Ingxelo ikwabonisa ukuba ngo-2020, njengoko ubhubhane wawutshabalalisa intliziyo yeli candelo, imisebenzi engama-844,000 yezohambo nezokhenketho yalahleka kulo lonke ilizwe.

Uphando olwenziwe yiWorld Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) lutyhile ukuba uqoqosho lwase-Egypt lunokujongana nelahleko yemihla ngemihla engaphezulu kwe-EGP 31 yezigidi ukuba luhlala 'kuluhlu olubomvu' lohambo lwase-UK.

Ngokusekelwe kumanqanaba ka-2019, imeko yeYiputa njengelizwe 'eliluhlu olubomvu' e-UK iya kuba yingozi enkulu kwicandelo lezohambo nezokhenketho elijongene nobunzima belizwe kwaye uqoqosho luphela lulumkisa i-WTTC.

Ngokwezibalo zangaphambi kobhubhane, iindwendwe zase-UK zimele iipesenti ezintlanu zabo bonke abafikayo abavela kwamanye amazwe ngo-2019.

I-UK yayikwangumthombo wesithathu omkhulu wemarike ye-Egypt, emva nje kweJamani neSaudi Arabia.

Nangona kunjalo, uphando lwe-WTTC lubonisa ukuba imiqathango 'yoluhlu olubomvu' iyabathintela abahambi base-UK ekutyeleleni i-Egypt.

I-WTTC - Uqoqosho lwase-Egypt lujongene nokulahlekelwa yi-EGP yezigidi ezingama-31 mihla le ngenxa yemeko yoluhlu olubomvu lwase-UK

Umbutho wezokhenketho wehlabathi uthi oku kungenxa yoloyiko malunga neendleko ezongezelelweyo ezifunyenwe kwi-quarantine ebiza kakhulu yehotele kangangeentsuku ezili-10 xa ufika e-UK, kunye novavanyo lwe-COVID-19 olubizayo.

Uqoqosho lwase-Egypt lunokujongana nokutsalwa kwemali engaphezulu kwe-EGP 237 yezigidi ngeveki, okulingana ne-EGP 1 yezigidigidi ngenyanga.

UVirginia Messina, uSekela Mongameli oyiNtloko kunye ne-CEO eBambeleyo ye-WTTC, uthe: “Yonke imihla i-Egypt ihlala 'kuluhlu olubomvu' lwase-UK, uqoqosho lwelizwe lujongene nokulahlekelwa zizigidi ngenxa yokunqongophala kweendwendwe zase-UK zodwa. Lo mgaqo-nkqubo ungqongqo kakhulu kwaye wonakalisa njengoko abahambi abavela e-Egypt nabo bejongene nokuvalwa kwehotele okunyanzelekileyo ngexabiso elikhulu.

“Isigqibo sikarhulumente wase-UK sokongeza i-Egypt ‘kuluhlu lwayo olubomvu’ sinempembelelo enkulu kungekuphela nje kuqoqosho lwesizwe, kodwa nakumawaka amaninzi amaJiphutha aqhelekileyo axhomekeke kwicandelo eliphumelelayo lezoKhenketho nezoKhenketho ukuze aphile.”

"Ukusasazwa kwe-gonyo e-UK kube yimpumelelo enkulu kuba abantu abadala abangaphezu kwesithathu kwikota bahlatywe kabini, kwaye ama-59% abantu bonke bagonywe ngokupheleleyo. Amathuba kukuba nabani na oya e-Egypt uza kugonywa ngokupheleleyo kwaye ngenxa yoko abe nomngcipheko omncinci."

“Idatha yethu ibonisa indlela ebaluleke ngayo iTravel & Tourism kweli lizwe, kwaye kubaluleke kangakanani ukuba urhulumente wase-Egypt anyuse ukuqaliswa kokugonywa ukuba ufuna ithuba lokubuyisela eli candelo libalulekileyo, elibalulekileyo ekubuyiselweni koqoqosho lweli lizwe.”

Uphando lwe-WTTC lubonisa impembelelo enkulu i-COVID-19 ebenayo kwicandelo lezohambo nokhenketho laseYiputa, apho igalelo layo kwi-GDP yesizwe lehla ukusuka kwi-EGP 505 yeebhiliyoni (8.8%) ngo-2019, ukuya kwi-EGP 227.5 yeebhiliyoni (3.8%) kuphela ngo-2020.

Ingxelo ikwabonisa ukuba ngo-2020, njengoko ubhubhane wawutshabalalisa intliziyo yeli candelo, imisebenzi engama-844,000 yezohambo nezokhenketho yalahleka kulo lonke ilizwe.