Ubumi buthengiswa eDominica. Ukusukela nge-24 kaFebruwarith, 2020, abemi be-United Arab Emirates banokuhamba baye kwi-Commonwealth yaseDominica ngaphandle kwe-visa. Uzakuzo waseDominican e-Abu Dhabi ubhengeze kwiveki ephelileyo ukuba isivumelwano sokukhutshwa kwe-visa phakathi kwala mazwe mabini sele siqalile ukusebenza.
IDominica lilizwe lesiqithi leCaribbean elineentaba elinemithombo eshushu yendalo kunye namahlathi ashinyeneyo. I-Morne Trois Pitons National Park likhaya kwichibi elibilayo elishushu, neligqunywe ngumphunga. Le paki ikwaquka iindawo zokuvula isulfure, i65m-ubude beTrafalgar Falls kunye neTitou Gorge emxinwa. Ngasentshona kukho ikomkhulu laseDominica, iRoseau, enezindlu zamaplanga ezimibalabala nezitiya zezityalo.
Abanini beePaspoti ze-UAE, ezisemthethweni, eziKhethekileyo kunye nezeSiqhelo ngoku banokundwendwela iDominica ngaphandle kwe-visa. Ngokwahlukileyo, abantu baseDominican abanePaspoti yeDiplomathi kunye nesemthethweni banokufumana ukungena kwe-UAE kunye ne-visa xa befika, ngelixa abo banePaspoti yeDominica kunye ne-Ordinary Dominica banokufumana i-eVisa. Abo baye babe ngabemi bezoqoqosho baseDominica ngeNkqubo yabo yobuMmi ngoTyalo-mali (i-CBI) emva koko bangafaka isicelo sePaspoti eqhelekileyo, ebavumela ukuba bangene e-UAE ngokusekwe kwi-eVisa.
"Isivumelwano sokurhoxisa i-visa selinye inyathelo elibalulekileyo kuphuhliso lobudlelwane obuqinileyo phakathi kwe-Commonwealth yaseDominica kunye neli lizwe liguqukayo," obekekileyo u-Hubert Charles, unozakuzaku waseDominican kwi-UAE, uphawule kwingxelo esemthethweni ekhutshwe ngoLwesibini. “Ayiququzeleli nje kuphela uhambo olusemthethweni, kodwa yazisa ukuqikelelwa kunye nokuqiniseka kubemi bamazwe omabini abanomdla kukhenketho, utyalo-mali, urhwebo kunye neenjongo zenkcubeko,” utshilo u-Ambassador Charles.
NgoJanuwari, iDominica yavula i-Embassy entsha e-Abu Dhabi, ephawula i-mission yokuqala yelizwe lozakuzo kuMbindi Mpuma. Ibonelela ngeenkonzo zezozakuzo kuluntu 'oluncinci kodwa oluguquguqukayo' lwabemi boqoqosho baseDominica, abahlala e-UAE, njengoko kukhankanyiwe yiNkulumbuso uRoosevelt Skerrit ngexesha lomsitho wokuvula.
Iihotele ze-CBI zakha icandelo elikhulayo le-eco-tourism kwiNature Isle of the Caribbean, njengoko iDominica idla ngokubhekiswa kuyo. Esi siqithi sikwabekwe njengenye yeendawo zokhenketho eziphezulu kwixesha elizayo. Abemi baseDominican banokuhamba ngaphandle kwe-visa yangaphambi kokuhamba ukuya kumazwe angaphezu kwe-140 kunye nemimandla.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Conversely, Dominicans with a Diplomatic and Official passport can gain UAE entry with a visa upon arrival, while those with and Ordinary Dominica passport can obtain an eVisa.
- “It not only facilitates official travel, but introduces predictability and certainty on the part of citizens of both countries interested in travel for tourism, investment, trade and cultural purposes,”.
- Those who have become economic citizens of Dominica via its Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Programme can subsequently apply for an Ordinary passport, which allows them to enter the UAE based on an eVisa.
