Maputo - 400,000 mau mākaʻikaʻi e manaʻo ʻia e kipa aku iā Mozambique i kēia Dekemaba, e like me nā kuhi mai ka Ministry of Tourism.
Hoʻomaka ka wā mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe no Mozambique mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Dekemaba a i ka waena o Ianuali, i ka wā e hele nui ai ka poʻe ʻApelika Hema i nā kahakai a me nā mokupuni o ka hema o Mozambique. Ua hui pū ʻia lākou me ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka poʻe ʻEulopa, e pakele ana mai ka hoʻoilo o ka ʻāina ʻākau.
Wahi a ke Kuhina Kūʻai ʻo Fernando Sumbana, ʻo ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi kipa i kēia makahiki e manaʻo ʻia ma waena o 16 a me 20 pākēneka kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka makahiki 2007, i ka manawa i manaʻo ʻia he 1.3 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i kipa aku i ka ʻāina.
Ua manaʻo ʻia, ma ka awelika, noho ka mea mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻāina no nā lā ʻekolu, me ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā he 60 US kālā (koe ka noho ʻana).
Ua ʻae ʻo Sumbana he ʻano ʻokoʻa loa kēia, i loaʻa mai kahi noiʻi kahi i nīnau ʻia ai kahi laʻana o nā mākaʻikaʻi i ka nui o kā lākou lilo. "ʻAʻole i loaʻa iā mākou kahi ʻōnaehana helu e hiki ai ke loiloi pono i ka nui o kā lākou hana maoli," wahi āna.
I kēia manawa ua manaʻo ʻia he 2.5 pākēneka o ka Huahana Domestic Gross i kēia manawa, a ʻo ia ka mea hiki ke hāʻawi i nā kālā hou aku, ʻoiai ʻo ka nui o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻāina ʻaʻole i hoʻohana ʻia.
ʻO ka makahiki i hala, ua manaʻo ʻia ka loaʻa kālā mai ka mākaʻikaʻi honua ma 163 miliona kālā, he piʻi o 17 pākēneka ma mua o ka helu no 2006.
Hāʻawi ka ʻoihana hōkele ʻo Mozambique ma kahi o 17,000 mau moena, a hoʻohana pololei ma luna o 37,000 poʻe, a he 50 pakeneka o lākou he wahine.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- According to Tourism Minister Fernando Sumbana, the number of tourist visits this year is expected to be between 16 and 20 per cent higher than in 2007, when an estimated 1.
- Ua manaʻo ʻia, ma ka awelika, noho ka mea mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻāina no nā lā ʻekolu, me ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā he 60 US kālā (koe ka noho ʻana).
- 5 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product, and that it has the potential to provide much more revenue, given that many of the country’s tourist attractions are still under-exploited.
