Amanani okhenketho amva nje avela eMaldives abonisa ukuba indawo ekuyiwa kuyo ibone ukwanda nge-11.2% kwinani labahambi base-UK abatyelele kwiinyanga ezintandathu zokuqala ze-2018, xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kwi-2017. ukusukela ngeyoMqungu-Juni 57,535, xa kuthelekiswa nama-2018 ngo-51,737.
Inyanga kaJuni uqobo ikwamkele ukukhula nge-6.2% kwinani labakhenkethi base-UK, xa kuthelekiswa nenyanga enye ngo-2017. Ngokubanzi, abahambi abayi-6,459 abavela e-UK batyelele iMaldives ngoJuni 2018, xa kuthelekiswa ne-6,081 ngoJuni 2017, accounting I-6.9% yabo bonke abakhenkethi abafikayo eMaldives kwaye ngenxa yoko bemele intengiso yesithathu enkulu engenayo yabangenayo kwihlabathi liphela, emva kwe China (17.5%) kunye neJamani (8%) ngokwahlukeneyo.
Ngokubhekisele kubonke abatyeleli abakhenkethi kwihlabathi liphela, abakhenkethi abangama-93,786 batyelele iMaldives ngoJuni 2018 kwaye oku kubonisa ukwanda kwe-10% xa kuthelekiswa noJuni 2017, eyamkela ama-85,222. Kwiinyanga ezintandathu zokuqala ze-2018 ndibone abakhenkethi behlabathi abangama-726,515 betyelele iMaldives, ukonyuka nge-10.5% xa kuthelekiswa neli xesha linye lonyaka ophelileyo.
Kulo nyaka iMaldives iya kuqhubeka nokuqinisekisa ubume bayo njengenye yeendawo ezinomtsalane kubakhenkethi base-UK, ngokuvulwa kweendawo zokungcebeleka ezintsha ezingama-23. Isizwe esisesiqithini sisandul 'ukuthweswa isithsaba njenge-'Indawo yeNdawo yokuGcina iiNdawo yoLwandle eIndiya' kwiiWorld Spa Awards nanjengeyona 'ndawo ibalaseleyo yokuHoneymoon' kwiiMbasa zokuFunda zabaFundi beNdawo eNtofontofo.
Ethetha ngokunyuka kwabakhenkethi, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseMaldives, u-Hon. UMoosa Zameer, uthe, “Siphinde sonwaba kakhulu kukubona ukonyuka okuphawulekayo kwinani lase-UK nakwabafika kwihlabathi liphela eMaldives. Ukonyuka oku kububungqina kumzi-mveliso wokhenketho okumgangatho wehlabathi kunye nophuhliso olunomdla olucwangcisiweyo kwiinyanga ezishiyekileyo zowama-2018 ukuya kowama-2019, kubandakanya nokuvulwa kweendawo ezininzi ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide, sijonge phambili ekwamkeleni abakhenkethi abaninzi base-UK kunxweme lwethu. ”
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The increase is testament to the country's world-class tourism industry and with several exciting developments planned for the remaining months of 2018 and into 2019, including the opening of a number of resorts, we look forward to welcoming even more UK tourists to our shores.
- 2% increase in the number of UK travelers who visited in the first six months of 2018, when compared with the same period in 2017.
- Moosa Zameer, said, “We are once again very pleased to see a notable increase in the number of UK and worldwide arrivals to the Maldives.
