Ukhenketho lwaseThailand lufumene igalelo lokuqala kwizidubedube eziqhubekayo xa amaqela amathathu, ngokutsho kwehotele yaseThai u-Andrew J. Wood, sele erhoxisile ukubhukisha ngoLwesibini kusasa.
“Ukurhoxiswa kweza ikakhulu kwicandelo likarhulumente, kodwa kunye nomsebenzi we-MICE wasekhaya, kwaye sifumana ukurhoxiswa kwi-FIT Corporate yaseJapan,” wabhala uWood kwileta ethunyelwe kwi-eTN. "Umbuzo wokuba ngaba abakhweli abahlanu okanye ngaphezulu banokudibana phantsi komyalelo kaxakeka uya kuyicima imarike yenkomfa. Iindaba ezimbi ukuba ziyanyanzeliswa.”
NgokukaWood, ukuhlala kwehle ukuya kutsho kuma-55 ekhulwini kwaye kuyehla. Inokufikelela kuma-40 ekhulwini ukuba imeko ayiphucukanga. Ngokuqhelekileyo besiya kulindela iipesenti ezingama-75 ngoSeptemba, esi sisiqalo sexesha lemvula kunye nenye yeenyanga zethu ezolileyo,” wongeze watsho.
Amanyathelo asuka kwicala labanini hotele aye anyanzeliswa ukuqubisana nale meko ikhoyo ngoku, njengokudenda abasebenzi bethutyana kunye nokuphelisa ixesha elongezelelekileyo, kunye nokuvala imigangatho yokulala ukonga amandla. “Uqhankqalazo oluya kuchaphazela amanzi, umbane kunye nothutho luza kukhokelela kwizithintelo ezithile kubakhenkethi, kodwa okwangoku zonke izikhululo zeenqwelo moya ngoku zisebenza ngokwesiqhelo,” wongeze watsho uWood.
UWood wongezelela esithi: “Amashumi asithoba anesithoba ekhulwini eThailand asachaphazeleka ubukhulu becala. 'Indawo eshushu' ingaphakathi nakwiNdlu kaRhulumente, indawo efanele ukuphetshwa."
“Impembelelo yomkhosi ezitalatweni iya kunika umyalezo wokuba izinto zimbi kakhulu kunokuba zinjalo,” utshilo uWood.
Nangona kunjalo, uWood ukwathe, “Ukuya emsebenzini kusasa [ngoLwesibini], yonke into ibiqhelekile, izithuthi beziqhelekile kwaye abantu bebebonakala ngathi baqhubeka nezinto ezinje ngezolo. Kwakungekho zimpawu zokuba kukho umkhosi kwaye amapolisa ayesalathisa iimoto njengesiqhelo.”
Ngokubhekiselele kwingeniso, uWood uthe ulindele ukuba ishishini likaSeptemba lichaphazeleke kuzo zontathu iindawo ezinkulu zengeniso - amagumbi, iindawo zokutyela kunye nenkomfa / isidlo. Uqikelela ukuba “ilahleko iya kufikelela kwi-Baht4 yezigidi (i-116,000 yeedola zaseMelika) kwipropathi yethu yaseBangkok kuphela.”
Iminyhadala emikhulu efana notyelelo luka-HRH iNkosana u-Andrew eBangkok, eququzelelwe liQumrhu lezoRhwebo laseBhritane, kunye nomsitho wangokuhlwa eGrand Hyatt ngokuhlwanje iye yarhoxiswa, emva kokuba iNkulumbuso uSamak Sundaravej ebhengeze imeko yonxunguphalo kwikomkhulu laseThailand.
I-Association of Thai Travel Agents umongameli u-Apichart Sankary uxelele i-TTG ukuba ukubhukisha okuya phambili kwesizini ephezulu ezayo, ukusuka ngo-Okthobha ukuya kuMatshi okanye ngo-Epreli, kwehle ngeepesenti ezintlanu “ngokuyinxenye kuqoqosho lwehlabathi kwaye ngokuyinxenye kuqhanqalazo lwaseBangkok nakwezinye iindawo eThailand.”
Kwicala eliqaqambileyo, inani leenqwelomoya ezihlawulelwayo ukusuka eScandinavia ukuya ePhuket naseKrabi kumaxesha aphezulu azayo ahlalanga angatshintshi, ngokukaSankary. Uxelele i-TTG ukuba i-TUI Nordic kunye noThomas Cook izolo baqalise ngokudibeneyo inqwelomoya yokuqala yeenqwelomoya eziphindwe kabini ngeveki ukusuka eScandinavia ukuya ePhuket.
“Ngethamsanqa isikhululo seenqwelomoya siphinde savulwa; kungenjalo ibiya kuba libali elahlukileyo kwaye kusenokwenzeka ukuba ichaphazele isicwangciso seenqwelomoya ezihlawulelwayo, ukuqala ukusuka ekupheleni kuka-Okthobha,” ucatshulwe esitsho.
IBhunga lezoKhenketho laseThailand, (TCT) nalo liye lacela urhulumente waseThailand kunye nabaqhankqalazi ukuba babeke iimfuno zesizwe kuqala, bekhankanya impembelelo engalunganga esele ibonakala kukhenketho lwangaphakathi nolwamazwe ngamazwe. “Ukuba imeko iyaqhubeka, iya kubangela ukuba amazwe aliqela akhuphe izilumkiso zokuhamba, nto leyo eya kwenza kube nzima ukukholisa abakhenkethi ukuba babuye (eThailand),” yalumkisa.
Ukucaphula imbono evela kumhlalutyi, iForbes.com ixele ukuba isitokhwe saseThai kusenokwenzeka ukuba siqhubeke sihla emva kokutyibilika siye ezantsi kwiinyanga ezili-19 ngoLwesibini ngenxa yenkxalabo malunga nesiphithiphithi sezopolitiko esikhokelele ekubeni kubekwe imeko yonxunguphalo.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, amazwe akhuphe iingcebiso zokuhamba aquka uMzantsi Korea, i-United Kingdom, iCanada, iJapan kunye neOstreliya.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Association of Thai Travel Agents president Apichart Sankary told TTG that onward bookings for the coming high season, from October to March or April, have dropped by five percent “partly from the world economy and partly from the protests in Bangkok and elsewhere in Thailand.
- Major events such as HRH Prince Andrew’s visit to Bangkok, organized by the British Chamber of Commerce, and evening function at the Grand Hyatt tonight have been cancelled, following Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's declaring a state of emergency for the Thai capital.
- The Tourism Council of Thailand, (TCT) too has called for the Thai government and the protesters to put national interests first, citing the already visible negative impact on domestic and international tourism.
