UGeorge D. Szigeti, umongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), ikhuphe le nkcazo ilandelayo malunga nezibalo zabatyeleli baseHawaii ngo-Matshi 2017.
“Ishishini lezokhenketho laseHawaii lifikelele kwikota yokuqala entle ngeziphumo ezibalaseleyo ngoMatshi. Inkcitho yeendwendwe inyuke ngeepesenti ze-12.3 ngoMatshi, ukunyuka kwenyanga kumashishini aphezulu kunyaka-unyaka ukususela ngoDisemba 2012. Ukuqwalasela ukuba ukhenketho lwaseHawaii luye lwafumana iminyaka emihlanu elandelelanayo yokuchitha imali yeendwendwe, uMatshi yayiyinyanga ephawulekayo ngokwenene kunye nomqondiso waseHawaii. Iziqithi ziyaqhubeka ukuba yeyona ndawo ithandwayo ngabakhenkethi behlabathi.
“Kwikota yokuqala, inkcitho yeendwendwe zaseHawaii iphambi kwesantya sonyaka ophelileyo nge-10.4 pesenti, okanye ngaphezulu kwe-412 yezigidi zeedola, malunga ne-4.4 yezigidigidi zeedola. Ngenxa yoko, i-511.3 yezigidi zeerandi ziye ziveliswa kwingeniso yerhafu kwi-State of Hawaii, ukunyuka okunempilo kwe-$ 48.2 yezigidi kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
“Ilizwe lase-US lisaqhubeka liyeyona ntengiso inamandla kwaye iCanada iphinde yavela kakuhle, kodwa ukuvela kwakhona kweJapan yeyona nto iphambili kwikota yokuqala. Inkcitho yeendwendwe zaseJapan kunye nabafikayo zinyuke nge-19.1 yeepesenti kunye ne-7.3 yeepesenti, ngokulandelelanayo, awona mazinga aphezulu okukhula kwiimarike ezinkulu zaseHawaii.
“Ikota yokuqala igqithile kulindelo lwethu kwishishini lezokhenketho laseHawaii kwaye sinethemba elibukhali lokuba lo mfutho ungaqhubeka kwezi nyanga zizayo. Sibulela amaqabane ethu eshishini ngako konke abakwenzayo ukugcina uphawu lwaseHawaii lomelele kwaye namava awonwabele iindwendwe zethu. Ukhuphiswano phakathi kweendawo zehlabathi zokutsala abahambi lunzima kwaye aluguquguquki. Nangempumelelo yeziphumo zekota yokuqala, intsebenziswano eqhubekayo phakathi kwabo bonke abachaphazelekayo ekuxhaseni elona shishini likhulu leLizwe lethu libalulekile njengoko iHawaii ifuna isabelo sayo semarike yokuhambahamba yehlabathi.
