Emva kweminyaka emininzi ibe lilizwe lokuthumela elona nani liphezulu labakhenkethi kwaSirayeli, iUnited States ibethwe kutshanje yiRussia, ngokwesebe lezibalo kwiSebe lezoKhenketho lakwaSirayeli.
Ngo-Oktobha wabona ukufika kwe-58,243 abakhenkethi abavela eRashiya - ukunyuka kwe-18% xa kuthelekiswa no-Oktobha 2008. Inani labakhenkethi baseMelika abafika ngo-Oktobha babeyi-49,321 - ukunyuka kwe-9% xa kuthelekiswa nenyanga efanayo kunyaka odlulileyo.
Idatha ibonisa ukuba abakhenkethi be-456,529 bafika bevela e-US phakathi kukaJanuwari no-Oktobha ka-2009 - i-12% yehla xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kwi-2008. konyaka, i-US igcine indawo yokuqala, equka i-10% yabo bonke abakhenkethi abafika kwaSirayeli.
Nangona kunjalo, ukhenketho olusuka eRussia luxhume nge-15% kwangelo xesha linye, lwenza malunga ne-14.5% yabo bonke abakhenkethi abafika kwaSirayeli, xa kuthelekiswa ne-11% kuphela ngexesha elifanayo ngo-2008.
Malunga ne-25% yabo bonke abakhenkethi baseRashiya abafike kwaSirayeli ngo-Okthobha beza kutyelelo losuku olunye. Abanye bafika ngeenqwelomoya ezisuka eTurkey ngentseni kwaye balishiya ilizwe ezinzulwini zobusuku, ngelixa abanye bangena kwa-Israel kutyelelo losuku olunye benqumla umda kwisixeko esisemazantsi e-Eilat.
UShabtai Shay, umphathi jikelele we-Eilat Hotel Association, uthi abakhenkethi abamalunga nama-60,000 15,000 abasuka eRashiya kulindeleke ukuba bafike e-Eilat kobu busika, abali-XNUMX XNUMX kubo behamba ngeenqwelo-moya ezisuka eMoscow naseSt. Abanye baya kufika ngeenqwelomoya ezihlala kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iBen-Gurion. Iinqwelomoya ziqhutywa yiAeroflot, iArkia kunye neSun d'Or iinqwelomoya.
"Utyalo-mali olukhulu eRussia luneziphumo kwaye kukho izicelo zeenqwelomoya ezongeziweyo," utshilo uShay, eqaphela ukuba iihotele ezihlala abakhenkethi baseRussia ukusukela ekuqaleni konyaka bezimalunga ne-26% yazo zonke iindawo zokuhlala e-Eilat. Ukuhlala kwabakhenkethi baseRashiya e-Eilat bekukwindawo yesibini emva kwabakhenkethi baseFransi.
U-Shay uphawula ukuba ii-agent ze-25 zokuhamba ezivela e-Tallinn, e-Estonia ngoku zityelela i-Eilat ngenxa yendiza entsha yeveki ngqo kwidolophu yokuphumla.
"Ngokutsho kwesicwangciso, iinqwelomoya ze-20 ziya kuhamba zisuka e-Estonia ziye kwa-Israel kulo busika, kodwa ngenxa yempumelelo yomgca, enye inqwelomoya sele icele ukuba iqhube iinqwelo-moya ezili-10 ezongezelelweyo ezivela e-Estonia ukuya e-Eilat kulo busika," kusho uShay.