Iphondo laKwaZulu-Natal (KZN) lilindele ukuthontelana okukhulu kwabakhenkethi ngenxa yemisitho emikhulu ezakuqhubeka kwezi veki zintathu zizayo kunye nemozulu efudumeleyo njengekhadi elibalulekileyo, utsho uMphathiswa weSebe lezoQoqosho, uKhenketho neMicimbi yokusiNgqongileyo. , UMnu. Sihle Zikalala.
IKwaZulu-Natal ijonge ukungenisa imali eninzi njengoko kulindeleke ukuba bangaphezulu kwesigidi esi-1.2 abantu abaza kundwendwela iiholide zamakhaya kweli phondo kwiiveki ezintathu zeeholide zasebusika ukusuka ngomhla wama-22 kweyeSilimela ukuya kowe-17 kweyeKhala ngowama-2018.
“I-KZN iza kurhoxa kuzo zonke iindawo ukuqinisekisa ukuba abakhenkethi bahlala bonwatyiswa ngekhalenda ezele yiminyhadala yaseThekwini nakunxweme lwaseKZN ukuze ihambelane nazo zonke izinto ezithandwayo. Oku kuquka iVodacom Durban July; IDundee July, iThe Soul and Jazz Experience eRichards Bay, iSardine Festival ePort Edward, iSimangaliso Trail Challenge eSt Lucia, nezinye ezininzi,” wongeze watsho uZikalala.
Iiholide zasebusika lelona xesha lifanelekileyo lokupakisha imigodlo yakho kwaye usingise KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), utshilo obambeleyo kwingqonyela yezoKhenketho KwaZulu-Natal, uPhindile Makwakwa.
“Eli lelona xesha lifanelekileyo lokuba abakhenkethi balapha bakhuthaze iKZN nazo zonke izinto ezibonelela ngazo ukhenketho; ukusuka elunxwemeni ukuya eberg, ukuya kwiipaki zezilwanyana kunye neendlela zethu ezininzi ezikhethekileyo zokhenketho. Ukhenketho lugalela iipesenti ezisibhozo kwisambuku semveliso yasekhaya kwaye luqeshe i-6.5 % yabasebenzi belizwe. Yintshatsheli ebalulekileyo yenguqu kwezoqoqosho kweli phondo.”
UKhenketho lolona xhaso luphambili lwezoqoqosho ngegalelo lalo kwamanye amacandelo ahlukeneyo afana nelokwamkela iindwendwe, ezothutho, ubugcisa kunye nemisebenzi yezandla ayinxalenye yekhonkco lexabiso lokhenketho, wongeze watsho uMakwakwa.
UCharles Preece, uMphathi wokuSebenza we-East Coast we-Federated Hospitality Association of Southern Africa, (i-FEDHASA), uthe iiholide zasebusika zihlala zilixesha elihle kwishishini kunye nokubhuka kweehotele kubonakala kuqinile.
“Kusekho indawo ekhoyo, kodwa silindele isizini entle. Unxweme lwaseMpuma yeyona ndawo ithandwayo ngabakhenkethi abangaphakathi elizweni abanethemba lokubaleka ingqele,” utshilo uPreece.
I-FEDHASA ibiqinisekile ukuba kulandela amazinga aphezulu okuhlaliswa kwabantu kulo nyaka uphelileyo, le sizini ayizukuhluka. Abaphathi bezendlela balindele ubuninzi bezithuthi eziya kuNxweme oluseMpuma kule sizini.
Umntu unokulindela ukuthontelana kwezithuthi kwiindlela zaseKZN – ngakumbi ecaleni kweendlela eziphambili kwaye ezijikeleze umtsalane wabakhenkethi basekhaya.
IVodacom Durban July eza kubanjwa ngomhla wesixhenxe kweyeKhala, iza kuhlanganisa abantu abaninzi kwaye kulindeleke ukuba itsale abantu abangamashumi amahlanu amawaka ngosuku lomdyarho. Imali efakwe kwi-VDJ ngo-7 ibe yi-R50 yezigidi zeerandi kuqoqosho lwaseKZN. Kulo nyaka, igalelo kwi-GDP yaseThekwini kuqikelelwa ukuba liya kuba malunga ne-R000 yezigidi kwaye lifake i-R2017 lezigidi kwirhafu karhulumente kunye nokudala imisebenzi engama-260 ngonyaka.
I-KZN Travel and Adventure eyenzeka ukususela nge-5-8 kaJulayi nayo iya kubona abakhenkethi abanomdla kukhenketho lwendlela yokuphila, ekwalungele ukutsala abantu abangama-30 000 - 40 000 kwiintsuku ezine.
I-KZN idume ngemozulu epholileyo yasebusika, iilwandle kunye noluhlu lwezinto ezinomtsalane ezifana neShaka Marine World. I-KZN inemozulu entle yasebusika eneentsuku ezishushu zelanga ezilungele ukuchitha ixesha ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwe-surf kunxweme olude olucocekileyo.
