Umphathiswa wezokhenketho uthi iihotele zase-Bhritane zinexabiso elingaphezulu kwaye oololiwe beeyure zokubaleka 'bayoyikeka'

Iihotele zaseBritane zibiza kakhulu kwaye zikumgangatho "owothusayo" ngelixa oololiwe bethu bexesha lokubaleka "boyikeka", ngokutsho komphathiswa kaRhulumente onoxanduva lokutsala abakhenkethi abaninzi kwilizwe.

Kuhlaselo olukhwankqisayo kwiziseko zokhenketho zesizwe, uMargaret Hodge uphinde wathi amaziko e-Stonehenge akafikeleli kwimigangatho yamazwe ngamazwe kwaye iindawo ezinomtsalane kubakhenkethi ngokubanzi kufuneka ziphakamise umdlalo wazo phambi kwe-Olimpiki ye-2012.

Iinkosi zezoKhenketho zichaze izimvo zakhe, kudliwanondlebe neHoliday Yeyiphi? njengephelelwe lixesha baza bathi basilela ukuqonda imiphumo yokumiselwa kwerhafu nguRhulumente kumaxabiso.

Amazwi akhe anokuthi aqhubele phambili ukruthakruthwano kweli shishini emva kothotho lweengxabano zoluntu ezibandakanya ulwamkelo lweNdlu yoWiso-mthetho ekuqaleni kweli hlotyeni apho kuxelwe ukuba wayexakiwe ngalo mba kwaye wangquzulana ngokuphandle nenkokeli yeshishini enye.

UNksk. Hodge, owathi uzinandipha iiholide e-Itali, uxelele eli phephancwadi: “Ndiyavuma ukuba iihotele zibiza imali eninzi kwaye ndixhalabile ngomgangatho.”

Uye wachaza ukuba malunga nesiqingatha sayo yonke indawo yokuhlala ehotele yase-UK eyinxalenye yenkqubo yokulinganisa inkwenkwezi esekwe yi-AA kunye noNdwendwela iBritane.

Ebuzwa malunga nezithuthi zikawonke-wonke uye wagxininisa ukuba iLondon Underground icocekile kwaye yangoku kuneendawo ezithile zeParis Metro kodwa wongeza ngelithi akanakuze aye apho ngexesha lokungxama.

“Andilenzi ixesha lokungxama. Ndandiqhele kwaye kwakusoyikeka,” utshilo.

Ukubekela ecaleni umbuzo wokuba ngaba abakhweli baseBhritane banexabiso lemali kuhambo lukaloliwe icebiso lakhe yayikuku “bhukisha phambili” kodwa wavuma ukuba nangona kunjalo ukufumaneka kwezivumelwano eziphantsi “kwakulinganiselwe”.

Uphinde watsalela ingqalelo kungquzulwano oluthatha ixesha elide lokucwangciswa kwezibonelelo zabatyeleli eStonehenge, enye yezona ndawo zidumileyo nezaziwayo eBritane, evuma: “Amaziko awasifanelanga iNdawo yeLifa leHlabathi.”

Kwiphulo lokutshayela kweli shishini, uqhube wathi: “Abakhenkethi kufuneka babonelelwe ngezivumelwano ezifanelekileyo kwaye kufuneka senze umtsalane ube ngcono … IiOlimpiki zibonelele ngesixhobo sokuxhobisa abantu abasebenza kwilifa lemveli nokhenketho ekwenzeni amaziko abo abe nomtsalane ngakumbi.”

Ephendula amagqabaza omphathiswa ngeehotele, uMartin Couchman, usekela-mphathi oyintloko weBritish Hospitality Association, wathi: “Andiqondi ukuba olu hlolisiso luchanile, andiqondi ukuba umgangatho uphantsi.

"Oku akuthethi ukuba akukho ziko likumgangatho ophantsi kodwa uninzi lwabo lungcono kakhulu kunokuba bekunjalo ngaphambili."

Uqhube wathi: “Ewe lelinye lamazwe abiza kakhulu, sinelinye lawona maxabiso aphezulu e-VAT kwiihotele, iFransi ineepesenti ezintlanu ezinesiqingatha kuphela.

Ngamaxabiso eLondon, wongeze wathi: "Ineendleko ezinkulu ezinxulumene nayo, ngalo naliphi na ixesha nabani na esisa nantoni na kwihotele esembindini weLondon, ukutya, ngokomzekelo, ibabiza i-Congestion Charge."

Kwinyanga ephelileyo uNick Varney, usihlalo weqela lolonwabo iMerlin, eliphethe iindawo ezinomtsalane ezifana noMadam Tussauds ugxeke uNksk.

Kwaye ngoJuni kwathiwa uphume ngomsindo kwindawo yolwamkelo lweenkosi zeshishini kwi-Commons terrace emva kokuba ehexiwe kwaye engxoliswa. Iindwendwe zathi zinomgca wokuma kunye noFilipu Green, usihlalo weqela lezorhwebo lase-UK Inbound, owagxeka "irhafu ephezulu efihliweyo njengamaphulo aluhlaza, i-red tape ehlekisayo kunye nendlela ye-schizophrenic yokuhamba emoyeni".