Ukulandela isiphelo esinzima ukuya ku-2020, ukhenketho lwehlabathi lube nezithintelo ngonyaka ka-2021 njengoko amazwe aye aqinisa izithintelo zokuhamba ukuphendula ukuqhambuka kwentsholongwane entsha.
Obekekileyo. UNajib Balala akazange anikezele. Uwongwe ngewonga le-a IQhawe lezoKhenketho nge World Tourism Network, wenza into eyayiza kwenziwa yinkokeli yokwenene – akazange ayilahle inqanawa.
Ngamaxesha obunzima, ishishini lokhenketho kunye nokhenketho laye layeka ngenxa yokusasazeka kobhubhani we-COVID-19, kwaye uBalala wabonwa njengophawu lwenkuthazo e-Afrika nangaphaya.
Ngophawu olukhulayo lwethemba kunye nemarike entsha enokubakho, ingxelo yaseKenya esandula ukukhutshwa yowama-2021 malunga neSimo soShishino lokuHamba noKhenketho kweli lizwe laseMpuma Afrika ligcina imali ngamathuba amatsha kunye namanani afikayo akhula ngokuthe ngcembe.
Ekupheleni kukaSeptemba ka-2021, abakhenkethi abafikayo kwihlabathi liphela bebesezantsi nge-20% kunexesha elifanayo ngo-2020, kunye ne-76% ngaphantsi kwamanqanaba ka-2019 (UNWTO ibharometer 2021). AmaMerika arekhoda ezona ziphumo zinamandla kwiinyanga ezili-9 zokuqala zika-2021, kunye nokufika kwe-1% xa kuthelekiswa no-2020 kodwa kusengama-65% ngaphantsi kwamanqanaba angama-2019.
IYurophu yabona ukuhla kwe-8% xa kuthelekiswa ne-2020, eyi-69% ngaphantsi kwe-2019. E-Asia nasePacific, abafikayo babengama-95% ngaphantsi kwamanqanaba angama-2019 njengoko iindawo ezininzi zokuya kuzo zahlala zivaliwe ukuhamba okungabalulekanga. I-Afrika kunye noMbindi Mpuma zirekhode i-77% kunye ne-82% yehla ngokulandelelanayo xa kuthelekiswa no-2019.
Ukufika eKenya bevela kumazwe ase-Afrika kwaba ngolu hlobo lulandelayo:
- Uganda - 80,067
- Tanzania - 74,051
- Somalia - 26,270
- ENigeria - 25,399
- iRwanda – 24,665
- I-Ethiopia - 21,424
- South Sudan - 19,892
- eMzantsi Afrika – 18,520
- I-DRC - 15,731
- Burundi - 13,792
Ukufika eKenya bevela eMelika:
- USA-136,981
- Canada - 13,373
- EMexico - 1,972
- IBrazil - 1,208
- eKholombiya-917
- IArgentina - 323
- EJamaica-308
- eChile – 299
- Cuba - 169
- Peru - 159
Ukufika eKenya ukusuka eAsia:
- IIndiya - 42,159
- I-China-31,610
- Pakistan - 21,852
- IJapan - 2,081
- I-S.Korea - 2,052
- Sri Lanka - 2,022
- IiPhilippines - 1,774
- Bagladesh – 1,235
- INepal – 604
- Kazakhstan - 509
Ukufika eKenya ukusuka eYurophu:
- UK - 53,264
- IsiJamani - 27,620
- IFransi - 18,772
- ENetherlands - 12,928
- ElamaTaliyane - 12,207
- ISpain - 10,482
- ESweden - 10,107
- Poland - 9,809
- ISwitzerland - 6,535
- EBelgium-5,697
Ukufika eKenya ukusuka kuMbindi Mpuma:
- AmaSirayeli - 2,572
- Iran - 1,809
- ISaudi Arabia - 1,521
- Yemen - 1,109
- I-UAE - 853
- ILebhanon-693
- Oman - 622
- IJordani-538
- Qatar - 198
- eSiriya - 195
Ukufika eKenya ukusuka eOceania
- Ostreliya - 3,376
- ENew Zealand - 640
- eFiji – 128
- Nauru - 67
- IPapua Guinea – 19
- Vanuatu – 10
Sasiyintoni isizathu sokuba iindwendwe zifike eKenya ngo-2021:
- Ikhefu / iHolide / uKhenketho: 34.44%
- Ukutyelela Abahlobo: 29.57%
- UShishino kunye neeNtlanganiso (iiMICE): 26.40%
- Ukuhamba: 5.36%
- Imfundo: 2.19%
- Ezonyango: 1.00%
- Unqulo: 0.81%
- Imidlalo: 0.24%
PI-assenger Landings: 2019 xa kuthelekiswa no-2020
Ngo-2020, imivuzo yokhenketho iyonke ibingama-780,054,000 e-US$. Ngo-2021, imivuzo inyuke yaya kutsho kwi-US$1,290,495,840.
Ukonyuka kuqale ngokucacileyo kwikota yesi-4 ka-2020 kwaye ikota nganye inyuke ngo-2021 emva kokusezantsi kwikota yesi-3 ka-2020.
Ukususela ngoJanuwari ukuya kuSeptemba ka-2021, ukuhlaliswa kweebhedi kunyuke ukuya kutsho kwi-4,138,821 xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo ngo-2020 (2,575,812) erekhoda ukubuyiswa kwe-60.7%.
Ukusukela ngoJanuwari ukuya kutsho kuSeptemba ka-2021, ukukhula okuncomekayo kumagumbi obusuku be-3,084,957 kwaqatshelwa xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo ngo-2020 (1,986,465) ebonisa ukukhula kwe-55.3%.
Ubusuku bokulala basekhaya bukhule nge-101.3% phakathi kwe-2020 kunye ne-2021, ngelixa ubusuku bokulala bamazwe ngamazwe bukhule nge-0.05%. Ezi ndlela zokubuyisela ukulala ebusuku ziluphawu lokuba icandelo lokwamkela iindwendwe eKenya lixhaswe kakhulu kuhambo lwasekhaya ngo-2021.
Amanyathelo axhase ukubuyiswa kwecandelo lezokhenketho laseKenya ngo-2021
Amaphulo asekhaya-eKenya: Inanitosha, #Hlala-ekhaya-ngohambo-ngomso ukuxhasa umnxeba owenziwa UNWTO.
Imikhankaso yamazwe ngamazwe - Ubambiswano kunye ne-Expedia kunye neQatar Airways, i-Lastminute.com, amaphulo enkuthazo yorhwebo e-UK naseMntla Melika, kunye nohambo lweefam.
IKenya ibambe iMagical Kenya Open, iWRC, iSafari Rally, kunye neWorld Athletics enabathathi-nxaxheba abangaphantsi kwama-20.
IKenya ikwathathe inxaxheba kwiWorld Travel Market Africa eKapa, iMagical Kenya Travel Expo, kunye ne-ITB ebonakalayo.
Ukuxhathisa kulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle kubandakanya ukuqala koMnyhadala weMagical Kenya Tembo Naming kunye nokwazisa ngenqwelomoya ye-KQ eneentlobo zeempawu.
Iiprojekthi zeziseko ezingundoqo zibandakanya ukuvuselelwa kukaloliwe waseNairobi - eNanyuki naseNairobi - eKisumu, ukonyuka kwamaxesha e-SGR kunye nezibonelelo zokhenketho ekudaleni iipakethe ezintsha, ukwandiswa kweendlela elizweni lonke, kunye nokuhlaziya izakhiwo zesikhululo seenqwelomoya.
Amanyathelo ecandelo kunye nezinto ezintsha ezibandakanya iinqwelomoya ezintsha zasekhaya kunye nokuqaliswa kweendlela ezintsha zomoya, indawo yokuhlala, kunye nezibonelelo zenkomfa eziphucula iiprothokholi zaseKenya ezinomlingo, iintlanganiso ezixubileyo, iiphakheji, kunye namaxabiso ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zomhambi omtsha wasekhaya.
Ukuphunyezwa koMbono oMtsha woKhenketho lwaseKenya kuqale kwikota yesithathu yowama-2021.
Isebe laseKenya lezoKhenketho kunye neZilwanyana zaseNdle belisebenza kukhuseleko lwezilwanyana zasendle, lithintela ukuba inani leendlovu nemikhombe linyuke.
Inkonzo ibona ukuqhubeka kokuchacha kancinci kwecandelo lokuhamba kunye nokhenketho kunyaka ka-2022, ilindele ukuba iirisithi ezingenayo kunye nabafikayo zikhule phakathi kwe-10-20% ukusuka ngo-2021.
I-Ofisi yoMphathiswa icebisa oku kulandelayo ukuqinisekisa ukukhula okuqhubekayo kweemarike zabatyeleli kunye nokusebenzisa amathuba amatsha.
- Yandisa kwaye uphucule ushishino lwezophapho lwaseKenya. I-JKIA (iSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseNairobi) idinga indawo yangoku yamazwe ngamazwe enikezela ngamava afanelekileyo nanobubele kubathengi.
- Kukho imfuneko engxamisekileyo yokwandisa ukunda kunye nesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseMalindi.
- Esinye isindululo kuphuhliso lweziko elitsha lendibano elinamandla anamhlanje kunye nesaneleyo.
- IKenya ikwabona iimarike zokhenketho ezingasetyenziswanga.
Iimarike ebezikade zingabekwanga phezulu zinethuba lokukhula kakhulu. Ezo marike zokhenketho zangaphakathi ziquka iFransi, iSweden, iPoland, iMexico, i-Israel, i-Iran, i-Australia, iSwitzerland, iNetherlands, neBelgium.
Ulwazi oluthe vetshe ngokhenketho eKenya lunokufumaneka kwiwebhusayithi ye Ibhodi yezoKhenketho yaseKenya.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Ngamaxesha obunzima, ishishini lokhenketho kunye nokhenketho laye layeka ngenxa yokusasazeka kobhubhani we-COVID-19, kwaye uBalala wabonwa njengophawu lwenkuthazo e-Afrika nangaphaya.
- Ngophawu olukhulayo lwethemba kunye nemarike entsha enokubakho, ingxelo yaseKenya esandula ukukhutshwa yowama-2021 malunga neSimo soShishino lokuHamba noKhenketho kweli lizwe laseMpuma Afrika ligcina imali ngamathuba amatsha kunye namanani afikayo akhula ngokuthe ngcembe.
- From January to September 2021, bed occupancy increased to a total of 4,138,821 as compared to the same period in 2020 (2,575,812) recording a recovery of 60.