Ishishini lezokhenketho linoloyiko lokuba iNdebe yeHlabathi yoMbhoxo iya kubathintela abakhenkethi bemveli ekutyeleleni iNew Zealand ngo-2011 nangona ukuqinisekiswa kweChristchurch njengokusingatha imidlalo yekota yokugqibela kuya kuzisa ukomelela okwethutyana.
Abasebenzi beehotele, amashishini, ii-arhente zokhenketho kunye nosopolitiki basekuhlaleni baye bancoma isigqibo sabaququzeleli beNdebe yeHlabathi izolo sokunika iWellington neChristchurch isiqingatha sokugqibela sekota kumdlalo ngamnye kodwa baphinde bavakalisa ukuxhalaba oku kuya kuchaphazela “imarike enkulu” yabakhenkethi abangenamdla wombhoxo.
Imidlalo yekota yokugqibela iza kubanjwa ngempelaveki eqala nge-7 ka-Oktobha 2011. I-Auckland iza kubamba umdlalo wamagqibela kankqoyi wobhedu kwindawo yesithathu neyesine e-Eden Park esele ikhethiwe njengendawo yomdlalo owandulela owamagqibela kankqoyi nowokugqibela.
UMartin Horgan, umlawuli olawulayo wezokhenketho eSouthern World New Zealand, uthe izolo ikota-final izakuba nefuthe elibi kukhenketho lwaseChristchurch.
“Ndicinga ukuba iNdebe yeHlabathi yoMbhoxo iza kuba yingozi kukhenketho kulo nyaka. Ijikisa iindwendwe ezininzi kuba iyabiza kwaye akukho mthamo. Iyakuba negative kunokuba ibe positive. Iya kuba yimpelaveki enye yesihogo kwaye kunjalo. Asiyonto inkulu. Ungafaka abantu abaninzi kangaka ebaleni,” utshilo.
Umlawuli weSiqithi saseSouth Island kwiBhunga leHotele yaseNew Zealand, uScott Wallace, uthe amaxabiso aphezulu eenqwelo moya ngexesha leNdebe yeHlabathi ayakunqanda abakhenkethi.
“Zimbini kuphela amasango amakhulu angena eNew Zealand, ke ukuba iindleko zokuza apha ziyabiza ngenxa yobonelelo kunye nemfuno ingacima imakethi yoomama,” utshilo.
Abakhenkethi ababenexhala bakhomba ukuhla kukhenketho lwemveli ngexesha leMidlalo yeOlimpiki eAthene naseSydney.
Usihlalo weChristchurch kunye neCanterbury Tourism uPaul Bingham uthe abakhenkethi bemveli bangahlala kude kodwa ukubonakaliswa kweNdebe yeHlabathi yoMbhoxo kuza kuzisa iNew Zealand kufuneka incede kwixesha elide.
“Ngokuqinisekileyo ngumba lowo. Ngokubanzi, kuya kufuneka ujonge iprofayile kunye nokuvezwa okuya kuzisa iNew Zealand. Ekuhambeni kwexesha iya kuba yinto entle,” utshilo.
“Sizama ukubafumana (abalandeli bombhoxo) ukuba beze kwangethuba bahlale ixesha elide. Ukuba uza kwelinye icala lehlabathi unokubona indawo encinci yelizwe. Yinkxalabo yokwenene.”
Le midlalo kulindeleke ukuba izise ingeniso ye-50 yezigidi zeedola e-Christchurch, ngokoqikelelo lwabaphathi bebala le-AMI.
Iinkokeli zoshishino zaseChristchurch zikwaqwalasela indlela yokwamkela abalandeli bombhoxo abaqikelelwa ku-20,000 kwiveki ephambi kwekota yokugqibela.
Ukukhuthaza abantu baseCantabrians ukuba bafake abalandeli bombhoxo emakhayeni abo kunye nenqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa kwizibuko laseLyttleton zithathwa njengeendlela ezintsha zokunyusa amanqanaba eendawo zokuhlala.
Umphathi oyintloko weChamber of Commerce Chamber yaseCanterbury uPeter Townsend uthe ukonyusa indawo yokuhlala kunye neenqwelo moya ngexesha lendebe yehlabathi kuya kuthetha ukuba abakhenkethi bemveli nabo bangayonwabela iNew Zealand.
“Singakwenza oku kube yi-win-win, kunokuba siphumelele,” utshilo.
Uphicotho lwendawo yokuhlala lufumene malunga neebhedi ezingama-40,000 ngaphakathi kwemizuzu engama-90 xa uqhuba eChristchurch kubandakanya iimotele, iihotele, iB&B, iibhaka kunye neepaki zeeholide.
USodolophu waseChristchurch uBob Parker uthe lo msitho uza kuba lukhuthazo olukhulu kwihlabathi kumfanekiso wesixeko.
“Lusuku oluhle kakhulu kwiSiqithi esiseMazantsi kwaye lusuku oluhle kwisixeko sethu… eli lithuba elinokuthi nabani na onombono omncinci alibone iya kuba lithuba elihle lokuthengisa isixeko,” utshilo.
“Baza kukwazi ukuzivisisanisa nengcamango yokuba esi siganeko siza kubukelwa ziibhiliyoni zabantu emhlabeni wonke. Oko kuya kuba lukhuthazo olukhulu kunye nentengiso kwisixeko sethu, iphondo lethu, isiqithi sethu kunye nelizwe lethu. ”
