EJAIPUR, eIndiya – UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseIndiya ukwiingxoxo kunye neSebe leMicimbi yezeKhaya kunye neMicimbi yezaNgaphandle ukuze andise indawo yokufika i-visa-on-arrival kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezininzi ezifana ne-Bangalore ne-Hyderabad kubatyeleli abasuka kumazwe amalunga ne-15.
"Sicebise uMphathiswa weMicimbi yezeKhaya kunye neSebe leMicimbi yezaNgaphandle ukuba andise indawo yokufika i-visa-on-arrival ukuze ifumaneke kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zamazwe ngamazwe e-India kubandakanya i-Bangalore kunye ne-Hyderabad eza kuthwala abakhenkethi abavela kumazwe angaphezulu kwe-15 phantsi komgomo wayo, ” UMlawuli Jikelele owongezelelweyo (MR), uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, u-AK Gupta uthe ecaleni kwe-Great India Travel Bazaar (GITB) 2013 function.
Omabini la baphathiswa baphonononga isindululo kunye nokuba nokwenzeka kwaso, wongeze watsho.
Inyathelo loMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, iSebe lezoKhenketho (i-Rajasthan) kunye negumbi loshishino lwe-FICCI, i-GITB iququzelelwe ngempumelelo e-Jaipur ukususela ngo-2008. I-pan-India iqonga lamazwe ngamazwe lokhenketho olungenayo.
Okwangoku, iskimu sokungena-ekufikeni siyafumaneka kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezine zamazwe ngamazwe-Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, naseKolkata. Ibandakanya abemi bamazwe angaphezu kwe-11 kubandakanya iJapan, iNew Zealand, iSingapore, iVietnam, iKhambodiya, iiPhilippines kunye neMyanmar.
Inkqubo yokundwendwela i-visa-on-arrival ibe yimpumelelo enkulu kwaye ibe negalelo ekwandeni kwenani labakhenkethi abasuka kula mazwe, utshilo uGupta.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, iSebe lezoKhenketho lalithe urhulumente ukwinqanaba lokugqibela lokubonisana malunga nokuvumela ii-visa zokungena kubemi bamanye amazwe ali-10, kubandakanya iJamani, iFrance neRussia.
Ngokutsho kwePhepha loLwazi lweFICCI kwi-Inbound tourism (ekhutshwe ngoFebruwari 2013), inani le-visa yokuhamba kubakhenkethi abafikayo libhalise ukukhula kweepesenti ze-54.6 xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kwi-2012.
Igalelo lokhenketho kuhlumo loqoqosho
Ukunika amandla kwicandelo lezokhenketho kweli lizwe, urhulumente uye wasungula iphulo 'le-Incredible India' elakhokelela ekunyukeni kwabakhenkethi bangaphandle ukuya eIndiya kunye nemivuzo.
“Ngaphambili, ukhenketho belujongwa njengomsebenzi wobunewunewu kodwa ngoku lungumthombo obalulekileyo wophuhliso lwezoqoqosho kwihlabathi liphela. Uqoqosho oluninzi lutshintshiwe ngokhenketho, ingakumbi amathuba oluwabonelelayo ekuveliseni ingqesho nokuphelisa intlupheko,” utshilo uGupta.
Ngokwephepha, ukungena kwabakhenkethi bangaphandle eIndiya kuqikelelwa ukuba kuza kukhula nge-avareji yomyinge wonyaka we-8.8 ekhulwini kwishumi leminyaka elizayo.
Ngo-2012, ukukhula kwabakhenkethi abangenayo kwaba yi-5.4 yeepesenti ukuya kwi-6.65 yezigidi xa kuthelekiswa no-2011.
Kutshanje, urhulumente uzibekele usukelo lokutsala abakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe abazizigidi ezili-12 ngowama-2016.
Ngaphaya koko, iphepha lithe ukunyuka kweZivumelwano zoRhwebo lwaMahla (FTAs) ngokucacileyo kungumsebenzi wokukhula okumangalisayo kuqoqosho lwaseIndiya kwinkulungwane entsha.
Ingeniso yotshintshiselwano lwangaphandle (FEE) evela kukhenketho ikhule nge-19.8 yeepesenti ngokwemiqathango ye-rupee ngoFebruwari, ka-2013 xa kuthelekiswa noFebruwari wonyaka ophelileyo.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, i-Indiya isayine inani le-FTAs kunye ne-Japan, i-Korea kunye ne-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) kwaye ixoxisana nabanye kuquka i-European Union.
Urhulumente uphinde wasungula inkqubo yoqeqesho, "Hunar Se Rozgar Tak", ukudala izakhono ezinokuqeshwa kulutsha olunomdla olukwiqela le-18-28 iminyaka, watsho.
“Le nkqubo itolika isuka kwisakhono ukuya kwingqesho.
Phantsi koku, kuququzelelwe iinkqubo zoqeqesho ezimfutshane kwiiveki ezintandathu ukuya kwezisibhozo ukukhulisa izakhono zolutsha kumacandelo ngamacandelo okhenketho nelokwamkela iindwendwe,” utshilo uGupta.
Le nkqubo ayiqhutywa kuphela ngamaziko aphantsi kolawulo lukarhulumente ophakathi kunye norhulumente kodwa nakwiihotele ezihleliweyo kunye namanye amaziko, wongezelela.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “We have proposed to the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of External Affairs to extend the visa-on-arrival facility to be available at more international airports in India including Bangalore and Hyderabad which would cover tourists from about 15 more countries under its ambit,” Additional Director General (MR), Tourism Ministry, A.
- To give a boost to the tourism sector in the country, the government had launched ‘Incredible India' campaign which resulted into a rise in the flow of foreign tourists into India and earnings.
- Urhulumente uphinde wasungula inkqubo yoqeqesho, "Hunar Se Rozgar Tak", ukudala izakhono ezinokuqeshwa kulutsha olunomdla olukwiqela le-18-28 iminyaka, watsho.
