The Umbutho waseMelika waBacebisi ngezoKhenketho (ASTA), Umbutho wee-Arhente zoKhenketho zaseMzantsi Afrika (i-ASATA), i-Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA), i-Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), i-European Travel Agents' kunye ne-Tour Operators' Associations (ECTAA) kunye ne-World Travel Agents Associations Alliance (WTAAA) , ngokudibeneyo emele amakhulu amawaka abantu abasebenza kwii-arhente zokuhamba kunye namashishini anxulumeneyo kwihlabathi jikelele, icela iinkokeli zikarhulumente kwihlabathi jikelele ukuba zikhawulezise ukususwa kwazo zonke izithintelo zokuhamba zelizwe kunye nengingqi ethile.
Xa amagosa anyuliweyo esenza izigqibo zomgaqo-nkqubo woluntu ngomdla wempilo yoluntu, abo rhulumente banoxanduva lokubonelela ngemithombo yemali kuloo mashishini kunye nabantu abachaphazeleka kakhulu zizigqibo zabo. Ukuvala imida kunye nokuphunyezwa kwezithintelo ezitsha kuchaphazela izigidi ezingenakubalwa zabasebenzi kushishino lohambo nokhenketho. Ikwabeka amashishini asele esengozini emngciphekweni wokuba angaphinde aphinde abuyele kwimeko yawo, ngelixa ingeniso karhulumente iqhubeleka nokuthotywa ngenxa yelahleko yemisebenzi yezoqoqosho kweli shishini, nto leyo emele umsebenzi omnye kwabalishumi kwihlabathi jikelele ngokutsho kweBhunga leHlabathi lokuHamba noKhenketho.
Ukuvalwa kwemida yakutsha nje nokungqongqo kube nefuthe elibi kuhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe olusele lunzima. Ngokudibeneyo sihlaba ikhwelo kwiinkokeli zikarhulumente zehlabathi ukuba zilandele eyona nzululwazi ikhoyo xa kumiselwa imilinganiselo yemida, kubandakanywa uvavanyo kunye nezithintelo. Amazwe amaninzi alandela iiprothokholi ezomeleleyo zokhuseleko lwebhayoloji, kubandakanya imaski, ukudelela ekuhlaleni, kunye neemfuno zogonyo. Ukongezwa kwemilinganiselo emitsha yomda kuneempembelelo ezibalulekileyo zoqoqosho kumashishini ohambo kunye nokhenketho anokuthi angongezi ukhuseleko olongezelelweyo loluntu. Kubalulekile ukuba umgaqo-nkqubo karhulumente ukhokelwe yisayensi, hayi uxinzelelo lwezopolitiko okanye umnqweno wokubonwa "njengokwenza okuthile" kuba la manyathelo anefuthe elibalulekileyo, ngamanye amaxesha elingenakuguqulwa kumashishini nasemisebenzini.
Siyababongoza oorhulumente ukuba bathathe uxanduva ngezenzo zabo ngokugcina amashishini axhomekeke kuhambo kude kube lixesha lokuba basuse izithintelo kunye neendlela zokuhamba eziqhelekileyo ziphinde zivele. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iimpendulo zikarhulumente kulo mba wezoqoqosho azikafane zilingane. Sigxininisa inyani yokuba, ukuphendula kwizithintelo zayo ze-Covid iCanada ithembise ngenkxaso kumashishini axhomekeke kuhambo kweli lizwe ngoMeyi ka-2022, kwaye sibongoza ezinye iinkokeli zehlabathi ukuba zilandele isikhokelo sabo.
The I-World Health Organization (WHO) Uqhubekile nokucebisa ngokuchasene nokusetyenziswa kwezithintelo zokuhamba okanye zorhwebo kumazwe anengxaki yokuqhambuka kwe-COVID-19: "Ngokubanzi, ubungqina bubonisa ukuba ukuthintela ukuhamba kwabantu kunye neempahla ngexesha likaxakeka zempilo akusebenzi kwiimeko ezininzi kwaye kunokuphambukisa izixhobo kwezinye iindlela zokungenelela. ... Ukuvalwa kokuhamba kwiindawo ezichaphazelekayo okanye ukwalelwa ukungena kubakhweli abavela kwiindawo ezichaphazelekayo ngokuqhelekileyo akusebenzi kakuhle ekuthinteleni ukungeniswa kwamatyala kodwa kunokuba nefuthe elibalulekileyo kwezoqoqosho nentlalo. Oku kuhambelana neZiko laseYurophu loThintelo lweSifo kunye noLawulo (ECDC) olugunyazisiweyo kunye nohlalutyo olusekelwe kwisayensi, eqinisekisa ukuba izithintelo zokuhamba ngokubanzi azikho impembelelo esebenzayo ekusasazeni intsholongwane eYurophu.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA), Association of South African Travel Agencies (ASATA), Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA), Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), European Travel Agents' and Tour Operators' Associations (ECTAA) and World Travel Agents Associations Alliance (WTAAA), collectively representing the hundreds of thousands of people who work at travel agencies and related businesses around the world, call on government leaders globally to expedite the lifting of all country- and region-specific travel bans.
- “In general, evidence shows that restricting the movement of people and goods during public health emergencies is ineffective in most situations and may divert resources from other interventions…Travel bans to affected areas or denial of entry to passengers coming from affected areas are usually not effective in preventing the importation of cases but may have a significant economic and social impact.
- It also is putting already vulnerable businesses at further risk from ever recovering, while government revenues continue to be eroded due to the loss of economic activity from the industry, which represents one in every ten jobs globally according to the World Travel and Tourism Council.
