Kenya ndi malo otsogola kwambiri okayendera alendo ku East African intra-tourism, kuwonetsa phindu la pulogalamu ya visa yotseguka komanso malire otseguka kwa alendo ochokera kumayiko oyandikana nawo.
Alendo obwera ku Kenya ochokera kumayiko ena ku East Africa akula pang'onopang'ono m'zaka zitatu zapitazi chifukwa cha dongosolo la visa yotseguka lomwe Kenya idakhazikitsa kuti lilimbikitse kuyenda m'chigawo cha East Africa.
Malipoti ochokera ku Unduna wa Zokopa alendo ku Nairobi adati pali alendo 95,845 ochokera ku Uganda, Tanzania, ndi Rwanda chaka chatha, kuchokera pa 80,841 chaka chatha.
Mu 2015, panali alendo 58,032 omwe anafika ku Kenya kuchokera ku mayiko oyandikana nawo.
"Uganda ndiye adatsogola pamndandanda wamisika yayikulu kwambiri ku Kenya mu Africa, ikukula ndi 20.6 peresenti kufika pa ofika 61,542," unduna wa za Tourism ku Kenya udatero mu lipoti lake lantchito ya chaka chatha.
Tanzania, yomwe imagwirizana kwambiri ndi bizinesi ya Kenya, inali ndi alendo 21,110 omwe adasaina ku Kenya, zomwe zinalemba mochititsa chidwi 21.8 peresenti chaka chatha kufika 21,110 poyerekeza ndi 2016. Alendo ochokera ku Rwanda adakwera kufika 12,193 mu 2017 kuchokera 11,658 chaka chatha.
Uganda idawona gawo lawo pakufika kwawo ku Kenya pafupifupi kuwirikiza kawiri pazaka zitatu zapitazi.
Deta ya Unduna wa Zakukopa alendo ku Kenya idawonetsa kuti Uganda ndiye msika wachitatu waukulu kwambiri wotengera zokopa alendo ku Kenya ndi gawo lonse la 6.4% chaka chatha poyerekeza ndi 3.9% mu 2015 ndi 5.8% mu 2016.
Kum'mawa kwa Africa yakhazikitsa maulendo angapo oyendera alendo amodzi kuyambira February 2014. Visa iyi imathandiza alendo omwe akuyenda ku Kenya, Uganda, ndi Rwanda kuti ayende m'mayiko onse a 3 omwe ali mamembala pogwiritsa ntchito chilolezo chimodzi chomwe chingapezeke m'mayiko onsewa.
Tanzania ndi Burundi sizinaphatikizidwe mu pulogalamu ya visa yotseguka, koma kayendetsedwe ka bizinesi ndi alendo pakati pa mizinda ya Nairobi ndi Tanzania - makamaka Arusha, Mwanza, ndi Dar es Salaam - akhala akujambula mofulumira.
Kuthandizira kwa alendo obwera kuchokera ku East Africa kunathandizira kukulitsa omwe akufika ku Kenya kufika pa 1.47 miliyoni chaka chatha, kuchokera pa 1.34 miliyoni mu 2016 ngakhale kuti ziwerengerozo zidatsala pang'ono kufika pa 1.83 miliyoni mu 2011, malipoti adatero.
Kuwonjezekaku kudapangitsa ndalama za Kenya kuchokera ku zokopa alendo zikukwera ndi 20 peresenti chaka chatha. Ndalama zochokera ku zokopa alendo, m'modzi mwa anthu omwe amapeza ndalama zambiri ku Kenya kuphatikiza tiyi ndi ulimi wamaluwa, zidakwana Kshs120 biliyoni mchaka cha 2017, adatero Nduna ya Tourism Najib Balala.
"Kenya idakula kwambiri mu 2017 ngati mtundu womwe amapitako kutsatira kuwoneka bwino. Izi zidatheka ngakhale nyengo yokonzekera zisankho inali yotanganidwa yomwe idawopseza kuti ntchito zokopa alendo zichedwetsa,” adatero Balala.
Mayiko ochepa a ku Africa adatengera njira yaulere ya visa kwa alendo ochokera kumayiko ena aku Africa. Seychelles, Namibia, Ghana, Rwanda, Mauritius, Nigeria, ndi Benin onse atengera lamulo lopanda visa pazaka 2 zapitazi.
African Union mu 2016 idakhazikitsanso pasipoti ya kontinenti monga njira yolimbikitsira malire otseguka.
Kuphatikiza apo, Central African Economic and Monetary Community posachedwapa idagwirizananso ndi mgwirizano wofunikira kuti ayende mkati mwa chigawo cha anthu 6, kuphatikiza Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, ndi Chad, opanda visa komanso kuphatikiza chapakati Africa chowona.
Kuyenda m'maiko aku Africa kumakhalabe kovutirapo kwa alendo ambiri akunja ochokera ku United States ndi Europe.
Maiko aku Africa omwe chitukuko chawo chokopa alendo chakhala chikuyenda bwino kwambiri ndipo alephera kupereka chitupa cha visa chikapezeka kwa alendo akunja oyendera kontinenti, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti kukula kwa zokopa alendo ku Africa kuchepe.
Rwanda ili m'gulu loyamba, komanso dziko lochita upainiya ku Africa, kulimbikitsa lamulo limodzi la visa, ndikuyang'ana kupanga zokopa alendo kukhala gawo lalikulu lazachuma mdziko muno.
