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UNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha uPatricia de Lille uthe ezokuvakasha zibalulekile emnothweni waseNingizimu Afrika naku-Afrika yonke. Ngo-2024, iNingizimu Afrika yamukele izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-8.9, ezachitha imali engu-R91.6 billion, kwadalwa imisebenzi engaba ngu-1.6 million.
Ekhuluma kwi-Africa’s Travel Indaba eDurban, uDe Lille uthe ezokuvakasha zineqhaza elikhulu emnothweni, zakha imisebenzi nezindlela zokuziphilisa. Ngo-2025, isigamu sokuqala sabona ukukhula okungu-5.7% ngezivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-2.6.
UN Tourism uthe ngo-2024, ezokuvakasha e-Afrika zibuyile ngamandla, zifinyelela ku-96% wamanani ka-2019, okuyenza ibe phakathi kwezindawo ezikhula ngokushesha emhlabeni.
UDe Lille uthe i-Indaba ka-2025 ibe amabhizinisi angaphezu kuka-1300, amazwe angu-27 ase-Afrika, kanye nabathengi bamazwe omhlaba abangaphezu kuka-1200. Uthe i-Afrika iyakwazi ukuhola, ukuveza izinto ezintsha, futhi igxile kwidijithali nasemahlahleni.
UNgqongqoshe uthe u-75% wezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe eNingizimu Afrika zivela emazweni ase-Afrika. Kanti uhlelo lokukhula kwezokuvakasha lweminyaka emihlanu luzokhuphula imisebenzi ibe ngu-2.5 million, kwande uchungechunge lwemali yangaphakathi ngo-25%, nomnikelo ku-GDP ukhuphuke ube ngu-10%.– SAnews.gov.za
