Pa Global Summit ku Kigali, World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), mogwirizana ndi bungwe la VFS Global, lidawulula kuti gawo la African Travel & Tourism litha kuwonjezera $168 biliyoni pachuma cha kontinenti ndikukhazikitsa ntchito zatsopano zopitilira 18 miliyoni.
Malinga ndi lipotilo, 'Kutsegula Mipata Yoyenda & Kukula kwa Zokopa alendo ku Africa', kukula komweku kumadalira mfundo zitatu zofunika kuti zitsegule kukula kwapachaka kwa 6.5%, kufikira ndalama zokwana $ 350 biliyoni.
Lipotili likuphatikizapo ndondomeko ya ndondomeko yomwe ikuyang'ana pa kukula kwa Africa potengera zomangamanga za ndege, kuthandizira ma visa ndi malonda okopa alendo.
Travel & Tourism ndi gawo lamphamvu ku Africa, lomwe lapereka ndalama zoposa $ 186 biliyoni ku chuma cha derali mu 2019, ndikulandila apaulendo 84 miliyoni ochokera kumayiko ena.
Gawoli ndilofunikanso pa ntchito, kupereka ndalama zothandizira anthu 25 miliyoni, zomwe zikufanana ndi 5.6% ya ntchito zonse m'deralo.
Polankhula ku Global tourism body ku Kigali lero, Julia Simpson, WTTC Purezidenti & CEO, adati: "Gawo la Travel & Tourism ku Africa lawona kusintha kodabwitsa. M’zaka makumi aŵiri zokha, mtengo wake wawonjezereka kuŵirikiza kaŵiri, zomwe zathandizira kwambiri chuma cha kontinenti.
"Kuthekera kwakukula kwa Travel & Tourism ku Africa ndikwambiri. Zawonjezeka kale kuwirikiza kawiri kuyambira 2000, ndipo ndi ndondomeko zoyenera zingathetsere ndalama zowonjezera $ 168 biliyoni m'zaka khumi zikubwerazi.
"Africa ikufunika njira zosavuta zopezera visa, kulumikizidwa bwino kwa mpweya mkati mwa kontinenti, komanso kampeni yotsatsa kuti iwonetsere kuchuluka kwa komwe akupita ku kontinenti yochititsa chidwiyi."
Malinga ndi Zubin Karkaria, Woyambitsa & CEO, VFS Padziko Lonse, "Ndife okondwa kuyanjana nawo WTTC kuti tipeze mwayi wambiri womwe Travel & Tourism imapereka ku Africa. ”
"Takhazikitsa kupezeka kwathu ku Africa kuyambira 2005 lero ndife ogwirizana nawo odalirika a maboma 38 omwe timatumikira m'mizinda 55 m'maiko 35 mu Africa. VFS Global imazindikira kuthekera kwakukulu kwa Africa ndipo idakali odzipereka kwambiri kuthandizira kupitiliza chitukuko cha maulendo ndi zokopa alendo kupita ndi kuchokera ku kontinenti.
"Lipotili silimangowonetsa chiyembekezo chakukula kwachuma, ntchito zokopa alendo, komanso mgwirizano wamitundu yosiyanasiyana komanso limapereka chidziwitso chofunikira kwa maboma kuti akhazikitse ndondomeko ndikupatsanso mabizinesi njira yodziwika bwino yokulitsa msika wotukukawu."
Lipotili likufotokoza za mbiri yakale ya gawo la Travel & Tourism ku Africa. Ndi nkhani yokumana ndi zovuta mwatsatanetsatane, kuyambira pamavuto azachuma padziko lonse lapansi mchaka cha 2008 mpaka zovuta zomwe zidabwera chifukwa cha kubuka kwa matenda, komanso kusakhazikika kwandale.
Ngakhale pali zovuta zonsezi, gawo la Travel & Tourism lili panjira yobwereranso.
Malinga ndi bungwe lapadziko lonse lapansi, chaka cha 2023 chikuyembekezeka kukhala chaka chochira bwino, 1.9% yokha yamanyazi a 2019, komanso kukhazikitsidwa kwa ntchito zina pafupifupi 1.8 miliyoni.
