I-visa yaseThailand ekufikeni kwi-intanethi okanye kwi-Thai eVOA yasungulwa ngo-Novemba ka-2018 ukwenza ukuba kube lula kubakhenkethi bamanye amazwe ukuba batyelele ilizwe. Ukusukela ukukhutshwa, i-visa yekhompyuter kwinkqubo yokufika iqhubekile ukuphucula iinkqubo zayo kwaye inefuthe elihle kumazibuko okungena eThailand. Ukuqala nge-14 kaFebruwari, utshintsho oluya eThailand kwinkqubo ye-visa yokufika iyakwenza ukuba isebenze ngakumbi kwaye ikhawuleze ukuhamba kunye nokutyelela uMhlaba woSmile.
Injongo ye-eVOA yeThailand yayikukuyenza lula inkqubo yokufumana i-visa. Enye injongo yayikukunciphisa amaxesha okulinda kulawulo lwemida akufika elizweni. Ngale nkqubo intsha iphuculweyo, abahambi banokugcina ukuya kuthi ga kwiiyure ezimbini. Kwixesha elidlulileyo, iindwendwe zakwamanye amazwe bekuya kufuneka ziye kwimigca emide ukufumana i-visa yazo kunye nokungena eThailand. Ngelixa kusenokwenzeka ukufumana i-visa xa ufika kwizibuko lokungena eThailand, ukufaka isicelo kwi-Intanethi kuya konga umhambi ixesha elininzi kunye nobunzima.
Ngokumiliselwa kwe-visa yaseThailand ekufikeni, abemi bamazwe angama-21 banokuzalisa ngokukhawuleza ifom yesicelo kwi-intanethi eneenkcukacha zabo kunye nedatha yepaspoti. Abafakizicelo banokufikelela kwiiyure ezingama-24 ngaphambi kohambo lwabo lokungenisa ifom ye-eVOA.
I-visa yaseThailand ekufikeni kwayo ithetha ukuba ukuhamba kwangaphambili okugunyazisiweyo kuyasebenza kwizikhululo zeenqwelo moya zaseSuvarnabhumi naseDon Mueng eBangkok, nakwizikhululo zeenqwelo moya zasePhuket naseChiang Mai. Abahambi bafuna nje ukuqinisekisa ukuba i-eVOA yabo yaseThailand yamkelwe.
Kufuneka kuqatshelwe, nangona kunjalo, ukuba abemi abafanelekileyo basadinga ukuhlangabezana neemfuno ezimbalwa zokungena eThailand. Abaphethe i-eVOA yaseThailand esemthethweni kufuneka babe nepasipoti ubuncinci ubuncinci beentsuku ezingama-30, itikiti lokubuya, imali eyoneleyo yokuhlawula iindleko zohambo lwabo, kunye nedilesi eqinisekisiweyo yokuhlala kwabo elizweni. Zonke iindwendwe zangaphandle kufuneka zingene emngceleni kunye nokungena kwelinye ilizwe ukungena kwilizwe. Uncedo lokuba sele unayo iThailand ekufikeni kwe-visa kukuba ulawulo lokungena kwelinye ilizwe luqhuba kakuhle.
I-Thailand izuze igama loMhlaba woSmiles kubantu bayo abanentliziyo entle kunye nokwamkela iindwendwe kwabo. Ukhenketho lukhule kakhulu kumashumi ambalwa eminyaka edluleyo. Ngokwamanani oMbutho wezoKhenketho weZizwe eziManyeneyo, iThailand yamkele iindwendwe ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-35.4 ngo-2017 kuphela. Ngapha koko, iThailand lilizwe le-10 lelona lindwendwelwe kakhulu kwihlabathi. Icandelo lezokhenketho lafaka igalelo nge-97 yezigidigidi zeedola kuqoqosho kwakuloo nyaka. I-visa yaseThailand ekufikeni ilungelelaniswe neenjongo zikarhulumente zokuqhuba ukhenketho ngakumbi kwilizwe.
Uhlanga oluMzantsi-mpuma weAsia luvulekile, lufudumele, lunobubele kwaye luninzi olunokubonelela ngalo kubakhenkethi bamanye amazwe. Ukusuka kwiitempile zayo ezibengezelayo, ukuya kwikomkhulu elinesiphithiphithi, ukuya kumanxweme ashushu, ukuya kwiindawo zokugcina izilwanyana, iThailand iphumelela iintliziyo suku ngalunye. I-Bangkok iyodwa inezinto ezininzi ezenziwayo, iimpawu zomhlaba, iivenkile kunye nemivalo yophahla ekufanele ukuyifumana. Kukho intabalala yobutyebi bendalo kunye noluhlu olubanzi lwamathuba okuhlala kwilizwe lonke. I-Thailand inokonwabela bobabini ubhaka kunye nejetsetter.
I-visa yaseThailand xa ifika inokufumaneka ukuya kuthi ga kwiiyure ezingama-24 ngaphambi kohambo. Abahambi abafanelekileyo baya konga ixesha kwaye ukufika kwabo kuya kuba lula kwaye kukhawuleze.
