Ukufika kwezokhenketho eGuam kwiiPhilippines

IMatua Agupa Corp., ingalo yentengiso yeZiko leeNdwendwe laseGuam eManila, iqikelela ukonyuka kwepesenti ezi-5 ukuya kwipesenti ezisibhozo kubahambi bakwiiPhilippines ukuya kummandla wesiqithi ngexesha lika-8.

IMatua Agupa Corp., ingalo yentengiso yeZiko leeNdwendwe laseGuam eManila, iqikelela ukonyuka kwepesenti ezi-5 ukuya kwipesenti ezisibhozo kubahambi bakwiiPhilippines ukuya kummandla wesiqithi ngexesha lika-8.

Kudliwanondlebe ngexesha leNkomfa yezoRhwebo yaseGuam ngoJuni 30, uHerbert P. Arabelo Jr., umongameli waseMatua Agupa, uxelele IJenali ukuba ukukhula okucingelwayo kubonakalisa ukubuyela kwimeko yentengiso yezokhenketho kwihlabathi. Ukhenketho kwihlabathi liphela luthambe ngenxa yokudodobala koqoqosho olukhulu e-US, eYurophu nase-Asiya.

Idatha evela kwi-GVB ibonise ukuba ukusuka ngoJanuwari ukuya ku-Epreli 2009, abafikayo abavela kwiiPhilippines bakhupha iipesenti ezi-3 ukuya kwi-3,877 ukusuka kwi-3,764 kwangelo xesha linye kunyaka ophelileyo. Inani elipheleleyo lokufika ukusuka kwiiPhilippines ukusuka kuJanuwari ukuya kuDisemba 2008 yayili-10,867, inyuke ngama-24.3 epesenti ukusuka kuma-8,744 abafika kwangexesha elifanayo ngo-2007.

U-Arabelo uqaphele ukuba ukufika kwabantu bakwiiPhilippines kuthintela ukwehla ngokubanzi ekufikeni kwabo eGuam, abathi kangangeenyanga ezine, kwehla nge-7 yeepesenti ukuya kuma-369,163 ukusuka kuma-396,864 ngexesha elinye ngo-2008.

Okona kwehla kubakhenkethi abafike eGuam ngexesha likaJanuwari-Epreli 2009 bavela kwiimarike zabo eziphambili zaseJapan, ezathi zatsalwa ngeepesenti ezi-4.1 ukuya kuma-296,746; neKorea, behle ngeepesenti ezingama-37.3 ukuya kuma-24,117. Okunye ukuncipha kwaphawulwa kubahambi abasuka kwiiNorthern Mariana Islands kwipesenti ezi-6.5 ukuya kuma-5,223; IPalau kwiipesenti ezili-14.3 ukuya kuma-854; Hong Kong kwiipesenti ezingama-49.2 ukuya kuma-845; IOstreliya ngama-9.5 ekhulwini ukuya kuma-717; naseYurophu ngeepesenti ezi-5.1 ukuya kuma-571.

Ukufika ngolwandle ngokufanayo kwehle ngeepesenti ezingama-26.1 ukuya kuma-4,330 ukusuka kuma-5,857 XNUMX.

U-Arabelo ucacisile ukuba ukusukela ngeyoMqungu ukuya kweyoKwindla ngo-2009, ukufika kwabantu bakwiiPhilippines kwehle kakhulu nge-17 leepesenti ukuya kuma-2,193 ukusuka kuma-2,641 kwangexesha elifanayo kunyaka ophelileyo. “Kodwa oku kucinywe ngamanani ka-Epreli kuphela. Ukusukela oko iholide yehlobo iqale apha kwiiPhilippines, iqela labantu bakwiiPhilippines bebesiya eGuam, utshilo. Ngo-Epreli kuphela, abahambi bakwiiPhilippines besiya kumhlaba wesiqithi benyuka ngeepesenti ezingama-50 ukuya kwi-1,684 xa kuthelekiswa nabafika ngo-Epreli 2008 ababengu-1,123 kuphela.

Ithagethi yonyaka ozayo iyasilela kulindelo lwangaphambili lwamagosa aseMatua Agupa okuzisa abakhenkethi abangama-50,000 2010 bakwiiPhilippines eGuam ngo-50,000. (Jonga "i-GVB ijolise kubakhenkethi abangama-13 2005 abasuka kwiiPhilippines," kuhlelo lukaJuni XNUMX, XNUMX lweJenali.)

Ngeli xesha, u-Arabelo uthe ukwehliswa kweenqwelo moya kunye neephakeji zokuhamba zonyusa inani labakhenkethi bakwiiPhilippines ukuya eGuam ngexesha leenyanga ezine. “[Iinqwelo-moya zasePhilippine] zisike uhambo oluya e-Guam ukuya kwi-US $ 110 [ukusuka kwi-US $ 250]. Izwekazi ngokufanayo lehlise amaxabiso alo aya kwi-US $ 200 yokujikeleza [ukusuka kwi-US $ 300] ngehlobo, ”utshilo. I-PAL ikwabonelela ngeephakeji zokhenketho kubatyeleli baseGuam.

Ukutyhala ngakumbi abakhenkethi bakwiiPhilippines ukuba baye eGuam, uMatua Agupa ucwangcise ukhuphiswano lwegalufa ngo-Okthobha eGuam phakathi kwabafundi beDyunivesithi yaseDe La Salle kunye neYunivesithi yaseAnna de Manila. Iiyunivesithi ngokwesiqhelo bezikhuphisana kwizifundo nakwezemidlalo. Itumente yegalufa iya kubandakanya abadlali abayi-140.

“Kukwakho nohlanga lwe-Guam Ko'ko 'Road Race ngomhla we-18 ku-Okthobha ozakubanjwa ngaxeshanye neGuam Micronesia Island Fair ngo-Okthobha 16 ukuya ku-18,” apho umPhilippines, uPepito Deapera, "azobuyiselwa khona ayokukhusela isihloko sakhe, ”Utshilo u-Arabelo. UDeapera uphumelele isiqingatha semarathon kunyaka ophelileyo.

Isivumelwano sikaMatua Agupa esihlaziyiweyo kunye ne-GVB sisusela kunyaka-mali ka-2008 saya kunyaka-mali ka-2010, apho inkampani yasePhilippines ifumana umrhumo wokugcina imali efikelela kwi-US $ 4,000 ngenyanga “engatshintshanga ukusukela ngo-2006,” okanye i-US $ 48,000 ngonyaka. Ukubandakanya inkxaso-mali kwiiprojekthi zayo, uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwenkampani luye lwahlala kwi-US $ 100,000, kuba le nto yehliswa ngo-2006 ukusuka kwi-US $ 150,000 ngo-2005 xa yayiqala ukuqeshwa njengommeli wentengiso kwiiPhilippines.

Kuphuhliso olunxulumene noko, idatha ye-GVB ikwabonisa ukuba kunyaka-mali ka-2009, bekukho abantu abangama-6,942 bakwiiPhilippines abaye eGuam ukusuka nge-1 ka-Okthobha ka-2008, ukuya ku-Epreli 30, 2009, banyuka nge-4.7 yeepesenti ukusuka kwabafika i-6,630 ukusuka ngo-Okthobha 1, 2007 ukuya ku-Epreli. 30, 2008. Ngonyaka-mali ka-2008 (ukusukela ngo-Okthobha ka-2007 ukuya kuSeptemba ka-2008), bebonke abafikayo bakwiiPhilippines bafikelela kwi-10,668, benyuka ngeepesenti ezingama-31 ukusuka kwabayi-8,166 abaya eGuam ngo-2007. yethuba.

Ngokwedatha efanayo, ukusuka nge-Okthobha 1, 2008, ukuya nge-30 ka-Epreli 2009, ukwehla okubonakalayo kwarekhodwa ekufikeni kweJapan (phantsi kweepesenti ezingama-8.9 ukuya kuma-490,340); Korea (ezantsi ngama-31.4 eepesenti ukuya kuma-43,848); I-NMI (yehle nge-10.7 yepesenti ukuya kwi-9,468); naseHawaii (ezantsi ngeepesenti ezi-4.5 ukuya kuma-5,583).

Ukufika kwabakhenkethi bebonke eGuam ngo-2008 (ukusuka ngo-Okthobha 1, 2007, ukuya kuSeptemba 30, 2008) kwehle nge-3.6 yeepesenti ukuya kwi-1.18 yezigidi ukusuka kwi-1.22 yezigidi.

Ikhalenda ka-2008 izise abakhenkethi abasisigidi esi-1.14 eGuam kunye neJapan ebala elona nani likhulu ngama-849,831; kulandele amaKorea kwi-110,548; iindwendwe ezivela kwilizwekazi laseMelika, ezingama-42,564; AbaseTaiwan, abangama-22,592; kunye neendwendwe ezivela kwi-NMI, 17,429. Ukufika ngolwandle kumelwe ngama-48,592.

UDavid B. Tydingco, ongusihlalo we-GVB owayeseManila kwinkomfa yeMishini yoRhwebo eGuam, uvakalise ukuzithemba kwakhe ukuba ukuvuselelwa koqoqosho lwehlabathi kuza kuphinda kuzise abakhenkethi kwesi siqithi.

Wongeze ngelithi ukuhanjiswa kwamajoni angama-8,000 ase-US asuka e-Okinawa, kunye nabantu abayi-9,000 abaxhomekeke kubo, kuya kuvusa umdla ngakumbi eGuam njengendawo yabakhenkethi.

Kwingxelo yayo kaJanuwari, uMbutho wezoKhenketho weHlabathi weZizwe eziManyeneyo waqikelela ukhenketho lwehlabathi lokuntywila phakathi kwe-zero kunye ne-2 yeepesenti ngo-2009, ngenxa yokuqhubeka kwesiphumo sokudodobala kwezoqoqosho kwihlabathi. Oku kuya kuba kukutshintsha okuvela kwiipesenti ezi-2 zokukhula okurekhodwe ngo-2008.

Ngaphandle kokuthamba ngokubanzi kwemarike yokhenketho yehlabathi, i UNWTO uqikelele ukuba uqoqosho lwase-Asiya nolwePasifiki lunokuthi lubone amanani aqinisekileyo ekufikeni kwabo kwabakhenkethi, "nangona ukukhula kuya kuqhubeka kucotha kakhulu xa kuthelekiswa nokusebenza kommandla kwiminyaka yakutshanje."

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