Njengoko amazwe kwihlabathi liphela ebethwe kanobom yingxaki yezemali, ishishini lokhenketho laseTshayina linempembelelo kukuncipha okuqhubekayo, njengoko bembalwa abakhenkethi abavela e-US naseYurophu, ngokwezibalo.
Ngokwezibalo zamva nje ezisuka kuLawulo lwezoKhenketho lweSizwe lwaseTshayina, inani lamaxesha abakhenkethi abangena eBeijing ukusuka ngoJan ukuya kuMeyi yi-1,507,651, i-4.4 yeepesenti yehle ukusuka ngo-2008.
Inani labakhenkethi abangenayo ngo-2008 lalinyuke nge-1.40 yeepesenti unyaka nonyaka, ukonyuka kokuqala kokuthabatha ukusukela kwi-SARS ngo-2003.
Oku kuhla kungenxa yokudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi kwaye ishishini lokhenketho kulindeleke ukuba lehle ngakumbi njengoko imbonakalo ihleli imfiliba kulandela iziphumo zodushe lwakutsha nje lobuhlanga eXinjang oluthe lwabulala abantu abayi-197.
Ukuhla kokufika kweendwendwe kuza njengoko abakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe beqhubeka nokujongana neendleko eziphezulu zokuhamba ezibangelwa yi-yuan eyomeleleyo eyenze ukuba i-China ibe yindawo ebiza kakhulu ukutyelela.
UDun Jidong uManejala weNtengiso weChina Travel Service uthe iinkampani zokhenketho zaseTshayina zathi kwiminyaka yoo-1990, ishishini lokhenketho libone ukunyuka kwama-20 ukuya kuma-30 epesenti unyaka nonyaka. Kodwa ngoku izinto zahlukile njengoko izibalo zibonisa ukuba inani labakhenkethi liyancipha unyaka nonyaka phakathi kwe-2.19 yeepesenti ukuya kwi-11.31 yeepesenti ukusuka ku-2007 ukuya ku-2009.
“Sisebenzisana neearhente zokuhamba zangaphandle, ezihlala zisinika iiodolo kwangethuba, nakwisiqingatha sonyaka ngaphambili. Kodwa ngoku iiodolo ezininzi ziye zarhoxiswa ngenxa yeengxaki zemali zabathengi, ”utshilo uDun kudliwanondlebe neGlobal Times.
Ugxininise ngelithi iChina ayijongani neengxaki kubakhenkethi baseAsia kuba abanye basandwendwela, wongeze ngelithi lihlile inani labatyeleli abasuka eMelika naseYurophu abathatha iChina njengendawo yokutyela imigama emide.
Nangona kunjalo, njengoko kubonisiwe kwizibalo, imvelaphi yabakhweli ababini abaphezulu kunye nokuhla okubukhali konyaka-ngonyaka ukusuka ngoJan ukuya kuMeyi kulo nyaka yiRashiya neKorea, kunye nokuthabatha i-53.28 ekhulwini kunye nokuthabatha i-32.81 ekhulwini ngokulandelelana, ngenxa yokuhla kweemali zabo ngokumelene ne-yuan.
“Nangona oku akuzange kusinyanzele ukuba sinciphise abasebenzi, sigqibe kwelokuba senze uqeqesho olungakumbi kubasebenzi bethu kwaye senze intengiso. Sinikezela ngeepakethi ezikhethekileyo zezo ntatheli zohambo lwangaphandle kunye noogxa bethu ukuba beze kutyelela iindawo zokundwendwela kwaye babhengeze iindawo zethu zabakhenkethi, ”wongeze watsho.
“I-China igcwele iindawo zabakhenkethi, ezineendawo ezahlukeneyo zomdla. Ingxaki yezemali ithintela okwethutyana abakhenkethi bangaphandle ukuba beze apha, kodwa xa uqoqosho lwehlabathi lungcono, ukhenketho olungenayo ngokuqinisekileyo luya kunyuka, ”utshilo.
Sithetha nje abakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe abasuka eMelika naseYurophu abatyelele eTshayina bathi balumke kakhulu ukuba bangandwendwela phi ngenxa yengxaki yemali.
UGregg Wirtz, umkhenkethi oneminyaka engama-39 ubudala ovela e-US owayetyelele i-Summer Palace ngoJulayi 18, uxelele iGlobal Times ukuba wanyanzelwa ukuba atyelele iindawo ezingabizi kakhulu ngenxa yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwakhe.
“Ukuhamba (ukuhamba) akubizi mali iphantsi kunjalo; Ndihamba kancinci ngoku kwaye ndijonge iindawo ezifikelelekayo okanye iindawo zokuya ezikufutshane nekhaya lam nangona iTshayina ingekho kodwa bendicinga ukuba kufanelekile ukuyindwendwela, ”utshilo.
Wongeze ngelithi kunzima kubakhenkethi abasuka phesheya kwezilwandle ngenxa yokwehla kwedola yaseMelika athe ityhafisa abantu ekuhloleni amanye amazwe ngemali engaphantsi kunaleyo ibizakuxabisa ngayo ngaphambili.
Omnye umkhenkethi oneminyaka engama-40 ubudala uMichael Blair wase-UK uthe yayingeyongxaki yezemali kuphela ethintele abantu ukuba bahambe, kodwa ukuqhambuka kwentsholongwane ye-A (H1N1) eyayisongela umhlaba.
“I-A (H1N1) ibangela impembelelo nayo, ngokunqanda abakhenkethi apho bafanele ukuya khona,” utshilo uBlair owayetyelele iSummer Palace okokuqala.
Uthe ukhethe ukundwendwela iBeijing kuba inezinto ezininzi ezinomtsalane kubakhenkethi, njengesiXeko esingavumelekanga, uDonga oluKhulu kunye neTempile yeZulu.
