Sele iyiminyaka elishumi ngoku uLuzi Matzig, omnye wabantu abadumileyo kwezokhenketho lwaseAsia, edale olwakhe ukhenketho. Kuba eTurboNews, UMatzig - osanda kubhiyozela usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwe-60 - unika umbono wakhe wokhenketho kwi-Asia-mpuma ye-Asia.
eTN: Zeziphi ezona nguqu zimangalisayo othe wazifumana kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo?
Luzi Matzig: Ngokuqinisekileyo oku kukubhukisha kwi-Intanethi okutshintshe ukuhanjiswa kunye nendlela yokwenza ishishini. Ii-injini zokubhukisha ngoku zisezandleni zamaqela amakhulu okuhamba afumana ikhontrakthi ngokuthe ngqo nababoneleli ngezohambo abafana neehotele. I-Agoda.com ithathwe yi-Priceline kunye ne-asiarooms.com yi-TUI. Abakhenkethi abafana nathi abasafuneki ukuba babhukishe amagumbi. Sisanda kulahlekelwa sisivumelwano kunye ne-asiarooms.com njengoko bagqiba ukujongana ngqo neehotele. Kwaye asinakukhuphisana, njengoko kuya kufuna inzame eninzi kunye nemali. Kufuneka silungelelanise isicwangciso sethu kwaye sigxile kushishino lwethu olungundoqo, ukhenketho olusebenzayo. Sisanda, enyanisweni, safumana iKuoni UK njengomthengi omtsha.
eTN: Ngaba abahambi banamhlanje bohluke kakhulu kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo?
Matzig: Ngokuqinisekileyo sifumana[d] ukunyuka okuqinileyo kubahambi ngabanye. Nje ukuba imakethi ikhule, ihambela kude kukhenketho lweqela. Sibona kwakhona kuvela iindidi ezimbini ezinamandla zabahambi, zombini ngokugqithisileyo. Ngokuhla kwamaxabiso eenqwelo-moya kunye neehotele ngenxa yokhuphiswano olwandisiweyo, kukho umkhwa weepakethe ezingabizi kakhulu nezihlala zifikeleleka. Kodwa singahamba njani ngexabiso eliphantsi? Ngaba ngokwenene axabisa amandla okuleqa ezo marike zokhenketho zininzi zivelisa imbuyekezo encinci kakhulu kutyalo-mali? Sikhetha ukujonga elinye icandelo, iFIT ejongana neemveliso ezikhethekileyo zentengiso. Kukho imali eninzi echithwayo kunye nokhuphiswano oluncinci.
eTN: Zeziphi iimveliso onokunikezela ngazo?
Matzig: Aba bahambi be-FIT banezimvo ezizimisele kakhulu malunga nento abangathanda ukuyenza kwaye nini. Amandla ethu ke kukucebisa iipakethe à la carte. Sinokulungiselela imoto yabucala enomqhubi wenqwelo-mafutha okanye sinikele ngesiphaluka esenziwe ngomthungi kumzantsi-mpuma weAsia. Sibona, umzekelo, umdla oqinileyo wokuhamba ngenqanawa njengoko ukhetho luba lukhuni ngakumbi kwingingqi. Ziihambo zokuhamba ngenqanawa kuMlambo iMekong okanye kuLwandle lwaseAndaman. I-Borneo ikwavela njengendawo enomtsalane yokuhamba ngenqanawa. Sikwacebisa iijethi zabucala zabahambi abaphambili. Sikwafumana abakhenkethi abaninzi bejonge iindawo ezikhethekileyo. Umzekelo eThailand, sibona abathengi abaphezulu besuka kwiindawo abakhenkethi abaziwayo njengeKrabi, Phuket, okanye Pattaya ukuya ngakumbi kwiziqithi ezifihlakeleyo. Ikhathalogu yokugqibela yaseKuoni Switzerland eAsia ngumzekelo omhle kakhulu wendlela yangoku. Iqulethe ukuya kutsho kumaphepha alishumi okuhlala kunye neepakethe kwiziqithi ezingaziwa[n] zaseThai.
eTN: Ngaba nawe ukhe wafumana utshintsho kwiindawo ekucelwe kuzo ngabahambi?
I-Matzig: I-Indochina ibone ukukhula okukhulu kwishumi leminyaka kunye nokhenketho olukhulayo kumazwe anjengeVietnam, iCambodia, kunye neLaos. IBurma iyabuya, ngokucothayo, kodwa yadlula kwixesha elibi kakhulu ngo-2008. Ndilindele ukuba iMyanmar izakuphinda kabini inani labakhenkethi bayo kulo nyaka uzayo xa kuthelekiswa no-2009… IiPhilippines ziyanda ngokuduma, ngakumbi eBoracay ngamanxweme ayo amahle. Kodwa eyona ndawo iphumeleleyo kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo yi-Indonesia. Ngokukodwa eBali, apho kuba nzima kakhulu ukulungisa indawo yokuhlala. Ukunyuswa kokuvalwa kwe-EU kuhambo ngenqwelomoya kwezinye iinqwelomoya zase-Indonesia zisinceda ukuba siyile iipakethe ezintsha. Siphakamisa kwakhona uhambo oluhamba phezu komhlaba ukusuka eSumatra ukuya eBali okanye sicebisa ukhenketho ukuya eToraja eSouth Sulawesi ehambelana nokuhlala eBali.
eTN: Ngaba inkcubeko ngumxholo onomtsalane kuMzantsi-mpuma Asia?
Matzig: Bekusoloko kunjalo, kodwa njengoko abahambi besiya beqonda ngakumbi, bathanda ukudibanisa iindawo ezininzi zenkcubeko kwaye ekugqibeleni baphumle iintsuku ezimbalwa kwindawo yokuphumla elwandle ekupheleni kokhenketho lwabo. EYurophu, abahambi abavela eFransi, eJamani, okanye eSwitzerland bazimisele kakhulu ekudibaniseni amazwe amaninzi eenkcubeko ezikhenketho, njengeVietnam-Cambodia kunye neThailand. Kodwa abantu baseRussia, abantu baseScandinavia, kunye namaBritane bathanda ubukhulu becala indawo yokuphumla yolwandle kunye nelanga.
eTN: Luthini uqikelelo lwakho ngo-2010 ngeAsian Trails?
Matzig: Ngokuqinisekileyo siza kubona ukuchacha, [masithi] kuluhlu lokukhula lwe-10 ekhulwini. Thina ngokobuqu sonwabe kakhulu ngesikhundla sethu namhlanje kunye nobukho bethu ngeenxa zonke kumzantsi-mpuma Asia. Asicwangcisi ukufudukela kwezinye iimarike njengoko siqikelela ukuhlala phakathi kwezona ngcaphephe zibalaseleyo kulo mmandla.
