IKenya isete intengiso yayo yezokhenketho eIndiya naseSpain, ifuna ukutsala iimarike ezintsha eAsia naseYurophu ukukhulisa ukukhula kwayo kwezokhenketho ukufikelela kwizigidi ezi-2.5 zokufika kwiminyaka emithathu ezayo.
IBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseKenya (KTB) ithe kule veki izakukhokela iiarhente zohambo lwasekhaya kwimishini yokuthengisa eIndiya naseSpain, ijonge ukutsalela abakhenkethi baseIndiya nabaseSpain ukuba batyelele iKenya.
Ngaphezulu kwe-10 yamaqabane ezorhwebo lwaseKenya aza kubonisa iindawo zabakhenkethi baseKenya eMumbai, eIndiya. Amaqabane kurhwebo lokuhamba asententeni ye-pitch kwiziko leMiboniso i-Bombay eMumbai ukuya kuthi ga kwabahambi eKenya kwi-Outbound Travel Mart (OTM) yeentsuku ezintathu.
I-OTM ngumboniso ohamba phambili ohamba phambili kwingingqi yeAsia-Pacific esebenza njengesango lokuya kweemarike ezinkulu zaseIndiya eKenya ngoku ejolise kuzo; Amagosa eNairobi axelele iBusiness Daily ekuqaleni kwale veki.
Umphathi omkhulu we-KTB u-Betty Radier uthe i-India ihlala iyimarike ebaluleke kakhulu apho iKenya ingaqhubeka nokukhulisa amanani ayo okufika kwezokhenketho afike malunga notyelelo lwe-125,032 kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ukukhula ngeepesenti eziyi-6.17 xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka ophelileyo.
I-India ibekwe phakathi kweentengiso eziphambili zaseKenya ezintlanu ezivela kwilizwekazi laseAsia kwaye ithathwa njengeyona ndawo ikhula ngokukhawuleza kwimarike yokuhamba. Imakethi yokuhamba ephumayo yaseIndiya kulindeleke ukuba ifikelele kwizigidi ezingama-50 zokundwendwela ngonyaka we-2020.
"I-India yintengiso ebalulekileyo eKenya kwaye sidwelise amanye amaphulo kunye notyalo-mali oluza kukhulisa ulwazi lwegama ngezemidlalo ezinje ngeCricket, igalufa, kunye nokwenza ifilimu" utshilo uNks Radier.
Uye wathi i-KTB kule veki izakube ibambe i-Filmfare, elona phephancwadi laziwa kakhulu le-Bollywood ngokudubula kwiimveliso ezahlukeneyo zokhenketho kunye namava eKenya ebonisa ithuba lokuba abenzi bemiboniso bhanyabhanya babonise eli lizwe laseAfrika njengendawo yokufota. I-India ibekwe phakathi kweentengiso eziphezulu zaseKenya ezintlanu ezivela eAsia.
Ukufika kwabakhenkethi baseKenya ngo-2018 bakhule ngeepesenti ezingama-37.33 ukusukela kunyaka ophelileyo ukuwela amanqaku amabini ezigidi okokuqala, bebeka ukukhula okukhulu kumvuzo kwi-Sh157 yezigidigidi. Iinkcukacha-manani zamva nje zibonisa ukuba ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezibini zabakhenkethi ebelindwendwele eli lizwe lase-Afrika ngonyaka ka-2018.
Ukurekhoda ukukhula okuhle kumacandelo okhenketho kunye nokuhamba ngenqwelomoya, iKenya ngoku ibonakalisa imeko entsha kuphuhliso lokhenketho lweMpuma Afrika kule minyaka ili-10 izayo ngengqikelelo ukuya kuthi ga kwipesenti ezintandathu (6%) ukukhula ngonyaka.
Iingxelo ezivela eNairobi zibonisa ukuba ukukhula kwezokhenketho kurekhodwe ukugqitha amanye amacandelo ezoqoqosho.
IBhunga leHlabathi loKhenketho noKhenketho (WTTC) ingxelo ibonisa ukuba ishishini lokhenketho laseKenya likhulu kunemigodi, imichiza, kunye necandelo lokwenziwa kweemoto edibene. Ixabiso lezoqoqosho kwishishini kunye necandelo lokuhamba ngokuzonwabisa libalelwa kwi-10 ekhulwini leMveliso yeLizwe yaseKenya (i-GDP), ephantse ilingane necandelo lebhanki laseKenya, ingxelo ibonisile.
