I-CAIRO, i-Egypt - Abangaphakathi kwishishini lezokhenketho basekhaya abachukumiseki kukuthatyathwa kwamva nje kukhenketho kutsha nje kuthiwe thaca nguMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseYiputa u-Hisham Zaazou.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, uZaazou ubhengeze ukuba inani labakhenkethi abandwendwela iJiphutha lifikelele kwi-2.86 yezigidi kwikota yokuqala ye-2013 - 14.4 ipesenti ngaphezulu kwexesha elihambelanayo kunyaka ophelileyo.
Ukusukela kwimvukelo kaJanuwari eyawisa owayesakuba ngumongameli uHosni Mubarak ekuqaleni kuka-2011, iJiphutha iye yasokola ukungazinzi kwezopolitiko, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba oorhulumente bamazwe angaphandle bacebise abemi babo ukuba balumke xa besiya eYiputa.
Ngelixa uZaazou esithi ukunyuka kwamva nje kungabonakalisa ukubuya kwencopho yecandelo langaphambi kwenguqu ka-2010- xa abakhenkethi abazizigidi ezili-14.7 batyelele i-Egypt bevelisa i-12.5 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwingeniso- imithombo yoshishino ivakalisa ugcino malunga nolu phuculo olubonakalayo.
‘Asiyondlela yokuchacha ngokupheleleyo’
"I-Egypt ibona inani elikhulu labakhenkethi basekhaya nabangaphandle, kodwa oku akunakuthathwa njengento yokubuyisela ngokupheleleyo de iguqulelwe kwingeniso ephezulu," u-Elhamy El-Zayat, intloko ye-Egypt's Federation of Tourism Chambers (EFTC), uxelele uAhram Online.
"Amaxabiso aphantsi kakhulu kunokuba ayenjalo ngo-2010, ngoko ke inani labakhenkethi alikho umlinganiselo ochanekileyo wentsebenzo yangoku yecandelo xa kuthelekiswa no-2010," wongezelela.
Ekuvukeni kwenguqu ka-2011, ii-arhente zokhenketho ezininzi zaseYiphutha kunye neehotele zawahlisa amaxabiso ngokumangalisayo ukugcina amanqanaba okuhlala. Ngelixa umkhenkethi ngamnye echithe umyinge we-85 yeedola ngosuku ngo-2010, eli nani lehla laya kutsho kwi-70 yeedola ngo-2012, ngokutsho kwe-El-Zayat.
"Yintoni amanani abakhenkethi akhoyo ngoku abonisa ukuba iilwandle zase-Egypt zezona ndawo zisebenzayo zabakhenkethi," yatsho intloko ye-EFTC. "Noko ke, ukhenketho lwenkcubeko lufile."
Ukuhlala kweehotele kwirhuluneli yoLwandle oluBomvu yaseYiputa kufikelele malunga neepesenti ezingama-70 kwikota yokuqala ka-2013, “engaphezulu kwepesenti erekhodiweyo kwikota enye kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo,” uHatem Mounir, unobhala-jikelele wegumbi lokhenketho loLwandle Olubomvu, uxelele uAhram Online.
Enkosi kwiiholide zePasika eziqukunjelwe mva nje, iihotele kulo mmandla zonwabele amanqanaba okuhlala ama-85 kunye nama-88 eepesenti ngo-Epreli nangoMeyi ngokulandelelanayo, ucacise watsho uMounir.
Ukhenketho lwasekhaya ngokukodwa luye lwanceda ekuxhaseni amaxabiso okuhlala kwiihotele, ngakumbi njengoko amaxabiso ethotyiwe ukuze arhwebeshe abakhenkethi. Emva kokuba amaJiphutha, abemi baseRussia nabaseJamani basandula ukumela ezona ndwendwe ziqhelekileyo kunxweme loLwandle oluBomvu, ngokutsho kukaMounir.
“Ezinye iihotele zeenkwenkwezi ezintlanu zibhukishwe ngokupheleleyo ekuqaleni kwale nyanga ngenxa yezibonelelo zazo ezinomtsalane,” utshilo.
Ukhenketho kwiindawo ezininzi 'zenkcubeko' e-Upper Egypt, nangona kunjalo, aluphumelelanga ukuthabatha ngendlela efanayo.
Ngokomzekelo, iLuxor, irhuluneli ePhezulu yaseYiputa edume ngeendawo zayo zelifa lamandulo laseYiputa, ibone umndilili wokuhlala kwiihotele umyinge wama-20 ekhulwini kuphela, ngokutsho kukaEl-Zayat. Umsebenzi wokhenketho e-Aswan ukuya emazantsi, wongeze watsho, waba buthathaka ngakumbi.
Kuphela ziihotele ezingama-30 kwezingama-280 ezidadayo ezisebenza phakathi kweLuxor neAswan ebezisasebenza ngoku, u-El-Zayat wacacisa.
Izidubedube zezopolitiko zichaphazela ukhenketho
Kunye neLuxor kunye ne-Aswan, iihotele zaseCairo ziye zabethwa kakubi, ngakumbi kuba ikomkhulu lase-Egypt liye laba yindawo yoqhanqalazo lwezopolitiko kunye nokungqubana.
“Indawo ibihlala ngo-Okthobha nangoNovemba walo nyaka uphelileyo, yafikelela kuma-75 eepesenti,” utshilo uKarim Ahmed, umphathi wogcino-ndawo eNovotel kwisithili saseZamalek saseCairo. Kodwa emva kwesibhengezo somgaqo-siseko ngoNovemba kunye nesiphithiphithi esalandelayo, ukuhlala kwabantu kwehla phakathi kwe-28 kunye ne-40 yeepesenti ngoDisemba.
I-Egypt yagungqiswa luqhanqalazo olukhulu kunye nokungquzulana rhoqo kwezopolitiko ngasekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo, njengoko idabi lomgaqo-siseko phakathi kwamaSilamsi alawulayo kunye neqela eliphikisayo laphalala ezitalatweni.
Kuphinde kwaqhambuka ukruthakruthwano ekupheleni kukaJanuwari, xa inkundla yagweba abahlali abangama-21 basePort Said ngentambo ngokubulala ababeziintshaba zebhola ekhatywayo kunyaka ophelileyo, nto leyo eyadala uqhushululu eCairo nakwizixeko ezikufutshane neSuez Canal.
“Amazinga okuhlala aphinde anyuka ngoMatshi nango-Epreli, afikelela kuma-60 eepesenti, kodwa sele ehlile kwakhona ngenxa yexesha leemviwo,” ucacise watsho u-Ahmed.
“Olu tshintsho lwamva nje, nangona kunjalo, lubangelwa ikakhulu ziinkomfa kunye nemisitho yeshishini,” wongeze watsho. "Abakhenkethi bayekile ukuza emva kukaNovemba kwaye abakabuyi."
