Uninzi lwabantu kushishino lokhenketho bazimisele ngakumbi ukuthi adieu ukuya kunyaka ka-2020. Inkulungwane yamashumi amabini ananye yenkulungwane yeshumi leminyaka yaqala ngamathemba aphezulu kakhulu. Kunyaka nje odlulileyo, akukho mntu wayenokuyicinga into yokuba nge-Matshi ka-2020 imboni yezokhenketho iya kuba isengxakini. NgoFebruwari ka-2020, i-COVID-19 yabetha, kwaye ishishini lokhenketho langena kwi-tailpin ukusuka kwindawo engazange ibonwe ukuya kwezona ziphantsi kakhulu. Ukusukela ngoFebruwari kude kube sekupheleni konyaka, zonke iinkalo zokuhamba nokhenketho ziye zasokola. Iihotele ezininzi kunye neeresityu ngoku zonakele, ezinye zisaphila, nangona zixhasa uqoqosho. Umzi mveliso weenqwelo moya, osebenza ngaphezulu kakhulu kukhenketho lokuzonwabisa, ujongene nokudilizwa ngokuqhubekayo kunye nokungabinamali. Kukho imfuno enkulu yemithetho yesizwe neyamazwe aphesheya ngenxa yokuphulukana nokuthembeka komzi mveliso. Abasebenzi beenkampani zeenqwelo moya, kunye nabo basebenza kwimizi-mveliso yesathelayithi njengakwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya, ngoku bahlala ngokungaqiniseki okungapheliyo. Kuyafana nangokhenketho olukhulu kunye neemyuziyam. Ezinye iimyuziyam ziye zazifumana zikwimeko emaxongo kangangokuba kuye kwafuneka zithengise inxalenye yengqokelela yazo exabiso likhulu. Ekuqaleni kuka-2021, ishishini lokhenketho kunye nezokhenketho lazifumana likwimeko yoxinaniso olunzima kwezoqoqosho.
Ukusuka kumaziko aphambili okhenketho ukuya kwiidolophu ezincinci, i icandelo lokhenketho nokhenketho ngoku iqala ukuvusa kwimiceli mngeni emininzi eya kuthi yoyise kuyo ukuze iphile. Ukuphela kwangoku, okanye i-hiatuses yoqoqosho lwehlabathi, Iinkokheli zokhenketho kufuneka ziphinde ziqwalasele iingcinga zabo kunye neembono zehlabathi. NgoJanuwari ka-2020 iinkokheli zokhenketho zazikholelwa kwelokuba kule minyaka ilishumi intsha akukho shishini, sizwe, okanye uqoqosho oluya kuba sisiqithi ngokwalo. Ukhenketho lwamazwe aphesheya lwalusanda kwaye iindawo ezininzi, ezinjengeBarcelona, iSpain, iVenice, i-Itali, okanye inkqubo yeepaki yelizwe laseUnited States yajamelana noko kunyaka ophelileyo kwathiwa “kukhenketho olugqithisileyo.” Ngeenyanga zikaFebruwari nango-Matshi (2020), ilizwe lokhenketho latshintsha, kwaye uloyiko lokhenketho olugqithisileyo lwaba ngumlo wokusinda kokhenketho. Indlela ishishini lokhenketho kunye nokhenketho eliqhelana ngayo nolu tshintsho lutsha lwezoqoqosho nokusingqongileyo kuya kuba nefuthe kuqoqosho lwehlabathi kumashumi eminyaka ezayo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- From major tourism centers to small towns, the travel and tourism industry is only now beginning to awaken to the many new challenges that it will have to overcome if it is to survive.
- At the start of 2021, the travel and tourism industry found itself in a state of severe economic contraction.
- A mere year ago, no one could have conceived of the fact that by March of 2020 the tourism industry would have been in shambles.
