Saudi Arabia Iwala ku IHIF Asia International Hospitality Investment Forum

Kupita patsogolo kumeneku kudawonetsedwa pamwambo wa IHIF Asia International Hospitality Investment Forum ku Hong Kong, pomwe Unduna wa Zokopa alendo ku Saudi udawonetsa kuthekera kokulirapo kwa osunga ndalama padziko lonse lapansi kuti apindule ndi gawo lazokopa alendo lomwe likukula mwachangu komanso losiyanasiyana.

Malo abwino kwambiri a Saudi Arabia pamphambano za makontinenti atatu komanso maubwenzi ake olimba azachuma ndi Asia amatsimikizira kuthekera kwake ngati malo oyendera alendo padziko lonse lapansi. Mu 2023, Ufumuwu unalandira alendo oposa 20.9 miliyoni ochokera ku Asia, amene onse anawononga ndalama zokwana madola 25.7 biliyoni. Kuchulukana kwakukuluku kukuwonetsa chidaliro chomwe misika yaku Asia ili nayo pakutha kwa zokopa alendo ku Saudi Arabia komanso mwayi wopindulitsa womwe umapereka kwa osunga ndalama. Kukopa kwa Ufumu kwa apaulendo aku Asia kukuwonekeranso ndikukula kwakukulu kwa malisiti okopa alendo, kuwonetsa kufunikira kwakukulu kwa Saudi Arabia ngati malo osiyanasiyana komanso olemera azikhalidwe.

Kuti apindule ndi izi, Boma lakhazikitsa pulogalamu ya Tourism Investment Enablers Programme (TIEP), ndi njira ya Hospitality Investment Enablers (HIE) yomwe ndi mwala wapangodya. HIE idapangidwa kuti ilimbikitse kwambiri malo ogona m'malo ofunikira okopa alendo, kuyendetsa ndalama zabizinesi mpaka $ 11 biliyoni ndikuwonjezera GDP yapachaka ndi $ 4.3 biliyoni pofika 2030. Cholingacho chikufunanso kupanga ntchito zatsopano za 120,000, kuthandizira zolinga za Saudi Arabia pazachuma zosiyanasiyana. Zolimbikitsa zazikuluzikulu zikuphatikiza kusalipira msonkho wamakampani, kutsitsa VAT, komanso mwayi wopeza malo aboma malinga ndi zabwino, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta komanso zotsika mtengo kwa osunga ndalama kulowa mumsika.

Chochititsa chidwi kwambiri pakutenga nawo gawo kwa Saudi Arabia ku IHIF Asia chinali zokambirana zamagulu otchedwa "Invest, Enable, Prosper: Empowering Tourism Destinations." Zokambirana zamotozi, motsogozedwa ndi Bambo Tareq Al-Shaghrood, General Manager wa Investment Planning & Attraction ku Saudi Ministry of Tourism, adafufuza njira yaufumu yopangira dziko lapansi, zokopa alendo zosiyanasiyana. Al-Shaghrood anati: “Kudzipereka kwa dziko la Saudi Arabia pakupanga zokopa alendo zosiyanasiyana—kuchokera ku chikhalidwe cha chikhalidwe ndi ntchito zokopa alendo kupita ku malo osangalatsa komanso okopa alendo—kumalimbikitsidwa ndi kulimbikitsana kwamphamvu kwa osunga ndalama,” anatero Al-Shaghrood.

"Masomphenya athu ndikuthandizira ndi kupatsa mphamvu omwe abwera nafe paulendo wosinthawu, kuonetsetsa kuti onse okhudzidwa akuyenda bwino."

Ntchito zokopa alendo ku Saudi Arabia mchaka cha 2023 zinali zochititsa chidwi, zomwe zidakhala pa nambala 14 padziko lonse lapansi pofika padziko lonse lapansi — kuwongolera kwa malo 11 kuyambira 2019. Ufumuwo udakhalanso pa nambala 12 padziko lonse lapansi pama risiti oyendera alendo padziko lonse lapansi, ukukwera malo 15 poyerekeza ndi 2019. Malinga ndi UN Tourism Barometer (Meyi 2024), Saudi Arabia idakhala yoyamba pakati pa malo oyendera alendo ochita bwino kwambiri malinga ndi kuchuluka kwa omwe akufika padziko lonse lapansi komanso ma risiti okopa alendo poyerekeza ndi momwe mliri usanachitike.

Pamene Saudi Arabia ikupitiliza kukwera ngati malo otsogola okopa alendo, Ufumuwo ukupempha osunga ndalama padziko lonse lapansi kuti atenge mwayi wokhala nawo pakusintha kodabwitsaku. Ndi zida zake zolimba, malo abwino, komanso kudzipereka kosasunthika pakukula kokhazikika, Saudi Arabia imapereka chiyembekezo chosayerekezeka kwa iwo omwe akufuna kuyika ndalama pamsika womwe ukupita patsogolo komanso wopindulitsa kwambiri.