The I-WTM Global Travel Report, ngokubambisana ne-Tourism Economics, ipapashelwe ukuphawula ukuvulwa kweWTM London yalo nyaka, esona siganeko sinempembelelo ehlabathini kwezohambo nokhenketho.
Inani labakhenkethi bezolonwabo kulo mmandla ngo-2023 kulindeleke ukuba lifikelele kwizigidi ezingama-33, xa lithelekiswa nezigidi ezingama-29 ngo-2019. Oku kunyuka kwe-13% kuthetha ukuba uMbindi Mpuma kuphela kwengingqi ebuyiswe ngokupheleleyo kubhubhane ngomthamo. Xa kulinganiswa ngokweedola, uMbindi Mpuma ukhokela indlela, ngokwemiqathango yokukhula, ngokunyuka kwe-46% kwinkcitho engenayo xa kuthelekiswa no-2019.
UMbindi Mpuma uphinda uphumelele yonke eminye imimandla yokuhamba ekhaya, ekhule nge-176% ukusukela ngo-2019, nangona isuka kwisiseko esisezantsi.
Impumelelo yokuchacha kommandla kulo bhubhani iqhutywa yiSaudi Arabia kunye ne-United Arab Emirates, ngokuzibophelela kwabo kukhenketho kubonisa iimpawu zempumelelo. Ingxelo iphawula ukuba "omabini la mazwe atyala imali eninzi kwiziseko zokhenketho, ejonga uphuhliso lokhenketho njengeyona ndlela iphambili yokwahluka ekuthembekeni kweehydrocarbons."
Ukungena kunye nekhaya kuzo zombini iimarike zibuyiselwe ngokupheleleyo kubhubhane. Kwi-Saudi, i-inbound idlula i-2019 nge-66% ngokwemiqathango yedola, kunye ne-UAE ibhalisa ukunyuka kwe-21%. Kutyelelo lwangaphakathi, amazwe angaphambili ngama-37% nama-66% ngokulandelelanayo.
Unyaka olandelayo ukwajongeka ulungile kwimarike yangaphakathi kunye neyekhaya ngokubanzi kunye neemarike zayo ezimbini ezinkulu. "I-Saudi Arabia iya kukhokelela ekukhuleni ngenxa yamalungiselelo amatsha e-visa kunye nophuhliso oluqhubekayo lwezakhono," itsho ingxelo, iphinda iphawule "ikhono kunye nomnqweno we-Dubai wokutsala kunye nokusingatha iminyhadala emikhulu yazo zonke iintlobo ..." Umfanekiso uyafana wasekhaya, kunye neSaudi kunye ne-UAE yomeleza isikhundla sabo sobunkokeli ngo-2024.
Umfanekiso wexesha elide ufanelekile kummandla kunye neSaudi ngokukodwa. Kule minyaka ilishumi izayo, ixabiso lokhenketho olungenayo elizweni liya kunyuka ngama-74%, xa lithelekiswa neprofayili yokukhula kweemarike ezisele zimisiwe ezifana neSpain (74%) neFransi (72%).
UJuliette Losardo, uMlawuli weMboniso, kwiMarike yokuHamba yeHlabathi yaseLondon, uthe: “UMbindi Mpuma ngowona mmandla unomdla nonamandla kukhenketho. Iziphumo ezilungileyo ezivela kwiNgxelo ye-WTM Global Travel Report zibonisa ukuba utyalo-mali lokuqala olwenziwe ekuphuhliseni iziseko ezitsha zokhenketho sele luhlawula izabelo.
"Iqela le-WTM liyaqhubeka nokusebenza ngokusondeleyo nomsitho wethu, i-Arabian Travel Market, ukuqinisekisa inkxaso eqhubekayo kulo mmandla kwiinzame zabo eziqhubekayo."
