I-HONOLULU: Amagosa okhenketho eHawaii ajonge e-China nase-South Korea ukunceda ukuphelisa ukwehla kwenani leendwendwe ezivela eJapan, owona mthombo mkhulu wabakhenkethi bangaphandle.
Umdla kwezo marike ufika ngexesha apho inani elipheleleyo labakhenkethi ukuya eHawaii nalo liyancipha. Phantse i-7.4 yezigidi zabatyeleli beza kwiziqithi kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ukuhla kwe-1.2 ekhulwini ukusuka kwi-2006.
Ngelixa abafikayo ngoJanuwari benyuka kwinyanga enye kulo nyaka uphelileyo, inani labatyeleli ngo-2008 lilindeleke ukuba lehle nge-1.4 ekhulwini.
“Andizukubheja imali yokubambisa ngenxa yokuba uJanuwari uzoqhubeka,” utshilo uRex Johnson, intloko yeGunya lezoKhenketho eHawaii.
Ngelixa uJanuwari wabona ukunyuka kweendwendwe zaseKhanada, abafikayo abavela eJapan behle nge-5.2 ekhulwini. Ngaphezu kwe-1.3 yezigidi zamaJapan atyelele eHawaii kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
UMarsha Wienert, umnxibelelanisi wokhenketho kurhulumente, uthe abatyeleli abaninzi baseJapan ababuyeli eHawaii emva kohambo lwabo lokuqala bethanda iindawo ezintsha, ezinexabiso eliphantsi, njengeTaiwan.
Ukunyuka kwamaxabiso epetroli kukhokelela kumaxabiso aphezulu amatikiti, utshilo.
Ngelixa amagosa okhenketho karhulumente ezama ukonyusa ukhenketho olusuka eJapan, ajikela nase China nase Mzantsi Korea.
Abakhenkethi baseMzantsi Korea abafikayo bebejikeleza malunga ne-35,000 ngonyaka - kude ngezantsi kwe-123,000 ephezulu ngo-1996.
Iindwendwe ezisuka kweli lizwe ngoku kufuneka zifake isicelo se-visa ngokobuqu kwi-Embassy yase-US eSeoul ngaphambi kokuba baye eUnited States.
Iindwendwe zexesha elifutshane ezivela eJapan kunye nezinye iintlanga ezikhethiweyo, ngokuchaseneyo, zingangena eUnited States ngaphandle kokufumana i-visa kwangaphambili.
Amagosa ezokhenketho athi anethemba lokuba abemi baseMzantsi Korea bazokwazi ukwenza okufanayo ekupheleni kuka-2008 okanye ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo phantsi komthetho osayinwe nguMongameli Bush kunyaka ophelileyo ovumela amazwe amaninzi ukuba afanelekele ukurhoxiswa kwee-visa.
"Sinethemba elikhulu nje ukuba iKorea ibe lilizwe lokungavunyelwa kwe-visa ... ukuba iHawaii iya kuvuna izibonelelo ezinkulu apho ukhenketho luchaphazelekayo," utshilo uWienert.
Wongeze ukuba iHawaii ikwalindele ukubona ukwanda kweendwendwe ezivela eTshayina, apho iziqithi zingenako ukuzikhuthaza kude kube mva nje.
Kodwa uFrank Haas, usekela-mphathi wesikolo solawulo lweshishini lokuhamba kwiDyunivesithi yaseHawaii eManoa, uthe amaTshayina ajongana nemiqobo emininzi ekuhambeni ukuya eHawaii.
Kufuneka bafake izicelo ze-visa ngokobuqu kwaye bangabinazo iinqwelomoya ezifanelekileyo eziya kurhulumente, utshilo. Wongeze ngelithi ngelixa ilizwe linomgangatho ophakathi okhulayo, alinawo amandla okuchitha eJapan.
“Kulula nje, kungabizi kakhulu kwaye akukho ngxaki kubo ukuya kwenye indawo,” utshilo.
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