(eTN) – I-Jordan iyaqhubeka ukulima indawo yayo entsha yokhenketho i-Aqaba ukuze idubule ngokupheleleyo. Ibe ngokwenene, kwiminyaka yakutshanje, i-buzzword yeentlanganiso zoshishino kwi-Hashemite ubukumkani. IGulf inokubonelela amakhulukhulu abathunywa abalindele umgangatho ophezulu kwiihotele kunye neenkonzo, kunye neendawo ezifanelekileyo zenkomfa.
Ikhalenda yezokhenketho yaseJordan ibonakala iguquguquka ne-ASEZA okanye i-Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority ibekwe njengeziko elizimeleyo lezemali nolawulo elinoxanduva lolawulo, ulawulo nophuhliso lwe-Aqaba.
Isivumelwano soxolo phakathi kwe-Egypt kunye ne-Jordan siye sakhuthaza iingxoxo zentsebenziswano kunye nokudala imeko yotyalo-mali ethembisayo. Lonke uphuhliso lubonisa iJordan ibe yindawo ekhethwayo ngaxeshanye, ilizwe elifumana indawo efanelekileyo yokutyala imali kwiinkampani zangaphandle ngenxa ye-ASEZA. Ukhenketho lufikelele kwi-12 lepesenti ye-GDP, ngaxeshanye, ngaphambi kokuba uxolo lwe-Mbindi Mpuma luthothe ukugcwala kwabakhenkethi.
Indawo ye-ASEZA yejografi kunye nokufikeleleka kunye neziko layo elikhulu lendibano lenza indawo ehamba phambili ye-MICE (iintlanganiso, inkuthazo, iinkomfa, imicimbi) indawo. Ii-visa zinikezelwa xa ungeniswa kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Queen Alia International okanye nawuphi na umda, okoko nje iindwendwe zikhankanya “i-Aqaba.” Amakhadi okungena agximfizwa phakathi kweentsuku ezimbini zokungena ukusuka kwimida yase-Aqaba ngaphandle koko, bahlawula iifizi ze-visa.
Ngenjongo yokudala amava okhenketho akumgangatho ophezulu okumgangatho wehlabathi oneemveliso ezitsha ezisebenza kwiimarike ezijoliswe kuzo, iqhinga lokhenketho lesizwe kwafuneka libekho kuqala eJordan kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo. Yenzelwe ukwandisa iirisithi ukuya kwi-JD 1.3 yeebhiliyoni, ukudala malunga ne-51000 imisebenzi kwaye ufumane i-JD 455 yezigidi zeerhafu zonyaka ngo-2010. Isicwangciso sokhenketho siquka ukuqinisa iinzame zentengiso yamazwe ngamazwe ukunyusa umfanekiso welizwe kwiimarike zangoku ezifana ne-EU kunye nokuvula ezintsha. iimarike ukwandisa ukufika kwabakhenkethi abanesivuno esiphezulu. Inethemba lokunyusa ukhuphiswano lwemarike kunye nesivuno sabatyeleli ngokudala iimveliso ezintsha nezihlukeneyo, ngaxeshanye yandise umgangatho wemfundo yokhenketho kunye noqeqesho ukuze kuqinisekiswe izibonelelo zabasebenzi ezichubekileyo kunye neenkonzo ezisemgangathweni. Ekugqibeleni, iya kuba iphucule amandla amaziko emibutho yecandelo likarhulumente exhasa uphuhliso lokhenketho kwaye ibonelele ngeenkqubo ezivakalayo, zomthetho nezolawulo kubasebenzi kunye nabatyali-mali, ngokutsho kowayesakuba nguMphathiswa uGqr. Alia Bouran, osebenze kude kube nguNovemba ka-2007.
Ekupheleni kuka-2004, amaqabane eqhinga aphakamisa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lweBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseJordan (JTB) kwaye yaqalisa ukusebenzisa umgaqo-nkqubo wayo wokuvula isibhakabhaka. Ubume be-Jordan buphucukile emva kokusekwa kwebhodi yabakhenkethi, ngaphandle kwayo ilizwe lathembela kumphathiswa welizwe ukuba anyuselwe kumazwe aphesheya. I-JTB yaseka iyunithi yokuphunyezwa kweQhinga loKhenketho leSizwe ukuze liqhubele phambili isicwangciso sokusebenza kwaye yaphuhlisa ubume bophuhliso lwecandelo labucala kwii-asethi zokhenketho loluntu. Okokugqibela, ilizwe elihlala kumodareyitha yezoqoqosho linike ingxelo yokuba alisayi kuphinda libekho.
Ukhenketho lishishini elikhulu lokukhula eJordan, kunye neehotele ezintsha ezakhiwayo okanye ezandiswayo. UFeras Ajlouni, uMvelisi weMveliso yoKhenketho oMkhulu we-ASEZA, ubhengeze ukuba le ndawo ikhula ngeehotele ezininzi ezintsha, ngakumbi iihotele ezineenkwenkwezi ezintlanu ezifana neKempinski, iHoliday Inn kunye neRadisson, ezinye izithili zorhwebo kunye neendawo zokuhlala ezifana neTala Bay. Okwangoku, kukho amagumbi angama-2000 e-Aqaba. “Kunyaka ozayo, siza kube sinamagumbi angama-3500 kwaye ngo-2012, amagumbi angama-7000 ewonke,” utshilo u-Ajlouni, owathi ukhuseleko luqinisekisiwe kubo bonke abakhenkethi nangona kukho ibhombu eyenzeka phakathi ku-2005 e-Aqaba, ngethamsanqa kungabulawa mntu.
I-Ajlouni ichaze i-US, i-UK, iJamani, isiFrentshi, isiTaliyane kunye ne-Polish njengeemarike eziphambili ezineenqwelo moya zemihla ngemihla ezivela eYurophu zithwele olu qukuqelo lukhulu lwetrafikhi. “IAqaba sisixeko esikuLwandle oluBomvu esinabemi balapha njengendawo enomtsalane. Kukho uluntu olunesithethe kunye nelifa lemveli elahlukileyo elibuyela kumakhulu eminyaka (yekharavani serai, iimfazwe zomnqamlezo kunye namaNabateans) ezithandwa ziindwendwe, utshilo u-Ajlouni.
Owayesakuba nguMkomishinala oyiNtloko we-ASEZA, uNader Dahabi, ngoku oyinkulumbuso yelizwe kunye nomphathiswa wezokhuselo, ukhulise ukhenketho lwase-Aqaba kwi-1.5 yezigidi zeedinari (i-JD 1500 elingana ne-$ 1) echithwe ekuthengiseni i-Aqaba njengesango elisezantsi laseJordani kunye nesiseko seholide kuLwandle oluBomvu. Inxalenye exhaswe ngemali yi-EU, imali yayibekelwe uphuhliso lwewebhusayithi yezokhenketho yase-Aqaba kunye nentengiso ye-elektroniki ehambelanayo, intengiso ephezulu kunye nephulo le-PR eJordani, ukuveliswa koluhlu lweencwadi zabakhenkethi, kunye nokukhuthazwa kwamanye amazwe kuquka nephulo. ejoliswe kwii-divers zase-UK. UDahabi wayeyinkosi yangaphambili yomphathi weflegi iRoyal Jordanian Airlines ngaphambi kokujoyina i-ASEZA.
ULwandle oluBomvu luqalise iphulo elibanzi lokukhuthaza imveliso yokhenketho kunye neJordan njengendawo yotyalo-mali oluthe ngqo lwangaphandle kwiziseko ezingundoqo zabakhenkethi kunye nolwakhiwo oluphezulu. E-Aqaba, ngaphezulu kwe-1 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi yayibekelwe iiprojekthi ezifana neLagoon, iTala Bay, iHotele yaseKempinski, iSakhiwo seNgxowa-mali yoKhuseleko lweNtlalo kunye ne-400-igumbi le-Inter-Continental Hotel. Abanye abatyali-zimali babucala babandakanyeka kwiipotifoliyo zotyalo-mali lwasekhaya. Unxantathu weGolide woLwandle lweMeditera oquka iAqaba, iPetra kunye neWadi Rum yaphuhliswa, kongezwe uLwandle oluFileyo, esona sikhululo sendalo sisikhulu ehlabathini, kwavula inani elikhulu lamagumbi kunye nezixhobo zenkomfa zokusingatha iForam yezoQoqosho yeHlabathi yaseDavos ngo-2004 – ngoku ihlanganisana minyaka le kuLwandle Olufileyo. Unxantathu weGolden waseWadi Rum-Petra-Aqaba ubonelela ngokuntywila, ukudlala igalufa, ukhenketho lwamanzi ashushu, kunye neenkqubo zenkuthazo yesibhakabhaka. Isango elitsha, indawo yase-Aqaba, ixhaswa kakuhle ziiprojekthi ezininzi zikaKumkani uAbdullah ezithatha ubukumkani bakhe.
Ukukhonza indawo ekusingwa kuyo usana yiKing Hussein Airport (eyayisakuba yiAqaba International Airport), enomgaqo weenqwelo-moya onokufumana iiBoeing-747s kunye neConcorde engasebenziyo), umgaqo-nkqubo wesibhakabhaka esivulekileyo, iPort of Aqaba yeenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa, imida. kwabelwane neJiphutha, iSaudi Arabia kunye noSirayeli, kunye nezinye iindawo ezininzi ezibonelelwe yi-ASEZA kunye noRhulumente waseJordani. “LiGophe laseAqaba kuLwandle Olubomvu elisisazulu soluntu lwengingqi yamazwe amane abelana ngolwandle olunelanga, olunentlabathi lwawona manzi acocekileyo ehlabathi aqhayisa ngezona korali zintle kweyona ndawo isemantla, neyona ndawo ishushu emhlabeni. Ubambiswano lwenza isixeko sasePetra sibaluleke ngokulinganayo njengephiramidi zaseYiputa ngelixa sichukumisa abakhenkethi ngemifanekiso eqingqiweyo kumatye anombala obomvu, indawo apho uLaurence waseArabia wanceda khona ukoyisa ama-Ottomans, "utshilo uSihlalo weKomiti yezoKhenketho namhlanje, uSenator Akil. UBiltaji, owayesakuba nguMkomishinala oyiNtloko we-ASEZA, owayesakuba nguMphathiswa wezoKhenketho kunye ne-Antiquities yaseJordani, kunye nomcebisi onyuliweyo wezoKhenketho kunye noTyalo-mali lwamazwe angaphandle kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo yeNkosi u-Abdullah II.
(US$1=1500 yeedinari zaseJordani)
