Ua ulu wikiwiki ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Kenya ma mua o ka awelika kūloko a ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe ma Sub-Saharan Africa, e like me ka noiʻi hou mai ka World Travel & Tourism Council.

I ka makahiki 2018, ua ulu ʻo Travel & Tourism i 5.6% e hāʻawi iā KSHS 790 biliona a me 1.1 miliona mau hana i ka ʻoihana Kenyan. ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki o kēia ulu ʻana ma mua o ka awelika honua o 3.9% a me ka awelika o Sub-Saharan Africa o 3.3%.

ʻO kēia ka mea i lilo ai ʻo Kenya i ke kolu o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi nui loa ma Sub-Saharan Africa ma hope o ʻApelika Hema a me Nigeria i ulu nui aʻe ma mua o Kenya ma 2018.

I ka huina, ua lilo nā mākaʻikaʻi honua ma luna o KSHS 157 biliona ma Kenya i ka makahiki i hala, ʻoi aku ka nui o 15% o ka nui o nā mea hoʻoiho. ʻO nā mākeke honua nui loa i komo ʻo ʻAmelika (11%); UK (9%); Inia (6%); Kina (4%); a me Kelemānia (4%). Hoʻohui pū ʻia me nā hoʻolimalima home, kākoʻo ʻo Travel & Tourism i 8.8% o ka GDP o ka lāhui i 2018.

No nā makahiki he 25, ʻo ka World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), ʻo ia ka mea e hōʻike ana i ka ʻāpana pilikino honua o Travel & Tourism, ua hoʻopuka i ka noiʻi mana e pili ana i ka haʻawina waiwai o ka ʻāpana. Hōʻike ka noiʻi o kēia makahiki:

Ua ulu ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Kenya ma 5.6% i ka makahiki i hala - ma mua o ka awelika honua o 3.9%
Ua hāʻawi kēia i ka 8.8% i ka GDP o Kenya, he KSHS 790 biliona (a i ʻole US $ 7.9 biliona kālā) i ka wā e noʻonoʻo ʻia ai nā hopena pololei, pololei a me ka hoʻoulu ʻia.
ʻO Travel & Tourism ke kuleana no 8.3% o nā hana a pau o Kenya, a i ʻole 1.1 miliona mau hana
Kuhi ʻia ka ulu ʻana o GDP e 5.9% i 2019

Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana mai kahi hālāwai kūkā ma Nairobi, Kenya, WTTC Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena a me Luna Nui ʻo Gloria Guevara, "ʻO ʻApelika kekahi o nā moʻolelo kūleʻa nui o ka huakaʻi honua ma ke ʻano he lua o ka ulu wikiwiki ʻana o ka honua - a aia ʻo Kenya ma ka puʻuwai o ka ʻāina, kahi huakaʻi kaulana a kaulana i ʻike i ka ulu nui ʻana. ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me ka waiwai i ka makahiki i hala.

"Makemake au e hoʻomaikaʻi nui i ka ʻike a ka Pelekikena Uhuru Kenyatta a me kāna kūpaʻa i ka Travel & Tourism ma ke ʻano he mea e hoʻoikaika ai i ka ulu waiwai a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka ʻilihune. Pono e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ka Ministry of Tourism & Wildlife, ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana o ke Kuhina Kuhina ʻo Najib Balala, no ka ulu ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ka pae ma mua o ka awelika honua a me ka ʻāina a no ka huki ʻana i ʻelua miliona mau malihini kipa no ka manawa mua ma 2018.

Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka hanana, ua kākau ʻo Kuhina Kuhina no ka Tourism and Wildlife, Hon. Ua wehewehe ʻo Najib Balala i nā loaʻa o ka ʻāpana a hōʻike i kona hauʻoli i ka holomua holoʻokoʻa o kēia ʻāpana koʻikoʻi e hāʻawi nui i ka hoʻokele waiwai.

"ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻāpana ma muli o nā hana i hui pū ʻia ma waena o nā pūʻali like ʻole o ke aupuni, ka mea i hana ʻia e ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, a me nā hoʻoikaika ʻana i ke kūʻai aku ʻana iā Kenya ma ke ʻano he wahi i koho ʻia, "wahi a CS Balala.

E pili ana i ka World Travel & Tourism Council

WTTC ʻo ia ke kino e hōʻike ana i ka hui pilikino Travel & Tourism ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Loaʻa i nā lālā nā Luna Nui o nā hui Travel & Tourism, nā wahi, a me nā hui ʻoihana e pili ana me Travel & Tourism.

WTTC he moʻolelo o 25 makahiki o ka noiʻi ʻana e helu i ka hopena o ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka ʻāpana ma 185 mau ʻāina. ʻO ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi kahi mea hoʻokele koʻikoʻi no ka hoʻopukapuka kālā a me ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai ma ka honua. Hāʻawi ka ʻāpana i ka US $ 8.8 trillion a i ʻole 10.4% o ka GDP honua, a he 319 miliona mau hana a i ʻole hoʻokahi o ka ʻumi o nā hana āpau ma ka honua.

No nā makahiki 25, WTTC ʻo ia ka leo o kēia ʻoihana ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. ʻO nā lālā nā noho, nā Pelekikena a me nā Luna Nui o nā ʻoihana alakaʻi alakaʻi o ka honua, nā ʻoihana Travel & Tourism, nāna e lawe mai i ka ʻike loea e alakaʻi i nā kulekele aupuni a me ka hoʻoholo ʻana a hoʻonui i ka ʻike i ke koʻikoʻi o ka māhele.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

CEO Gloria Guevara said, “Africa is one of the great success stories of global travel as the second fastest growing region in the world – and Kenya lies at the heart of the region, a popular and renowned destination that has seen huge growth in tourism activity and value over the past year.
“The gains of the sector are as a result of co-ordinated efforts between various arms of government, whom the tourism sector has engaged, as well as the concerted efforts in marketing Kenya as a destination of choice,” CS Balala pointed out.
Najib Balala elaborated on the gains of the sector and expressed his satisfaction on the overall achievement of this key sector that contributes substantively to the economy.