Ukungabikho kwabakhenkethi kuyabenzakalisa abathengisi beSixeko sase-Sana'a

Embindini wedolophu enkulu, kukho isiXeko esiDala saseSana'a esinezakhiwo eziphakamileyo kunye nezakhiwo zakudala ezikholelwa ukuba iingcali zaqala kwiminyaka engama-2,500 eyadlulayo.

Embindini wedolophu enkulu, kukho isiXeko esiDala saseSana'a esinezakhiwo eziphakamileyo kunye nezakhiwo zakudala ezikholelwa ukuba iingcali zaqala kwiminyaka engama-2,500 eyadlulayo. Ngobuhle bayo obukhethekileyo, le ndawo yodumo kudala yaziwa ukuba ibambe uloyiko lweendwendwe.

“Ukungena kwi-Old Sana'a kufana nokungena kumaphepha encwadi yembali,” utshilo u-Basim Al-Dawsary, ummi waseSaudi ohlala ezulazula ezitratweni nakwiimarike zemveli zasekuhlaleni.

Kangangeminyaka iSana'a endala ibiyindawo ethandwayo yabakhenkethi, itsala abakhenkethi abavela kwihlabathi liphela kwaye idala ingeniso kubathengisi basekuhlaleni. Nangona kunjalo, ngokuqala kwenguqu ngo-2011, abakhenkethi baba yinkumbulo ekude. Ngokuphuma kwabo, bahamba nengeniso yoosomashishini basekhaya.

"Ndineevenkile ezintathu kwi-Old Sana'a, kwaye umvuzo wam uncitshiswe ngeepesenti ze-90," u-Esam Al-Harazi, umrhwebi wase-Old Sana'a uxelele i-Yemen Times.

Ngokutsho kweSebe lezoKhenketho laseYemen, ngaphezulu kwesigidi esi-1 sabakhenkethi batyelele eYemen ngo-2009, bechitha malunga ne-900 yezigidi zeedola elizweni. EYemen, apho kangangesiqingatha sabemi sihlala ngaphantsi komgca wentlupheko, eli nani limele isixa esikhulu sengeniso. Nangona i-Ofisi yoMphathiswa ingazange igcine iinkcukacha-manani ezisemthethweni ukususela ngo-2009, amagosa athi ukwehla kwemivuzo kuyabonakala - ngokunjalo noonovenkile.

“Ndinethamsanqa lokuba nendlu yam nevenkile, ukuze ndingahlawuli irenti. Ukuba andikhange ndiyenze, ngendiyivale kudala ivenkile yam njengoko imeko ikhoyo ngoku ingafikelelekiyo,” utshilo uZain Al-Ali, umrhwebi othengisa izinto ezahlukeneyo kwi-Old Sana'a.

U-Al-Ali uthe kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, wayefumana i-YR200,000 ngenyanga, okanye malunga ne-840 yeedola, kodwa ngoku wenza malunga nekota yaloo nto.

U-Mohammed Al-Qahm, ophethe ivenkile yesilivere, uthe ngaphandle kwabathengi bamazwe aphesheya akakhange arhole.

“Xa kuthelekiswa nabasemzini, abantu baseYemenis badla ngokuthenga isilivere ngamaxesha athile ngenxa yemeko yabo yemali enzima. Oku kusiqhubele ekubeni sicinge ngokuvala ivenkile yethu,” utshilo.

U-Najeeb Al-Ghail, ongumsebenzi kwi-arhente yabakhenkethi basekhaya, uthe ukhenketho, ngaphezu kwalo naliphi na elinye ishishini, lisabandezeleka ngenxa yenguquko ka-2011. Uthe umfanekiso ombi, odityaniswe nokwanda kwezithintelo zokuhamba ngaphakathi eYemen udale imeko apho ingeniso yabo kuphela ivela kwabo bafuna ukwenza iHajj okanye i-Umrah (uhambo lwamaSilamsi).

I-Sana'a endala ayikuphela kwendawo ethe yafumana ubunzima ngenxa yokuhla kwezokhenketho. Abantu abakwezinye iindawo ezidumileyo zabakhenkethi ezifana ne-Al-Mahweeet, Sa'ada, Ibb, Taiz kunye ne-Aden bonke bathathe iingoma ezibalulekileyo. Iihotele ezininzi e-Aden zisandula ukufaka isicelo sokubhanga kwaye u-Al-Ghail uthi akafane enze ubhukisho lwehotele eTaiz kwakhona.

Ngaphandle kokudodobala okukhoyo ngoku, u-Al-Ghail uthi urhulumente kufuneka ajonge kwikamva kwaye azame ukutyala imali kwikamva lezokhenketho njengoko enethemba lokuba ekugqibeleni lizakubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo. Uthe iindawo ezifana ne-Al-Nasera kunye ne-Maswar ye-Hajja, i-Shehara, i-Manba kunye ne-Al-Nadheer yase-Sa'ada, i-Baker kunye ne-Al-Riadi yase-Al-Mahweet, i-Aryan, i-Saber kunye neentaba ze-Otma zinamandla amakhulu kwimisebenzi yabakhenkethi. ukukhwela intaba kunye ne-skydiving. Nangona kunjalo, okwangoku akukho nto ingako eyenziwayo ukuphuhlisa iindawo ezinjalo.

Umlawuli jikelele weOfisi yezoKhenketho kwi-Capital Secretariat, u-Adel Al-Lawzi, uxelele i-Yemen Times ukuba unethemba lokuba ukhenketho e-Sana'a luya kuphucula kunyaka ozayo. Uthe i-capital secretariat ngoku imilisela iinkqubo zokukhuthaza ukuchacha kwayo.

Kutshanje, i-ofisi iphakamise abathengisi basezitalatweni, ababeseka ivenkile ngokungekho sikweni kufutshane nesango lesiXeko esiDala ukuze kucocwe inkangeleko yendawo yabakhenkethi. Nangona kunjalo, le ntshukumo icaphukise uninzi lwabarhwebi abagxothiweyo njengoko indawo yentengiso ababeyinikwa njengenye indlela yayingenangeniso okanye ibekwe ngobuchule.

Njengoko amazwe amaninzi asakhupha izilumkiso zokuhamba eYemen, abathengisi besilivere, ubucwebe, iziqholo kunye nobusi e-Old Sana'a bathi unyaka ozayo uya kuba luvavanyo lokuba baya kuqhubeka bekwazi ukuphila kwindawo yokukhenketha ngaphandle kwabakhenkethi.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

  • Njengoko amazwe amaninzi asakhupha izilumkiso zokuhamba eYemen, abathengisi besilivere, ubucwebe, iziqholo kunye nobusi e-Old Sana'a bathi unyaka ozayo uya kuba luvavanyo lokuba baya kuqhubeka bekwazi ukuphila kwindawo yokukhenketha ngaphandle kwabakhenkethi.
  • The general director of the Tourism Office in the Capital Secretariat, Adel Al-Lawzi, told the Yemen Times that he is optimistic that tourism in Sana'a will improve in the coming year.
  • Despite the current slump, Al-Ghail says the government should be looking to the future and trying to invest in the future of tourism as he hopes it will eventually recover.

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