Imisitho emithathu yokuqala emikhulu yehlabathi ye-WTM eqhubekileyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kulo nyaka ithe yatsala isiqwenga esikhulu ngakumbi sabameli bohambo behlabathi – ithumela amanani arekhodiweyo okuzimasa nokuphawula izigaba ezibalulekileyo kumgangatho womboniso.
IMarike ye-25 ye-Arabian Travel Market (ATM), eyayibanjelwe eDubai ngo-Epreli, isingathe ama-39,000 ohambo, ububele kunye neengcali zokhenketho ezivela kwihlabathi liphela. Lo mnyhadala weentsuku ezine uvale ngomhla wama-25 kuTshazimpunzi ngowama-2018 ngokunyuka nge-7% kwabatyeleli bamazwe ngamazwe kunye nokunyuka okumangalisayo kwe-11% kwabatyeleli abavela kwilizwekazi lase-Afrika.
Lo ngunyaka wesibini ngokulandelelana ukuba inani labazimase i-ATM lifikelele kumanqaku angama-39,000 – kwaye amanani abatyeleli anyuke nge-40% ukususela ngowama-2013.
I-ATM 2018 iphinde yabonisa umboniso omkhulu weempawu zehotele zasekhaya, zengingqi kunye nehlabathi jikelele kwimbali yesiganeko, kunye neehotele ezibandakanya ngaphezu kwe-5,000 yeemitha ze-square - 20% yendawo yokubonisa iyonke.
Ngaphezulu kwama-400 abantu ababambe iqonga abavela kumazwe angaphezu kwe-140 ababoniswe kwi-ATM, nabangaphezulu kwe-100 ababonisi abatsha abaqalayo.
Amagqabantshintshi eSeshini aquka ingxoxo ngefuthe le-Hyperloop kunye nezinye iziseko zokuhamba zanamhlanje eziya kuba nazo kwishishini lezokhenketho kwi-UAE nakwi-GCC ebanzi kule minyaka ilishumi izayo. Ukulandela impumelelo yokuqala kulo nyaka uphelileyo, iNgqungquthela yezoKhenketho yeHalal ibuyele kwiGlobal Stage ngosuku lwesithathu, isamkela iingcali eziphambili zezokhenketho zamaSilamsi.
USimon Press, uMlawuli oMkhulu weMiboniso, i-ATM, uthe: “Ukukhula okuqhubekayo kwe-ATM bubungqina bokuqina olomeleleyo loshishino lokuhamba nokhenketho kuMbindi Mpuma. I-ATM ibonelela ngeqonga elifanelekileyo lokuxoxa ngezinto ezinokubakho neziphumayo kwiimarike zoMbindi Mpuma.”
Ngaphaya eKapa – isixeko esiza kusingatha i-WTM Africa 2018 – iinkcukacha-manani eziphicothiweyo kwangaphambili zomsitho, oqale nge-18-20 ka-Epreli, zibonisa ukunyuka kwe-18% ngonyaka kumanani abatyeleli.
Zingaphezulu kwama-600 iinkampani ezibonisiweyo, ngelixa abathengi abasindleke bebemele icandelo elidityanisiweyo lamazwe ahlukeneyo angaphezu kwama-50. Amazwe ase-Afrika angama-37 ewonke ebemelwe kwi-WTM Afrika, ngelixa ubukho bemithombo yeendaba benyuke nge-8%.
Ukongeza kokunyuka kwabathengi abavela e-Afrika ngokukodwa, i-2018 nayo yabona abathengi abavela kwiimarike ezintsha ezibandakanya iMexico, iGrisi, iRomania, iSpain, iArgentina, iHong Kong, iZimbabwe, iSenegal, iRwanda, iAlgeria ne-Ivory Coast.
UChardonnay Marchesi, uMlawuli wePotfoliyo yoMzantsi Afrika weReed Exhibitions' Travel, Tourism & Sports Portfolio uthe: “Siyaqhubeka nokomeleza ubukho bethu njengowona mboniso uphambili worhwebo lohambo lwaseAfrika, kwaye ukuthenjwa kwaba babonisi kububungqina boko.”
Ekugqibeleni, i-WTM Latin America 2018, isiganeko esihamba phambili se-B2B sokuhamba kummandla, samkele ukutyelelwa kwe-12,000 - ukunyuka konyaka-ngonyaka we-7%.
Ushicilelo lwesithandathu lwe-WTM yaseLatin America, eyenzeka phakathi kwe-3-5 ngo-Epreli, e-São Paulo, iququzelele iintlanganiso zezoshishino ze-12,000, kunye nabaqhubi be-42 abahambahambayo abamele kumgangatho wokubonisa.
Kulo nyaka, ngokokuqala ngqa, i-WTM Latin America 2018 yadibanisa iihotele ezintandathu - iRoyal Palm Plaza, iWyndham Hotels, i-Master Hotel, i-Maksoud Hotel, i-Hotel Alfa Moscow kunye neqela laseBrazil i-Hotéis Luzeiros. Ukongeza, umsitho wamkele izixeko eziphezulu zabakhenkethi eBrazil: Ilhabela, Paraty kunye nePorto de Galinhas.
ULuciane Leite, uMlawuli weWTM Latin America, uthe: “Kulo mboniso weentsuku ezintathu, sibone iipaseji ezixakekileyo, iiseshini ezixakekileyo kwiintlanganiso ezintlanu zeSpeed Networking, izithethi ezaziwayo nonxibelelwano oluninzi. Siyavuya ngenani leentlanganiso zoshishino ezithe zaqhubeka kulo msitho zivelisa izivumelwano zoshishino.”
I-WTM yaseLatin America yonyaka ozayo iya kwenzeka phakathi kwe-2-4 ku-Epreli 2019 eSão Paulo.
I-WTM Africa 2019 iya kuqhutyelwa eKapa ukususela nge-10-12 kuTshazimpuzi ngowama-2019.
I-Arabian Travel Market 2019 iya kwenzeka eDubai ukususela ngeCawa, 28 April ukuya ngoLwesithathu, 1 May 2019.
