Mbiri yolemera komanso yovuta ya Belfast, miyambo yake yam'madzi ndi mamangidwe ake ochititsa chidwi a Victorian zitha kukhala zokopa alendo ambiri. Koma n’zosakayikitsa kuti ndi zokopa zaposachedwa kwambiri mumzindawu, makamaka kuchuluka kwa malo ogulitsira, zomwe zikuthandiza kukopa alendo ambiri obwera mumzindawu.
Kafukufuku waposachedwa kuchokera ku Belfast City Council akuwonetsa kuti anthu opitilira 1.7 miliyoni adayendera mzindawu chaka chatha ndipo adawononga ndalama zokwana £436.5 miliyoni (€ 507 miliyoni) panthawi yomwe amakhala. Ziwerengerozi zikuwonetsa kuti chiwerengero chonse cha alendo obwera mumzindawu chinakwera ndi 3 peresenti yokha mu 2008 - koma kuchuluka kwa anthu obwera kuchokera kunja kwa Northern Ireland kudakwera ndi 43 peresenti.
Chiwerengero cha anthu omwe amapanga "maulendo atsiku" kupita ku Belfast chinakula ndi 143 peresenti. Malinga ndi akuluakulu a zokopa alendo alendo ochokera ku Republic of Ireland anali opitilira 80 peresenti ya apaulendo opita ku Belfast komanso pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo anayi a omwe amagona.
Izi zikuyimira kukula kwakukulu kwa Belfast m'miyezi 12 yapitayi - mu 2007 alendo ochokera Kumwera adatenga 33 peresenti ya oyenda tsiku lonse kupita mumzinda.
Kuchuluka kwa zokopa alendo ku euro, kapena "Ikea-effect" monga momwe amatchulidwira mwachikondi mumzindawu, kwakhala kopulumutsa moyo kwa mabizinesi aku Belfast, makamaka kwa mahotela ndi malo odyera amumzindawu, ambiri omwe adavutika. chifukwa cha kuchepa kwachuma m'deralo.
Kuchulukirachulukira kwa ulova komanso mantha chifukwa cha chitetezo chantchito kwadzetsa chiwopsezo pakugwiritsa ntchito ndalama ku North ndipo ma pubs ndi malo odyera akhala ena mwazovuta kwambiri. Koma Belfast yachita bwino kuposa ambiri.
Malinga ndi phungu William Humphrey, wapampando wa komiti yachitukuko ku Belfast, kuchuluka kwa alendo ochokera kudera la Border kunapangitsa kuti chaka cha 2008 chikhale chimodzi mwazaka zabwino kwambiri zokopa alendo. "Kukula kumeneku kungabwere chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa alendo ochokera ku Republic of Ireland, ambiri a iwo amapezerapo mwayi pa mphamvu ya yuro motsutsana ndi sterling, makamaka pokonzekera Khrisimasi yapitayi," adatero.
Koma sizinali zongogwiritsa ntchito ma euro omwe adathandizira kulimbikitsa ndalama zokopa alendo ku Belfast chaka chatha, mzindawu udapambananso gawo lolemekezeka labizinesi yamsonkhano. Mabungwe kuyambira gulu la ana la Zaka Zoyambirira mpaka ku UK Institute for Small Business Entrepreneurs adabweretsa nthumwi zambiri mumzindawu chaka chatha.
Kafukufuku waposachedwa wa zokopa alendo akuwonetsa kuti maulendo a tchuthi ndi mabizinesi ndizomwe zidapangitsa kuti anthu ambiri aziyendera mzindawu kwa tsiku lopitilira.
Tchuthi ndi 62 peresenti ya alendo ochokera ku Republic ndi 44 peresenti ya iwo ochokera ku North America koma maulendo a bizinesi adabweretsanso 73 peresenti ya alendo aku Ulaya kudza mumzindawu.
Nthumwi zamsonkhanowu zimakonda kuwononga ndalama zambiri podyera ndi malo ogona kusiyana ndi alendo obwera kutchuthi koma palibe kutsutsana ndi ndalama zomwe alendo odzaona komanso alendo ambiri akubweretsa mumzindawu. Kusintha ku Belfast kuchoka pamalo osapita alendo kupita kumalo oyenera kukaonako kwakhudza kwambiri mawonekedwe ndi mawonekedwe amzindawu.
Mfundo yoti, chaka chino, kwa nthawi yoyamba, malo ogulitsira, malo odyera ndi malo ogulitsira mumzinda wa Belfast azikhala otseguka kuti azichita bizinesi pachaka chakhumi ndi chiwiri cha Julayi zikuwonetsa momwe mzindawu uliri wotsimikiza mtima kukumbatira zomwe zingasangalatse alendo.
“Orangefest” yachaka chino ikufuna kukhala “mpikisano wochezeka ndi banja”. Zingakhale zosasangalatsa kwa aliyense koma alendo odzacheza ku Belfast kwa nthawi yoyamba pa July 13th chaka chino, pamene tsiku lakhumi ndi chiwiri lidzakumbukiridwa, adzapeza mzinda wosazindikirika kuchokera kumene unali zaka khumi zapitazo. Belfast tsopano ndi yotseguka kuchita bizinesi ikafika pazokopa alendo - kaya ndi kukopa kwa Ikea kapena kuthekera kwa zochitika za Titanic zomwe zimabweretsa alendo mumzindawu.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- The euro-fuelled tourism boom, or the “Ikea-effect” as it is affectionately referred to in the city, has proved to be a life-saver for businesses in Belfast, particularly for the city's hotels and restaurants, many of which have suffered because of the local economic downturn.
- Belfast is at last open for business when it comes to tourism – whether it is the lure of Ikea or the possibility of Titanic experiences that bring visitors to the city.
- “This growth can be largely attributed to the growing number of visitors from the Republic of Ireland, many of them taking advantage of the strength of the euro against sterling, especially in the run-up to last Christmas,” he added.
