Ukhenketho lwaseBotswana ngoku lubala iidola ezisixhenxe kwezoqoqosho

Uqoqosho lwaseBotswana lokuHamba kunye noKhenketho lukhule nge-3.4% ukuba ludlule kwi-2.5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngo-2018, kwaye ngoku lunikela phantse enye kuzo zonke iidola ezisixhenxe kuqoqosho lwelizwe, ngokweWorld Travel & Tourism Council's (WTTC) uphononongo lonyaka lwefuthe loqoqosho kunye nokubaluleka kwezentlalo kwicandelo olukhutshwe namhlanje.

The WTTC uphando oluthelekisa icandelo lokuHamba kunye noKhenketho kumazwe angama-185, lubonisa ukuba ngo-2018 icandelo le-Botswana Travel & Tourism:

• Ikhule nge-3.4%, inyusa nje i-avareji ye-Sub-Saharan Africa ye-3.3%.

• Inikele nge-US$2.52 yebhiliyoni kuqoqosho lwelizwe. Oku kumele i-13.4% yazo zonke iimpembelelo zoqoqosho eBotswana - okanye phantse enye kuzo zonke iidola ezisixhenxe kuqoqosho.

• Kuxhaswe imisebenzi engama-84,000, okanye i-8.9% yengqesho iyonke

• Yayiqhutywa ikakhulu ngabakhenkethi bezolonwabo: i-96% yenkcitho yoKhenketho noKhenketho kuqoqosho yenziwe ngabakhenkethi bolonwabo kunye ne-4% kuphela kubahambi bezoshishino.

• Ilinganiselwa ngamandla kuhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe: i-73% yenkcitho isuka kubakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe kunye ne-27% kuhambo lwasekhaya.

Ukuphawula ngamanani, uGloria Guevara, WTTC UMongameli kunye ne-CEO uthe: “I-Botswana lilitye elinqabileyo kwicandelo le-Afrika ekwi-Sub-Sahara le-Travel & Tourism. Likhaya kwezona ndawo zibalaseleyo zokhenketho eAfrika, njengeOkavango Delta, Chobe National Park kunye neCentral Kalahari Game Reserve.

“Kuyandivuyisa ukubona ukuba iBotswana iye yabhala omnye unyaka wolwando ngaphezu komyinge wengingqi, nto leyo ebonisa umsebenzi omhle kakhulu wolwando. WTTC Ilungu, uMyra T. Sekgororoane, iCEO yoMbutho wezoKhenketho waseBotswana, WTTCIqabane lokuqala leNdawo yokuFikela yaseAfrika.

"I-County kudala iyiqonda into yokuhamba noKhenketho ukuqhuba ukukhula koqoqosho, ukudala imisebenzi kunye nokukhuthaza uphuhliso lwentlalo."