IGunya lezoKhenketho laseThailand limisele injongo yokwandisa inani labatyeleli baseIndiya ukuya kuma-600,000 kulo nyaka ukusuka kuma-500,000 ngo-2007 ngokugxila ekutsaleni abantu kwizixeko ezikhulu ezinamandla okuthenga aphezulu.
I-India yenye yeemarike ezisakhulayo apho i-TAT ijolise ekuqhubeni isicwangciso sonyuso olusebenzayo kulo nyaka. Kunyaka ophelileyo, isicwangciso sokunyusa saphunyezwa kwizixeko ezithandathu, kuquka iNew Delhi, iBombay, iChennai, iCalcutta, iBangalore kunye neHyderabad. I-Thai Airways International sele inikezele ngenqwelomoya ezisuka eBangkok ukuya kwizixeko ezithandathu.
Inani labatyeleli baseIndiya abaya eThailand ngeSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseSuvarnabhumi ngo-2007 lalingama-494,259, linyuke nge-19.22 % ukusuka kuma-414,582 kunyaka ophelileyo.
UChattan Kunjara Na Ayudhya, umlawuli weofisi ye-TAT phesheya kwe-New Delhi, uthe kulo nyaka, i-arhente iya kwandisa isicwangciso sokuthengisa kwezinye izixeko ezikhulu ezifana nePune, ekwiikhilomitha ezili-150 empuma ye-Mumbai. Sisixeko sesibini ngobukhulu kwi-Maharashtra State.
Abanye yi-Ahmedabad, esona sixeko sikhulu kunye nekomkhulu laseGujarat, kunye neChandigarh, ikomkhulu lasePunjab.
Nangona kunjalo, akukho nqwelomoya zisuka ngqo eBangkok ukuya kwezi zixeko.
Uthe umqobo ophambili ekutsaleni abakhenkethi baseIndiya kukungabikho kwenqwelomoya ngqo ukusuka kwizixeko ezininzi ukuya kwiindawo zokhenketho zaseThai ezifana nePhuket, iKrabi kunye neSamui.
Abakhenkethi baseIndiya bahlala bethanda ukutyelelwa eBangkok nasePattaya.
Kodwa phantsi kwesicwangciso sokuthengisa kulo nyaka, ezinye iindawo ezibandakanya iChiang Mai, iChiang Rai, iKoh Chang, iPhuket, iSamui kunye neKrabi ziya kunikezelwa ukuze zibatsale. Urhulumente ngoku ukwinkqubo yokonyusa iinqwelomoya ezisuka eIndiya ngenxa yemfuno ephezulu.
Isicwangciso sokuthengisa sinebhajethi ye-30 yezigidi ze-baht kwaye siya kugxila kumaqela amane abantu: izibini ezitshatileyo, iintsapho, abakhenkethi abafuna unyango kunye neendwendwe zokuthatha ifilimu eThailand.
Iqela lomtshato liyinto ekujoliswe kuyo enomdla njengoko inkcitho kwisibini ngasinye inokufikelela kwi-10 lezigidi zee-baht kuba umtshato uqhele ukuthatha iintsuku ezininzi nabatyeleli abaninzi abathatha inxaxheba.
I-arhente yayisele ithumele iipakethe zolwazi ezingama-200,000 ukukhuthaza imitshato eThailand.
Ngethamsanqa, iintsapho zaseIndiya zikhetha ukuya eThailand ngoMeyi-Julayi ngelixa abafundi bethanda ihlobo. Ntsapho nganye ihamba nabantu abane ngokomlinganiselo kuhambo ngalunye. Ilungu ngalinye lichitha malunga ne-5,000 ye-baht yonke imihla ukuhlala iintsuku ezintandathu.
Umnumzana Chattan uthe abantu abakhuphisana neThailand kwimarike yaseIndiya yiMalaysia neSingapore. Ngo-2007, iThailand yabeka indawo yesibini kulo mmandla emva kweSingapore, eyatsala iindwendwe ezingama-700,000 zaseIndiya.
Inani lokufika kwamanye amazwe phakathi kwe-Asean ne-Indiya libonise ukukhula okuzinzile ukususela ngo-2004. Inani lonyaka odlulileyo laliyi-1.5 yezigidi, ngelixa malunga ne-280,000 yabemi base-Asean batyelela e-Indiya.
I-India yazibekela usukelo lokutsala abakhenkethi abasisigidi abavela e-Asean ngo-2010.
Amagosa afune iindlela zokuququzelela uhambo lweshishini phakathi kweAsean neIndiya, kubandakanya ukwenza lula iimfuno ze-visa kunye nokuhamba ngenqwelomoya.
Inani labantu baseIndiya abaphumayo bebezizigidi ezisi-8.34 ngo-2007 ngelixa abo bandwendwela eIndiya bezizigidi ezihlanu.
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