IHong Kong – Inani labatyeleli eMacau latsiba phantse ipesenti ezingama-23 kulo nyaka uphelileyo, libeka indawo yokungcakaza ekhula ngokukhawuleza kwindlela yokugqitha ummelwane waseHong Kong.
Incinci, eyayisakuba yayilawulwa ngamaPhuthukezi enclave malunga nesiqingatha sesigidi sabantu ababhalise ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-27 abafikayo ngo-2007, benyuka ngeepesenti ezingama-22.7 ukusuka kunyaka ophelileyo, ngokweenkcukacha-manani zikarhulumente.
IHong Kong ibhalise ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-28 zabatyeleli abafikayo, ukwanda okungaphezu kwe-10 ekhulwini ngowama-2006 kunye nerekhodi. Ukuba amazinga okukhula agcinwa, iMacau iya kukhokela kulo nyaka.
Ukunyuka okubukhali kwenani labahambi abamisa eMacau kuqaqambisa inguqu emandla ummandla owake walala owenziwe kwiminyaka ukusukela oko wabuyiselwa kulawulo lwaseTshayina ngo-1999.
Ukutsiba kukaMacau phambi kweHong Kong kumanani abatyeleli bebonke bekungayi kuba kubi kwikoloniyali yangaphambili yaseBritane, utshilo uAndrew Chan, unjingalwazi oncedisayo kwiSikolo seHotele kunye noLawulo loKhenketho kunye neYunivesithi yaseHong Kong Polytechnic.
Ikhaya kubantu abazizigidi ezisi-7, iHong Kong ihlala iyinkokeli njengendawo yokuthenga kwaye isikhululo seenqwelomoya siyindawo engenakuthelekiswa nanto. Ukhenketho lunegalelo phakathi kwama-20 nama-30 eepesenti zentengiso yaseHong Kong, oosoqoqosho baqikelela, kwaye ngowama-2007, lube negalelo eliqikelelwa kwi-6-8 ekhulwini le-GDP.
“Ngokusisiseko, andiboni njengokhuphiswano. Endaweni yoko, komeleza isikhundla saseHong Kong, ”utshilo uChan, esongeza ukuba abasemagunyeni kufuneka beze neendlela zokwenza kube lula ukuhamba phakathi kweHong Kong neMacau. "Iya kondla imarike yethu."
Iiferi zihamba rhoqo phakathi kweHong Kong neMacau, zithatha malunga neyure. Ngenqwelo-ntaka, uhambo lumalunga nemizuzu eli-15.
Uqoqosho lwaseMacau luye lwakhula ukusukela oko yachithwa imonopoly yekhasino yamashumi eminyaka kwaye iBeijing yakhulula izithintelo zokuhamba kubakhenkethi baseTshayina abavela kwizixeko ezininzi.
Eziliqela angaphandle-ephethwe, yekhasino Las Vegas-style baye phezulu, kuquka Las Vegas Sands 'palatial Venetian Macau, eqhayisa yekhasino inkulu emhlabeni.
Akumangalisi ukuba eyona nto inkulu kunye neyona nto ikhula ngokukhawuleza kwiindwendwe zaseMacau kunyaka ophelileyo yayiyi-China, i-akhawunti ye-55 yeepesenti zenani lilonke. Inani labatyeleli baseTshayina likhule ngeepesenti ezingama-24, ngokwezibalo.
Amanani eMacau ayephakathi kwawona aphezulu kulo mmandla.
I-China kwi-2006 yayinokutyelela kakhulu kunaliphi na ilizwe, kunye ne-124 yezigidi ezifika kumazwe ngamazwe, ngokutsho kwe-Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA).
I-Thailand yayiphantse yaba zizigidi ezili-14 abafikayo kwi-2006, iMalaysia yabona ukufika kwe-17.5 yezigidi kwaye iSingapore yayinezigidi ezingaphezu kwe-9, i-PATA yathi. Ngokwahlukileyo koko, iJapan yamkele iindwendwe ezizizigidi ezisisi-7.3 kuphela.
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