Ukuphazamiseka kwebhaluni eyoyikisayo kubetha kabuhlungu kukhenketho oluhlaseleyo lwase-Egypt

I-LUXOR, iYiphutha – Isixeko sakudala setempile yaseYiputa iLuxor sijongene nentlekele kwishishini laso lokhenketho, esele sisikrazula kwizidubedube kulandela uqhushululu lwelizwe, emva kwengozi yebhaluni yomoya oshushu eyabulala abakhenkethi abali-19.

"Ingozi iya kuba nefuthe elibi kukhenketho," utshilo u-Yasser al-Zambali, ongumnini wenkampani ye-Dream Balloon e-Luxor, enye yeenkampani ezimbalwa zeebhaluni eziququzelela iinqwelomoya zokuphuma kwelanga phezu kwesixeko.

"Ndingabaqinisekisa njani abanye abakhenkethi ukuba bahlawule idola enye ukukhwela ibhaluni ngoku?"

Ibhaluni yomoya oshushu yaqhuma yaza yawela emhlabeni ngexesha lenqwelomoya yokusa ngoLwesibini, yabulala abakhenkethi abali-19 abavela eHong Kong, eJapan, eFransi, eBritani naseHungary.

Abahlali kunye neengcali kushishino lokukhenketha boyika ukuba le ngozi iza kwenza abakhenkethi abaninzi bangabikho, njengoko i-Egypt izama ukuvuselela ishishini elijongene nengeniso yemali yangaphandle.

Izidubedube ezithe gqolo kwilizwe jikelele zibe negalelo kwintlekele yezoqoqosho ukusukela ngo-2011, xa uqhankqalazo oludumileyo lwagxotha umongameli wexesha elide u-Hosni Mubarak, kunye noovimba bamazwe angaphandle baye bawela ngaphezulu kwe-20 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ukusukela ngoko.

“Sikwixesha eliphezulu, kodwa bambalwa abakhenkethi,” utshilo uZambali.

URaymond Khalaf, ongumanejala wogcino-ndawo kwihotele eneenkwenkwezi ezintlanu ezikunxweme lweNayile, uthe abantu abahlala apho bebencipha ngeepesenti ezingama-35.

“Ngokuqhelekileyo, ngeli xesha lonyaka, iba ngama-90 ekhulwini,” watsho.

Kwihotele etofotofo yaseWinter Palace, apho umbhali weencwadi zolwaphulo-mthetho uAgatha Christie kuthiwa wayehlala khona ngelixa ebhala umnyhadala wakhe othi "Ukufa kuMnayile," indawo yokuhlala yayingama-40 ekhulwini kuphela.

“Imeko ayikho mbi ngenxa yenguqu; kubi ngenxa yobundlobongela obulandelayo,” utshilo u-Mohammed Ali, usekela-manejala wale hotele.

Ayikokokuqala ukuba abakhenkethi baseLuxor balwe ngenxa yentlekele.

Eli shishini lathatha iminyaka ukuchacha kwimbubhiso ka-1997 eyathi yabona amadoda angamaSilamsi adubula ngeembumbulu kubakhenkethi njengoko babekhenketha kwitempile yakudala, babulala abantu basemzini abangama-58 kunye noonogada babo abane baseYiputa.

Uhlaselo lokuphalaza igazi yaba sisiphelo sothotho lweebhombu nohlaselo olwathi lwenzeka ngeminyaka yoo-1980 noo-1990 emva kokubulawa kukamongameli uAnwar Sadat.

I-Egypt ibanjwe yisiphithiphithi esitsha sezopolitiko ukususela oko u-Mubarak wachithwa, kwaye izidubedube kunye nokungakhuseleki kuye kwanda ukususela ngoNovemba xa uMongameli wamaSilamsi u-Mohamed Morsi wakhupha umyalelo ochithiweyo wokwandisa amandla akhe.

Ngelixa lo mthetho wawusebenza, umgaqo-siseko owawuyilwe wamaSilamsi owawunempikiswano, wakhawuleza wayahlula-hlula iJiphutha phakathi kwabalandeli bakaMorsi ubukhulu becala abangamaSilamsi kunye neqela eliphikisayo elibanzi, kwaye yaqala ubundlobongela ezitratweni.

Abahlali bathi ingozi yebhaluni yeyokugqibela kuluhlu lweengxaki zokuphosa isithunzi phezu kweLuxor, imyuziyam enkulu evulekileyo yesixeko esibandakanya iNtlambo yeeKumkani kunye nezakhiwo zetempile zaseLuxor naseKarnak.

Ukunyuka kobundlobongela ngoJanuwari kuye kwazisa inkxalabo engakumbi kwishishini.

“Ubundlobongela beminyaka emibini yohlaziyo lubangele ukucinywa kwewaka kule hotele,” utshilo u-Ali kwihotele yaseWinter Palace.

Umkhenkethi womkhenkethi u-Ahmed Sayyed uthe wayedla ngokusebenza namaqela amabini ngosuku ngaphambi kohlaziyo.

“Ngoku ndineqela elinye rhoqo ngeentsuku ezintathu. Umvuzo wam wehle ngomyinge wamashumi asixhenxe anesihlanu ekhulwini,” utshilo.

Abahlali bathi esi sixeko siludinga ngamandla uphuhliso, kwaye kufuneka iziseko ezitsha zokutsala abakhenkethi.

Omnye wabantu abambalwa abazulazula kwiindawo zakudala ngoLwesibini, umkhenkethi waseDenmark obize igama lakhe njengoMartin, uthe "imeko imbi kakhulu kunokuba bendicinga, ngakumbi xa kujongwa ukungabikho kolungelelwaniso kunye nesiphithiphithi."

Ngaphandle kweehotele ezitofotofo ezikwikona yeNayile, intaphane yeenqwelo ezitsalwa ngamahashe zazimi zingenzi nto zilindele abathengi.

Ngo-2010, abantu babekwi-100 lepesenti kwaye ezinye iihotele zazingakwazi ukumelana nokubhukisha, latsho elinye igosa eliphethe ezokhenketho.

“Kodwa ngoku sikwixesha eliphezulu kwaye isixeko siphantse sashiywa,” latsho eli gosa.

“Ndifuna ukuva iindaba ezimnandi eziza kuvuselela ukhenketho,” utshilo umnini venkile u-Osama Hamdy.