Ngenxa yalo lonke uphuhliso lwamva nje lwamazwe ngamazwe kuqoqosho nokhenketho, luhamba nesicwangciso esibi esisuka kuMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseTrinidad kunye neNkampani yoPhuhliso loKhenketho, kubonakala ngathi icandelo lezokhenketho laseTobago liza kubhanga. Ekubeni inani labantu abahlala kwiihotele zaseTobago ngoku likwipesenti ezingama-30, yaye le yincopho yexesha labo lokhenketho, kukho unobangela woloyiko olukhulu. Ngaphandle kokuba uzinzo lwezemali lwabanini beehotele zaseTobago kunye neshishini lezokhenketho liqinisekisiwe njengokufa, abantu baseTobagoni bajonge amaxesha anzima kakhulu aya kukhokelela kwindlela engathandekiyo yokutshintsha kwendlela yokuphila.
Kunyanzelekile ukuba amagosa ezokhenketho afezekiseke ngokukhawuleza. Ngecebo elibi kunye nokuzonakalisa "Isiqithi seFantasy" sokuzama ukubeka iTrinidad njengeshishini kunye nekomkhulu lendibano yeCaribbean, ishiya phi iTobago? Yintoni eyenziwayo ukunciphisa iimfuno ezikhawulezileyo zoninzi lwabantu baseTobagonia abaxhomekeke kukhenketho ukuze baziphilise nokukhusela ishishini lehotele ekuweni? Izithembiso ezibubuxoki ngokwembali kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo engafezekiyo yeTourism Development Company (TDC) ayinakunyanyezelwa kwakhona.
Ngokoxwebhu olusanda kukhutshwa yi-United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), “ukudodobala okukhoyo ngoku koqoqosho lwehlabathi okuthe kwamisa ukukhula kokhenketho lwamazwe ngamazwe ngo-2008, ngoku kusongela ukubuyisela umva iinzuzo zembali zeminyaka emine ezenziwe lushishino kuhambo lwangaphandle.” Nika ingqalelo amagosa ezokhenketho, oku UNWTO Iqumrhu liziko elithembekileyo nelisemthethweni, ngaba i-TDC kunye nabacebisi bayo banokuqonda okungcono okanye okukholelekayo ngakumbi kunalo mbutho wamazwe ngamazwe, oquka iingcali ezikhokelayo zehlabathi? Ukuba bekunjalo, ishishini lezokhenketho laseTobago lalingenakuhlala likwisiphithiphithi.
"Ukuwa kweemalike zezemali, ukunyuka okubukhali kumaxabiso eemveliso kunye ne-oyile kunye nokuguquguquka okuguquguqukayo kwexabiso lotshintshiselwano kudityaniswe nokunyanzela ukwehla kwepesenti enye kuhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe kwiinyanga ezintandathu ukusuka ngoJulayi, umkhwa ekulindeleke ukuba uqhubeke ngo-2009," UNWTO watsho. Le ngxelo iqikelela ukuqhubeka nokudodobala okanye ukwehla kulo nyaka nangaphaya, kodwa yaphawula ukuba inqanaba eliphezulu lokungaqiniseki kwezoqoqosho lenza ukuba ukuqikelelwa kohambo lwamazwe ngamazwe kube nzima. "
Isebe lezoKhenketho laseTrinidad kunye neTourism Development Company libanga ukuba ukhenketho loshishino luhambela phambili kwihlabathi liphela. Kwakhona kwingozi yeTobago, izibakala zokwenene njengoko zichazwe yiZizwe Ezimanyeneyo ziyakhatywa yaye azihoywa. Ukhenketho alukwazi ukuqhubela phambili nge "Fantasy Island" yokucinga kunye nokucwangcisa.
Kuyafaneleka ukuphawula ulindelo lwexesha lokwenyani lweZizwe Ezimanyeneyo “lokubuyiselwa umva kweenzuzo zokhenketho kule minyaka mine idlulileyo.” Ukuba i-Trinidad's Ministry of Tourism and Tourism Development Company inxibelelana nobunyani bento eyenzekayo kuluntu lwezizwe ngezizwe, kwaye, ngakumbi, ilizwe leshishini, abanakulandela eyona nto bajolise kuyo iqhinga lokhenketho lweshishini kuba onke amashishini kwimowudi enkulu yokunciphisa. Urhulumente kufuneka ayiqonde loo nto njengoko ikwingxaki efanayo.
Amagosa oKhenketho kufuneka ayeke ukucinga kwawo "kwiSiqithi seFantasy" kunye nengqondo yokucwangcisa. Ubomi buxhomekeke kwicandelo lokhenketho elisebenzayo nelizinzileyo. I-Tobago ayisakwazi ukunyamezela inkcitho ye-TDC yeedola zerhafu kwizicwangciso ezingayi kunceda ngoku okanye kwixesha elizayo. ITobago idinga isisombululo esiza kuzisa uzinzo kukhenketho lwayo ngoku. Akwamkelekanga ukuthi le yingxaki yehlabathi kwaye akukho nto inokwenziwa ngayo, kukho into enokwenziwa ngayo, kodwa hayi ukhenketho loshishino.
NjengeUnited States of America, utshintsho kufuneka ngoku luze kwisebe lethu lezokhenketho.
