I-BANGKOK (eTN) - I-Thailand Travel Mart yandisiwe kulo nyaka ukuze iquke amazwe angaphakathi kwe-IMT-GT (Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Growth Triangle). Eli qumrhu libandakanya, ukususela ngo-1993, kubudlelwane obukhululekile kakhulu, iSouth Thailand (ukusuka ePhuket ukuya eNarathiwat naseYala), isiqingatha sePeninsular Malaysia kunye nesiqithi sonke saseSumatra.
Ngokubhengeza i-2008 "Unyaka wokuTyelelwa kwe-IMT-GT," amazwe amathathu alindele ukuqinisa umfanekiso wommandla kubathengi. Ngokolwazi lwangaphakathi oluvela kuGunyaziwe wezoKhenketho eThailand, malunga ne-10 yezigidi ze-Baht zichazwe bubukumkani ngokukhuthazwa kwe-IMT-GT, kuquka ubukho babathengisi abangama-40 abavela eMalaysia nase-Indonesia kwi-TTM.
Ukuba ihlabathi lezopolitiko libonakala ngokukhawuleza lithathela ingqalelo ubukho beNxantathu yokuKhula, imiqobo emininzi isekhona ukwenza i-IMT-GT imodeli yokudibanisa ukhenketho. Okokuqala, iinqwelo-moya zisesebuncinaneni bazo. "Sifumana kuphela unxibelelwano oluvela eSumatra ukuya eKuala Lumpur okanye ePenang kodwa akukho nqwelomoya konke konke phakathi kweThailand neMedan," wakhalaza uArtur Batubara ovela kwiBhodi yezoKhenketho eNyakatho yeSumatra (NTSB).
I-NTSB ibithethathethana neenqwelomoya ukuze zibone ukuvulwa kwekhonkco lomoya ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka phakathi kweMedan kunye nePhuket. I-NTSB sele iqhube iingxoxo kunye nezinye iinqwelomoya zase-Indonesia ezifana ne-Riau Airlines yengingqi kunye neqela le-AirAsia. "Emva kokuba sinonxibelelwano lomoya, sinokujolisa i-10,000 ukuya kwi-15,000 yabahambi abavela eThailand, endaweni ye-2,000 okwangoku," wongezelela uBatubara.
Lilonke, iNorth Sumatra yamkelwe ngo-2007 malunga neendwendwe ze-160,000 zangaphandle, kunye ne-100,000 evela eMalaysia.
Phakathi kwamanye amaphulo kukwenza iipakethe zeemarike zohambo olufutshane (iintsuku ezi-3-2 ubusuku) kunye namaxabiso amiselweyo kunye neepakethi zeemarike zohambo olude. "Kwiimarike zexesha elide, iiphakheji ziya kubandakanya amazwe amabini okanye amathathu kunye," kusho uBatubara.
Ubunzima bokugqibela obuza kusonjululwa iya kuba kukukhuthazwa kweSumatra. Isiqithi sisangaziwa phakathi kwabakhenkethi abaninzi baseAsia eAsia, ngaphandle kweMalaysia neSingapore. Ngokutsho kukaBatubara, i-NTSB ngoku ikhuluma neeofisi zokhenketho ezivela kuwo onke amaphondo aseSumatra ukudala iBhodi yokuqala ye-Pan-Sumatra Tourism.
“Silindele ukuba ibekho ebomini ekupheleni konyaka. Nokuba unyaka wokuqala besinohlahlo lwabiwo-mali olunyiniweyo kakhulu – mhlawumbi ngaphantsi kwesigidi seedola zaseMelika – sinokunika utyhileko olungakumbi kwisiqithi sethu. Eyona nto iphambili kuthi ke iya kuba yiwebhusayithi ebanzi, kunye nencwadana enemifanekiso malunga neSumatra, ”uvale uBatubara.
