I-MADRID - Icandelo lezokhenketho lwehlabathi lonke liya kuthumela "ukubuyisela okuphakathi" kwi-2010 emva kokuncipha kulo nyaka ngenxa yokudodobala kwezoqoqosho, kunye ne-Asia imiselwe ukuphindaphinda okunamandla, i-UN World Tourism Organization yathi ngoLwesibili.

"Abakhenkethi abafikayo bamazwe ngamazwe banokubona ukuchacha okuphakathi kulo nyaka uzayo, ngokukhula ngepesenti enye ukuya kwisithathu," iqumrhu elisekelwe eMadrid litshilo kwibhulethini yalo yamva nje.

"I-Asiya iya kubonisa eyona nto inamandla, ngelixa iYurophu kunye neMelika ziya kuthatha ixesha elide ukuchacha."

Iseke imbonakalo yayo yalo nyaka uzayo kuphuculo lwamanani okhenketho lwamazwe ngamazwe abhalwe kwiinyanga zamva nje kunye nezalathisi zoqoqosho ezingcono kunoko bezilindelwe kwezinye iimarike ezingundoqo.

Ngowama-2009, iqumrhu eliphakathi koorhulumente liqikelele ukuhla kweepesenti ezintlanu kwabakhenkethi abafika kumazwe ngamazwe.

Ngexesha leenyanga ezisibhozo zokuqala zonyaka iqikelela ukuba abakhenkethi abafikayo bamazwe ngamazwe behle malunga neepesenti ezisixhenxe kunyaka ophelileyo ukuya kwizigidi ezingama-600 zabafikayo.

Kodwa abafikayo kwiinyanga ezimbini eziphakamileyo zikaJulayi no-Agasti behla ngeepesenti ezintathu xa kuthelekiswa nokuncipha kweepesenti ezisibhozo kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka, kwaye idatha ekhoyo ngoSeptemba ibhekisela ekuqhubekeni kokunyuka.

Unobhala jikelele webhodi yezokhenketho ye-UN, uTaleb Rifai, uthe “kunqabile kwimbali yokhenketho erekhodiweyo ukuba ishishini lijamelane nemiba emininzi eyahlukeneyo ngaxeshanye.

“Kulo nyaka wonke, ushishino lwezokhenketho lwehlabathi belujongene nemiceli mngeni emininzi, ekhokelwe kukudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi, ukudodobala kwamatyala kunye nokunyuka kwentswela-ngqesho, singasathethi ke ngobhubhane womkhuhlane,” utshilo kwingxelo.

"Nangona kunjalo, umkhwa ombi oye wavela kwisiqingatha sesibini se-2008 kwaye waqiniswa ngo-2009 uqala ukubonisa iimpawu zokuhla," wongezelela.

Ukufika kwabakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe kwenyuka nge-1.9 yeepesenti ngo-2008 kunyaka ophelileyo ukuya kwi-922 yezigidi, ngokutsho kwe-UN body.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

Kodwa abafikayo kwiinyanga ezimbini eziphakamileyo zikaJulayi no-Agasti behla ngeepesenti ezintathu xa kuthelekiswa nokuncipha kweepesenti ezisibhozo kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka, kwaye idatha ekhoyo ngoSeptemba ibhekisela ekuqhubekeni kokunyuka.
Ngexesha leenyanga ezisibhozo zokuqala zonyaka iqikelela ukuba abakhenkethi abafikayo bamazwe ngamazwe behle malunga neepesenti ezisixhenxe kunyaka ophelileyo ukuya kwizigidi ezingama-600 zabafikayo.
Iseke imbonakalo yayo yalo nyaka uzayo kuphuculo lwamanani okhenketho lwamazwe ngamazwe abhalwe kwiinyanga zamva nje kunye nezalathisi zoqoqosho ezingcono kunoko bezilindelwe kwezinye iimarike ezingundoqo.