Abantu baseMelika basasaza ukuya eTürkiye ngamanani angazange abonwe ngaphambili ngokwamanani akhutshwe namhlanje nguMphathiswa weNkcubeko noKhenketho waseTurkey.
Ngelixa ukhenketho kwihlabathi lonke lwehla ngo-2020 nango-2021 ngenxa yobhubhani we-COVID-19, inani labantu baseMelika abandwendwela iTürkiye kwisiqingatha sokuqala sika-2022 lenyuke nge-76.8% kwangelo xesha linye lika-2019 ngaphambi kokuba ubhubhane uhlasele.
"Esi sisiphumo esingaqhelekanga kwaye sinomdla," utshilo u-Yalçın Lokmanhekim, uMphathi Jikelele we-TGA, i-Arhente yokuKhuthaza uKhenketho kunye ne-Arhente yoPhuhliso, egxininisa kungekuphela nje ukuchacha kokhenketho lwaseTurkey kubhubhane, kodwa eqaqambisa indlela abantu baseMelika abaphumla ngayo eTürkiye. amanani.
Indawo enye ekuyiwa kuyo Türkiye kuba baseMelika sisixeko Istanbul, ngomdla omangalisayo wokufumanisa ezinye iindawo zeli lizwe ezigubungela iYurophu neAsia.
Emva kwe-Istanbul, iindawo ezithandwa ngabantu baseMelika ngoku zibandakanya unxweme lwaseTurkey Aegean, isixeko sase-Izmir, kunye neendawo ezikhethekileyo zeKapadokiya empuma yelizwe.
Bangama-213,000 abantu baseMelika abandwendwele iTürkiye ngoJanuwari ukuya kutsho ngoJuni ka-2019, kunye nama-377,000 ngexesha elifanayo lika-2022.
Ukhenketho eTurkey lugxile kakhulu kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zembali, nakwiindawo zokuchithela iiholide ezigudle unxweme lwaseAegean nolwandle lweMeditera. I-Turkey iye yaba yindawo ethandwayo yenkcubeko, i-spa, kunye nokhathalelo lwempilo.
Lilonke inani labakhenkethi bangaphandle ukuya eTurkey liye laguquguquka phakathi kwezigidi ezingama-41 ngo-2015, kwaye malunga nezigidi ezingama-30 ngo-2016.
Nangona kunjalo, ukubuyiswa kwaqala ngo-2017, kunye nenani leendwendwe zangaphandle landa kwi-37.9 yezigidi, kwaye ngo-2018 ukuya kwiindwendwe ze-46.1 yezigidi.
Ekuphakameni kwayo ngo-2019, iTurkey yatsala malunga ne-51 yezigidi zabakhenkethi bangaphandle, ibekwe njengendawo yesithandathu ethandwa kakhulu ngabakhenkethi kwihlabathi.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- While tourism worldwide plummeted in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of Americans visiting Türkiye in the first half of 2022 is up 76.
- “This is an extraordinary and exciting result,” says Yalçın Lokmanhekim, the General Manager of TGA, Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency, underscoring not only Turkish tourism's recovery from the pandemic, but also highlighting how Americans are vacationing in Türkiye in record-breaking numbers.
- After Istanbul, Americans' favorite destinations currently include the Turkish Aegean coast, the city of Izmir, and the unique landscapes of Cappadocia in the east of the country.
