Ukusukela kwindyikityha yokuphefumla ebukhali (SARS) ngo-2003, abakhenkethi abafikayo e-Australia baye bakhula ngokuthe ngcembe. Nangona kunjalo, ingxelo iqikelela ukuba amanani okufika aya kuhla nge-2% unyaka nonyaka (yoy) ngo-2009 ukuya kwi-5.32mn.
Ishishini liza kubethwa ngokuncipha kwexabiso lokukhuphisana kwiindawo zalo eziphambili, ezibandakanya i-UK kunye neNew Zealand, njengoko idola yase-Australia iqhubeka isomelela. Inkcitho enokuvela ilawulwa ngabakhenkethi abaninzi abanokubakho kunye nabahambi ngezoshishino. Isaphulelo esimandla seendleko zokuhamba ngeenqwelo-moya siye salunceda urhwebo lokhenketho njengoko lukhuthaze abantu abaninzi ukuba bathabathe ithuba lokuhlawula amaxabiso aphantsi akhoyo. Oku kuya kuba kokwexeshana, nangona kunjalo, njengoko amaxabiso e-oli ehlabathi enyuka enyuka, ebeka uxinzelelo kwinzuzo yeenqwelo-moya kwaye ngo-2010 silindele ukuba izaphulelo zeendleko zokuhamba ziphele ukukhawulelana nokunyuka kweendleko zamafutha. Oko kuthethiweyo, ukhuphiswano phakathi kwabathwali bexabiso eliphantsi eOstreliya naseAsia Pacific luya kugcina imali yokukhwela iphantsi.
Asilindelanga ukuba intsholongwane ye-H1N1 (umkhuhlane wehagu) ibe nempembelelo enkulu kumanani okhenketho e-Australia njengoko iinkxalabo malunga nentsholongwane ziye zoyiswa ziimpawu zayo eziphakathi kunye nezinga lokufa eliphantsi.
Ngowama-2010, ingxelo iqikelela amanani okufika aza kuqalisa ukuya phezulu kwakhona, afikelele kwi-5.41mn, agqithe kwi-6.00mn ekupheleni kwexesha lethu loqikelelo ngo-2013.
Inkcitho karhulumente ehlangeneyo kuhambo nokhenketho ifikelele kwi-US$2,422mn ngo-2008 kwaye kuqikelelwa ukuba iza kunyuka iye kutsho kwi-US$2,651mn ngo-2009, isiya kutsho kuqikelelo lwe-US$3,522mn ngo-2013. uphawu ilizwe. Iceba ukuchitha i-US $ 20mn phakathi kuka-2009 kunye no-2013 kunye nokusungula uphawu olutsha ngo-2010. Ngokutsho koMphathiswa wezoRhwebo uSimon Crean, isicwangciso kukudala 'i-brand edibeneyo ebamba i-essence ye-Australia kwaye igxininisa umgangatho wayo yonke into. kufuneka sinikezele kumacandelo afana norhwebo, utyalo-mali kunye nemfundo.' IOstreliya ifumana uninzi lwabakhenkethi abavela eAsia Pacific, ilandelwa yiYurophu noMntla Melika.
INew Zealand yeyona marike inkulu yomthombo, ngelixa iJapan neTshayina zikhula ngokuthe ngcembe. I-China iye yaphawulwa liSebe lezoKhenketho njengeyona marike ikhula ngokukhawuleza e-Australia, nangona ukhenketho olungenayo lusemngciphekweni ngenxa yobudlelwane obubi bezozakuzo phakathi kwe-Australia ne-China. Uthotho lweziganeko, eziquka ukubanjwa eTshayina kwabaphathi abane baseRio Tinto kunye norhulumente waseOstreliya enika inkokeli yeUighur uRebiya Kadeer i-visa, nokwabizwa ngokuba ngumnqolobi ngurhulumente waseTshayina emva kodushe olwabulalayo eXinjiang ngoJulayi, ziye zanyusa ukungavisisani. Abakhenkethi abangaphakathi bathi, ngenxa yoko, bafaka inani elandayo lemibuzo malunga neemvakalelo ezichasene namaTshayina kubakhenkethi abanokubakho.
Ngokubhekiselele kukhenketho oluphuma ngaphandle, iNew Zealand ilawula imarike yaseOstreliya. Amanani abakhenkethi abaphumayo elizweni aphantse aphinda kabini phakathi kuka-2001 no-2008, anyuka ukusuka kuma-574,500 ukuya kuma-913,400. I-US kunye ne-UK ilandelela i-New Zealand, ngelixa iindawo eziseleyo kwi-10 ephezulu ehanjelwe ngabakhenkethi base-Australia bonke bakummandla we-Asia Pacific. Kwi-2008, abakhenkethi be-3.71mn base-Australia batyelela ummandla kunye ne-BMI yokubikezela ukukhula okuqhubekayo kwi-2013, xa amanani abakhenkethi abaphumayo ukuya kummandla we-Asia Pacific aya kufikelela kwi-6.62mn.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- A series of incidents, including the arrest in China of four Rio Tinto executives and the Australian government granting a visa to Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer, who has been branded a terrorist by the Chinese government after deadly riots in Xinjiang in July, have increased tensions.
- Collective government expenditure on travel and tourism amounted to an estimated US$2,422mn in 2008 and is forecast to increase to US$2,651mn in 2009, trending up to a forecast US$3,522mn by 2013.
- According to Minister for Trade Simon Crean, the plan is to create ‘a cohesive brand that captures the essence of Australia and underscores the quality of all that we have to offer in sectors such as trade, investment and education.
