Amashishini aseLondon akhalimela uHunt kwi "Olimpiki" yeOlimpiki

Amashishini amancinci aphendule ngomsindo kumabango kaNobhala weNkcubeko, uJeremy Hunt, ukuba iiOlimpiki "yayilixesha elihle kakhulu" lokhenketho.

Imibutho yokuhamba kunye noonovenkile abajikeleze iLondon kunye nabaninzi abasebenza kukhenketho ngaphandle kwekomkhulu bachaze ixesha leMidlalo njengenye yezona zinto zibi kakhulu kwaye babuza ukuba kuya kuba lula kangakanani kwiifemu ezininzi ezincinci ukubuyisela.

Bacaphukile izolo xa uMnu Hunt ekhanyela ukuba kukho ukuwa kwezorhwebo kwaye waqhubela phambili esithi iMidlalo ibilungile kushishino. Umnumzana Hunt uxelele I-Independent: “Bekuzolile kwiveki yokuqala yeeOlimpiki, kodwa kuninzi kwiveki yesibini. Amashishini aseWest End aqhube kakuhle- ukubhukishwa kwethiyetha kunyuke ngeepesenti ezingama-25 kunyaka ophelileyo ngokuka-Andrew Lloyd Webber, ukubhukisha indawo yokutyela kunyuke ngeepesenti ezingama-20 ngokweVisa.

Kodwa uNeil Wootton, umlawuli olawulayo wengcali yokubona indawo yePremium Tours, uthe ishishini lehle ngeepesenti ezingama-42 ngonyaka ngonyaka: “Kuya kuthatha ixesha elide ukulungisa ukusilela kweli hlobo. Impembelelo yokunkqonkqoza ivakale kuzo zonke iindawo ezinomtsalane, iindawo, iihotele kunye neendawo zentselo esizisebenzisayo - kunye namaziko athile abucala esibizela kwiinzame zoloyiko lokuzama ukuqalisa ishishini. Eyona nto ixhalabisa kakhulu kukuba zingaphi iinkampani ezincinci, ezixhomekeke kwiinyanga eziphambili zokuthengisa zikaJuni, Julayi no-Agasti, ezinokuphila ebusika.

I-JacTravel, umthengisi wehotele, uxele ukuba ukubhukisha eLondon kwehle ngaphezu kwesinye kwisithathu - ngokuchasene nokunyuka kweepesenti ezingama-45 kwiintengiso kwiidolophu eziphambili zelizwekazi. Isithethi sathi: "Kwakukho ukufuduswa okucacileyo kwabakhenkethi ababedla ngokuza eLondon, nangona abakhenkethi basekhaya base-UK baqala ukuvela emva kokuphuma kwelizwi lokuba iLondon ishiywe kwaye kukho iintengiso ezimangalisayo."

Umthengisi wemizobo waseWest End onomlinganiselo omkhulu wabathengi baphesheya kweelwandle, uRosslyn Glassman, wathi: “Ingeniso ibisisiqingatha seeveki eziqhelekileyo.”

Uthe izilumkiso ezisemthethweni zokunqanda ikomkhulu bezingqongqo kakhulu.

Unobhala weNkcubeko ukukhabile ukugxekwa. “Eyona nto besinayo kwiveki ephelileyo ngamanani arekhodiweyo ahamba ngeTube-i-4.61 yezigidi zabantu ngeentsuku ezithile. Singenise wonke umntu kwimisitho yakhe yeOlimpiki ngexesha. Ngesingazange sikwazi ukuyenza loo nto ukuba asizange sibalumkise abantu ukuba umbindi weLondon uza kuxakeka, sityhafisa uhambo olungabalulekanga.

Amanani akhutshwe ngumnini we-Heathrow, i-BAA, adize abantu abambalwa abafikayo kunokuba bekulindelwe kwii-Olimpiki. Inkampani yayixele kwangaphambili ukuba i-26 kaJulayi, usuku olungaphambi koMthendeleko wokuVula, yayiza kuba lolona suku luxakekileyo kwimbali yabo bafikayo, kunye nerekhodi ye-138,000 yabakhweli echukumisayo. Uqikelelo luphezulu ngama-36 ekhulwini kunelona nani labahambi. Ngabantu abafikayo abayi-102,000 kuphela, usuku lwabonakala luzolile kunomndilili wangoLwesine wehlobo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya esixakekileyo saseYurophu.

Isithethi se-BAA sithe: “Besicinga ukuba amanani abakhweli ayakuba phezulu kuqikelelo. Sicinga ukuba le yayiyeyona nto inoxanduva neyobulumko, kwaye oko kwakuthetha ukuba sinokuqiniseka ukuba izicwangciso zethu ziya kuba zomeleleyo.”

Ukunqongophala kwabatyeleli abangena ngaphakathi kuchaphazele ishishini kwenye indawo eBritane. U-Nick Brooks-Sykes weBath Tourism Plus uchaze ixesha le-Olimpiki “njengelinzima kakhulu” esixekweni, ngokuhla ukuya kwisinye kwisihlanu kubakhenkethi.

U-Andrew Johnson, umlawuli weCamera Obscura kwiRoyal Mile e-Edinburgh, uthe: “Amanani ethu abatyeleli ehle ngeepesenti ezili-10 kwezi veki zimbini zidlulileyo. Oko kulungile xa kuthelekiswa nezinye iindawo ezinomtsalane endikhe ndathetha nazo.”

UNeil Wootton wePremium Tours uthe uRhulumente unyuse ulindelo lwamanani abatyeleli, nto leyo ekhokelele kumaxabiso eehotele angekho ngqiqweni: “Kwakungekho mfuneko yokuba ukhenketho oluqhelekileyo lujikiswe. Abasemagunyeni babenoxanduva lokubonisana, bacebise bade babeke izikhokelo malunga nendlela abanikazi beehotele abawamisa ngayo amaxabiso abo ngexesha leMidlalo. "

Umphathi oyintloko we-Visit Britain, uSandie Dawe, wathi: “Besisoloko sisazi ukuba kulo nyaka weeOlimpiki kuya kuba nzima ukubambelela kurhwebo lwethu oluqhelekileyo lokhenketho. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kulo nyaka siqhuba kakuhle kakhulu, sinyuke ngeepesenti ezimbini kwiinyanga ezintandathu zokuqala. Ewe loo nto ayijongani nexesha leOlimpiki, kodwa ixesha elide sicinga ukuba linamathuba amahle. Ihlabathi ngoku liyibona iBritane njengendawo yokwenza itheko kwaye ihlise iinwele zayo. ”

Kwintetho yeTate Modern kwiBhanki yaseMzantsi, uMnu Hunt watyhila isicwangciso se-£ 10m sokwandisa ukhenketho olungenayo ngesinye kwisithathu ukuya kwi-40 yezigidi ngo-2020. ayizange yenzeke ngaphambili ebomini bethu kwaye ayinakuze yenzeke kwakhona. Masijike loo nto ibe ngabantu abafuna ngokwenene ukuza kusityelela.”

Isifundo: 'Urhulumente ubaxelele ukuba bangahambi. Benzile'

UTim Bryars ngumthengisi kwiimephu zakudala eWest End kwaye uthembele kakhulu kurhwebo lwabakhenkethi baseLondon.

“Ukusingatha iiOlimpiki kwaba lilungelo. Nangona kunjalo, oko kufanele kubekelwe ecaleni kubume bequmrhu lombutho weMidlalo, kunye nokunyanzeliswa kwe-asinine nguMnu Hunt nabanye (kubandakanywa no-Boris Johnson, omele azi ngcono) ukuba iMidlalo yayilungele ishishini, i-mantra abaye bayenza. ubambelele phambi, ngexesha nasemva komsitho”.

“Andizange ndiyibone iWest End ithule ngolu hlobo. Ukuba ndingahlala nayo, kodwa ndiyayichasa into yokuba ndixelelwe ukuba ukuba izinto endizithathayo ziye zaphoxeka ngandlel’ ithile lityala lam. Umntu wayenokuthengisa njani ngamandla eMidlalo xa konke ukukhankanywa kwegama elithi 'O' kwakungavumelekanga? Kwaye umntu unokuphinda aqikelele ukuba iqhinga likaRhulumente lokuthengisa kumbindi weLondon liyakuqina ukuba 'Suka!'”