UKhenketho lwase-Australia lulindele ukuba i-China ibe ngumthombo wesithathu ngobukhulu wabatyeleli abaya e-Australia kwisithuba seminyaka emithathu kwaye izama ukutsala abatyeleli abaninzi baseTshayina ukuba bahlangabezane nolo lindelo. Ilizwe laseTshayina kuqikelelwa ukuba liya kuba ngowona mthombo wesine ngobukhulu weendwendwe zamazwe ngamazwe eziya eOstreliya ekupheleni kwalo nyaka kunye nelesithathu ngobukhulu kwiminyaka emithathu.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, eli lizwe libekwe kwindawo yesihlanu emva kweNew Zealand, iUnited Kingdom, iUnited States kunye neJapan, uRichard Beere, umphathi jikelele wecandelo lamazwe ngamazwe (empuma yelizwe) leTourism Australia, uxelele iChina Business Weekly. Ngokujonga uqoqosho oluqinileyo lwaseTshayina kunye nokukhula kotshintshiselwano ngeendlela ezimbini, uBeere uthe uzithembile kakhulu malunga nemarike yokhenketho yaseTshayina.
KuMboniso weHlabathi eShanghai kulo nyaka uzayo, iTourism Australia icwangcise iminyhadala yentengiso ukukhuthaza indawo esezantsi-phantsi.
Bebonke bangama-356,400 abahlali baseTshayina abatyelele eOstreliya kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ebithe tyaba xa kuthelekiswa nowama-2007, kwaye abangama-276,500 baye kweli lizwe kwiinyanga ezilithoba zokuqala zalo nyaka, nto leyo emele ukukhula konyaka nonyaka ngepesenti enye. NgoSeptemba kuphela, iindwendwe ezivela kwilizwe laseTshayina ziye zaba ngama-1 22,900, ulwando lwe-19 ekhulwini xa kuthelekiswa nenyanga enye kunyaka ongaphambili.
UBeere uthe inani labatyeleli baseTshayina abatyelele eOstreliya linyuse umyinge we-18 ekhulwini ngonyaka phakathi ko-1998 no-2003, kunye ne-15 ekhulwini phakathi kowama-2003 nonyaka ophelileyo. UBeere uthe izinga lokukhula kulindeleke ukuba linyuke ngepesenti ezilishumi elinanye kule minyaka mihlanu izayo.
Nangona ukuhamba ngamagosa aseburhulumenteni aseTshayina kuye kwancipha, ukuhamba ngokuzimeleyo kubonakala njengesiqhelo, kwaye umfundi kunye ne-VFR (ukutyelela abahlobo kunye nezihlobo) ukuhamba kuhlala kuqinile, utshilo uJohnny Nee, umphathi jikelele wengingqi ye-Asia esenyakatho ye-Tourism Australia. "Imfuno yeendlela ezinzulu kunye nezisemgangathweni ziyaphuhliswa," kusho uNee.
Ukhenketho lwase-Australia luya kunyusa ukukhuthazwa phakathi kwabathengi baseTshayina, ngaphezu kwabaqhubi bezokhenketho. Umbutho uhamba ngokunzulu kwimarike yaseTshayina ngokuhlola izixeko ezikwinqanaba lesibini kwinto ebizwa ngokuba yiBeere yinyathelo ngenyathelo.
Kukhenketho lwase-Australia ngokubanzi, uNee uthe intengiso ibingaqinisekanga kakhulu kulo nyaka uphelileyo, kodwa ibonakalise iimpawu ezicacileyo zokuchacha kulo nyaka. “Ukuzithemba kubuyile, nangona imingeni isekhona,” utshilo uNee.
Okwangoku, njengoko ukungafani phakathi kwelizwe, iHong Kong, kunye neemarike zaseTaiwan azisabalulekile, i-Tourism Australia idibanise imizamo yayo yokuthengisa ukwandisa ukusebenza kakuhle, wathi.
I-Tourism Australia ibambe i-mission yokuhamba kwilizwe elikhulu, i-Hong Kong, ne-Taiwan e-Guangzhou ekuqaleni kukaNovemba eyatsala ii-arhente zokuhamba ze-177 kunye nabaqhubi bezokhenketho base-Australia abangama-48.
