Kubonakala ukuba iThailand icinga ngokucebisa ukusekwa kwendawo efana ne-Schengen kuMzantsi-mpuma we-Asia ngenjongo yokurhwebesha inani elikhulu labakhenkethi abazizityebi kulo mmandla.
Inkulumbuso yaseThai uSrettha Thavisin ucebise ingcamango ethi "Pan-Southeast Asian Zone" kwiinkokeli zaseCambodia, eLaos, eMalaysia, eMyanmar naseVietnam. Ezi zizwe ziye zabandakanyeka kwiingxoxo ezibanzi malunga neli nyathelo kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo.
Esi siphakamiso sibandakanya ukudala ummandla ofana nommandla weManyano yaseYurophu yokuhamba ngokungenamiqathango. Oku kuya kuvumela abakhenkethi ukuba bahambe ngaphandle kwee-visa kumazwe amathandathu angabamelwane, ngoko konyusa ingeniso enokubakho ngomkhenkethi ngamnye, njengoko kuchaziwe nguThavisin. Nangona ingxelo ingasichazi inqanaba langoku leengxoxo, uninzi lweenkokeli zivakalise inkxaso yazo kulo mbono.
Kangangeminyaka, bekukho iingxoxo eziqhubekayo malunga nokusekwa kwendawo efana ne Schengen kummandla. Ngo-2011, ASEAN (uMbutho weZizwe eziMazantsi-mpuma eAsia) ubhengeze iinjongo zawo zokuphuhlisa inkqubo ye-visa emanyeneyo yohambo olungenamthungo. Nangona kunjalo, inkqubela iye yathintelwa yiyantlukwano enkulu kwimigaqo yokundwendwela kumazwe angamalungu.
Ukuphumeza isikim se-visa enye namhlanje kunokuba ngumngeni omkhulu, njengoko kuya kufuna ukulungelelaniswa kolwamkelo kumazwe ahlukeneyo ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe. Ngokungafaniyo neManyano yaseYurophu, apho iinqobo zokugweba ezisemgangathweni zikhoyo, kunokuba nokwenzeka ngakumbi ukwazisa ngokuthe ngcembe iskimu se-visa-free kwilizwe-ngelizwe.
Ukuba iphunyezwe ngokufanelekileyo, le nkqubo inamandla okuzisa iziphumo ezincumisayo hayi nje kwicandelo lezokhenketho lasekhaya, kodwa nakwiihambo zezoshishino kunye norhwebo.
Ngokwedatha esemthethweni, inani lilonke labakhenkethi abafika kumazwe angaphandle ngo-2023 labikwa lizizigidi ezingama-70 ngamazwe amathandathu. Kuyaphawuleka ukuba iThailand neMalaysia zidibene zibe negalelo ngaphezulu kwe-50% yaba bafikeli.
Ukholo lwethu ludlala indima ebalulekileyo kuqoqosho lwaseThailand, lunegalelo elimalunga ne-12% kwiGDP yesizwe ephantse ibe ngama-500 eebhiliyoni zeedola. Ngo-2023, ilizwe lafumana ukonyuka kwe-20% yabakhenkethi abafika kumazwe angaphandle, bafikelela ngaphezulu kwe-27 yezigidi, esona bhubhane siphezulu sasemva kwe-COVID-19. Nangona kunjalo, iBangkok ijolise ekunyuseni eli nani liye kwi-80 yezigidi ngo-2027 ukuze kuphuculwe ingeniso efunyenwe kwicandelo lokhenketho.
