BANGKOK, Thailand (eTN) - I-Thailand Travel Mart yangoku kunye neSango elimangalisayo lokuya kwi-Greater Mekong imi phantsi kwesoyikiso sokwehla kweemarike zaphesheya ngenxa yokunyuka kwamaxabiso epetroli.
"Iimarike zohambo olude zithatha ipesenti ezingama-40 zabo bonke abafikayo bamazwe ngamazwe kunye neYurophu kuphela ethatha i-25.5 yeepesenti yazo zonke iindwendwe zethu zangaphandle," yachaza i-Tourism Authority yaseThailand (TAT) iRhuluneli uPornsiri Manohar.
Kwaye ngaphandle komfanekiso walo obalaseleyo kunye nesikhundla njengendawo enexabiso elilungileyo lokusingwa, ilizwe lisenokubona ukudodobala-ukuba hayi ukuhla okuncinci ukusuka kwiimarike zaphesheya kolwandle. “Khawufane ucinge ukuba iintlawulo zepetroli kunye nerhafu yosapho lwabantu abane ngoku imele ixabiso letikiti elongezelelweyo ukusuka eYurophu ukuya eThailand,” utshilo uLuzi Matzig oyi-CEO ye-Asian Trails.
Nangona kunjalo, iThailand inethemba lokuxhathisa ebumnyameni kwaye ilindele ukwamkela kulo nyaka abahambi abazizigidi ezili-15.7 xa kuthelekiswa ne-14.46 yezigidi ngo-2007 (i-8.6 ekhulwini). “Sifunde kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo ukujongana nengxaki yemeko. Siza kuphinda sithumele enye yebhajethi yethu yokuthengisa kwiimarike ngeyona nto inokwenzeka, ”wongeze watsho uPornsiri.
Iimarike ze-Niche zingaphakathi, ngakumbi iholide yasemva komtshato, impilo kunye nokhenketho lwezonyango. I-TAT ilindele ukwamkela abahambi abayi-1.45 yezigidi ngeenjongo zonyango ngo-2008, xa kuthelekiswa ne-1.2 yezigidi zabahambi ngo-2006.
“Siyonwabela igama elinamandla kukhenketho lwezonyango enkosi kumaqela azinikeleyo eengcaphephe, izibhedlele ezigqwesileyo kunye nonyango olugqwesileyo kumaxabiso afikelelekayo,” utshilo uPornsiri.
I-TAT ibhengeze ukuba iza kugxila kwiinzame zayo kwiimarike zengingqi ngokugxininisa ngakumbi e-China nase-Indiya kunye nakuMbindi Mpuma. I-TAT icinga ngokuvula iiofisi ezintsha ezizayo eKunming naseShenzhen.
