AMMAN, Jordan (eTN) - Abakhenkethi beBlond baseMelika yayiziindwendwe eziqhelekileyo kwidolophu ephithizelayo yase-Amman, benxibe iikefiyah zemveli zaseMbindi Mpuma, njengoko babedibanisa imarike bekhangela izikhumbuzo.
Umbindi wekomkhulu i-Amman wawukhe waba yimecca kubakhenkethi, ababedla ngokubonwa kwizitrato ezixineneyo, behonjiswe ziikhamera zabo ezibengezelayo, bendwendwela iholo yemidlalo yeqonga yaseRoma kumbindi wedolophu enkulu, kwaye besonwabela incasa yamava abo akuMbindi-Mpuma emva kokuba. uhambo oluya ePetra nakuLwandle Olufileyo.
Kodwa isiphithiphithi sezopolitiko esibambe uMbindi Mpuma kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo sibagxothe abakhenkethi baseNtshona.
Abantu baseMelika, ngokukodwa, ngoku bayimpahla enqabileyo njengoxolo nozinzo kumazwe angabamelwane e-Iraq, kwimimandla yasePalestina, kwaSirayeli, naseLebhanon.
U-Haidar Ziadat, umlawuli we-Jordan Travel and Tour Agencies Association, uthe izilumkiso zokhuseleko ezikhutshwe ngabasemagunyeni baseMerika kubemi bayo emhlabeni jikelele ziye zaba nempembelelo enkulu kwinani labakhenkethi base-US nabaseNtshona abatyelela iJordan. “Sithatha ukhenketho lwaseMelika njengelona libalulekileyo kwixesha lenkcitho. Siyathemba ukuba iya kwanda ukuba umongameli waseMelika uyaphumelela ekwenzeni uxolo. Oku kuyakukhuthaza abaninzi ukuba beze,” utshilo uZiadat.
Ubukumkani obunoxolo, obulawulwa yinkosi eyamkela uhlaziyo kunye nesimanjemanje, bube lixhoba lendawo yabo.
IJordani, enabemi be-5.6 yezigidi, isiqithi esiselwandle lokungazinzi kwezopolitiko, ubunkokeli obuphakathi kunye nobudlelwane obusondeleyo kunye ne-West benza ilizwe libe yindawo ekhuselekileyo yamashumi eminyaka.
Izigidi zababaleki abavela kwiindawo ezidlakazwe yimfazwe ezibandakanya i-Iraq, imimandla yasePalestine, kunye neLebhanon zenze iJordani ikhaya labo lifuna ukuva okuqhelekileyo.
Nangona kunjalo, kunzima kakhulu kubantu abaphesheya kweAtlantiki ukwahlula phakathi kweJordani ne-Iraq, wakhalaza uTareq Atiyah, umthengisi webhari kwindawo yokutyela eJabal Amman, otyelelwa rhoqo ngabasebenzi basemzini emva komsebenzi wosuku olude.
“Sibamkela ngezandla ezishushu abantu baseMelika kuba baziindwendwe zethu kwaye sihlala sibaphatha ngembeko iindwendwe zethu,” utshilo uAtiyah. "Sifuna ukuba beze apha ukuze babonise ububele bethu kunye nendlela elikhuseleke ngayo eli lizwe."
Urhulumente wase-Jordan uqalise iphulo elinamandla lokukhuthaza ubukumkani e-United States naseYurophu ngethemba lokutsala iindwendwe ezininzi.
“Silindele abakhenkethi abaninzi baseMelika ukuba batyelele iJordan kulo nyaka, kuba uPetra wakhethwa njengomnye weMimangaliso eSixhenxe yeHlabathi,” utshilo uFayyadh Sukkar, intloko yesebe lezibalo kwiSebe lezoKhenketho.
Eli phulo libonakala lihlawule, kwaye amanani enkonzo abonisa ukonyuka okuzinzile kodwa okuncinci kumanani abakhenkethi baseMelika abandwendwela iJordan. Amanani asemahle kakhulu nangona kunjalo.
Kwiinyanga ezili-11 zokuqala zika-2007, abakhenkethi baseMelika abangama-166,000 batyelela ilizwe, ukwanda kweepesenti ezine xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka ophelileyo.
Abanini beevenkile kunye nabathengisi basezitalatweni bathi abanangxaki yokuphuma kwindlela yabo yokurhwebesha abakhenkethi baseMelika kwiivenkile zabo ezithobekileyo, ngaphandle kokucaphuka kwabo ngumgaqo-nkqubo waseMelika kulo mmandla kunye nokuhlala kwawo e-Iraq.
“AmaMerika ngabantu abalungileyo abanyula iinkokeli ezingendawo,” watsho umthengisi wasesitratweni uAbdallah Abu Kishik, ecinga ngeentsuku ezingcono, xa amakhulu abantu baseMerika babebhadula ezitratweni.
“Kule minyaka ingama-30 ndisebenza apha, ndiye ndaqaphela ukuba abantu baseMelika banobubele, banesisa, kwaye bathanda uxolo,” utshilo u-Abu Kishik, okhawulezayo ukwahlula phakathi kweWhite House noluntu ngokubanzi. “Uninzi lwabantu baseMelika abanamdla okanye nolwazi ngezopolitiko. Wonke umntu wamkelekile e-Amman,” yatsho indoda eyayiluthuthu.
IJordan likhaya lezinto ezinomtsalane ezinje ngesixeko esikrolwe ematyeni iPetra, esandula kunyulwa njengoMmangaliso weSibini weHlabathi kwaye iboniswe kumboniso bhanyabhanya waseHollywood, i-Indiana Jones kunye neMfazwe yoMnqamlezo yokugqibela, uLwandle oluFileyo, kunye nendawo yoBhaptizo eYordan. Valley, eyona ndawo iphantsi emhlabeni.
Phakathi kwezinye izinto ezinomtsalane eJordan ziintaba ezigqubayo zeWadi Rum, iNtaba yeNebho, intlaninge yamabhodlo amaRoma namaSilamsi, kunye nendawo yokuphumla yoLwandle Olubomvu eAqaba, nolwalwa oludumileyo olunemibala yomnyama.
Ishishini likwanengxaki kwindawo yakudala yesixeko sasePetra, apho iihotele ezili-17 zisecicini lokuvalwa ngenxa yokungaboleki imali-mboleko.
“Abakhenkethi baseMelika bahlala bebalisa ngendlela ababemadolw’ anzima ngayo ukuza eJordan kwaye bayamangaliswa kukubona indlela ekhuseleke ngayo nendlela enobubele ngayo,” utshilo u-Abdullah Helalat, umphathi weCandles Hotel ePetra.
Kodwa abanini beehotele ePetra bakhalaza ngelithi uninzi lwabakhenkethi lundwendwela uhambo losuku kwaye abafane bachithe ubusuku kwiihotele zabo.
Abakhenkethi bahlala befika bevela kwiinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa kwindawo yokuphumla yoLwandle oluBomvu e-Aqaba okanye besuka kumda onqumlayo noSirayeli.
“Uninzi lwabakhenkethi baseMelika abeza apha abatyi okanye basele kuba beza nokutya kwabo okanye balinde ukutya xa bebuyela enqanaweni yabo,” utshilo uSalam Hasanat, umkhenkethi wePetra.
Okwangoku, abanye abakhenkethi banqwenela ukugcina iphrofayili ephantsi xa bendwendwela iJordani, njengamajoni ase-US kunye neekontraka ezisebenza nomkhosi e-Iraq.
Iihotele ezininzi kwintshona ye-Amman zibonelela ngendawo yokuphefumla amawakawaka amajoni, emva kweenyanga kwi-Iraq edlakazwe yimfazwe.
Kodwa, olu tyelelo alufunwa kweli lizwe, njengoko amajoni aye anxulunyaniswa notywala obugqithisileyo, ukungcakaza, nobuhenyu.
