IMaldives, iIndiya neSri Lanka ngabamelwane. IMaldives ixhomekeke kukhenketho njengothumela kwelinye ilizwe, kodwa abemi baseMaldives bakuthanda nokuhamba. Xa besenza i-India iye yaba yeyona ndawo ithengisa ngokukhawuleza kwezokhenketho lwaseMaldivian nge-86 yepesenti yokunyuka kwabakhenkethi abafikayo kwisithuba sonyaka omnye. Iinkcukacha-manani ezikhutshwe nguMphathiswa Wezokhenketho ezivela eIndiya zonyuke ngepesenti engama-86 ukusuka kwi-Q2 ka-2018 ukuya kwi-Q1 yowama-2019.
Ukonyuka okubukhali kubeka iIndiya kwindawo yesihlanu kuluhlu lwamanani aphezulu okufika kwabakhenkethi eMaldives ngelizwe. Amanye amazwe abenegalelo kwinani eliphezulu labakhenkethi kubandakanya iChina, iFrance, iJamani, i-Itali, iRussia ne-UK.
Iinkcukacha-manani zibonisa ama-48,876 abakhenkethi baseIndiya batyelele iMaldives kwi-Q1 yowama-2019. Eli nani linyuke ngama-95.3 epesenti xa kuthelekiswa ne-Q1 yowama-2018.
Olu tshintsho luthetha ukuba i-India ngoku yenza iipesenti ezingama-7.6 zokufika kwabakhenkethi eMaldives. Ibhulethini yezoqoqosho yekota ekhutshwe yibhanki ephambili ye-Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) ikwadwelisa i-India njengeyona marike ikhawulezayo kwezorhwebo kukhenketho lwaseMaldivian.
Ukonyuka kokufika kwabakhenkethi bevela eIndiya kukonyuse ukufika kwabakhenkethi abavela kummandla weAsia Pacific ngeepesenti ezili-16.
Imakethi yaseTshayina, nelona galelo likhulu ekufikeni kwabakhenkethi eMaldives ngelizwe, kwaye yabonisa iimpawu zokwehla ekupheleni kuka-2018, iphuculwe kwi-Q1 yowama-2019. Izibalo zibonisa ukufika kwabakhenkethi abavela e-China bonyuke ngeepesenti ezi-6 kwikota .
Bebonke abakhenkethi abangama-646,092 batyelele iMaldives kwi-Q1 yowama-2019-ukuphucuka kweepesenti ezingama-19.7 xa kuthelekiswa ne-Q1 ka-2018.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The Chinese market, which is the single biggest contributor to tourist arrivals to the Maldives by country, and showed signs of a slowdown at the end of 2018, improved in Q1 of 2019.
- The sharp increase places India fifth in the list of the highest number of tourist arrivals to the Maldives by country.
- When they do India has become the fastest developing market for Maldivian tourism with an 86 percent increase in tourist arrivals in the span of one year.
