Uphando olwenziwe sisigebenga samakhadi okuthenga ngetyala i-Visa lufumanise ukuba ukuhla kwedola akukhange kuthomalalise umdla wokundwendwela kumazwe aphesheya phakathi kwamanani amakhulu abantu baseMelika – kodwa kuwenze mfutshane umgama abazimisele ukuwuhamba.
Ngokutsho kweVisa, uphando, oluye lwavota kuphela abanini bamakhadi entlawulo base-US ababehambe ngaphandle kwe-US kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo, bafumanisa ukuba ababini kwabathathu abaphendulayo (ipesenti ezingama-63) bakulungele ukuhamba ngokulinganayo okanye ngaphezulu xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka omnye odlulileyo. Kwaye isiqingatha sithe banokuthatha uhambo lokuya phesheya kwezi nyanga zili-12 zizayo. Kwabo bahambi, iCanada kunye neMexico zezona ndawo banokufikela kuzo ngaphandle kwamazwe angama-50.
Oko akuthethi ukuba umdla wokuhamba phakathi kwabahambi base-US uyehla, nangona kunjalo. Ngokutsho kweVisa, iipesenti ezingama-74 zabaphenduli abathi abahambi kumazwe aphesheya kunyaka olandelayo banomdla wokuhambela phesheya kolwandle kwixesha elizayo.
“Abantu baseMerika bayakuthanda ukuhambahamba; kunzima ukubagcina ekhaya,” utshilo uVicente Echeveste, iGlobal Travel and Tourism Lead eVisa Inc. ukhenketho njengomqhubi onamandla wokukhula koqoqosho lwehlabathi.”
Kwi-2008 US International Travel Outlook, eyayisekelwe kudliwano-ndlebe lwefowuni kunye nabantu abadala abali-1,000 baseMelika abaphethe ikhadi letyala okanye ikhadi lebhanki kwaye bahambe ngaphandle kwe-US kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo, isigebenga sezemali saseSan Francisco safumanisa ukuba abo akunakwenzeka ukuba bahambe kumazwe ngamazwe kulo nyaka bekhankanya iindleko zokuhamba (ipesenti ezingama-54) kunye nemeko yangoku yoqoqosho (ipesenti ezingama-49) njengezithintelo. Nangona kunjalo, abantu baseMelika abazibandakanyi kwii-barbecues ezingasemva kwendlu kunye namaqela abhlokiweyo - bacwangcisa uhambo phakathi kwamazwe angama-50 ukwanelisa ukuzulazula kwabo. Enyanisweni, esinye sezizathu ezithathu abaphenduliweyo banike ukungahambi phesheya kweelwandle kukuba babeceba ukuhamba e-US kulo nyaka (i-49 ekhulwini).
Umgama ubonakala ulawula izigqibo zokuhamba zabantu baseMelika kulo nyaka, kunye neNtshona Yurophu kunye neCaribbean zisondeza uluhlu lwezona ndawo zidumileyo zangaphandle kubahambi baseMelika ngo-2008, uphando lweVisa lufunyenwe.
IVisa yongeze ukuba iindawo ezilindelekileyo zohambo phakathi kwabanini makhadi abahamba kumazwe ngamazwe kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo kwaye kusenokwenzeka ukuba bahambe kumazwe ngamazwe ngo-2008 baquka iCanada (46 pesenti), iMexico (45 pesenti), United Kingdom (28 pesenti), Italy (27 pesenti) , iFransi (i-24 ekhulwini) kunye neBahamas (i-24 ekhulwini).
Abakhenkethi baseMelika baya kuchitha phi imali yabo phesheya? Ngokutsho kolu hlolisiso, abaphenduli baceba ukuchitha eyona mali ininzi kwiindawo zokulala (iipesenti ezingama-60), kulandele ukutya (i-12 ekhulwini) nokuzonwabisa (i-12 ekhulwini).
“Ukuqonda ukuba abatyeleli bayichitha phi kwaye njani imali yabo kubaluleke kakhulu koorhulumente nakwishishini lezokhenketho lehlabathi. IVisa izibophelele ekuboneleleni ngedatha yokhenketho ukunceda ukuqhuba ukhenketho oluzinzileyo lwehlabathi kunye nenethiwekhi ekhuselekileyo, ethembekileyo neyamkela intlawulo yehlabathi yabanini bamakhadi eVisa, ”wongeze watsho u-Echeveste.
Imali phezu kweplastiki?
Ngokutsho kweVisa, uninzi lwabaphenduli bakhankanya amakhadi etyala kunye nedebhithi njengendlela abayithandayo yokuhlawula xa bethenga phesheya kweelwandle (ipesenti ezingama-73), ngaphambi kwekheshi (ipesenti ezili-18) kwaye abahambi bajonga (iipesenti ezisi-7). Abahambi bakhetha intlawulo ye-elektroniki ngokusekelwe kwi-ilula yayo (ipesenti ze-94), ukukhululeka kokufikelela kwiimali (iipesenti ze-87) kunye nokhuseleko (i-78 ekhulwini).
