- Iindawo zokhenketho zaseCaribbean ziyaqhubeka nohambo lwazo ukuya kufana nokuqheleka.
- Ngelixa ukufika kwabakhenkethi kuqhubekeka nokushiya amanani angaphambi kobhubhane, ukusebenza kwesiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka kunyuswe yikota yesibini.
- Ukuphela kukaMeyi abafikayo babe kwizigidi ezi-5.2, behle ngama-30.8% kwixesha elihambelanayo ngowama-2020, ngokungcono kakhulu kunomndilili wehlabathi wehle nge-65.1%.
Njengoko iindawo zokhenketho zaseCaribbean ziqhubeka nohambo lwazo oluya kufana nokuqheleka, idatha yokuqala evela kumazwe angamalungu oMbutho wezoKhenketho kwiCaribbean (i-CTO) ityhila ukuba lo mmandla wawudlula wonke umhlaba kwisiqingatha sokuqala sika-2021.
Ngeli xesha, ukufika kwabakhenkethi bamanye amazwe kwi Caribbean ifikelele kwi-6.6 yezigidi, emele ukwehla nge-12.0 yeepesenti xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kunyaka ophelileyo. Ukuphela kukaMeyi abafikayo babekwi-5.2 yezigidi, behle ngeepesenti ezingama-30.8 zexesha elihambelana ne-2020, ngokungcono kakhulu kunomyinge wehlabathi wehle ngeepesenti ezingama-65.1. Kwezona ndawo ziphambili zihlalutyiweyo, Amazwe aseMelika, kubandakanya iCaribbean, abhalise ukwehla ngepesenti ye-46.9, kungenjalo, awukho omnye ummandla owenze ngcono kunokuwa kweepesenti ezingama-63.
Ngelixa abakhenkethi abafikayo beqhubeka nokusilela kwinani laphambi kobhubhane, ukusebenza kwesiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka kunyuswe yikota yesibini xa ukundwendwela abakhenkethi ebusuku Caribbean utsibe phakathi kwamaxesha alishumi kunye nama-37 amakhulu kunalawo kwiinyanga ezihambelanayo ngo-2020. Ngokupheleleyo, kubekho ukuphucuka okuzinzileyo, njengoko amanani okufika enyuke ukusuka kwisigidi esinye ngo-Epreli ukuya kwisigidi esi-1.2 ngoMeyi ukuya kwisigidi esi-1.5 ngoJuni, ngokweenkcukacha ezihlanganisiweyo liSebe lophando le-CTO.
Phakathi kwezizathu zekota yesibini eyomeleleyo yayikukunyuka kohambo oluphumayo olusuka kwintengiso yommandla, eUnited States, apho utyelelo lwabakhenkethi lwafikelela kwizigidi ezi-4.3 kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka, ukonyuka ngeepesenti ezingama-21.7. Ezinye izinto ezinegalelo zibandakanya ukunciphisa ezinye izithintelo zokuhamba kunye nokunyuka kwenqwelomoya.
“Le yimiqondiso ekhuthazayo yokuba umsebenzi onzima owenziwe ngamazwe angamalungu ethu ekuziqhelaniseni nemeko etshintshayo yalo bhubhani sele uqala ukuhlawula izabelo,” utshilo uNeil Walters, Umbutho woKhenketho kwiCaribbeanunobhala jikelele obambeleyo. “Njengokuba sisamkela ingcinga yokubuyisela kwimeko yesiqhelo kunye namathuba asinike wona ubhubhane, kufuneka siqhubeke nokukhumbula imiceli mngeni esijongene nayo ngoku kunye nemingeni enokubakho kwimeko eguqukayo njengobhubhane onokubonisa. Icandelo lezokhenketho kwiCaribbean laziwa njengelinye lawona mazwe anyanisekileyo ehlabathini. ”
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- While the tourist arrivals continued to lag pre-pandemic numbers, the first half year performance was boosted by a second quarter spurt when overnight tourist visits to the Caribbean jumped between ten and 37 times greater than those in the corresponding months in 2020.
- Njengoko iindawo zokhenketho zaseCaribbean ziqhubeka nohambo lwazo oluya kufana nokuqheleka, idatha yokuqala evela kumazwe angamalungu oMbutho wezoKhenketho kwiCaribbean (i-CTO) ityhila ukuba lo mmandla wawudlula wonke umhlaba kwisiqingatha sokuqala sika-2021.
- “Even as we embrace a recovery mindset and the opportunities the pandemic has given us, we must continue to be mindful of the challenges we currently face and the potential challenges a dynamic situation like the pandemic can present.
