Kubonakala ngathi icandelo labakhenkethi eThailand liye laphucuka kweli hlotyeni ngenxa yokwanda kwabantu abavela kumazwe angaphandle, kodwa abaqhubi bahlala belumkele naluphi na uqhushululu lwezopolitiko olunokulitsala kwakhona.
Amanani aqikelelwayo aye ehla ngokuthe ngcembe ukususela ekuqaleni kuka-2009. NgoFebruwari, iGunyabantu lezoKhenketho laseThailand (TAT) lalilindele ukuba inani labakhenkethi abatyelela iThailand ngo-2009 liza kuhla liye kutsho kwi-14 lezigidi (ukusuka kwi-16 lezigidi ngo-2008) ngenxa yokudodobala koqoqosho.
Ukongeza kuqoqosho lwehlabathi, ukuvalwa kwezikhululo zeenqwelomoya zaseSuvarhabhumi kunye neDon Meuang ngasekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo ngenxa yoqhanqalazo lwePeople's Alliance for Democracy, konakalisa kakhulu umfanekiso welizwe. I-TAT iqikelela ukuba uqhanqalazo luxabisa i-4 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwingeniso elahlekileyo kwaye yabangela ukuba iindwendwe ezi-1 zezigidi zangaphandle zirhoxise izicwangciso zazo zokutyelela eThailand.
U-Epreli walo nyaka wabona isiphithiphithi sezopolitiko esingakumbi eBangkok, ngexesha leholide yomnyaka omtsha, ebangela ukuba amazwe aliqela akhuphe izilumkiso zokuhamba. Uqhanqalazo olutsha aluzange lubekelwe ixesha, njengoko iholide yeentsuku ezintathu idla ngokukhuthaza inkcitho yasekhaya kakhulu.
NgoJuni i-Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) inqumle uqikelelo lwabakhenkethi abafikayo kulo nyaka ukuya kwi-11.5 yezigidi, yehla nge-21 yeepesenti ukusuka kwi-14.5 yezigidi ngo-2008. Kodwa ngoku kubonakala ngathi abaqhubi banethemba ngakumbi.
“Sinethemba lokuchacha ngoku. Ezinye iimakethi ezinje ngeJapan kunye neTshayina ziqokelele ukusukela ekupheleni kukaJulayi, nangona ezinye iimarike zisazolile, ”umphathi we-ATTA uSurapol Sritrakul uxelele iReuters.
"Ukuba akukho nto ingalindelekanga, inani labafikayo kufuneka liqhubeke liphucula kwaye liphelise unyaka kangcono kunoqikelelo lwethu," wongeze watsho, ebhekisa kumandla ezopolitiko.
Umthwali welizwe iThai Airways International nayo ivakale inethemba ngolwesiHlanu. USihlalo uWallop Bhukkanasut uxelele iintatheli emva kwentlanganiso yebhodi ukuba i-cabin factor-ipesenti yezihlalo ezithengisiweyo-inyuke ngaphezu kwe-76 yeepesenti ngo-Agasti.
Kodwa imingcipheko yezopolitiko ihleli ikwicandelo labakhenkethi kunye noqoqosho ngokubanzi. Uqhanqalazo lwezopolitiko luyaqhubeka emva kokuthomalalisa kunye namawakawaka abalandeli baka-Thaksin Shinawatra owayesakuba yiNkulumbuso elubhacweni baceba indibano enkulu ngokuchasene nenkulumbuso yangoku u-Abhisit Vejjajiva ekuqaleni kukaSeptemba.
