Destinations around the world welcomed 956 million international tourists between January and September 2016, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.
Lokhu kungaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-34 kunangesikhathi esifanayo sowezi-2015, okuwukunyuka ngama-4%.
Isidingo sezokuvakasha samazwe ngamazwe sahlala siqinile ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalolunye zokuqala zika-2016, nakuba sikhula ngesivinini esilinganiselwe. Ngemva kokuqala konyaka okuqinile, ukukhula kwaba kancane engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka wezi-2016 ukuze kuphinde kuqale engxenyeni yesithathu yonyaka. Nakuba izindawo eziningi okuyiwa kuzo zibika imiphumela ekhuthazayo, ezinye ziyaqhubeka nokuzabalaza nomthelela wezenzakalo ezingezinhle, kungaba ezweni labo noma esifundeni sabo.
“Tourism is one of the most resilient and fastest-growing economic sectors but it is also very sensitive to risks, both actual and perceived. As such, the sector must continue to work together with governments and stakeholders to minimize risks, respond effectively and build confidence among travelers,” said UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai.
“Ayikho indawo oya kuyo engenazo izingozi. Kudingeka sikhulise ukubambisana ekubhekaneni nalezi zinsongo zomhlaba wonke, okuyilezi ezihlobene nokuphepha nokuvikeleka. Futhi sidinga ukwenza ezokuvakasha zibe yingxenye ebalulekile yokuhlela kanye nezimpendulo eziphuthumayo”, kwengeza uMnu Rifai ngaphambi koMhlangano Wongqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Okuphephile, Okuvikelekile Nokungenazihibe ozoba se-World Travel Market eLondon mhla ziyisi-9 kuLwezi.
UMnu. Rifai uphinde wakhumbula: “Izinhlekelele zangempela zivame ukukhuliswa noma zihlanekezelwe ukungaboni kahle futhi izindawo ezithintekile zibhekene nezinselele ezibalulekile, nakuba ezingeni lomhlaba wonke isidingo sihlala siqinile. Kudingeka siweseke la mazwe ekubuyiseni ukuzethemba, ngoba ukwenza kanjalo kuzozuzisa wonke umkhakha wezokuvakasha kanye nomphakathi wonkana.”
Imiphumela yesifunda
I-Asia ne-Pacific ihole ekukhuleni ezifundeni zomhlaba wonke, lapho kufika izivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe (izivakashi ezilale ubusuku bonke) kukhuphuke ngo-9% ngoSepthemba. Zonke izifunda ezine zahlanganyela kulokhu kukhula. Izindawo eziningi okuyiwa kuzo zibike ukukhula okunamadijithi amabili, kanti iRiphabhulikhi yaseKorea (+34%), iVietnam (+36%), iJapan (+24%) neSri Lanka (+15%) ihamba phambili.
E-Europe, ukufika kwamanye amazwe kukhule ngo-2% phakathi kukaJanuwari noSepthemba 2016, nokukhula okuqinile ezindaweni eziningi. Noma kunjalo, ukwenyuka kwamadijithi amabili ezindaweni ezinkulu ezifana ne-Spain, Hungary, Portugal ne-Ireland kwaxazululwa yimiphumela engemihle e-France, Belgium naseTurkey. Ngenxa yalokho, iNyakatho Yurophu ikhule ngo-6% kanye ne-Central and Eastern Europe ngo-5% kuyilapho imiphumela ibe buthaka eNtshonalanga Yurophu (-1%) nase-Southern Mediterranean Europe (+0%).
Ukufika kwabavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe emazweni aseMelika kunyuke ngo-4% ngoSepthemba. INingizimu Melika (+7%) kanye neMelika Ephakathi (+6%) ihole imiphumela, ilandelwa eduze yiCaribbean neNyakatho Melika (zombili +4%).
E-Afrika (+8%), izindawo eziya e-sub-Saharan ziphindaphindeka kakhulu unyaka wonke, kuyilapho iNyakatho Afrika yathatha ingxenye yesithathu. Idatha etholakalayo yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi ikhomba ekwehleni ngo-6% kwabafikayo, nakuba imiphumela ihluka ngokwendawo okuyiwa kuyo. Imiphumela iqale ukuthuthuka kancane kancane engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka eNyakatho Afrika naseMpumalanga Ephakathi.
Isidingo esinamandla sohambo oluphumayo
Iningi lezimakethe ezihamba phambili emhlabeni jikelele libike ukwenyuka kwezindleko zezokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe phakathi nezinyanga zokuqala ezintathu kuya kweziyisishiyagalolunye zowezi-2016.
Phakathi kwezimakethe ezinhlanu eziphezulu zemithombo, i-China, imakethe yemithombo ephezulu emhlabeni, iyaqhubeka nokuqhuba isidingo, ibika ukukhula kwezindleko eziphindwe kabili (+19%). Ngokufanayo, imiphumela eqinile ivela e-United States (+9%), ezuze izindawo eziningi emazweni aseMelika nangale kwayo. IGermany ibike ukwenyuka kwezindleko ngo-5%, i-United Kingdom, inyuke ngo-10%, kanti iFrance ikhule ngo-3%.
Engxenyeni esele yeshumi eliphezulu, ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezokuvakasha kukhule ngokuphawulekayo e-Australia naseRiphabhulikhi yaseKorea (kokubili +9%), futhi ngokumaphakathi e-Italy (+3%). Ngokuphambene, izindleko ezivela eRussian Federation zehle ngo-37% kanti eCanada zehle ngo-2%.
Ngale kwezingu-10 eziphezulu, ezinye izimakethe eziyisishiyagalombili zibike ukukhula okunamadijithi amabili: i-Egypt (+38%), i-Argentina (+27%), iSpain (+19%), i-India (+16%), iThailand (+15%), i-Ukraine. (+15%), Ireland (+12%) kanye neNorway (+11%).
Amathemba ahlala enethemba
Prospects remain positive for the remaining quarter of 2016 according to the UNWTO Confidence Index.
The members of the UNWTO Panel of Tourism Experts are confident about the September-December period, mostly in Africa, the Americas and Asia and the Pacific. Experts in Europe and the Middle East are somewhat more cautious.
