Indawo edumileyo yaseSan Francisco eUnited States-indawo enqwenelekayo yokuya kumaIndiya-iyaqhubeka ingumzobo omkhulu kubahambi abasuka eIndiya. Olu luvo lomelezwe ngakumbi yinqwelomoya yamva nje yeAir India, eye yaphucula unxibelelwano.
UNksz Antonette Echert, umlawuli, uphuhliso lwezokhenketho lwehlabathi, i-San Francisco Travel Association, utshele lo mbhaleli ngexesha lokuthengisa i-Brand USA mission, ukuba amanani okufika kwi-2018 kulindeleke ukuba anyuke ukuya kwi-210,000 ukusuka kwi-196,000 kwi-2017.
Udize ukuba bekujoliswe kuko ngo-2020 ngama-240,000.
Uyazi kakuhle imakethi yaseIndiya evelisa iindwendwe eziqhelekileyo kwaye uthi ukuhlala kwamaIndiya kude ngenxa yento enkulu yeVFR.
Umlawuli udize ukuba ingqwalaselo iya kunikwa i-Bollywood yokufota ifilimu kwi-Sunshine State. Ishishini lewayini eliquka indawo yaseNapa likwabanjwe njengethemba elihle.
I-San Francisco yongeze amagumbi angama-700 kwiinyanga zamva nje kuluhlu lwayo, kunye namatyathanga amaninzi abonisa umdla. Ngo-2019, kuya kongezwa amagumbi angama-1800 ngaphezulu. Ukujongana neshishini elikhulayo le-MICE, indawo yendibano yesixeko iye yalungiswa, yongeza i-20 yepesenti ngaphezulu komthamo.
Bekukho abathunywa abali-15 abasuka eCalifornia kubathunywa abangama-64 abasuka kwimibutho yokhenketho yase-US engama-42 kwimishini yokuthengisa yaseBrand USA abanxibelelane neearhente zaseIndiya eDelhi, eMumbai, naseBengaluru.
I-CEO uChristopher Thompson uthe i-1.29 yezigidi zeendwendwe ezivela e-Indiya ukuya e-USA ngo-2017 zenze ilizwe le-11 eliphakamileyo elibekwe ngamanani kwaye libekwe kwindawo yesithandathu malunga nenkcitho yeendwendwe. USheema Vohra, okhokela iBrand USA eIndiya, uthe iIndiya inamandla amakhulu okwandisa ukhenketho e-USA.
Abathunywa baseCalifornia baquka i-LA Tourism and Convention Board, California Academy of Sciences, San Diego Zoo, Santa Monica Travel, Sea World Park, kunye ne-Universal Studios.
Ngo-2017, abahambi abangama-333,000 batyelele eCalifornia besuka eIndiya, bechitha i-823 yezigidi zeedola. Ngo-2022, ukufika okuqikelelweyo yi-476,000.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Bekukho abathunywa abali-15 abasuka eCalifornia kubathunywa abangama-64 abasuka kwimibutho yokhenketho yase-US engama-42 kwimishini yokuthengisa yaseBrand USA abanxibelelane neearhente zaseIndiya eDelhi, eMumbai, naseBengaluru.
- Antonette Echert, director, global tourism development, San Francisco Travel Association, told this correspondent during the Brand USA sales mission, that arrival figures in 2018 are expected to go up to 210,000 from 196,000 in 2017.
- 29 million visitors from India to the USA in 2017 made it the 11th highest ranked country by numbers and ranked sixth in terms of visitor spend.
