Nangona umnyhadala wezokhenketho eSalalah e-Oman ugqitywe ngokusesikweni ngoMgqibelo, ngenxa yokuqhubeka kwemozulu entle, umnyhadala awuphelanga. Kukho izinto ezenziwayo eziqhubeka kude kube ngoSeptemba 5. Kubandakanya ukukhwela kwabantwana, iintente ezithandwayo zokuthenga, imidaniso yesintu kunye neendawo zokutya.
ISalala sisixeko esilikomkhulu lephondo lase-Oman's Dhofar. Iyaziwa ngamasimi ayo ebhanana, iilwandle zoLwandle iArabia kunye namanzi agcwele bubomi bolwandle. I-Khareef, i-monsoon yonyaka, iguqula indawo yentlango ibe yindawo eluhlaza, eluhlaza kunye nokudala iingxangxasi zonyaka. Imyuziyam yaseFrankincense Land, eyinxalenye yeAl Balid Archaeological Site, ibalisa ngembali yolwandle kunye nendima kurhwebo lweziqholo.
I-Salalah ifumene iindwendwe ezingama-756,554 ngexesha le-khareef kulo nyaka. NgokweZiko leLizwe lezibalo kunye noLwazi lwe-Oman (i-NCSI), oku kukukhula kweepesenti ze-29 xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kunyaka ophelileyo. ISalalah kunye nemimandla eyingqongileyo ifumene iindwendwe ezingama-519,616 kunyaka ophelileyo ngexesha lonyaka.
Iindwendwe ezininzi zihlala zisiya kwingingqi yeDhofar ngokubanzi naseSalah ingakumbi ngexesha le-khareef ukubona ubungqina obuluhlaza kunye neenduli ezigqunywe yinkungu nenkungu. Kulo nyaka, iipesenti ezingama-72 zeendwendwe zazingama-Omanis, ngelixa iipesenti ze-9.6 zazivela e-UAE kunye neepesenti ze-9.4 zazivela kwamanye amazwe e-GCC.
Ngokuka Mashali, amabala alo mnyhadala utsale iindwendwe ezi-3.5mn ngeentsuku ezingama-47 zalo mnyhadala walo nyaka. Nangona iindwendwe ezirekhodwe i-4mn kunyaka ophelileyo, umnyhadala waqhuba iintsuku ezingama-63 ngo-2017.
Iivenkile ezise Salalah zithe zinethamsanqa lokufumana eli nani leendwendwe ngaphandle kweNkanyamba iMekunu ethe yabetha iDhofar ngaphambi kwexesha le-khareef. UCarlota Alvaro, umncedisi kumlawuli wentengiso e-Orascom Hotels Management elawula iJuiraira Boutique Hotel kunye neFanar Hotel kunye neendawo zokuhlala eSalalah, uthe zombini iipropathi zibone phakathi kwe-90 ukuya kwi-95 yepesenti yokuhlala ngexesha lonyaka.
“Siyavuya ukuba senze kakuhle kakhulu kulo nyaka xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka ophelileyo. Impumelelo kulo nyaka ibangelwe yimozulu entle. Inkanyamba uMekunu ibangele iimvula ezininzi ezikhokelele kwiingxangxasi ezininzi kunye nokuhlaza kwindawo yonke eDhofar, ”utshilo.
"Nangona uMnyhadala wezoKhenketho eSalalah ugqibe, silindele iindwendwe ezininzi kude kube nguSeptemba kuba imozulu isemnandi," wongeze watsho uCarlota.
U-Anurag Mathur, usekela-mphathi jikelele-iqela le-Shanfari yeehotele eqhuba i-Haffa House Salalah kunye ne-Samharam Tourist Village e-Dhofar, uthe, “Ngaphandle kwe-Mekunu ekhokelele kwezinye iindwendwe ezivela kumazwe aselumelwaneni afana ne-Saudi Arabia ukurhoxisa ukubhukisha kwabo, sikwazile ukufumana iindwendwe ezininzi ngaphakathi Oman. Ngokubanzi, ishishini lalilungile kwaye lingcono kunexesha elidlulileyo. Besonwabile ukubamba iindwendwe ezininzi kwipropathi yethu kwaye lo nyaka ubungcono kakhulu kunalonyaka uphelileyo, ”utshilo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- According to the National Centre of Statistics and Information for Oman (NCSI), this is a growth of 29 per cent as compared to the same period last year.
- Many visitors frequent the Dhofar region in general and Salalah in particular during khareef to witness the lush greenery and the hills cloaked in mist and fog.
- The Frankincense Land Museum, part of the Al Balid Archaeological Site, recounts the city's maritime history and role in the spice trade.
