UNWTO wenze ngendlela eyothusayo kwaye sithetha nje udibana nabathunywa abali-170 abasuka kumazwe angama-24 eGeorgia ukuze baqhube intlanganiso ye-112 yesigqeba soLawulo.

Ngokwedatha yamva nje evela kwiWorld Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) ebonisa impembelelo enzima yokunciphisa i-93% ekufikeni kokhenketho lwamazwe ngamazwe emhlabeni jikelele ngokuthelekisa amanani e-2020 kunye ne-2019.

Ngokwenqaku elitsha leBarometer yezoKhenketho yeHlabathi kwi-arhente yeZizwe eziManyeneyo, ukufika kwabakhenkethi bamanye amazwe kwehle ngama-65% kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka. Oku kubonisa ukwehla okungazange kubonwe, njengoko amazwe kwihlabathi jikelele evala imida yawo kwaye azisa izithintelo zokuhamba ukuphendula ubhubhane.

Kwezi veki zidlulileyo, inani elandayo leendawo sele liqalisile ukuvula kwakhona kubakhenkethi bamanye amazwe. UNWTO Iingxelo zokuba, kwasekuqaleni kukaSeptemba, ama-53% eendawo aye azinciphisa izithintelo zohambo. Nangona kunjalo, oorhulumente abaninzi bahlala belumkile, kwaye le ngxelo yakutshanje ibonisa ukuba ukuvalwa kwezinto okwenziwe kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka kube nefuthe elikhulu kukhenketho lwamanye amazwe. Ukuwa ngokukhawuleza nokufika ngesiquphe kubeke izigidi zemisebenzi kunye namashishini emngciphekweni.

Ukwehla okukhulu kwemfuno zohambo lwamanye amazwe kwisithuba sikaJanuwari-Juni 2020 kuguqulela kwilahleko yezigidi ezingama-440 zokufika kwamazwe aphesheya kunye ne-US $ 460 yezigidigidi kwingeniso yokuthumela ngaphandle evela kukhenketho lwamanye amazwe. Oku kukuphindwe kahlanu ilahleko kwiirisithi zokhenketho zamazwe aphesheya ezazirekhodwe ngo-2009 phakathi kweengxaki zoqoqosho nezemali zehlabathi.

Ngaphandle kokuvulwa ngokuthe ngcembe kweendawo ezininzi ukusukela kwisiqingatha sesibini sikaCanzibe, ukuphucuka okulindelweyo kumanani ezokhenketho kwilizwe liphela ngexesha lehlobo lasehlotyeni kuMantla eIkhweyitha akuzange kwenzeke. I-Yurophu yayiyeyona ndawo ithwaxwe kanobom kuyo yonke imimandla yehlabathi, nge-66% yokwehla kwabakhenkethi kwisiqingatha sokuqala sika-2020. Amazwe aseMelika (-55%), i-Afrika kunye noMbindi Mpuma (zombini -57%) nawo asokola. Nangona kunjalo, i-Asiya kunye nePacific, ingingqi yokuqala yokuziva ifuthe likaCovid-19 kukhenketho, yayiyeyona iye yabethwa, nge-72% yehla kubakhenkethi kwinyanga ezintandathu.

Kwinqanaba lommandla ophantsi, i-North-East Asia (-83%) kunye ne-Southern Mediterranean Europe (-72%) yafumana ukwehla okukhulu. Yonke imimandla yehlabathi kunye nemimandla engaphantsi ibhale ukwehla okungaphezulu kwe-50% yokufika ngoJanuwari-Juni 2020. Ukuncitshiswa kwemfuno zamanye amazwe kukwabonakalisiwe kukwehla kwamanani aphindwe kabini kwinkcitho yezokhenketho yamazwe aphesheya phakathi kweemarike ezinkulu. Iimarike ezinkulu eziphuma ngaphandle ezifana ne-United States ne China ziyaqhubeka ukuma, nangona ezinye iimarike ezinje nge France ne Germany zibonise ukuphucuka ngoJuni.

Ukuncitshiswa kwemfuno yokuhamba kunye nokuzithemba kwabathengi kuya kuqhubeka nokuba nefuthe kwiziphumo unyaka wonke. NgoMeyi, UNWTO ichaze iimeko ezintathu ezinokwenzeka, esalatha ekuhleni kwe-58% ukuya kwi-78% ekufikeni kwabakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe ngo-2020. Iindlela ezikhoyo ngo-Agasti zikhomba ekwehleni kwemfuno esondele kuma-70% (Imeko yesi-2), ngakumbi ngoku njengoko ezinye iindawo ekusingwa kuzo ziphinda zazisa izithintelo uhambo.

Ukwandiswa kweemeko ukuya ku-2021 kukhomba kutshintsho kwindlela kulo nyaka uzayo, ngokusekwe kwingqikelelo yokunyuswa kancinci kancinci kunye nomgca kwemida yezithintelo zokuhamba, ubukho bogonyo okanye unyango, kunye nokubuya kokuzithemba komhambi. UNWTO ucinga ukuba kuya kuthatha iminyaka emi-2-4 ukubuyisela ishishini kwimeko yesiqhelo.

IKenya neMorocco zonyulwe nguMbutho wezoKhenketho weHlabathi weZizwe eziManyeneyo ukumela iKomiti yezobuGcisa yaseAfrika.

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Ukwandiswa kweemeko ukuya ku-2021 kukhomba kutshintsho kwindlela kulo nyaka uzayo, ngokusekwe kwingqikelelo yokunyuswa kancinci kancinci kunye nomgca kwemida yezithintelo zokuhamba, ubukho bogonyo okanye unyango, kunye nokubuya kokuzithemba komhambi.
Ngokwedatha yamva nje evela kwiWorld Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) ebonisa impembelelo enzima yokunciphisa i-93% ekufikeni kokhenketho lwamazwe ngamazwe emhlabeni jikelele ngokuthelekisa amanani e-2020 kunye ne-2019.
However, Asia and the Pacific, the first region to feel the impact of Covid-19 on tourism, was the hardest hit, with a 72% fall in tourists for the six-month period.