UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho kwaSirayeli (IMOT) unezizathu zokubhiyozela. Ngaphandle kwabakhenkethi bemveli bakwaSirayeli abaqhubeka nokundwendwela, kuye kwavela imarike entsha: amaRashiya.
Iirekhodi ze-IMOT zibonisa ngo-2008, abakhenkethi abaninzi baseRashiya bafika kwaSirayeli kunanini na ngaphambili. Ngenxa yoko, inkampani ephantsi kukaMasipala waseMoscow i-Sun Dream ibhengeze izicwangciso zokuvula i-100 yezigidi zeerandi kwindawo yokuchithela iholide e-Ein Bokek kunxweme olusemazantsi oLwandle oluFileyo phakathi ku-2009 ukuhlangabezana nemfuno.
Ngokutsho kwe-IMOT, ihotele ye-52,500 ye-square-foot iya kuba namagumbi eendwendwe angama-240 kunye namagumbi, amachibi amabini okubhukuda angaphakathi, amagumbi enkomfa, iindawo zokutyela ezimbini, kunye ne-helipad. Iphupha leLanga liza kuqalisa ukwakhiwa kwezi nyanga zimbalwa zizayo, linyusa inani lamagumbi eendwendwe kuLwandle oluFileyo ukuya kutsho malunga nama-4,300.
"Iinyanga ezilithoba zokuqala zalo nyaka sele zibone abakhenkethi baseRussia abangama-230,000 kwaSirayeli, ukwanda okungaphezulu kweepesenti ezili-100 xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kunyaka ophelileyo," utshilo uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho wase-Israel uRuhama Avraham-Balila. “Njengoko iRussia ingumthombo wesithathu wabakhenkethi abafikayo kwaSirayeli, amagumbi ehotele angama-240 angakumbi aya kunceda ukwamkela ukwanda kweendwendwe kwezona ndawo zendalo zidumileyo ehlabathini.”
I-IMOT ikwabanga ukuba i-Israel Hotel Association inike ingxelo yokuba abakhenkethi abangama-763,000 bahlala kwiihotele zakwaSirayeli ngoSeptemba. Oku kubonisa ukunyuka kweepesenti ezingama-49 xa kuthelekiswa nenyanga enye kunyaka ophelileyo.
Ngaphaya koko, ukuhlala kwabakhenkethi phakathi kukaJanuwari noSeptemba kuye kwafikelela kwi-7.6 yezigidi, nokunyuka kwama-25 ekhulwini xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo ngo-2007.
Ngale mpumelelo, i-IMOT ithe ilizwe likwindlela yokwamkela abakhenkethi abazizigidi ezi-3 ekulindeleke ukuba bafike ekupheleni kuka-2008.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- As a result, the Moscow Municipality-owned company Sun Dream has announced plans to open a $100-million luxury resort at Ein Bokek on the southern shores of the Dead Sea in mid-2009 to meet the demand.
- Ngale mpumelelo, i-IMOT ithe ilizwe likwindlela yokwamkela abakhenkethi abazizigidi ezi-3 ekulindeleke ukuba bafike ekupheleni kuka-2008.
- “With Russia being the third-largest source of incoming tourists to Israel, an additional 240 hotel rooms will help accommodate the increase in visitors to the world’s most famous natural spa.
