee-SME, ezenza isibhozo kwezili-10 kuwo onke amashishini ehlabathi kwicandelo, ngakumbi abachaphazelekayo.
Ngapha koko, njengelinye lawona macandelo ahlukeneyo kwihlabathi, ifuthe kwabasetyhini, kulutsha nakwabambalwa lalibalulekile.
Inani labo baqeshwe kwicandelo lezoKhenketho noKhenketho kwiCaribbean lehle ukusuka phantse kwi-2.76 yezigidi kwi-2019, ukuya kwi-2.08 yezigidi kwi-2020, ukwehla phantse kwekota (24.7%).
Ingxelo ikwaveze ukuba inkcitho kubakhenkethi basekhaya yehle nge-49.6%, inkcitho yamazwe aphesheya iye isiba mandundu ngakumbi, yehla ngama-68%, ngenxa yokuxhomekeka kommandla kuhambo lwamazwe aphesheya, uninzi lweziqithi luye lwanefuthe elinamandla.
Ngelixa igalelo lehlabathi lezoKhenketho noKhenketho kwi-GDP lehle nge -49.1%, uninzi lweziqithi ezikulo mmandla ziye zonakala kakhulu.