Destinations around the world welcomed 956 million international tourists between January and September 2016, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.
ʻO kēia ka 34 miliona ma mua o ka manawa like o 2015, he 4% hoʻonui.
Ua paʻa ka noi no ka mākaʻikaʻi honua i nā mahina ʻeiwa mua o 2016, ʻoiai ke ulu nei ma kahi wikiwiki. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ikaika o ka makahiki, ʻoi aku ka lohi o ka ulu ʻana i ka hapaha lua o 2016 e ʻohi hou i ka hapaha ʻekolu o ka makahiki. ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā huakaʻi e hōʻike ana i nā hopena hoʻoikaika, hoʻomau nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i ka hakakā me ka hopena o nā hanana maikaʻi ʻole, ma ko lākou ʻāina a i ko lākou wahi.
“Tourism is one of the most resilient and fastest-growing economic sectors but it is also very sensitive to risks, both actual and perceived. As such, the sector must continue to work together with governments and stakeholders to minimize risks, respond effectively and build confidence among travelers,” said UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai.
"ʻAʻohe wahi i pale ʻia i nā pilikia. Pono mākou e hoʻonui i ka launa pū ʻana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kēia mau hoʻoweliweli honua, ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea e pili ana i ka palekana a me ka palekana. A pono mākou e hoʻolilo i ka mākaʻikaʻi i ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻolālā ʻana a me ka pane ʻana, "i hoʻohui ʻia ai ʻo Mr Rifai ma mua o ka hālāwai Kuhina no ka Safe, Secure and Seamless Travel e mālama ʻia ma ka World Travel Market ma Lākana ma 9 Nowemapa.
Ua hoʻomanaʻo pū ʻo Mr. Rifai: "Ua hoʻonui pinepine ʻia nā pilikia maoli e ka manaʻo kuhi hewa a ke kū nei nā wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi, ʻoiai ʻo ke koi honua e ikaika mau ana. Pono mākou e kākoʻo i kēia mau ʻāina i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka hilinaʻi, no ka mea e pōmaikaʻi ana ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi holoʻokoʻa a me ke kaiāulu holoʻokoʻa.
Nā hualoaʻa āpana
Ua alakaʻi ʻo ʻAsia a me ka Pākīpika i ka ulu ʻana ma nā wahi o ka honua, me ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā mākaʻikaʻi honua (nā malihini i ka pō) i piʻi 9% a hiki i Kepakemapa. Ua hui pū nā ʻāpana ʻehā a pau i kēia ulu. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā wahi he nui i ka ulu ʻana o nā helu pālua, me ka Repubalika o Korea (+34%), Vietnam (+36%), Iapana (+24%) a me Sri Lanka (+15%) i ke alakaʻi.
Ma ʻEulopa, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hōʻea ʻana o ka honua ma 2% ma waena o Ianuali a me Kepakemapa 2016, me ka ulu paʻa o ka hapa nui o nā wahi. Eia nō naʻe, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka piʻi ʻana o nā helu ʻelua ma nā wahi nui e like me Sepania, Hungary, Pokukala a me ʻIlelani e nā hopena nāwaliwali ma Farani, Belgium a me Turkey. ʻO ka hopena, ua ulu ʻo ʻEulopa ʻĀkau e 6% a me Central a me ʻEulopa Hikina e 5% a ʻoi aku ka nāwaliwali o nā hopena ma Western Europe (-1%) a me Southern Mediterranean Europe (+0%).
Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā mākaʻikaʻi honua ma ʻAmelika e 4% a hiki i Kepakemapa. ʻO ʻAmelika Hema (+ 7%) a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (+ 6%) i alakaʻi i nā hopena, ukali kokoke ʻia e ka Caribbean a me ʻAmelika ʻĀkau (ʻelua +4%).
Ma ʻApelika (+ 8%), ua hoʻonui hou ʻia nā wahi ma lalo o Saharan i loko o ka makahiki, aʻo ʻApelika ʻĀkau ka piʻi ʻana i ke kolu o ka hapaha. Loaʻa nā ʻikepili no ka Hikina Hikina i ka emi ʻana o 6% o ka hōʻea ʻana mai, ʻoiai ʻokoʻa nā hopena mai kahi e hele ai. Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o nā hopena i ka hapa lua o ka makahiki ma ʻApelika ʻĀkau a me ka Hikina Waena.
Ke koi ikaika no ka huakaʻi i waho
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mākeke kumu alakaʻi i ka honua i hōʻike i ka piʻi ʻana o nā hoʻolimalima huakaʻi honua i nā mahina mua ʻekolu a ʻeiwa o 2016.
Ma waena o nā mākeke kumu ʻelima kiʻekiʻe, ʻo Kina, ka mākeke kumu kiʻekiʻe o ka honua, ke hoʻomau nei i ka koi ʻana i ka noi, e hōʻike ana i ka ulu ʻana o nā helu pālua i ka hoʻolimalima (+19%). Pēlā nō, loaʻa mai nā hopena ikaika mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (+9%), i pōmaikaʻi i nā wahi he nui ma ʻAmelika a ma waho. Ua hōʻike ʻo Kelemania i ka piʻi ʻana o 5% o ka hoʻolimalima, ʻo United Kingdom, kahi hoʻonui 10%, a me Farani, 3% ulu.
Ma ke koena o nā ʻumi kiʻekiʻe, ua ulu nui ka hoʻolimalima huakaʻi ma Australia a me ka Repubalika o Korea (ʻelua +9%), a ma Italia (+3%). Ma ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana, ua hōʻemi ka hoʻolimalima mai ka Russian Federation i 37% a mai Kanada mai he 2%.
Ma waho aʻe o ka 10 kiʻekiʻe, ʻewalu mau mākeke ʻē aʻe i hōʻike i ka ulu pālua ʻelua: ʻAigupita (+ 38%), ʻAmelika (+ 27%), Sepania (+ 19%), India (+ 16%), Thailand (+ 15%), Ukraine (+15%), ʻIlelani (+12%) a me Norewai (+11%).
Ke kū nei nā manaʻo maikaʻi
Prospects remain positive for the remaining quarter of 2016 according to the UNWTO Confidence Index.
The members of the UNWTO Panel of Tourism Experts are confident about the September-December period, mostly in Africa, the Americas and Asia and the Pacific. Experts in Europe and the Middle East are somewhat more cautious.
