IPHUKET, Thailand-Kwinkomfa yosuku olunye yamashishini okhenketho eququzelelwe ngolwesiThathu kubhengezwe ukuba uqhankqalazo olucwangcisiweyo lwabakhokeli babakhenkethi abangekho mthethweni kunye neenkampani zabakhenkethi abatyibilika bejikeleza umthetho, olucwangciselwe ukuqala izolo (28 ka-Agasti) luhlehlisiwe de kwasekuqaleni kwenyanga ezayo. .
Le nkomfa yaququzelelwa nguMkhosi waManzi kunye neofisi yasePhuket yeSebe lezoKhenketho neMidlalo.
“Le nkomfa ijolise ekufundiseni bonke abakhenkethi malunga neTourism Business and Guide Act ka-2008, nokubazisa kwangethuba ukuba ndiceba ukuwuthobela ngokungqongqo lo mthetho,” utshilo uSanti Pawai, umlawuli wale ofisi nokwachongwe njengombhalisi kutsha nje. yeOfisi eseMazantsi yoShishino loKhenketho kunye noBhaliso lweZikhokelo. “[Emva kwale nkomfa] akukho mntu uza kukwazi ukubanga ukuba akawazi umthetho,” ulumkise watsho.
“Ungakhathali ukuba kwenzeke ntoni kwixesha elidlulileyo, sonke siza kuqala kunye ngoku sicocekile. “Abanikazi bamashishini baza kuba noxanduva lokujonga abakhokheli [abaqeshiweyo]. Siza kuba ngqongqo ngakumbi malunga namakhadi obhaliso [abakhokeli] kwaye asiyi kumvumela umkhokeli obhalisiweyo [ngaphandle kwePhuket] ukuba asebenze apha, ”wongeze watsho.
“Zonke izikhokelo ziya kuxelelwa ukuba akufuneki kuphinde kubekho uqhanqalazo. Ukuba bakhona, asisayi kubaxhasa abaqhankqalazi,” utshilo uMnu Santi. Akakhange ayikhankanye into yokuba uqhanqalazo, olufana nolo oluchasene nabakhokheli baseTshayina abangekho semthethweni ngoJuni walo nyaka, alukho mthethweni nangayiphi na imeko phantsi komthetho wezomkhosi, othi bangabi ngaphezu kwesihlanu abantu abanokuhlanganisana kwindawo kawonke-wonke.
Ebuzwa malunga nokunciphisa izithintelo kubantu bamanye amazwe abasebenza njengabakhenkethi-ecetyisiwe yinkokeli yoguquko u-Gen Prayuth Chan-Ocha kumabonakude wakhe weveki ephelileyo kumabonakude kuzwelonke ngolwesiHlanu odlulileyo (nge-22 ka-Agasti) kuba "kungakhokelela kunqongophala ... waphendula wathi, Ukuba nje ndingafumani zileta zisemthethweni zindixelela ukuba mandiwunyeze umthetho, ndiza kuqhubeka ndiwuthobela umthetho njengesiqhelo. Ukuba andiyenzi loo nto, ndingabekwa ityala lokungawuthobeli umsebenzi wam.”
Uqhankqalazo lwabakhokeli abangekho mthethweni ngamagosa ezoKhenketho nezeMidlalo, exhaswa ngamapolisa, amapolisa abakhenkethi kunye nomkhosi wasemanzini, lwamiswa, utshilo uMnu Santi, “kuba sifuna amagosa amaninzi asincede siyenze. “Amagosa azakuqala ngeenkampani ezinkulu zokhenketho kwaye ajonge zonke iinkcukacha kumaphepha azo obhaliso. Ukuba inyani ayihambelani namaxwebhu obhaliso, siya kuwanqumamisa kangangeenyanga ezintandathu,” wongeze watsho. “Ukuba sidibana nabakhenkethi abangenazo iimpepha-mvume ngeli lixa siqhuba uhlolo, baza kuthintelwa ngokusisigxina ukuba bangabhalisi, nto leyo ethetha ukuba abasoze baphinde bakwazi ukwenza ishishini lokhenketho.”
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Asked about relaxing the restrictions on foreigners working as tour guides – which was suggested by coup leader Gen Prayuth Chan-Ocha in his weekly national TV broadcast last Friday (August 22) because it “can lead to a shortage of … guides” – Mr Santi answered, “As long as I get no official letter telling me to relax the rules, I will go on enforcing the law as usual.
- “This conference is aimed at educating all tour operators about the Tourism Business and Guide Act of 2008, and to inform them in advance that I plan to strictly enforce this law,” said Santi Pawai, director of the office and also recently appointed as registrar of the Southern Office of Tourism Business and Guide Registration.
- At a one-day conference for tourism businesses organized on Wednesday it was announced that a planned crackdown on illegal tour guides and tour companies skating around the law, scheduled to begin yesterday (August 28) has been postponed until early next month.
