I-Iraq ilungele ukuba yindawo yezokhenketho yexesha elizayo ibonisa iWTM Global Trends Report namhlanje (ngoMvulo we-8 kaNovemba).
Ingxelo, idibene ne-Euromonitor International, ibonisa ukuba ukhenketho lwase-Iraq lukhula ngokukhawuleza kunye nokwanda kwenani leenqwelomoya kunye nomthamo weehotele kulandela ukuphumelela kwelizwe kwiMarike yoKhenketho yeHlabathi ka-2009 - utyelelo lwalo lokuqala kumsitho worhwebo wokhenketho kunye nokhenketho iminyaka eli-10.
I-Iraq ibonakalisa umsitho omkhulu wokurhweba ngohambo kunye nokhenketho e-WTM 2010 njengoko ijonge kuthethathethwano ngotyalo-mali olungakumbi kwiziseko zayo zokhenketho emva kokuphela kwemfazwe ngo-2003.
Kulo nyaka uphelileyo igqiza lamagosa aphezulu ase-Iraq aye kwiMarike yoKhenketho yeHlabathi, owona msitho wehlabathi jikelele weshishini lezokhenketho, ukuqala inkqubo yokuvuselela ukhenketho kunye nokubeka i-Iraq kwimephu yokhenketho yehlabathi kwakhona.
Ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sesithathu seeprojekthi ezicwangcisiweyo sele ziqhuba kuquka nenani leehotele ezintsha zokuvula ukujongana noshishino nokhenketho lolonwabo. Iinqwelomoya ezinkulu zamazwe ngamazwe ezibandakanya iLufthansa kunye neAustrian Airlines nazo zithathe isigqibo sokuphinda ziqalise ukubhabha ukuya kwindawo ekuyiwa kuyo.
Kunyaka ophelileyo abatyeleli abaya e-Iraq baphelele kwi-1.3 yezigidi kunye nabakhenkethi bezenkolo, ubukhulu becala abavela e-Iran, ababalelwa kwinxalenye enkulu. Nangona kunjalo, abatyeleli bezoshishino nabo bayanda ngenzala ehlaziyiweyo evela kubatyali-mali baseGulf abanegalelo ekunyukeni kwama-58% kukhenketho loshishino kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
Ii-arhente zokuhamba zamazwe ngamazwe ezibandakanya i-Sharaf Travel (UAE) kunye neTerre Entière (eFransi) zisekwe e-Iraq ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, ngelixa iihotele ze-Safir kunye neeNdawo zokungcebeleka nazo zivule indawo ye-340 yegumbi eKarbala.
Ngo-2014, iihotele ezingama-700 kulindeleke ukuba zivulwe.
Ukuvulwa kweehotele kwixesha elizayo kubandakanya iRotana, eza kuvula ihotele yayo yokuqala e-Erbil ngaphambi kokuphela kuka-2010 kunye nezicwangciso ezongezelelweyo zokwandisa kwiimpawu zayo ze-Arjaan kunye ne-Centro. I-Rotana e-Baghdad icwangciselwe i-2012.
Ngaphaya koko, ihotele eneenkwenkwezi ezintlanu iDivan Erbil Park kunye neLe Royal Park Hotel ziya kuvula e-Erbil ngo-2011.
USihlalo we-World Travel Market u-Fiona Jeffery uthe: “Isigqibo se-Iraq sokuzisa abathunywa kwi-World Travel Market kulo nyaka uphelileyo sifike ngexesha elifanelekileyo ukuze kuphinde kuqale ukhenketho kule ndawo. Ilizwe libonelela ngomxube owahlukeneyo wembali, inkcubeko kunye namava awodwa onke avula indlela yendawo yawo njengendawo enika umdla nezayo.”
"I-Iraq ibonakalisa kwi-WTM 2010 ukufuna utyalo-mali olongezelelweyo kwishishini lezokhenketho inika ithuba elihle lokuba ibe yindawo yezokhenketho yexesha elizayo."
Intloko ye-Euromonitor yeHlabathi yoPhando lweHlabathi kunye noKhenketho uCaroline Bremner uthe: “Ikamva lezokhenketho lase-Iraq likhangeleka liqaqambile liqhutywa yimfuno yohambo lweshishini. Malunga nama-700 amacandelo eendawo zokuhlala abakhenkethi ekulindeleke ukuba avele kule minyaka mine izayo kuquka namagama amakhulu afana neRotana neMillennium kunye neCopthorne.”
Cofa ikhonkco elingezantsi ukujonga olu shicilelo lweendaba kwifomathi yevidiyo kwaye ufikelele kwikhowudi yokulungisa yehtml eya kuvumela ukufaka le vidiyo kwiwebhusayithi yakho: www.wtmlondon.com/Iraq
