Ukuhamba kunye noKhenketho eKenya lakhula ngokukhawuleza kunomndilili wengingqi kwaye kakhulu ngaphezulu kolunye uqoqosho kwi-Afrika ekwi-Sub-Saharan, ngokophando olutsha oluvela kwi-World Travel & Tourism Council.
Kwi-2018, uKhenketho noKhenketho lukhule nge-5.6% ukufaka igalelo kwi-KSHS 790 yezigidigidi kunye ne-1.1 yezigidi zemisebenzi kuqoqosho lwaseKenya. Eli nqanaba lokukhula likhawuleza kunomyinge wehlabathi we-3.9% kunye ne-Afrika eseMazantsi eSahara umyinge we-3.3%.
Oku kwenza iKenya ibe luqoqosho lwesithathu ngobukhulu kwezokhenketho kwi-Afrika esemaZantsi eSahara emva koMzantsi Afrika naseNigeria zombini ezikhule kancinci ngaphantsi kweKenya ngo-2018.
Lilonke, abakhenkethi bamanye amazwe bachitha ngaphezulu kwe-KSHS 157 yezigidigidi eKenya kulo nyaka uphelileyo, babala ngaphezulu kwe-15% yokuthumela ngaphandle. Ezona ntengiso zinkulu zingenayo kwilizwe liphela yayiyi USA (11%); I-UK (9%); IIndiya (6%); I-China (4%); kunye neJamani (4%). Idityaniswe nenkcitho yasekhaya, uKhenketho noKhenketho luxhase i-8.8% ye-GDP yesizwe ngo-2018.
Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-25, iBhunga loKhenketho lweHlabathi kunye noKhenketho (WTTC), emele icandelo labucala lehlabathi le-Travel & Tourism, livelise uphando olugunyazisiweyo malunga negalelo loqoqosho lwecandelo. Uphando lwalo nyaka lubonisa ukuba:
- Ukuhamba kunye noKhenketho eKenya lukhule nge-5.6% kunyaka ophelileyo- ngaphambi komndilili wehlabathi we-3.9%
- Oku kube negalelo le-8.8% kwi-GDP yaseKenya, exabisa i-KSHS 790 yezigidigidi (okanye i-US $ 7.9 yezigidigidi zeedola) xa zonke iziphumo ezichanekileyo, ezingathanga ngqo kunye nezenziweyo zithathelwa ingqalelo
- Ukuhamba noKhenketho linoxanduva lwe-8.3% yayo yonke ingqesho yaseKenya, okanye i-1.1 yezigidi zemisebenzi
- Igalelo le-GDP kuqikelelwa ukuba lakhula nge-5.9% ngo-2019
Ethetha kwinkomfa noonondaba eNairobi, eKenya, WTTC Umongameli kunye ne-CEO uGloria Guevara uthe, "I-Afrika lelinye lawona mabali ayimpumelelo ohambo lwehlabathi njengommandla wesibini okhula ngokukhawuleza kwihlabathi- kwaye iKenya isembindini wommandla, indawo edumileyo nedumileyo ebone ukukhula okukhulu kwilizwe jikelele. umsebenzi wokhenketho kunye nexabiso kulo nyaka uphelileyo.”
“Ndingathanda ukubulela umbono kaMongameli u-Uhuru Kenyatta nokuzibophelela kwakhe kuhambo noKhenketho njengendlela yokuqhuba ukukhula koqoqosho nokuphelisa intlupheko. UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho neZilwanyana zaseNdle, phantsi kobunkokheli bukaNobhala weKhabhinethi uNajib Balala, kufuneka avuyiswe ngokukhulisa ukhenketho ngesantya esingaphezu kwe-avareji yehlabathi neyengingqi kunye nokutsala abatyeleli bamazwe ngamazwe abangaphezu kwezigidi ezibini okokuqala ngqa ngowama-2018.
Ethetha kulo msitho, uNobhala weKhabhinethi yezoKhenketho kunye neZilwanyana zasendle, oHloniphekileyo. UNajib Balala ucacisile malunga nokuzuza kwecandelo kwaye wavakalisa ukoneliseka kwakhe ngempumelelo yonke yeli candelo libalulekileyo enegalelo elibonakalayo kuqoqosho.
"Iinzuzo zeli candelo zisisiphumo senzame ezilungelelanisiweyo phakathi kwemibutho eyahlukeneyo karhulumente, elithe icandelo lezokhenketho lizibandakanye, kunye neenzame ezihlangeneyo zokuthengisa iKenya njengendawo ekhethwayo,” utshilo u-CS Balala.
Malunga neBhunga leHlabathi lezoKhenketho noKhenketho
WTTC liqumrhu elimele icandelo labucala lokuHamba noKhenketho kwihlabathi jikelele. Amalungu aquka ii-CEO zeenkampani zehlabathi zokuHamba noKhenketho, iindawo zokusingwa, kunye nemibutho yoshishino esebenzisana noHambo noKhenketho.
WTTC inembali yeminyaka engama-25 yophando ukulinganisa impembelelo yezoqoqosho kweli candelo kumazwe ali-185. Uhambo noKhenketho ngoyena mqhubi wotyalo-mali kunye nokukhula koqoqosho kwihlabathi jikelele. Eli candelo lifaka i-US$8.8 yetriliyoni okanye i-10.4% ye-GDP yehlabathi, kwaye libalelwa kwi-319 yezigidi zemisebenzi okanye umsebenzi omnye kwabalishumi kuyo yonke iplanethi.
Ngaphezulu kwe-25 iminyaka, WTTC ibe lilizwi leli shishini kwihlabathi jikelele. Amalungu ngooSihlalo, ooMongameli kunye nabaLawuli abaziiNtloko bamashishini aphambili ehlabathi, amashishini abucala oKhenketho noKhenketho, abazisa ulwazi lobungcali lokukhokela umgaqo-nkqubo karhulumente kunye nokwenza izigqibo kunye nokwazisa ngokubaluleka kwecandelo.
