Ngokwakutshanje UNWTO's World Tourism Barometer, i-Afrika idibanise iziphumo eziqinileyo zonyaka ophelileyo, ikhokelwa yi-Sub-Saharan Africa (+6%) ngelixa uMntla Afrika wabona ukwanda kwe-4% kwikota yokuqala ka-2018. I-6 xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kunyaka ophelileyo. Iziphumo zibonisa ukuqhubeka kwendlela eyomeleleyo ebonwe ngo-2018 (+2017%) kwaye ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, idlule UNWTOUqikelelo lwe-4% ukuya kwi-5% kunyaka wonke ka-2018.
Kwi-2017, i-Afrika igqithise abalingane bayo ukurekhoda ukunyuka kwe-9% ekufikeni kwamanye amazwe, njengoko iirisithi zezokhenketho zamazwe ngamazwe zanda nge-5%. Oku kulingana nabatyeleli abazizigidi ezingama-63 eAfrika, kwabangama-1,323 ezigidi abafikayo ehlabathini; Ibalelwa kwi-USD 38 yeebhiliyoni zeerisithi.
Ukuzithemba kukhenketho lwehlabathi kuhlala kuqinile ngokokutsha nje UNWTO Iphaneli yophando lweeNgcali zokuHamba. Imbono yePhaneli ngeli xesha langoku likaMeyi-Agasti lelona linethemba kwisithuba seminyaka elishumi, likhokelwa ziimvakalelo eziphakamileyo eAfrika, kuMbindi Mpuma naseYurophu. Uvandlakanyo lweengcaphephe zokusebenza kwezokhenketho kwiinyanga ezine zokuqala zowama-2018 nalo lomelele, ngokuhambelana neziphumo ezinamandla ezibhalwe kwiindawo ezininzi zehlabathi.
Umbutho wezoKhenketho weHlabathi (UNWTO) yi-arhente yeZizwe eziManyeneyo enoxanduva lokukhuthaza ukhenketho olunoxanduva, oluzinzileyo nolufikeleleka kwihlabathi liphela. Ingumbutho wamazwe ngamazwe okhokelayo kwicandelo lezokhenketho, okhuthaza ukhenketho njengomqhubi wohlumo loqoqosho, uphuhliso olubandakanyayo kunye nokuzinza kokusingqongileyo kwaye unika ubunkokeli nenkxaso kwicandelo ekuqhubeleni phambili ulwazi nemigaqo-nkqubo yokhenketho kwihlabathi jikelele. Isebenza njengeqonga lehlabathi lemiba yomgaqo-nkqubo wokhenketho kunye nomthombo osebenzayo wolwazi lokhenketho. Ikhuthaza ukuphunyezwa kwe-Global Code of Ethics for Tourism ukwandisa igalelo lezokhenketho kuphuhliso lwentlalo-qoqosho, ngelixa linciphisa iimpembelelo ezinokuthi zingabikho, kwaye lizinikele ekukhuthazeni ukhenketho njengesixhobo ekufezekiseni iinjongo zoPhuhliso oluZinzileyo zeZizwe eziManyeneyo (SDGs). ), ejoliswe ekupheliseni intlupheko kunye nokukhuthaza uphuhliso oluzinzileyo kunye noxolo kwihlabathi liphela.
UNWTO ivelisa ulwazi lwemarike, ikhuthaza imigaqo-nkqubo nezixhobo zokhenketho ezikhuphisanayo nezizinzileyo, ikhuthaza imfundo noqeqesho kukhenketho, kwaye isebenza ukwenza ukhenketho lube sisixhobo esisebenzayo sophuhliso ngeeprojekthi zoncedo lobugcisa kumazwe angaphezu kwe-100 kwihlabathi jikelele.
UNWTOUbulungu buquka amazwe ali-156, imimandla emi-6 kunye namalungu amanyeneyo angaphezu kwama-500 amele icandelo labucala, amaziko emfundo, imibutho yokhenketho kunye nabasemagunyeni kwezokhenketho. Ikomkhulu layo liseMadrid.
