Amagosa oKhenketho abonise inkxalabo kwiSebe lezobuGcisa kunye noKhenketho ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka malunga nokuziphatha kwamagosa okufudukela kwamanye amazwe kumachweba okungena emva kokuba indoda yaseNdiya ephumelele uhambo oluya e-Ireland kukhuphiswano oluxhaswa nguRhulumente ibike ukuxhatshazwa kunye nobuhlanga kwisikhululo sezindiza saseDublin.

Uphumelele uhambo kumsitho owawuququzelelwa yi-Tourism Ireland eMumbai ukukhuthaza iIreland njengendawo enomtsalane yeholide.

Amaxwebhu amatsha akhutshwe abonisa ophumelele ibhaso wabhalela uKhenketho eIreland nge-2 kaMatshi ekhalaza ngonyango lwakhe kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseDublin. Wachaza indlela, ngaphandle kokuba wayenayo i-visa yabakhenkethi efunekayo kwaye ephethe ileta evela kwi-Tourism Ireland, amagosa okundwendwela anyanzelisa ukuba abakholelwa ukuba le leta iyinyani.

“[Igosa] laye lasibuza ukuba ngubani obhukise ihotele yethu. Samxelela ukuba yenziwe nguThomas Cook eBombay. Wathi oko akunakwenzeka njengoko kutheni Ireland Tourism [sic] incwadi ngoThomas Cook njengoko babeyinkampani British. Besingazi ukuba masithini.”

Utyhola abanye abakhweli abaninzi baseIndiya baphathwa ngokungekho sikweni. “YayingamaIndiya kuphela awayefotwa kwikhawuntara yokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe. Yayilucalucalulo lobuhlanga olucacileyo. Yonke le nto yayindixaka kakhulu.”

Ngokwembalelwano ekhutshwe kwiThe Irish Times phantsi kwemithetho yeNkululeko yoLwazi, iTourism Ireland yaphendula ukuze idlulisele “ukuzisola okukhulu” kophumelele ibhaso ngamava akhe. “Sonke sikhathazekile kwaye sidanile ngesi sehlo kwaye siza kusibeka kumanqanaba aphezulu nesebe likaRhulumente elichaphazelekayo . . .” I-arhente yatsho.

Ngosuku olulandelayo, igosa elivela kwiTourism Ireland lathumela i-imeyile kwelinye iSebe lezoBugcisa noKhenketho. Wabhala wathi: “Elinye ibali elothusayo ngokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe. “Kufuneka senze okuthile ngayo. Eyona ndawo inobubele emhlabeni???”

Oku kwalandelwa yileta evela kumlawuli oyintloko weTourism Ireland uPaul O'Toole eya kunobhala jikelele wesebe uCon Haugh. Wabonisa ukuba, ngokuhambelana nomgaqo-nkqubo kaRhulumente, umbutho wawufuna ukuphuhlisa iimarike ezintsha kummandla wase-Asia-Pacific kwaye walumkisa ngesidingo sokukhuphisana.

"Iqela lamaqabane ethu kunye nabafowunelwa baye baxela iimeko ezingathandekiyo xa bona okanye abathengi babo befuna ukungena e-Ireland, ngaphandle kwenkolelo yokuba bawafumene amaxwebhu ayimfuneko," wabhala.

I-Tourism Ireland ithatha i-Indiya njengenye yezona ntengiso zithembisayo kwaye yavula iofisi eMumbai kwiminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo.

Kwiinyanga ezimbini emva kwesehlo, ekuphenduleni umbuzo wepalamente ka-Olivia Mitchell ka-Fine Gael, uMphathiswa osanda kuqeshwa kwezobuGcisa kunye noKhenketho uMartin Cullen wathi "wayengazi ukuba umgaqo-nkqubo wokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe uyinkxalabo ebalulekileyo kwishishini lezokhenketho".

Amaqela abaphambukeli kunye nabameli becandelo lezemfundo ngolwimi lwesiNgesi baye bakhalaza rhoqo ngempatho eqatha efunyanwa ngabatyeleli abasemthethweni abavela kwamanye amazwe kumazibuko okungena.

Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, umfundisi wamaKatolika waseNigeria owayeye eIreland nge-visa yabakhenkethi wabanjwa kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseDublin ngaphambi kokuba akhululwe aze afakwe kwisisele sentolongo erhanelwa ngokuzama ukungena kweli lizwe ngokungekho mthethweni.