Ishishini lokuhamba kunye neenqwelomoya zithi zikulungele ukumelana neziphumo zesigqibo seBhunga leMicimbi yeMainland (MAC) sokunyusa isilumkiso sokuhamba eTshayina ukuba sibe tyheli emva kokuba iBeijing iqinisekise imeko yayo yokuqala yomkhuhlane wehagu eChengdu, kwiPhondo laseSichuan.
Usekela Mlawuli Jikelele we-Tourism Bureau uDavid Hsieh uthe i-arhente yakhe izakuthumela izaziso ezisemthethweni ezazisa ii-arhente zokuhamba ngotshintsho.
I-MAC ilandela ingcebiso yohambo yoMphathiswa weMicimbi yezangaPhandle ngemibala emithathu.
Isilumkiso esimthubi sithetha ukuba abahambi kufuneka balumke.
I-Tourism Bureau ithe abakhenkethi banelungelo lokulurhoxisa ukhenketho lwabo lweqela ukuba bacwangciselwe ukuya kumazwe akuluhlu oluthi “Yellow Alert” kwaye ukubuyiselwa kwemali kukhenketho kufuneka kusingathwe phantsi kweNqaku lama-27 lemigaqo elawula imimiselo yeekhontrakthi ezisemgangathweni phakathi kwee-arhente zokuhamba kunye. abathengi babo.
Abathengi abarhoxisa iihambo zabo ngaphezulu kweentsuku ezingama-31 kwangaphambili banelungelo lokubuyiselwa imali yepesenti ezingama-90, ngelixa abo benza njalo kwiiveki ezintathu kwangaphambili bafanelekile ukuba babuyiselwe ipesenti ezingama-80. Abathengi banelungelo lembuyekezo ye-50 yepesenti ukuba baye balurhoxisa uhambo lwabo ngosuku olungaphambi kokuhamba okucwangcisiweyo.
Nangona kunjalo, abathengi abalinda de kube ngumhla ocwangcisiweyo wokuhamba ukuze barhoxise uhambo lwabo abayi kufaneleka ukubuyiselwa imali.
Ngeli xesha, u-Roget Hsu, unobhala-jikelele woMbutho weearhente zokuhamba, uthe inani labakhenkethi abaya eSichuan lehle kakhulu emva kwenyikima kaMeyi ophelileyo, nangona amanani asandula ukuvela emva kokuba i-China Airlines (CAL) kunye ne-EVA Airways (EVA) iqalile ukubonelela. Iinqwelomoya eziya ngqo eChengdu.
Njengoko abanye abakhenkethi baseTshayina abavela eSichuan bafika eTaiwan ngenqwelomoya, bobabini i-CAL kunye ne-EVA bathi izolo bazothobela iinzame zikarhulumente zokuthintela ukusasazeka kwale ntsholongwane.
I-CAL ithe izakwenza incopho yenqwelomoya ebuya kwiinqwelomoya eziya kumazwe asulelwe yi-H1N1 kwaye iza kuhambisa imaski yobuso kubakhweli ababonisa iimpawu.
U-EVA uthe uzakujonga ukuba ngaba kukho abakhweli abanomkhuhlane kwaye babonelele ngeemaski zobuso ukuba kuyimfuneko.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- I-Tourism Bureau ithe abakhenkethi banelungelo lokulurhoxisa ukhenketho lwabo lweqela ukuba bacwangciselwe ukuya kumazwe akuluhlu oluthi “Yellow Alert” kwaye ukubuyiselwa kwemali kukhenketho kufuneka kusingathwe phantsi kweNqaku lama-27 lemigaqo elawula imimiselo yeekhontrakthi ezisemgangathweni phakathi kwee-arhente zokuhamba kunye. abathengi babo.
- The travel industry and airlines said they were ready to cope with the repercussions of the Mainland Affairs Council's (MAC) decision to raise the travel alert for China to yellow after Beijing confirmed its first case of swine flu in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
- Meanwhile, Roget Hsu, secretary-general of the Travel Agent Association, said the number of travelers heading to Sichuan dropped drastically after last May's earthquake, although the numbers recently began picking up after China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Airways (EVA) started offering direct charter flights to Chengdu.
