Uphando lwamva nje, oluhlalutya amandla eenqwelomoya, ukukhangela inqwelomoya kunye nokubhengezwa okungaphezulu kwesigidi se-17 ngosuku, kutyhila ukuba ukhenketho kwiCaribbean lukhule nge-4.4% kwi-2019, ephantse yahambelana ngokukuko nokukhula kwezokhenketho kwihlabathi liphela. Uhlalutyo lweemarike ezibaluleke kakhulu kwimvelaphi lubonisa ukuba ukwanda kweendwendwe kuqhutywa nguMntla Melika, kunye nohambo olusuka e-USA (olwenza i-53% yeendwendwe) ukuya kwi-6.5%, kunye nokuhamba ukusuka eCanada ukuya kwi-12.2%. Olu lwazi luye lwabhengezwa kwiseshoni yeCaribbean Pulse yeCaribbean Hotel kunye noMbutho woKhenketho, ebibanjelwe eBaha Mar eNassau Bahamas.
Indawo ephezulu yeCaribbean kude kube yiRiphabhlikhi yaseDominican, enesabelo se-29% seendwendwe, silandelwa yiJamaica, nge-12%, iCuba nge-11% kunye neBahamas nge-7%. Uthotho lokusweleka, ekwakusoyikwa ukuba luzokrokrelwa, kubakhenkethi baseMelika kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseDominican kukhokelele ekubuyisweni okwethutyana ekubhukeni okusuka e-USA; Nangona kunjalo, njengamaMelika ayengathandi ukuncama iholide yabo eparadesi, ezinye iindawo, ezinje ngeJamaica kunye neBahamas zaxhamla. I-Puerto Rico yabona ukukhula okuluqilima, inyuka ngama-26.4%, kodwa oku kubonakala ngcono njengokuphinda kwenzeke emva kokuba inkanyamba uMaria itshabalalise indawo ebisiya kuyo ngo-Septemba ka-2017.
Ngelixa uhambo oluya kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseDominican ukusuka e-USA lwehle ngama-21%, amanani abatyeleli avela kwilizwekazi laseYurophu, nakwezinye iindawo, athabatha indawo yokuhlala engenabantu. Iindwendwe ezisuka e-Itali bezinyuke ngama-30.3%, zisuka eFrance zenyuka nge-20.9% zaze i-Spain zenyuka nge-9.5%.
Ukutshatyalaliswa okwenziwe kwiBahamas yinkanyamba uDorian nako konakalisa ishishini layo lezokhenketho, njengoko ukubhukisha kwezine kwiimarike ezisixhenxe eziphambili kwehle kakhulu ngo-Agasti kwaye kwaqhubeka ukwehla ngo-Okthobha nango-Novemba. Nangona kunjalo, uDisemba wabona ukubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo.
Ukujonga phambili kwikota yokuqala ye-2020, umbono ucelomngeni, njengoko ukubhukisha okwangoku kungama-3.6% ngasemva kwalapho babekhona ngalo mzuzu ulinganayo kunyaka ophelileyo. Kwezona ntengiso zintlanu zibalulekileyo, iUSA, eyeyona iphambili, iyi7.2% ngasemva. Kuyakhuthaza, ukubhukisha eFrance naseKhanada kungoku yi-1.9% kunye ne-8.9% ngaphambili ngokwahlukeneyo; Nangona kunjalo, ukubhukisha okuvela e-UK naseArgentina kushiye i-10.9% kunye ne-5.8% ngokwahlukeneyo.
Ngokutsho kweWorld Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), ukuhamba kunye nokhenketho kwiCaribbean luxanduva lokuthumela ngaphandle kwe-20% kunye ne-13.5% yengqesho.
UFrank J. Comito, uCEO noMlawuli Jikelele weCaribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, uqukumbele ngelithi: “Njengendawo yengingqi, enye yezona zinto ziluncedo esinokuzenza kukukhuthaza intsebenziswano phakathi kwamazwe ukuze akhe ukomelela kwimothuko yentengiso. Ewe kunjalo, ngcono ukuba siyayiqonda imakethi, kokukhona kuya kubekwa ngcono ukuba sikwenze oko. Ukufikelela kuhlobo lwedatha ekumgangatho ophezulu esabelana ngayo namhlanje ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kunceda ukuphucula ukuqonda kwezentengiso, ukucwangcisa kunye nokwenza izigqibo. ”
