Ma kāna Summit Global ma Kigali, ka World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), me ka hui pū ʻana me VFS Global, ua hōʻike ʻia e hiki i ka ʻāpana ʻApelika Travel & Tourism ke hoʻohui i $ 168 biliona i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka ʻāina a hoʻokumu i 18 miliona mau hana hou.
Wahi a ka hōʻike, 'Unlocking Opportunities for Travel & Tourism Growth in Africa', ua hilinaʻi kēia ulu ulu ʻana i ʻekolu mau kulekele koʻikoʻi e wehe i ka ulu makahiki o 6.5%, a hiki i kahi haʻawina ʻoi aku ma mua o US $ 350 biliona.
Aia i loko o ka hōʻike kahi pūʻulu kulekele e pili ana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o ʻApelika e pili ana i ka ʻenehana ea, ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa visa a me ka kūʻai aku ʻana i nā mākaʻikaʻi.
ʻO ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi kahi ʻāpana mana ma ʻApelika, me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 186 biliona i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka ʻāina i 2019, e hoʻokipa ana i ka 84 miliona mau huakaʻi hele honua.
He mea nui ka ʻāpana no ka hana, e hāʻawi ana i nā ola i 25 miliona mau kānaka, e like me 5.6% o nā hana āpau ma ka ʻāina.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma ka Global Summit o ka hui mākaʻikaʻi honua ma Kigali i kēia lā, ʻO Julia Simpson, WTTC Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena a me Luna Nui: "Ua ʻike ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi o Aferika i kahi loli kupaianaha. I loko o ʻelua mau makahiki wale nō, ua ʻoi aku ia ma mua o ka pālua o ka waiwai, e hāʻawi nui ana i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka ʻāina.
"He nui ka ulu ʻana no ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ʻApelika. Ua ʻoi aku ia ma mua o ka pālua mai ka makahiki 2000, a me nā kulekele kūpono hiki ke wehe i kahi $ 168 biliona hou aʻe i nā makahiki he ʻumi e hiki mai ana.
"Pono ʻo ʻApelika i nā kaʻina visa maʻalahi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pilina o ka ea i loko o ka ʻāina, a me nā ʻoihana kūʻai aku e hōʻike i ka waiwai o nā wahi i kēia ʻāina kupaianaha."
Wahi a Zubin Karkaria, ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka Luna Nui, Honua VFS, "Ua hauʻoli mākou e hui pū me WTTC e wehe i nā manawa kūpono a Travel & Tourism e hāʻawi ai ma ʻApelika.
"I ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ko mākou noho ʻana ma ʻApelika mai 2005 ʻo mākou i kēia lā ka hoa hilinaʻi o nā aupuni 38 a mākou e lawelawe nei ma nā kūlanakauhale 55 ma nā ʻāina 35 ma ʻApelika. ʻIke ʻo VFS Global i ka mana nui o ʻApelika a ke kūpaʻa mau nei i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hoʻomohala mau ʻana o ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka ʻāina.
"ʻAʻole kēia hōʻike e hōʻike wale i nā manaʻo like ʻole no ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai, ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau, a me ka hui like ʻana o ka moʻomeheu, akā hāʻawi pū kekahi i nā ʻike koʻikoʻi no nā aupuni e hoʻokumu i nā kulekele a hāʻawi i nā ʻoihana i kahi alahele i wehewehe maikaʻi ʻia no ka hoʻonui ʻana i kēia mākeke ulu."
Hōʻike kēia hōʻike i ka huakaʻi mōʻaukala o ka ʻoihana Travel & Tourism ma ʻApelika. He moʻolelo ia o ke alo ʻana i nā pilikia, mai ka Global Financial Crisis i ka makahiki 2008 a hiki i nā pilikia i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā maʻi maʻi, a me ka hoʻokele politika.
ʻOiai ʻo kēia mau pilikia āpau, aia ka ʻoihana Travel & Tourism i ke ala e hoʻihoʻi ai.
Wahi a ke kino honua, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo 2023 he makahiki kokoke i ka hoʻihoʻi piha ʻana, ʻo 1.9% hilahila wale nō o nā pae 2019, a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi kokoke i 1.8 miliona mau hana.
