Ukhenketho lwaseTunisia lubuyele kwishishini

I-Tunisia ijonge ukurhweba ngakumbi kubakhenkethi kwi-WTM London 2017, kulandela iindaba zokuba uThomas Cook kunye nezinye iifemu zaseBritane zokuhamba bazobuyela kweli lizwe ukusuka ekuqaleni kuka-2018.

I-Ofisi yamanye amazwe yase-UK yatshintsha iingcebiso zayo zokuhamba ngoJulayi, ivula indlela yokuba abaqhubi bezokhenketho base-Bhritane baqale ukuthengisa iiholide kwakhona kwindawo eyaziwayo.

Umphathi weSizwe iTunisair-engazange iyeke ukubhabha ukusuka e-UK ukuya eTunisia -ngoku isebenza ngeenqwelomoya zemihla ngemihla ezivela eLondon. UThomas Cook uqalile ukuthengisa iiholide eziza kuqala ukusuka ngoFebruwari 2018, kubandakanya iihotele ezisibhozo kufutshane nendawo yokuhlala ihammet.

UMounira Derbel Ben Cherifa, uMlawuli weOfisi yoKhenketho yeSizwe yaseTunisia e-UK, wazamkela ngokufudumeleyo iindaba zokuba uThomas Cook nabanye, abanjengoJust Sunshine, iiholide zaseCyplon kunye neTunisia kuqala, babuyela eTunisia.

Siqinisekile ukuba iBrits izakubuya kwakhona eTunisia njengoko beye eholideyini kule minyaka ingama-40 idlulileyo, utshilo.

Ucacisile ukuba amawaka ama-Brits azinikeleyo aqhubekile nokuya eholideyini kwilizwe laseMntla Afrika nangona iOfisi yaNgaphandle ivalile.

UDerbel Ben Cherifa uthe owona myalezo uphambili kwi-WTM yaseLondon uza kuba "yiTunisia ivulelwe ishishini kwakhona".

"Siza kuhlala sinxibelelana namaqabane ethu kwaye siwahlaziya malunga neemveliso ezintsha, iminyhadala kunye nokubeka uphawu malunga nokulungela kwethu ukwamkela abahambi baseBritane," utshilo sitsho.

IOfisi yoKhenketho yeSizwe yaseTunisia iphuhlisa izicwangciso zokuthengisa kunye namaqabane ezorhwebo, anje ngabasebenza kwezokhenketho, amajelo eendaba kunye neearhente zokuhamba, kunye nabathengi.

Uthe uThomas Cook - owayemele malunga nesiqingatha sentengiso yase-UK-wayehlala enxibelelana rhoqo nebhodi yabakhenkethi eLondon nase I-Tunisia, njengoko ibinqwenela kakhulu ukuphinda iqale inkqubo yayo yaseTunisia ngokukhawuleza.

Ngaphambi kokuvalwa ngo-2015, malunga ne-420,000 eBrits baya eTunisia minyaka le. Ngo-2016, loo nto yawela ngaphezulu kwama-23,000 ngenxa yezithintelo.

Amanani athe anyuka ngo-2017, phantse i-17,000 ehamba kwiinyanga ezisibhozo zokuqala zonyaka, inyuke nge-14% xa kuthelekiswa nelo xesha linye ngo-2016.

UDerbel Ben Cherifa uqikelela ukuba amanani aya kufikelela kuma-30,000 ngo-2017, kwaye aya kuba ngaphezulu kokuphindwe kabini ngo-2018 ukuya kuma-65,000.

Uthe ibhodi yabakhenkethi iza kusebenza ukuqinisekisa abahambi kunye nokuqaqambisa iTunisia izinto ezinomtsalane, ezinje ngeziqinisekiso zasebusika, iindawo zokuphila, ukubonwa kwendawo kunye neemarike zerhwebo.

Ineekhilomitha ezingaphezu kwe-700 zonxweme ecaleni konxweme lweMeditera; phantse iihotele ezingama-800, ezilungiselela uluhlu lweebhajethi; kunye neekhosi zegalufa eziyilelwe kwilizwe liphela.

Kukho iindawo zembali ezenzeka kumawaka eminyaka eyadlulayo, kunye neendawo ezaziwayo zokufota kwimiboniso bhanyabhanya enje nge-English Patient, iMonty Python's Life kaBrian kunye neefilimu ezininzi ezivela kwi-Star Wars franchise.  

Kananjalo nokuthatha inxaxheba kwi-WTM yaseLondon, ibhodi yabakhenkethi iceba ukuqeqesha iiarhente zokuhamba zase-UK ngothotho lwemiboniso yendlela kunye nohambo lweefam, olubanjwe ngokudibeneyo nabaqhubi bezokhenketho. Ukuhamba rhoqo kumajelo eendaba kucwangcisiwe ukufumana umyalezo malunga neTunisia.

I-World Travel Market yaseLondon, uMlawuli oyiNtloko, uSimon Press, uthe: "Ezi ziindaba ezimnandi kurhwebo lwase-UK. Ndiyazi ukuba iiarhente zokuhamba zaseBritane zikwamkele ukubuya kweeholide zaseTunisia, njengoko zinabathengi abaninzi ababuza malunga neeholide kwilizwe.

"Kwakukhuthaza ukubona indlela uThomas Cook aqala ngokukhawuleza ngayo ukuthengisa iiholide kwimakethi yaseBritane, njengoko inamaqela asebenzisa abathengi baseJamani, Belgian naseFrance, oorhulumente babo bengakhange bacebise malunga nokuya kweli lizwe."