UNITED NATIONS—Ua ʻōlelo ka UN World Tourism Organization i hāʻule ka 8 pakeneka ma waena o Ianuali a me ʻApelila i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala, e hoʻopiʻi ana i ka pilikia kālā o ka honua a me ka maʻi puaʻa.
ka UNWTO ua hoʻoponopono hou i kāna wānana mākaʻikaʻi 2009 i lalo. Ua wānana ʻo ia e emi ana ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ka 4 pakeneka i ka 6 pakeneka i kēia makahiki, akā ʻōlelo ʻo ia e lohi ka wikiwiki o ka emi ʻana i ke koena o ka makahiki.
I ka hapaha mua, 269 miliona i huakaʻi i waho, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 247 miliona i ka makahiki i hala. Ua emi iho nā ʻāina āpau koe wale nō ʻo ʻApelika, kahi i hoʻopaʻa i ka piʻi ʻana he 3 pakeneka ma ka ikaika o ka ʻāina Mediterranean a me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o Kenya ma ke ʻano he wahi kaulana.
ʻO ʻEulopa ka emi kiʻekiʻe loa ma 10 pakeneka, ukali ʻia e ʻAsia a me ka Pākīpika ma 6 pākēneka a me ʻAmelika ma 5 pākēneka. Ua hoʻonui iki ka ʻāpana o ʻAmelika Hema i .2 pakeneka.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- All continents suffered a decrease except Africa, which recorded a 3 percent increase on the strength of the Mediterranean region and Kenya’s recovery as a popular destination.
- It predicts tourism will decline by 4 percent to 6 percent this year, but says the decline’s pace should slow throughout the rest of the year.
- Europe had the highest decline at 10 percent, followed by Asia and the Pacific at 6 percent and the Americas at 5 percent.
