Wahi a ka poʻe loea e kamaʻilio ana ma Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2019, e hana nui ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hilinaʻi o Saudi Arabia i nā loaʻa aila.
Ma kahi kūkākūkā papa i kapa ʻia 'No ke aha ʻo Tourism ka New'White Oil'' o Saudi, i hana ʻia ma ka Global Stage ATM 2019, nā ʻelele mai Saudia Private Aviation (SPA), Dur Hospitality, Colliers International MENA, Marriott International, Jabal Omar Development Company a Ua kūkākūkā ʻo Saudi General Investment Authority i nā manawa e pili ana i nā hoʻomohala e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā hoʻoponopono visa.
ʻO nā ʻoihana e pili ana i ke aupuni e pili pono ana me nā mākaʻikaʻi e manaʻo ʻia e hoʻonui ʻia ma mua o USD 25 biliona i kēia makahiki - ma kahi o 3.3 pākēneka o ka GDP o Saudi Arabia - e like me nā helu i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC).
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Reema Al Mokhtar, ke poʻo o ka Destination Marketing, ʻo Jabal Omar Development Company: "He nani ko mākou ʻāina a me ka lehulehu o nā moʻomeheu moʻomeheu, no laila, ke hele mai nā malihini i ke aupuni a ʻike i nā papahana like ʻole i laina ʻia no lākou, manaʻo wau ʻo ia. e kūʻai aku iā ia iho.
Kuhi ʻia nā huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi kūloko o Saudi Arabia e piʻi i ka 8 pākēneka i 2019, aʻo nā kipa inbound mai nā mākeke honua e manaʻo ʻia e ulu e 5.6 pākēneka i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e like me ka noiʻi i alakaʻi ʻia e Colliers no ka ATM 2019.
Me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā mea hoʻokipa kūloko hou e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia i ka Quality of Life Vision Realization Program a me ka General Entertainment Authority (GEA), ʻo ka helu holoʻokoʻa o nā huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi o Saudi Arabia e piʻi ana i ka 93.8 miliona e 2023, mai ka 64.7 miliona ma 2018.
Ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana e pili ana i ka manaʻo mōʻaukala o Saudi e hele i waho o ka ʻāina no ka leʻaleʻa a me ka leʻaleʻa, ʻōlelo ʻo John Davis, CEO, Colliers International MENA: "Manaʻo wau e hiki paha i kekahi mau mokulele ke pālua i kā lākou helu o nā huakaʻi [weekend] a hoʻopiha i nā noho. No laila, i ka wā e wehe ai ka ʻāina [nā mea hoʻokipa kūloko hou], e hoʻohana nā kānaka iā lākou.
Ma ke kōkua ʻana iā Saudi Arabia e hoʻonui hou i kāna mau helu mākaʻikaʻi kūloko a me ka inbound, ua ʻae nā panellists e hōʻike koʻikoʻi nā hoʻomohala 'giga' i ke kōkua ʻana e hoʻokō i nā pahuhopu hoʻokele waiwai i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Alex Kyriakidis, Pelekikena a me Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Marriott ME&A, Marriott International: "ʻO ka paʻakikī i kēia lā ʻo ia ka nele o nā manawa kūpono no nā mākaʻikaʻi kūloko. Eia nō naʻe, inā ʻoe e nānā i nā hanana e like me The Red Sea Project a me Qiddiya, kahi e hoʻohuli hou ai i nā wahi e hoʻopiʻi ai i nā kamaʻāina Saudi, e ʻike ʻoe i nā mea āpau mai ka hoʻokipa a me ka maikaʻi i ka leʻaleʻa a me nā haʻuki. No nā ʻāpana he nui o ka heluna kanaka, e hoʻoulu kēia mau papahana i ka hoʻolilo ʻana ma ka ʻāina.
ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kī 9,000 o nā lako honua ʻekolu a ʻelima-hōkū ma muli o ke komo ʻana i ka mākeke i kēia makahiki, ua ʻae ka papa e hoʻonoho maikaʻi ʻia ke aupuni e hoʻomau a hoʻonui i nā pae noho i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana me ka hui pū ʻana o nā giga- nā papahana, nā hanana kūlana kiʻekiʻe, nā leʻaleʻa a me nā mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dr Badr Al Badr, Luna Hoʻokele, Dur Hospitality: "Ua noho mākou ma ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa no 42 mau makahiki a ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i kekahi mea like me kēia. ʻO ka mea e hana nei i kēia manawa ʻo ia ka honua. ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka wehe ʻana i kēia ʻāina no nā malihini - inā no ka hoʻomana a i ʻole ka mākaʻikaʻi ākea - he mea maoli ia e hoʻolauleʻa ʻia.
Manaʻo ʻia ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana e pili ana i ka Visa e hoʻoulu i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Saudi Arabia. Me ka holo ʻana o 30 mau lā Umrah Plus Visas, eVisas no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a me nā visa loea no nā hanana e like me ka Formula E Championship's E-Prix, ke manaʻo nei ke aupuni e hoʻokomo i nā malihini kipa honua ma mua o ka wā ma mua.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Majid M AlGhanim, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Hoʻokele, Saudi General Investment Authority: "ʻO ka nui o nā hoʻoponopono e hana nei i kēia manawa, e like me ka 100 pākēneka nona a me ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana no nā hui ʻē aʻe, e pili ana i ka hoʻoponopono. Manaʻolana, e ʻike mākou i ka nui o nā hoʻopukapuka honua ma nā wahi Saudi i ka manawa koke. "
Ke holo nei a hiki i ka Pōʻakolu, 1 Mei, ʻike ʻo ATM 2019 ma mua o 2,500 mau mea hōʻike e hōʻike i kā lākou huahana a me nā lawelawe ma Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC). ʻIke ʻia e nā ʻoihana ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he barometa no ka Middle East a me North Africa (MENA) ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi, ua hoʻokipa ʻia ka poʻe o ka ATM o ka makahiki i hala he 39,000 poʻe, ma ke ʻano he hōʻike nui loa i ka moʻolelo o ka hōʻike.
