I-American Samoa, isiqithi sasePasifiki esilibeleyo xa kufikwa kuhambo kunye nokhenketho. Iziphumo zophononongo lokuqala olunzulu lokufika kweendwendwe kunye nokuhamba kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sasePago Pago kuya kunceda ukuphucula umgangatho kunye nokuphucula iinkonzo zabatyeleli kwi-American Samoa, utshilo uMlawuli oyiNtloko we-American Samoa Visitors Bureau (ASVB) uDavid Vaeafe.
"Ishishini lezokhenketho lase-American Samoa kunye nemveliso yahlukile kwaye uphando oluqhubekayo luya kunceda iNdawo yethu ekuphuhliseni nasekucokiseni icandelo lokhenketho elomeleleyo nelizinzileyo kwizizukulwana ezizayo", utshilo, ephawula ukuba iziphumo zovavanyo "ziyakhuthaza kakhulu."
Uphinde waphinda wathi “intsebenziswano yecandelo labucala nelikarhulumente” iqhuba uphuhliso lokhenketho yi-ASVB kunye nendlela yonke karhulumente kwicandelo ekuphumezeni iziphumo ezinqwenelekayo.
Ingxelo ye-American Samoa International Visitor Survey 2017 ingxelo, eyagunyaziswa yi-ASVB kwaye ihanjiswe yi-Fiji-based South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), yakhululwa ngokusemthethweni ngoMvulo ngexesha lokunikezelwa kweLupelele Room kwi-Tradewinds Hotel.
Ingxelo yephepha le-69, isiphumo somsebenzi wentsimi owenziwe kwi-Airport ye-Pago Pago International ukusuka kwi-1 Dec.
Yahlulwe yangamacandelo ali-13, le ngxelo igubungela imiba eyahlukahlukeneyo, kuquka abo batyelela loo ntsimi; bahlala ixesha elingakanani, kwaye bachitha malini. Ikwabonisa ulwazi malunga nale miba ngemizobo yolwazi - iingceba zolwazi ezineenkcukacha, ezihamba neetshathi kunye neetheyibhile.
Ingxelo iphawula ukuba igama elithi "umkhenkethi" libhekisela kwiindwendwe ezihamba kuzo zonke iinjongo - iholide / ukuphumla, ukutyelela abahlobo kunye nezihlobo, ishishini, iinkolo, ukuhamba kunye nabanye. Iindwendwe zasemini, kwanabo bonke abantu abahlala eAmerican Samoa, kungakhathaliseki ukuba ngabaluphi na uhlanga, abazange baqukwe kolu hlolisiso. Abantu abaqeshwe ziinkampani zaseMelika Samoa nabo babengabandakanywanga.
Ngokutsho kwe-ASVB, ingxelo yophando ngumlinganiselo ongundoqo wabatyeleli oza kusetyenziswa ngurhulumente kunye necandelo labucala ukwenza izigqibo ezichubekileyo zeqhinga malunga nocwangciso, ukuthengisa, ukuqulunqwa komgaqo-nkqubo kunye nemimiselo ngaphakathi kwecandelo lezokhenketho.
"Kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuba zonke iindwendwe zinegalelo kuqoqosho lwe-American Samoa kwaye zithatha inxaxheba kwimisebenzi yokuzonwabisa," itshilo.
Phakathi kweziphumo eziphambili zengxelo, kukuba kwi-2016, iindwendwe ezingama-20,050 zirekhodwa liCandelo leNkcazo yeSebe lezoRhwebo. Kwaye "ukutyelela abahlobo kunye nezihlobo (VFR)" kubalwa uninzi lwazo zonke iindwendwe kwi-55%.
I-US (ngaphandle kwe-Hawai'i) yeyona marike yomthombo omkhulu kwi-42.3%; ilandelwa ngamazwe eziqithi zePasifiki ngama-21%; I-Hawaii kunye ne-11.3%; kunye neNew Zealand kwi-10.1%
Uphando lubonisa ukuba ngaphezulu kwe-17% yabakhenkethi abafikayo abavela e-US bahlala eCalifornia, kunye ne-4.9% ukusuka e-Utah kunye ne-3.7% ukusuka kwi-Washington state. Ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sabo bonke abakhenkethi abafikayo abavela e-US bahlala kwamanye amazwe.
IZIZATHU ZOKUTYELELA
Ngokutsho kophando, esona sizathu siphambili sokutyelela intsimi yayishishini kwi-37.6%. Kweli qela, esona sizathu siphambili sotyelelo ibikushishino neenkomfa kuma-28%.
Ulonwabo, esona sizathu siphambili sesibini, ibilawulwa ngabantu abandwendwela ikakhulu iikhefi kunye neeresityu (59.7%), ukuthenga (44.7%) kunye nokubukela indawo okuzimeleyo (44.2%). Kwi-VFR, usapho lwe-fa'alavelave luye lwalawula icandelo kwi-29%.
UBUDE BOKUHLALA
Ubude obuqhelekileyo bokuhlala yayiyi-8.1 yobusuku, ngokutsho kwengxelo, ephawula ukuba iindwendwe zaseSamoa kunye neJamani zahlala ixesha elide kunye ne-avareji ye-19.7 kunye nobusuku be-19, ngokulandelanayo.
Abakhenkethi bamashishini bahlala umyinge weentsuku ezili-11.9; abakhenkethi ngeeholide/zolonwabo umndilili wobusuku obuyi-10.4; kunye ne-VFR i-avareji ye-7.9 yobusuku
UHANELO LOKUQALA NEZAPHAMBILI
Uphando luye lwafumanisa ukuba i-46% yazo zonke iindwendwe kwi-American Samoa yayiziindwendwe zokuqala. Nangona kunjalo, abo bavela eYurophu (85%) nakwamanye amazwe ase-Asia (84.6%) balindeleke ukuba bahambe baye e-American Samoa okokuqala kunabo bavela e-Australia nakwamanye amazwe asePasifiki. Ukongeza, iindwendwe ezisuka e-Hawai'i naseSamoa yayizezona zinokwenzeka ukuba zibe ngabatyeleli bokuqala - okt abakhe bandwendwela ngaphambili.
Kwiindwendwe zangaphambili, ingxelo ithi i-56% yatyelela i-American Samoa ngaphambili. Oku kuphezulu kwabo baseSamoa (76.5%), eHawaii (68.3%), kwezinye iziqithi zePasifiki (56%), e-Australia (52%), eNew Zealand (48.6%) nase-US (47.9%) - ngaphandle kwe-Hawai 'i.
Isezantsi kwezo marike zohambo olude zelizwekazi laseYurophu (15%) nakwamanye amazwe aseAsia (15.4%), ngokwengxelo. (IiNdaba zaseSamoa ziya kuxela kamva kule veki kwezinye izinto eziphambili ezifunyanisiweyo kwingxelo.)
Iziphumo eziphambili zophando zinikezelwe ngexesha lokuhlanganisana ngoMvulo yi-SPTO igosa elilawulayo, uChristopher Cocker, oye waya kwintsimi kunye namanye amagosa amathathu e-STPO, ukubamba i-Statistics kunye ne-Sustainable Tourism Training Workshop yabachaphazelekayo kunye norhulumente kwi-Tradewinds. Ihotele ekuqaleni kwale veki.
