IMyanmar iya kubona abakhenkethi abasisigidi abafikayo kunyaka-mali we-2009-2010 nangona itsale kuphela abakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe angama-200,000 kwi-2008, u-U Htay Aung, umlawuli jikelele we-Directorate of Hotel and Tourism, uthe kwinyanga ephelileyo.
Uqikelelo lwenzeka emva koqikelelo loMbutho weZizwe eziManyeneyo woKhenketho weHlabathi – olusekelwe kumanani eenyanga ezine zokuqala zonyaka kunye neemeko ezikhoyo ngoku zemarike – zokuba ukhenketho lwamazwe ngamazwe luya kuhla nge-4-6 ekhulwini kwihlabathi jikelele ngowama-2009.
Ethetha kwisemina yorhwebo kunye nokhenketho phakathi kwe-Indonesia kunye neMyanmar eyayibanjwe ngoJuni 23 eYangon, u-U Htay Aung uthe iinzame ezidibeneyo zoMphathiswa weehotele kunye noKhenketho, iKomiti yeNtengiso yaseMyanmar (MMC), iManyano yeMyanmar Travel Association (UMTA) kunye neMyanmar Hoteliers Association (MHA) ukukhuthaza iMyanmar njengendawo ephezulu ayiyi kunceda kuphela ilizwe lelizwe jikelele, kodwa ukwandisa abafikayo ngokuphindwe kahlanu.
Ngelixa abameli beshishini lokuhamba eMyanmar bavumile ukuba amanani abakhenkethi abakhenkethi banokunyuka ngaphezulu kwamanani aphantsi onyaka ophelileyo, bavakalise ukuthandabuza ukuba isigidi esinye siyakufikelelwa.
"Nangona ndingacingi ukuba uloyiko lwangoku lwe-A (H1N1) luya kuba nefuthe elibalulekileyo kukhenketho, kuyacaca ukuba ukhenketho kuyo yonke indawo luye lwachaphazeleka kakhulu ngokudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi," utshilo uDkt Nay Zin Latt, unobhala jikelele we-MHA.
“Ngeke kube lula ukutsala abatyeleli abasisigidi kwimozulu yangoku, kwaye ukuba sinokufumana ukutsiba ngequbuliso ukusuka kwi-200,000 ukuya kwisigidi esinye, asinakuba namagumbi aneleyo ehotele kwilizwe lonke ukubamkela bonke,” utshilo.
“Ukuze sikwazi ukumelana nabakhenkethi abaninzi, kuya kufuneka sibone utyalo-mali olungakumbi kwiihotele,” wongeze watsho.
Ngokutsho kweSebe leeHotele noKhenketho, iMyanmar ineehotele ezingama-652 ezinamagumbi angama-26,610. Amashumi amathathu anesihlanu kwezi hotele asebenza phantsi kotyalo-mali lwangaphandle, uninzi lusuka eSingapore, eThailand, eJapan naseHong Kong.
Ngokwesebe, abakhenkethi abafika kumazwe ngamazwe behle nge-8pc kwiinyanga ezimbini zokuqala zika-2009 xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo ngo-2007, apho kwakukho ama-62,599 abafikayo. Ngo-2008, kukho abakhenkethi abangama-40,352 abafikayo ngelo xesha.
Isebe lithi unyaka ka-2006 ibingunyaka ongalibalekiyo, kuba iMyanmar iye yafumana abakhenkethi abangaphezu kwe-200,000 XNUMX eYangon kuphela. Nangona kunjalo, isebe alikwazanga ukubonelela ngamanani ewonke onyaka.
Amanani karhulumente abonisa ukuba abantu abavela kwamanye amazwe abayi-193,319 2008 batyelela eMyanmar ngowama-247,971, behla besuka kuma-XNUMX XNUMX kunyaka ongaphambili.
Amanani okufika achaphazelekile kule minyaka yakutsha nje ngenxa yezinto ezahlukeneyo, ezibandakanya ukudodobala koqoqosho kwihlabathi, iCyclone Nargis kunye nokuvalwa kwezikhululo zeenqwelo moya eCyclone Nargis kunye nokuvalwa kwezikhululo zeenqwelo moya eBangkok ngabaqhankqalazi ngoNovemba nangoDisemba ka-2008.
U-Ko Aung Kyaw Thu, ingcali yokuhamba esekwe eYangon, uthe ulindele ukuba abakhenkethi abafika eMyanmar ngo-2009-2010 banyuke nge-10-20pc xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka ophelileyo, nangona ekwavumile ukuba amandla enkcitho yabantu achatshazelwe luqoqosho lwehlabathi. .
"Nakweyiphi na imeko, abantu baya kuhambela ukuphumla kunye nokuzonwabisa, kodwa iindlela zabo zokuhamba kunye namandla enkcitho ziya kutshintsha ngenxa yokudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi. Isenokutshintsha ubungakanani bohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwabo,” utshilo.
U-Ko Phyo Wai Yarzar, usekela-sihlalo we-MMC, uthe ikomiti iya kuqhubeka nokukhuthaza iMyanmar njengendawo yokutyelela ngokuya kwimiboniso yokuhamba ngamazwe ngamazwe kunye nokuququzelela imisebenzi yokuxhasa imali yasekhaya.
"Kodwa ukufikelela kwisigidi sokufika, kufuneka senze okungakumbi ukukholisa abakhenkethi ukuba bakhuthaze iMyanmar kwiimarike zabo, kwaye sifuna imali yokwenza oko," watsho.
“Sibone abakhenkethi abafikayo behla ngo-2007 nango-2008 ukusuka phezulu ku-2006, kodwa ndicinga ukuba siza kubona abakhenkethi abafikayo benyuka kwakhona kunyaka-mali ka-2009-2010,” utshilo.
Ngokwe-UN World Tourism Barometer, ukhenketho lwehlabathi lwehlile ukusuka kwi-269 yezigidi zabakhenkethi abafika kumazwe ngamazwe phakathi kukaJanuwari noAprili ka-2008, ukuya kwi-247 yezigidi ngexesha elifanayo kulo nyaka, ukuhla kwe-8pc.
I-Afrika kunye noMzantsi Melika yayikuphela kwemimandla enokuthi yehla, ithumele ukunyuka kwe-3pc kunye ne-0.2pc ngokulandelelanayo.
“Iziphumo ezincumisayo eAfrika zibonisa ukomelela kwemimandla yaseMntla Afrika ejikeleze iMeditera kunye nokuchacha kweKenya njengenye yeendawo ezihamba phambili kwi-Sub-Saharan,” yatsho ingxelo yeWorld Tourism Organisation.
I-France yahlala iyeyona ndawo iphezulu yokhenketho kwihlabathi ngo-2008 ngokufika kwezigidi ezingama-79, ngelixa i-United States yaphinda yafumana indawo yesibini, eyayiphulukene nayo eSpain emva kohlaselo lwe-11 kaSeptemba 2001.
