Ngenxa yokuwa kwexabiso leponti, inkitha yeehotele ezinexabiso eliphantsi kunye neemyuziyam zasimahla, iLondon iye yafikelela kwezona ndawo ziphezulu ezili-10 zexabiso lehlabathi.
Ukungena kwayo kuluhlu luloyiso olubalulekileyo lwenkunzi, ngakumbi njengoko iLonely Planet - isikhokelo esikhokelayo esisetyenziswa ngabafundi kunye nabahlali beeholide abahamba ngebhajethi - bahlala begxeka iLondon ngenxa yamaxabiso ayo aphezulu.
Isizathu esiyintloko sotshintsho kukuhla kwexabiso lepounds, eliye lawa ukusuka kwi-€ 1.47 kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo ukuya kwi-€ 1.10 kule veki.
Nangona kunjalo, amaxabiso awazange awele nje kwiindwendwe zangaphandle, kodwa nakwiindwendwe zaseBritane. UTom Hall, umhleli wohambo lwalo mpapashi, wathi: “Izinto zitshintshile yaye udumo lweLondon njengesinye sezona zixeko zibiza imali eninzi luphelile.
“Kulula kakhulu ukwenza iLondon ngexabiso eliphantsi kunokuba kwakunjalo kwiminyaka emihlanu eyadlulayo. Indawo yokuhlala yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali iphucuke kakhulu kwikomkhulu, neehotele ezininzi zamaxabiso aphantsi zivulwe kwikomkhulu. ”
Bobabini i-Travelodge kunye ne-Premier Inn baye bavula iindawo ezininzi zokuthengisa phakathi kweLondon kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo.
Ukudodobala koqoqosho kukwakhuthaze iindawo zokutyela ezininzi kunye neevenkile ukuba zicuthe amaxabiso azo kwaye zibonelele ngezivumelwano ezikhethekileyo.
Umnumzana Hall uqaqambise iimyuziyam zasimahla, iimbono zexabiso eliphantsi kodwa ezinomtsalane, kunye neendawo zokutyela ezibonelela ngokutya okuvela kwihlabathi liphela ngemali engaphantsi kwe-10 ngentloko.
"Ezinye zezinto ezinomtsalane zisabiza kakhulu, kodwa ndicinga ukuba iLondon iphucukile, ngakumbi kwabo balungiselele ukwenza umsebenzi wabo wesikolo wasekhaya kunye nokubhala ngaphambili."
Ixabiso laseLondon lobume bemali libonakaliswe kwincwadi yalo ethi, Best in Travel 2010, epapashwe kule veki. Ezinye iindawo zexabiso eliphezulu kwi-10 yesikhokelo yayiquka i-Iceland, uMzantsi Afrika, iLas Vegas kunye neKenya.
