USekela Ntloko ye-ICHTO yeMicimbi yezoKhenketho uManouchehr Jahanian uthe icandelo lezokhenketho lase-Iran libone ukunyuka kweepesenti ezingama-26 kwinani labakhenkethi bangaphandle xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elihambelana nalo kunyaka ophelileyo.
I-Iran itsale ngaphezu kwe-3.93 yezigidi zabakhenkethi bangaphandle kwiinyanga ezisixhenxe zokuqala zekhalenda ye-Iranian yangoku (eyaqala ngoMatshi 21, 2013), igosa le-Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organisation (ICHTO) lathi ngeCawa.
Ekuqaleni kuka-Epreli, uJahanian wathi, "Bangaphezu kwe-4.5 abakhenkethi bangaphandle abangene e-Iran kulo nyaka uphelileyo bedala imisebenzi yabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezi-2.5 ngokuthe ngqo okanye ngokungathanga ngqo ngokuchitha ngaphezulu kweebhiliyoni ezili-9 zeedola elizweni."
Uye waphawula ukuba uninzi lwabakhenkethi bangaphandle bevela eAzerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Turkey, India nasePakistan.
Igosa lalatha kwimozulu eyohlukeneyo kunye nobuninzi babakhenkethi kunye nemitsalane yembali njengezibonelelo zecandelo lezokhenketho lase-Iran.
Iphephandaba lase-US libhale ngoNovemba ukuba ishishini lokhenketho lase-Iran liye lakhula kwaye inani labakhenkethi bangaphandle abatyelela i-Iran liye landa kwiminyaka yakutshanje nangona i-US-ikhokelwa yizohlwayo ezijolise kuqoqosho lwelizwe.
"Imfuno yabakhenkethi bangaphandle ukuba batyelele i-Iran inyukile," iWashington Post yatsho kwinqaku elinesihloko esithi "Ukhenketho yindawo eqaqambileyo ye-Iran" nguJason Rezaian.
Ke ngoko, abakhenkethi bamazwe aphesheya ababona into entle baya kwilizwe abangazange bahambe kulo ngaphambili, yatsho yonke imihla.
Nangona ishishini lokuhamba lase-Iran lingekafikeleli koko abantu abaninzi base-Irani bacinga ukuba linokuba lilo lokwenyani, umkhwa kule minyaka yamva nje ibe kukukhula okungaphaya kwemiyinge yehlabathi.
Ukususela ngowama-2004 ukusa kowama-2010, inani labakhenkethi abatyelela amazwe angaphandle liye lanyuka nge-3.2 ekhulwini ehlabathini lonke, ngokutsho kweWorld Tourism Organization yeZizwe Ezimanyeneyo. Amanani e-Iran ngexesha elifanayo abonisa ukhenketho e-Iran lukhule ngekliphu ekhawulezayo (i-12.7 ekhulwini).
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Iphephandaba lase-US libhale ngoNovemba ukuba ishishini lokhenketho lase-Iran liye lakhula kwaye inani labakhenkethi bangaphandle abatyelela i-Iran liye landa kwiminyaka yakutshanje nangona i-US-ikhokelwa yizohlwayo ezijolise kuqoqosho lwelizwe.
- USekela Ntloko ye-ICHTO yeMicimbi yezoKhenketho uManouchehr Jahanian uthe icandelo lezokhenketho lase-Iran libone ukunyuka kweepesenti ezingama-26 kwinani labakhenkethi bangaphandle xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elihambelana nalo kunyaka ophelileyo.
- 93 million foreign tourists in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21, 2013), an official in Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) said on Sunday.
