I-JAKARTA - I-Indonesia ijolise ekutsaleni abakhenkethi bamazwe angaphandle abazizigidi ezi-7 kwi-2010, ukusuka kwiindwendwe ezimalunga ne-6.45 yezigidi kulo nyaka, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho kunye neNkcubeko uJero Wacik uthe ngoLwesithathu.
Umphathiswa uthe ilizwe lase-Asia-mpuma ye-Asia lidlulile kwithagethi yalo yokufika kwezigidi ezi-6.4 kulo nyaka nangona imeko yezoqoqosho yehlabathi, ukuhlaselwa ngokuzibulala kwiihotele ezimbini zodidi eJakarta ngoJulayi kunye neenkxalabo malunga nobundlobongela obunokwenzeka ngexesha lonyulo lwepalamente kunye nomongameli ngo-2009.
UWacik uthe, nangona kunjalo, isixa-mali esichithwe ngumkhenkethi ngamnye wangaphandle sehle saya kutsho kwi-995 yeedola kulo nyaka ukusuka kwi-1,178 yeedola ngo-2008.
Umphathiswa uthe abakhenkethi bamazwe angaphandle ngo-2010 bekulindeleke ukuba bachithe malunga ne-1,000 yeedola nganye, nto leyo ethetha ukungena kwe-7 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kuqoqosho.
Umphathiswa ukwaxelele iintatheli ukuba ukususwa kwesithintelo se-European Union kwiinqwelomoya ezibandakanya iflegi uGaruda kulo nyaka nako kuya kunceda ukukhulisa ukhenketho kulo nyaka uzayo.
“Kwaye ngoku, ngenxa yokuba iGaruda Airlines ibhabha isiya kwaye ibuya eYurophu ngoku, amanani abakhenkethi azonyuka,” utshilo.
Ukhenketho lubalelwa malunga neepesenti ezi-3 zeemveliso zasekhaya kuMzantsi-mpuma weAsia, kodwa ezinye iindawo, kubandakanya nesiqithi saseBali, zixhomekeke kakhulu kukhenketho lwemisebenzi kunye nokukhula.
Iziqithi ezingaphezulu kwe-17,500 zeziqithi zineelwandle, iintaba kunye neendawo zokuntywila phakathi kwezinto ezinomtsalane ezohlukeneyo, kodwa iziseko zokhenketho ngaphandle kwe-Bali zihlala zimbi kwaye amaphulo okhenketho ahlala egxekwa njengokushoda.
I-Indonesia isemva kakhulu kummelwane omncinci waseSingapore, ojolise ekutsaleni ukuya kuthi ga kwi-9.5 yezigidi zabakhenkethi kulo nyaka, kunye neMalaysia, ejolise kwi-19 yezigidi zabakhenkethi abafika kwamanye amazwe.
Noko ke, uWacik uthe, abantu abafikayo e-Indonesia baye baqhuba kakuhle kuneVietnam neThailand, eziye zehla nge-16 ekhulwini ne-17 ekhulwini ngokwahlukeneyo.
