Abasetyhini abaneminyaka engama-25 nangaphezulu ngoku baya kuvunyelwa ukuba baye eSaudi Arabia ngaphandle komntu ohamba naye, ikhomishini yezokhenketho yeli lizwe ibhengeze. Luluhlengahlengiso lwamva nje ekunciphiseni izithintelo kubukumkani beGulf obunomdla kakhulu.
Logama nje behlangabezana neemfuno zobudala, abasetyhini ngoku bazokwazi ukufumana i-visa yabakhenkethi yokutyelela ilizwe ngokwabo, i-Saudi Commission yezoKhenketho kunye neLifa leMveli leSizwe (i-SCTH) u-Omar al-Mubarak uxelele iphephandaba lemihla ngemihla lase-Saudi Arabia. Eli nyathelo liyinxalenye yesigqibo selizwe ngokubanzi sokuvumela ngokusemthethweni ii-visa zabakhenkethi zamadoda nabasetyhini emva kokuqhuba ixesha lokulingwa ukusuka ku-2008 ukuya ku-2010.
“IVisa yabakhenkethi iya kuba yiphepha lokungena elingena kube kanye, kwaye liya kusebenza kangangeentsuku ezingama-30 ubuninzi. Le visa yongezwa kule ikhoyo ngoku eBukumkanini. Uzimele geqe emsebenzini, undwendwelo, iiHajj kunye ne-Umrah visa, ”utshilo uMubarak.
Uthe isebe leKhomishini ye-IT "kungoku nje lakha inkqubo yekhompyuter yokukhutshwa kwee-visa zabakhenkethi, ngokusebenzisana nabameli beZiko loLwazi leSizwe kunye noMphathiswa Wezangaphandle."
I-Saudi Arabia yafumana ukungena kwabantu abangaphezu kwama-32,000 ngexesha lokulingwa kokuphumeza ii-visa zabakhenkethi. Ezo visa zenziwa lula ngabasebenzisi bezokhenketho abaneelayisensi ze-SCTH.
Isibhengezo se-SCTH sasingalindelwanga, njengoko iNkosana uSultan bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz, intloko yegunya lezokhenketho lase-Saudi Arabia, wathi ngo-Novemba "ii-visa zabakhenkethi zizokwaziswa kungekudala.
I-Riyadh ibonakala ijonge ukukhulisa umfanekiso welizwe njengendawo yabakhenkethi, kunye neNkosana yeNkosana uMohammad bin Salman ebhengeza ngo-Agasti ngeprojekthi yokuguqula iziqithi ezingama-50 kunye nomtya weendawo kuLwandle oluBomvu zibe ziiholide zokunethezeka.
Isigqibo seVisa sifike kungaphelanga neenyanga ezine emva kokuba uKumkani uSalman ekhuphe ummiselo oyalela ukuba ekugqibeleni abantu basetyhini bavunyelwe ukuqhuba. Umgaqo-nkqubo omtsha umiselwe ukuba uqalise ukusebenza nge-24 kaJuni, 2018, ukuphelisa ngokusesikweni isibhengezo sokuqhuba kwabafazi.
Eli lizwe liyanciphisa izithintelo kwabasetyhini ngezinye iindlela. NgoSeptemba, abasetyhini bavunyelwa ukungena kwiKing Fahd International Stadium eRiyadh okokuqala ukuba babone isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-87 sisiseko selizwe.
Ngo-Okthobha, amabala emidlalo kwilizwe liphela ayalelwa ukuba aqale ukwenza amalungiselelo okuba abantu basetyhini bavunyelwe ukuba bangene ngaphakathi ukusukela ekuqaleni kuka-2018. okokuqala ngqa. IiCinema, eziye zavalwa kwilizwe eline-ultra-conservative iminyaka engama-35, nazo ziya kuvulwa ngo-Matshi. Ilizwe liceba ukuba nemiboniso bhanyabhanya engaphezulu kwama-2,000 2030 esebenza ngo-XNUMX.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- As long as they meet the age requirement, women will now be able to receive a tourist visa to visit the country by themselves, Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) spokesman Omar al-Mubarak told the Saudi daily Arab News.
- Riyadh seems intent on boosting the country's image as a tourist destination, with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announcing in August a project to turn 50 islands and a string of sites on the Red Sea into luxury resorts.
- The move is part of the country's wider decision to officially allow tourist visas for both men and women after running a trial period from 2008 to 2010.
