I-Arusha, eTanzania (eTN) – Ngoku isemthethweni: Uvoto lwaseKenya obekuphikiswana ngalo lwangoDisemba 27, 2007 lufake kumbhodamo ushishino lwezokhenketho lwaseTanzania lweedola ezininzi.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ishishini labethwa kukurhoxiswa kohambo oluninzi; kunye nomphathi weTanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO), uMustafa Akuunay, ubeke inani lokuyeka ukutyelela okucwangcisiweyo ukuma phakathi kwama-25 kunye nama-30 ekhulwini yonke imihla.
Oko kuthetha ukuba ilizwe kwiiveki ezimbini zokugqibela zobundlobongela baseKenya beliphulukene nengeniso yotshintshiselwano lwamazwe angaphandle ekwi-US$84,000 (elingana ne-94.08m/-) yonke imihla ngokwemirhumo yepaki, izithuthi kunye nendawo yokuhlala.
Abaqhubi beehotele eziphambili kwisekethe yezokhenketho esemantla eTanzania, iSerena Group of Hotels kunye neSopa lodges ezinomthamo odityanisiweyo wokuhlalisa abakhenkethi abali-1,120 ekuhambeni, zezona zichaphazelekileyo. Bathi balahlekelwa ziindwendwe ze-170 yonke imihla.
Umanejala jikelele weSerena Group of Hotels and Lodges, uSalim Jan Mohamed, ubeka ukurhoxiswa kokubhukisha kwiihotele zakhe nakwiiloji ukuya kuma-75 yonke imihla. “Imeko iyothusa. Ngokukwazi ukuhlalisa abakhenkethi abangama-500, ngoku ukurhoxiswa kokubhukisha kusiphanga i-15 ukuya kwi-20 yeepesenti yabakhenkethi mihla le, utshilo kudliwanondlebe ngomnxeba.
Ngokwenyani, iSerena Group yeeHotele neeLoji ilahlekelwa ziindwendwe ezingama-75 yonke imihla.
Ngeli xesha, umphathi wobhukisho weqela leSopa Lodges, uLouis Okech, unohlelo olufanayo. "Sifumana i-10 ukuya kwi-15 yeepesenti yokurhoxiswa kumthamo wethu opheleleyo wabakhenkethi abangama-620 yonke imihla."
Njengoko imile ngoku, iSopa Lodges sithetha nje ilahlekelwe ngabakhenkethi abangama-93 suku ngalunye kwaye banoloyiko lokuba inani linganyuka ukuba imeko yaseKenya ayizinziswanga.
Umlawuli oLawulayo weBushbuck Safaris Ltd, uMustafa Panju, naye wothukile njengoko imibuzo yesafari kubakhenkethi abaphesheya iye yehla ngendlela ebulalayo.
NgokukaPanju kwixesha eliphakamileyo njengangoku, bebefumana phakathi kwe-30 kunye ne-40 imibuzo ye-safari ngosuku, kodwa ngoku inani lehlile ukuya phakathi kwe-XNUMX ne-XNUMX.
“Iiarhente zabakhenkethi ezinkulu zaseMelika naseYurophu ziyekile ukuthumela abathengi eTanzania ngenxa yempikiswano yonyulo lwaseKenya, nto leyo ebangela ukuba ilizwe lifumane imali yangaphandle,” utshilo uPanju.
Enye yezona arhente zinkulu zaseMelika zabakhenkethi zithumele i-imeyile kwaBushbuck safaris Ltd, isithi: “Ndiva ukuba kukho ukunqongophala kwezinto nokutya eTanzania ngenxa yodushe lwaseKenya…ingamarhe nje lawo okanye?”
UPanju uthe udushe lwaseKenya kufuneka lube likhwelo lokuvusa iTanzania ukuze yenze owayo uthungelwano lwabakhenkethi kumazwe angaphandle. “Kuyamangalisa kakhulu ukuba xa izinto zingahambi kakuhle eKenya, urhwebo lwezokhenketho lwaseTanzania lwaphazamiseka ngenxa yokuba abakhenkethi abaninzi abeza eTanzania, ngakumbi imimandla esemantla behla eNairobi,” utshilo.
UPanju ucinga ukuba iTanzania kufuneka izikhuthaze njengendawo yokhenketho kwaye ingabi njengepakethe yommandla waseMpuma Afrika.
Umyalezo othi “iTanzania yenye indawo ekusingwa kuyo kwaye ayinanto yakwenza nobundlobongela bezizwe zaseKenya’ kufuneka udluliselwe phesheya kolwandle,” ugxininise watsho.
“Abathathi-nxaxheba kwezokhenketho kufuneka bazibandakanye kwingxoxo engqukuva kunye norhulumente ukwenza iqhinga lokuba loluphi uhlobo lwamanyathelo ekufuneka athatyathwe ukunciphisa ifuthe lobundlobongela baseKenya kwishishini lethu lezoKhenketho” ucebise watsho.
Umlawuli olawulayo weMatongo Adventure Tours, uNashon Nkhambi, naye akasindiswanga yilahleko enganyamezelekiyo ngenxa yobundlobongela baseKenya. Ulahlekelwe ngamaqela amathathu amakhulu abakhenkethi.
Kwelakhe icala, umlawuli olawulayo weSunny Safaris Ltd, uFiroz Suleiman, uqikelela ukuba amaqela amathandathu ukuya kwasibhozo abakhenkethi abali-16 abancinci balurhoxisile uhambo lwabo lokuya eTanzania ngenxa yengxaki eTanzania. "Urhulumente waseTanzania kufuneka abeke inkuthazo kwiindawo zokutsala iinqwelomoya zamazwe ngamazwe ukuba zifike ngqo kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya endaweni yesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseJommo Kenyatta," ucacise watsho uFiroz.
Kunzima kakhulu kubakhenkethi ukuba bachithe iiyure ezintlanu beqhuba ukusuka eNairobi ukuya eTanzania, apho kufuneka bahlawule iindleko ezongezelelweyo ze-visa ezifikelela kwi-50 yeedola zase-US eKenya.
Kuqikelelwa ukuba malunga nama-40 ekhulwini kubakhenkethi abamalunga nama-700,000 XNUMX abatyelela eTanzania minyaka le badlula eKenya baze banqumle ilizwe ukuya kwelo.
Eli nani laliphezulu kakhulu ngeminyaka yoo-1990 (ipesenti ezingama-66), kodwa lehlile ngenxa yokwanda kweenqwelo-moya ezisuka phesheya kolwandle zisiya eTanzania, ngakumbi ukuya kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zeJulius Nyerere kunye neKilimanjaro.
Ukhenketho ngomnye weyona nto iphambili kuqoqosho lweli lizwe, ilandela emva kwezolimo. Amanani abonisa ukuba ukususela ngo-2006, ukhenketho lwenze i-17.2 yepesenti ye-GNP yelizwe.
Ehlabathini lonke, ukhenketho eTanzania lunyuke nge-12 ekhulwini ukusukela ngo-2006, ngoku lufikelela malunga nama-700,000 abakhenkethi.
Abantu baseKenya bajongana ubuso ngobuso necala elibi lolonyulo lukaDisemba 30, 2007 xa uqhanqalazo olunobundlobongela ngaxeshanye lwenzeka kwilizwe liphela emva kwesibhengezo sikaSihlalo weKomishini yoNyulo yaseKenya, uSamuel Kivuitu, sokuba umongameli obambeleyo, uMwai Kibaki, uphumelele. unyulo lukamongameli oluchazwe ubukhulu becala njengoluneziphene kwaye luwela ngaphantsi kwemigangatho eyamkelekileyo kumazwe ngamazwe. Phantse abantu abangama-600 baye balahleka kwaye ngaphezulu kwe-2500 yeentsapho ziye zashiya amakhaya emva koku.
Luya lukhula uloyiko lokuba, ukuba udushe luqhubeleka ngokungagungqiyo, inguqu ethe yabhalwa phantsi koqoqosho lweMpuma Afrika kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo, ukukhula kwentembeko yoshishino, ukunyuka kwabakhenkethi abafikayo, inkqubela phambili kwimveliso eqinileyo, impumelelo kuphuhliso lwedemokhrasi, konke oko kungacinywa. .
