I-US Travel Association (eyayisakuba yi-Travel Industry Association) namhlanje ibonise inkxalabo enzulu malunga nedatha yeSebe lezoRhwebo esanda kukhutshwa ebonisa ukuba abafika phesheya e-United States behla malunga neepesenti ezisibhozo ngoJanuwari. Uhambo lwase-US lubize iCongress kunye noLawulo ukuba benze inkqubo yokukhuthaza uhambo olulungelelanisiweyo kwilizwe lonke ukukhuphisana nabatyeleli baphesheya kwezilwandle abachitha umyinge we-4,400 yeedola ngomntu ngamnye, ngohambo ngalunye kwaye zibalulekile ekuvuseleleni uqoqosho lwaseMelika.
“Njengoko naliphi na ishishini liya kukuxelela, amaxesha oqoqosho anzima afuna ukwanda kotyalo-mali ekutsaleni abathengi,” utshilo uRoger Dow, uMongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-US Travel Association. “ICongress kunye noLawulo kufuneka isebenze ngoku ukukhuphisana ngeedola zokuhamba zehlabathi kwaye ibuyise ukwehla okukhawulezileyo kotyelelo lwase-US. Ukwandisa uhambo oluya eUnited States lolona hlobo lusebenzayo lokuvuselela uqoqosho. ”
Ezi ndaba zamva nje ezivela kwiSebe lezoRhwebo lase-US zifika kuphela kwiiveki ezimbini emva kwesibhengezo sokuba i-633,000 yabahambi abambalwa baphesheya batyelela e-United States ngo-2008 kunango-2000, nangona izigidi ezingama-48 zabahambi bamazwe ngamazwe bathatha uhambo olude ngo-2008 kunango-2000. Ukuba abafikayo base-US phesheya bebebambe isantya sohambo olude lwamazwe ngamazwe ukusuka ku-2001-2008, iMelika ngeyamkele itotali eyongezelekayo yeendwendwe ezingaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-58, i-182 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwinkcitho entsha kunye ne-27 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwingeniso yerhafu entsha. Ezi ndwendwe zaziza kuxhasa imisebenzi engama-245,000 yaseMelika ngonyaka ngamnye.
INdlu yabaMeli yadlulisela uMthetho wokuKhuthaza ukuHamba kwi-2008. Umthetho wawuya kudala umkhankaso wokukhuthaza olungelelwaniso lwesizwe ngaphandle kweendleko kubahlawuli berhafu base-US. Uphononongo lubonisa ukuba iphulo elinjalo linokutsala izigidi zabakhenkethi ezongezelelekileyo zaphesheya ngonyaka, nto leyo ekhokelela kwinkcitho yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ezintsha. Umthetho oyilwayo weSenate, oxhaswa sisininzi seSenethi zase-US, awuzange uvote. Umthetho wokuKhuthaza ukuHamba kulindeleke ukuba ubuyiselwe kwiNkomfa ye-111 kwiiveki ezizayo.
I-US Travel Association ngumbutho wesizwe, ongenzi nzuzo omele onke amacandelo e-740 yeebhiliyoni zeshishini lokuhamba. Injongo yoHambo lwase-US kukukhuthaza nokuququzelela uhambo olwandisiweyo lokuya nangaphakathi e-United States. Ngolunye ulwazi, ndwendwela www.ustravel.org.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Travel called upon Congress and the Administration to create a nationally coordinated travel promotion program to compete for overseas visitors who spend an average of $4,400 per person, per trip and are critical to America’s economic recovery.
- Department of Commerce comes only two weeks after the announcement that 633,000 fewer overseas travelers visited the United States in 2008 than in 2000, despite the fact that 48 million more international travelers took long-haul trips in 2008 than in 2000.
- The Travel Promotion Act is expected to be reintroduced in the 111th Congress in the coming weeks.
