Antigua ndi Barbuda akuwonetsa kukula kwamphamvu kwa zokopa alendo mu 2018

Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Official anena kuti, kwa nthawi yoyamba m'zaka zopitilira khumi ndi zisanu, Antigua ndi Barbuda awonetsa alendo amphamvu kwambiri omwe afika ndi ndege kuyambira Januware mpaka Juni (148,139), ndikuwonjezeka kwakukulu kwamisika yayikulu yopitako: US, Canada, UK ndi Caribbean. Izi zikuyimira chiwonjezeko chonse cha + 7% kuchokera ku 2017. Malo oyandikira kwambiri omwe adafikapo m'mbuyomu anali mu 2008 (146,935).

Makamaka, mwezi wa June udawonetsa kuwonjezeka kwakukulu: Canada ili ndi kuwonjezeka kwakukulu kwa chaka ndi chaka ndi 170%, kutsatiridwa ndi US (14.35%), Caribbean (8.69%) ndi UK (8.27%). Kuphatikiza apo, komwe akupita akuwona kuwonjezeka kwapakati pa 11.57% kwa omwe akufika panyanja (502,527 kuyambira Januwale - Meyi), komanso kukula kwapakati pa 8.6% kwa anthu okhalamo.

Kukula uku kukuyembekezeka kupitiliza ndikukwera kwakukulu kwa ndege kuchokera ku North America mu Fall 2018, kutsegulidwa kwa malo atsopano osangalalira nyenyezi 5 ndi spa, Hodges Bay, mu Okutobala 2018 komanso dongosolo lonse laulendo wapamadzi.
"Ndife okondwa chifukwa chakukula kwa omwe akufika, paulendo wapamadzi komanso ndege. Ndizolimbikitsa kwambiri kumakampani okopa alendo, ndipo ndikufuna kuyamika bungwe la Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, mabungwe azidansi, ogwira nawo ntchito ndi onse omwe timagwira nawo ntchito zokopa alendo potithandiza kukwaniritsa zotsatira zabwinozi kwa miyezi 6 yoyambirira ya chaka. Sitidzapumula pazosowa zathu, ndipo tikuyesetsa kuchita bwino. Tipitilizabe kuyika ndalama pazomangamanga ndi ntchito ndikudziwitsa anthu za Antigua ndi Barbuda, kuwonetsetsa kuti tikuwona kukula kosalekeza kwa omwe akufika, "atero nduna ya Tourism ndi Investment, Wolemekezeka Charles 'Max' Fernandez.

"Theka loyamba la 2018 lawonetsa kusintha kwakukulu, makamaka m'misika yathu yayikulu. Tikuyembekezera kuyesetsa mosalekeza kukopa alendo obwera kumene, kuwongolera zokopa alendo pazilumba komanso kuwonjezera mwayi wopezeka kudzera pa eyapoti ndi madoko omwe adalandira mphoto. Tikuchulukitsa maulendo athu okwera ndege kuchokera ku Miami, ndikuyambitsa maulendo atsopano kuchokera ku New York ndi Canada, ndikulandira zombo zatsopano zapamadzi kuti zikhale zotanganidwa kale. Kuphatikizidwa ndi njira zathu zotsatsa malonda, tili ndi chidaliro kuti tidzapitirizabe kuona kukula kwakukulu kwa theka lachiwiri la chaka, "anatero mkulu wa bungwe la Antigua ndi Barbuda Tourism Authority, Colin C. James.

Mu 2017, zilumbazi zidafika pachimake pazambiri polandila alendo opitilira miliyoni imodzi. Ziwerengero zakufika ndi kukhalamo kwa theka loyamba la chaka ndizizindikiro zabwino zomwe Antigua ndi Barbuda zakhazikitsidwa chaka china chodziwika bwino muzokopa alendo.