Ukunyuka okungaqhelekanga kwe-Ethiopia njengendawo yokuya kunye ne-hub yokudlulisa uhambo olude oluya kwi-Sub-Saharan Africa ibonakaliswe kwizinto ezifunyenweyo zamva nje ezivela kwi-ForwardKeys eqikelela iipatheni zokuhamba ezizayo ngokuhlalutya i-17 yezigidi zeentengiselwano zokubhukisha indiza ngosuku.

Idatha ibonisa ukuba i-Addis Ababa (i-capital yase-Ethiopia) ikhulise umthamo wayo wabakhweli bokudluliselwa kwamanye amazwe kwi-Afrika engaphantsi kwe-Sahara, iminyaka emihlanu ngokulandelelana (2013-17). Ikwaqaqambisa ukuba isikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Addis Ababa sase-Bole, esaphuculwa ngoku nge-terminal entsha, ngexabiso le-345m yeedola, sigqithise i-Dubai njengesango elikhokelela kulo mmandla, ngokusekelwe kulo mlinganiso.

Iziphumo zakhutshwa ngabakwaForwardKeys kwiQonga leeNkokheli leeNkokheli zeHlabathi leBhunga lezoKhenketho e-Afrika eStellenbosch, eMzantsi Afrika.

Ubuncinci ukonyuka kwe-Ethiopia ekubhukishweni kwenqwelomoya kubalelwa kukuzithemba okutsha emva kohlaziyo olwenziwa yiNkulumbuso uAbiy Ahmed oko wathatha isikhundla ngo-Epreli. Oku kuquka ukutyikitya isivumelwano soxolo ne-Eritrea ngoJulayi, umgaqo-nkqubo omtsha we-e-visa owasungulwa ngoJuni, ovumela bonke abatyeleli bamazwe ngamazwe ukuba bafake isicelo se-visa ekhompyutheni kunye nesithembiso sokuvula iimarike zase-Ethiopia kutyalo-mali lwabucala.

Ukubhukishwa kwamazwe ngamazwe kwe-Ethiopia, ixesha elisusela ngoNovemba ukuya kuJanuwari wonyaka ozayo, lihamba phambili ngaphezu kwe-40% ngexesha elifanayo kwi-2017 - kakuhle phambi kwazo zonke ezinye iindawo e-Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ngelixa iindwendwe eziya e-Ethiopia kunye ne-Afrika iphela e-Sub-Saharan zivela kwihlabathi lonke, iYurophu ilawula njengomthombo wentengiso, ngokweziphumo; ikhule nge-4% ukusukela ekuqaleni konyaka. Ngokwahlukileyo, ukukhula kwabatyeleli abasuka kwingingqi ye-Asia Pacific kuyacotha, kunyuke nge-1% ukusukela ekuqaleni konyaka.

I-ForwardKeys yalatha ukuba elinye lawona mathuba aphambili eendawo zokuya kulo mmandla kukuphumla kulawulo lwee-visa kubakhenkethi bamanye amazwe. Umzekelo unikwe imarike yaseTshayina, ngoku eyona inamandla ehlabathini ngamanani abantu kunye nenkcitho. Ngokwedatha ye-ForwardKeys, imigaqo-nkqubo ye-visa ekhululekileyo ibe nefuthe loguqulo kukhenketho lwaseTshayina ukuya eMorocco naseTunisia kwiminyaka yakutshanje, inyusa kakhulu amanani abatyeleli.

KuMzantsi Afrika, unyaka wama-2018 ibingunyaka ocela umngeni-ingxaki yamanzi, kunye nenkampani yesizwe ethwala imithwalo ejongene nexesha elinzima loshishino. Kodwa umthamo wezihlalo ngoku ubonisa iimpawu ezikhuthazayo, zilungele ukuthontelana okutsha kweendwendwe.

U-Olivier Ponti, i-VP Insights, i-ForwardKeys, uthe: “I-Afrika ekwi-Sub-Sahara yimarike yamathuba. Kuwo wonke ummandla, abathwali bonyusa umthamo wezihlalo kwiinqwelomoya zamazwe ngamazwe ngeepesenti ezintandathu ngokomyinge; luphawu olukhuthazayo olo. Ukuba oorhulumente abaninzi balandela umzekelo wokuhamba phambili obekwe yi-Ethiopia, kubandakanya ukunciphisa ungquzulwano kunye nokusebenzisa izibonelelo ezinokuvela kwimigaqo-nkqubo ye-visa ekhululekileyo, ndingalindela ukubona ukukhula okunempilo kukhenketho ngo-2019. "

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These include signing a peace deal with Eritrea in July, a new e-visa policy introduced in June, which allows all international visitors to apply for a visa on line and a promise to open Ethiopia's markets to private investment.
Ukunyuka okungaqhelekanga kwe-Ethiopia njengendawo yokuya kunye ne-hub yokudlulisa uhambo olude oluya kwi-Sub-Saharan Africa ibonakaliswe kwizinto ezifunyenweyo zamva nje ezivela kwi-ForwardKeys eqikelela iipatheni zokuhamba ezizayo ngokuhlalutya i-17 yezigidi zeentengiselwano zokubhukisha indiza ngosuku.
At least some of Ethiopia's increase in international flight bookings is being attributed to new-found confidence in the wake of reforms carried out by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed since he took office in April.