Ukuphawula uSuku lweHlabathi loKhenketho e-Abu Dhabi, Amr Abdel-Ghaffar, UNWTO ummeli wengingqi kuMbindi Mpuma, uxelele isemina ukuba ummandla uza kuba nesantya sokukhula esiphantse sibe kabini kumndilili wehlabathi. Inani labakhenkethi abafikayo liya kunyuka liye kwi-136 yezigidi ngo-2020, ukusuka kwi-54 yezigidi kulo nyaka uphelileyo, utshilo.
Inani labakhenkethi abafika kuMbindi Mpuma kwiinyanga ezisixhenxe zokuqala zalo nyaka lehle ngeepesenti ezili-13 xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kunyaka ophelileyo ngenxa yokudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi, ngokutsho UNWTO. Kulo nyaka uphelileyo, lo mmandla ukhule kakhulu nge-18.2 ekhulwini. Kulindeleke ukuba isantya sokuhla sicothe ebudeni balo lonke unyaka. I-UAE yabona ukukhula kokhenketho ngeepesenti ezi-3 kwikota yokuqala yonyaka.
U-Abu Dhabi ujonge ukuphinda kabini inani leendwendwe zehotele ukuya kwi-2.3 yezigidi ngonyaka ngo-2012, ezantsi ukusuka kuqikelelo lwe-2.7 yezigidi ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka. IDubai ijonge ukutsala abatyeleli abazizigidi ezili-15 ngonyaka ngo-2015, nto leyo emalunga nokuphinda kabini inani lalo nyaka uphelileyo.
“Impembelelo yomkhuhlane we-H1N1, udityaniswa nengxaki yezoqoqosho kwihlabathi liphela, kusenokwenzeka ukuba yongeze indawo yokuhlala kwiihotele zengingqi nasekhaya, njengoko abahambi abanyukayo benokukhetha indawo yokuya kufutshane nekhaya, ngaphakathi kwingingqi, okanye nakumazwe abo,” utshilo uMnu. Abdel-Ghaffar uthe. Wongeze ukuba ukhenketho lwezemidlalo kwiimarike zeGulf alukhange lufumane naliphi na ifuthe elibi lengxaki yoqoqosho lwehlabathi, nto leyo ibiluphawu oluhle kwimisitho efana nogqatso luka-Abu Dhabi lweFomula One ngoNovemba woku-1.
Nangona icandelo lokuhamba kweenkampani kunye nezoshishino liye lachaphazeleka, iintlanganiso, izikhuthazo, iinkomfa, kunye nemiboniso (MICE) imboni yayiqhubeka ikhula kwi-UAE nakwezinye iindawo zeGulf, wathi. Kwakukho nesakhono esikhulu soshishino olusakhulayo lokuhamba ngenqanawa kulo mmandla, utshilo uMnu. Abdel-Ghaffar. Isebe leDubai lezoKhenketho kunye neNtengiso yoRhwebo (DTCM) ekuqaleni kwale nyanga ibhengeze indawo entsha yokuhamba ngenqanawa kwi-emirate. Itheminali, ecwangciselwe ukuvulwa ngoJanuwari, iya kukwazi ukujongana neenqanawa ezine ngexesha.
"I-Dubai ityale imali eninzi kwicandelo lezokhenketho kwaye ingcono ukuhlala ilungile ngeli xesha linzima," watsho uHamad bin Mejren, umlawuli olawulayo wezokhenketho lwezoshishino kwi-DTCM. "Sikholelwa kakhulu ukuba iDubai inokuvela ngokukhawuleza kuneminye imimandla xa uqoqosho lwehlabathi luphucuka."
UMnu. Abdel-Ghaffar uthe nangona kukho ukulibaziseka kunye nokurhoxiswa kweeprojekthi kulo mmandla, kusekho uphuhliso oluninzi oluqhubekayo. I-Middle East ineeprojekthi zehotele ze-477, okanye i-145,786 amagumbi, kwipayipi, kunye neepesenti ze-53 esele zisakhiwa, ngokutsho kwengxelo ye-US yophando lwe-Lodging Econometrics.
