I-China idlulele phambili kwi-United States kwaye ikwindawo yokuba yindawo yesibini enkulu yentengiso yabakhenkethi eNew Zealand, ngokoPhando lwabakhenkethi bamaZwe ngamaZwe.
Uphando lweSebe lezoShishino, uTshintsho neNgqesho lubonise ukuba inkcitho kwezokhenketho ibizibhiliyoni ezi-5.6 zeerandi kunyaka ophele kweyeSilimela ngowama-2012.
Oku bekuthe tyaba kwinkcitho yonyaka ophelileyo ye-5.5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, nangona amanani abatyeleli enyuke nge-5 ekhulwini ukuya kwi-2.6 yezigidi.
Enye into eyayibalasele kolu vavanyo yayiyi-China, utshilo umphathi weSebe loPhando noVavanyo lwezoKhenketho uPeter Ellis.
“Ukuba ibingekho iNdebe yeHlabathi yoMbhoxo ngeli xesha besiza kubona ukuhla kwenkcitho yeendwendwe ezingaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-200 zeerandi.
“Nangona kunjalo, inkcitho evela kwabatyeleli baseTshayina inyuke ngeepesenti ezingama-27 ukuya kutsho kwiidola ezingama-522 ezigidi.
"I-China ngoku ikwindawo yesithathu enkulu yentengiso yabakhenkethi kwaye ineentloni ze-568 yezigidi zeedola ezichithwe ngabatyeleli abavela e-UK."
I-China yayisele iyifumene iJamani kunye ne-United States kwaye kungekudala iza kuba yintengiso yethu yesibini enkulu yabatyeleli, emva kwe-Australia, utshilo u-Ellis.
Inani labatyeleli baseOstreliya eNew Zealand lenyuke ngeepesenti ezi-6 ukuya kwi-1.17 yezigidi kodwa inkcitho yahlala ithe tyaba kwi-1.6 yeebhiliyoni zeedola.
Umkhenkethi ngamnye uchithe umyinge weentsuku eziyi-19.4 elizweni, ezantsi ukusuka kwiintsuku ezingama-20.1 zonyaka ophele ngoJuni ka-2011.
Umyinge wenkcitho ibingama-2300 eerandi.
UPhando lweeNdwendwe lweHlabathi lusekwe kudliwano-ndlebe nabakhenkethi abangama-5200 ngonyaka abasuka kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zaseNew Zealand.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “Ukuba ibingekho iNdebe yeHlabathi yoMbhoxo ngeli xesha besiza kubona ukuhla kwenkcitho yeendwendwe ezingaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-200 zeerandi.
- I-China idlulele phambili kwi-United States kwaye ikwindawo yokuba yindawo yesibini enkulu yentengiso yabakhenkethi eNew Zealand, ngokoPhando lwabakhenkethi bamaZwe ngamaZwe.
- “China is now our third-largest tourist market and just shy of the $568 million spent by visitors from the UK.