I-China iyabalela abantu bamanye amazwe ukuba bangatyeleli iTibet

Abakhenkethi bamanye amazwe baqondwa ukuba banqatshelwe ekutyeleleni iTibet, emva kweenyanga zezidubedube.

Abakhenkethi bamanye amazwe baqondwa ukuba banqatshelwe ekutyeleleni iTibet, emva kweenyanga zezidubedube.

Ummeli weendaba wase-France u-Agence-France Presse izolo uxele ukuba i-Tibet China International Tour Service 'iceliwe ukuba iyeke ukuhlela amaqela angaphandle kwi-Tibet ngasekupheleni kuka-Meyi'

Umqhubi wezokhenketho u-Responsibletravel.com, oququzelela uhambo oluya kummandla we-Himalayan, namhlanje uxelele iTravelMail ukuba inesiqinisekiso esivela kubaqhubi ababini abohlukeneyo sokuba ukuvalwa kusebenze namhlanje kusasa.

Isithethi sithe abaqhubi bebengakhange banikwe sizathu okanye baxelelwe ukuba sizakuhlala ixesha elingakanani, kodwa ulwazi olongezelelekileyo lwaluzakulandela.

Abantu esele babhukishe iiholide bacetyisiwe ukuba banxibelelane nomboneleli wabo ukufumana amanyathelo alandelayo.

Umphathi omkhulu we-Responsibletravel.com kunye nomsunguli-mbumbulu u-Justin Francis uthe: 'Iindaba zokuthintela ukhenketho lwangaphandle kwiTibet zisengozini yokuphinda inkxalabo yokuphindaphinda kuka-2008, xa abahambi babenqatshelwe kabini ukutyelela indawo ekuyiwa kuyo.

Ukunikwa okuhlaziyiweyo kubudlelwane bezopolitiko phakathi kwe China kunye neTibet kwezi veki zidlulileyo kwaye kuphawulwe ukunyuka koqhanqalazo, oku kuvalwa, okungaqondakaliyo okungaqondakaliyo kuya kuphakamisa ii-alamu ngasemva kwabahambi kunye nomzi mveliso wezokhenketho malunga nokuba kuqhubeka ntoni emhlabeni . '

Uye wongeza wathi: 'Simemelela abasemagunyeni kwezokhenketho ukuba bacacise izizathu zokuvalwa kwale nkqubo kwaye baqhubeke nokusebenza nomzi mveliso wezokhenketho ukugcina abahambi noluntu luhlaziyiwe.'

UJim Eite, intloko yemveliso kwiEksodus Travels, uphawule wathi: 'Emva kweeveki zokunqunqa nokutshintsha imigaqo kunye nezithintelo zokundwendwela iTibet, nokuba kungena kwilizwe lase China okanye eNepal, abasemagunyeni babhengeze ukuvalwa kwengubo.'

Uthe akuqinisekanga ukuba izithintelo ziya kubakho ixesha elingakanani, esithi: 'Akunakwenzeka ukuqikelela ukuba kuya kuba ziiveki okanye iinyanga. Sikurhoxisile konke ukuhamba kude kube sekupheleni kuka-Agasti, kwaye sizakuhlala sijonga indawo esikuyo ngoSeptemba nango-Okthobha. '

Ngokwe Telegraph, ngoku lixesha elidumileyo lokuya eTibet, ngokuqala komnyhadala wenyanga 'weSaga Dawa'.

Iindaba zokuthintelwa zilandela amatyala aliqela akutshanje apho abantu baseTibet bazithumele kumlilo wase China.

Ekupheleni kuka-Meyi, amadoda amabini azitshisa phambi kwetempile yaseJokhang embindini wenxalenye yakudala yaseLhasa.

Oku kwaqondwa ukuba ibikokokuqala ukuba abaqhankqalazi bajolise kwikomkhulu laseTibetan.

Oku kwalandelwa kwakamsinya emva kokuzihlambalaza ngumama wabantwana abathathu, osweleke ngaphandle kweemonki iJonang Dzamthang kwilokishi yaseBarma.

Ngabantu abangaphezulu kwama-30 abaziwa ngokuzicima umlilo ngoqhankqalazo kunyaka ophelileyo.

UStephanie Brigden, umlawuli weqela lephulo i-Free Tibet, uthe: 'Yinkqubo esemgangathweni yokusebenza e-China ukumisa abakhenkethi bamanye amazwe abahamba nanini na kukho isiphithiphithi.'

UTrailMail uqhakamshelane noMzi wommeli waseTshayina eLondon kodwa elinde impendulo.

Isithethi se-FCO sathi: 'Siyazazi iingxelo zokuba iTibet ivaliwe kubakhenkethi bamanye amazwe. Abasemagunyeni ngamathuba athile bayanqumamisa ukukhupha amaphepha-mvume okuhamba ukuya ngaphakathi nangaphakathi kwiTibet Autonomous Region yabemi bamanye amazwe ngamaxesha ahlukeneyo enyakeni nangenxa yezizathu ezahlukeneyo.

'Abahambi abaya eTibet kufuneka bajonge kubakhenkethi okanye kwiiarhente zokuhamba kwaye babeke iliso kwiingcebiso zokuhamba zeFCO ngolwazi malunga nokuya eTibet.'

I-Tibet yaba phantsi kolawulo lwase China ngo-1951, kulandela ingxabano yasemkhosini eyathi yabangela izidubedube ukusukela.

Xa abantu bamanye amazwe bevunyelwe ukungena, kufuneka babeneevisa ezikhethekileyo kwaye bajoyine iqela labakhenkethi elisemthethweni.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

  • ‘Given renewed strains in the political relationship between China and Tibet in recent weeks and marked escalation in protest, this new, seemingly unexplained ban will raise alarms in the back of the minds of travellers and the tourism industry about what is going on on the ground.
  • ‘We are calling on the tourism authorities to clarify the motivation behind the ban and continue to work with the tourism industry to keeping travellers and the public updated.
  • Ekupheleni kuka-Meyi, amadoda amabini azitshisa phambi kwetempile yaseJokhang embindini wenxalenye yakudala yaseLhasa.

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