I-TORONTO - Imboni yezokhenketho yaseToronto ibeka irekhodi kwi-2007 kunye neendwendwe ezingaphezu kwe-10.6 yezigidi ezibusuku.
Umongameli wezoKhenketho eToronto uDavid Whitaker uthi esi sixeko sibonise ukomelela nangona kukho imingeni, efana nemithetho emitsha yokundwendwela kunye nokunyuka kwedola.
Uthi abatyeleli esixekweni bachithe ngaphezulu kwe-4.5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwiihotele, iindawo zokutyela, iindawo ezinomtsalane kunye nokuthenga.
Elona nani likhulu labatyeleli baphesheya kweelwandle - malunga nama-280,000 - babesuka e-United Kingdom, ngelixa i-Mexico ne-China yayizezona ntengiso zamazwe ngamazwe ezikhula ngokukhawuleza malunga ne-15 ekhulwini ngalinye.
UWhitaker ukwathi ukuhlala ehotele ngo-2007 kuwo wonke ummandla waseToronto kwenyuka ukuya kutsho kwi-68.3 yeepesenti, inqanaba eliphezulu ukusukela ngo-2000.
Umzi-mveliso wezokhenketho waseToronto, owathi wabetha kakhulu ngexesha lokuqhambuka kwe-SARS ngo-2003, uxhasa phantse i-100,000 yemisebenzi.
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- Umzi-mveliso wezokhenketho waseToronto, owathi wabetha kakhulu ngexesha lokuqhambuka kwe-SARS ngo-2003, uxhasa phantse i-100,000 yemisebenzi.
- Whitaker also says hotel occupancy in 2007 across the Toronto region rose to 68.
- He says visitors to the city spent more than $4.
