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.