I-CHENNAI - K Palaniappan, usomashishini, kwafuneka aphephe intsebenziswano yezoshishino xa uvukelo luqhambuka eSri Lanka ekupheleni kwe-70s. Wayengazange alifumane ithuba lokutyelela eso siqithi ukususela ngoko. Ngalo Agasti, wabamba ithuba lokuqala awayenalo lokutyelela ilizwe nokuhambela iindawo zabakhenkethi ezazidume kwakudala phambi kwemfazwe.
I-traffic yabakhenkethi ukuya emva kwemfazwe yaseLanka inyuke ngokukhawuleza, ikhokelwa ngamaNdiya alinde ngomdla ukutyelela iParadise Isle '. Inani labahambi abavela emazantsi eIndiya, kubandakanywa ukusuka e-Chennai, eTiruchi, e-Bangalore nase-Hyderabad, lenyuke nge-25% ukuya kwi-30% ngoJuni noJulayi 2009 xa kuthelekiswa neminyaka edlulileyo, emva kokuqhutywa kwentengiso e-Indiya nakwamanye amazwe yibhodi yezokhenketho yaseSri Lankan ukuya. ukutsala abakhenkethi bezolonwabo nabashishini.
Ngokwezibalo zeSri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (STDA), abakhenkethi bebonke abafikayo kweli lizwe baphantse baphindeka kabini ukusukela ngo-Epreli nangoMeyi ka-2009 xa imfazwe yayikwincopho yayo. Abakhenkethi abafikayo kwisizwe sesiqithi bachukumise ama-42,200 ngoJulayi 2009 xa kuthelekiswa nama-24,800 abatyelele ngoMeyi kunye nabakhenkethi abangama-30,200 abeza ngoJuni.
Kwangexesha lemfazwe, iinqwelomoya ezivela eChennai zazigcwele, kodwa uninzi lwezihlalo ezingama-600-kunye nezihlalo ezifumaneka mihla le zazihlalwa ngabarhwebi kunye neekuruvis (iikhuriya) 'ababuya notywala obungenamsebenzi. Ayisenjalo.
“Njengoko imfazwe iphelile abakhenkethi ngoku banokutyelela iindawo ezahlukeneyo ngaphandle kweColombo. Sityelele eKandy, ukuze sibone itempile yaseMurugan edumileyo,” utshilo uPalaniappan, umnini weNkampani ye-Precision Scientific, e-Chennai, ohambe neqela labahlobo bakhe be-Lion's Club ukuya kubhiyozela uSuku lweNkululeko apho.
Iprofayile yomhambi yandisiwe ukubandakanya abahambi bezolonwabo, abahambi beshishini, kunye nabantu abahamba ngeenkuthazo ezibonelelwa ziinkampani zabo okanye abathengisi. "Kwanemisitho yokuzonwabisa yabucala eququzelelwe ziinkampani zaseIndiya zibanjwa eSri Lanka," utshilo umphathi weSri Lankan Airlines weTN kunye neKarnataka, uSharuka Wickrama. Kukwakho umdla oxhaphakileyo osuka kulonwabo nakwizangqa zeshishini ukubamba imisitho eSri Lanka.
Ikhuthazwe ngumdla ohlaziyiweyo, i-Hi Tours idibene neSri Lankan Airlines ukuba ibonelele ngephakheji ekhethekileyo yee-R9,999 kumntu ngamnye kwisiseko sokwabelana ngamawele ubusuku obuthathu neentsuku ezine e-Colombo ukuya phambili kunye nokubuya ngeenqwelomoya kwi-Sri Lankan Airlines ukusuka e-Chennai ukuya kutsho ngo-Oktobha. . "Iphakheji ibandakanya isidlo sakusasa, idolophu enesiqingatha kunye nokhenketho lokuthenga, ukufika kunye nokuhamba kunye nokuhlala kwiihotele ezintathu zeenkwenkwezi eColombo," utshilo usekela-mongameli we-Hi Tours uMK Ajith Kumar.
Nditsho noKhenketho lwaseSri Lankan lubonelela ngephakheji ye-Rs 21,000 ngomntu ngamnye kubandakanya ukuhamba kunye nokuhlala. “Besinokudibana kwimiboniso yendlela yaseSri Lanka eMumbai, eBangalore naseDelhi ukutsala abahambi abaninzi,” utshilo uSharuka.
Ngokuka-Ajith Kumar, “Eli lelona xesha lilungileyo lokundwendwela amaIndiya. Ngexesha nje ukhenketho oluvela kumazwe asentshona luya kukhula. Ukuba iihotele kunye neendawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide zizaliswe ngabakhenkethi basentshona, iindawo zokuya eSri Lanka ziya kuba ngamaxabiso.
