Ngexesha lokudodobala kukhenketho lwehlabathi, umthetho omtsha wokuhamba e-US ubangela ukuba nethemba kushishino lweendwendwe ezingaphezulu ezivela kumazwe aliqela.
Urhulumente wobumbano uya kwandisa iNkqubo ye-Visa Waiver ngoMvulo ukubandakanya uMzantsi Korea kunye namazwe amathandathu aseMpuma Yurophu - iHungary, iRiphabhlikhi yaseCzech, i-Estonia, iLatvia, iLithuania kunye neRiphabhliki yaseSlovak. Ivula indlela yokuba abemi bala mazwe bangene e-USA ukuya kuthi ga kwiinyanga ezintathu bengakhange bafumane visa.
Bazibandakanya namazwe aphuhlileyo angama-27, kuquka i-UK, iFransi neJapan, anikwe inyhweba. Amagosa ezokhenketho e-US ebephembelela ngamandla ukwanda kwiminyaka yakutshanje ukuze aquke amanye amazwe njengendlela yokuvelisa abatyeleli abaninzi kunye nokunciphisa inkxalabo yokuba i-USA ingazange yamkele emva kwe-9/11.
Kwi-2007, malunga ne-29 yezigidi zabahambi abavela phesheya - ngaphandle kweMexico kunye neCanada - batyelele e-USA, ukuya kwi-10% ukusuka kwi-2006, ngokutsho kwe-Travel Industry Association. Kodwa xa kujongwa imeko yoqoqosho lwehlabathi, inani labatyeleli baphesheya kweelwandle abaya e-USA kulindeleke ukuba lehle nge-3% ngo-2009 ukuya kwi-25.5 yezigidi ukusuka kuqikelelo lwezigidi ezingama-26.3 kulo nyaka, itsho i-TIA.
Ngaphandle kwenkqubo, izinga lokuhla beliya kuba liphezulu, utshilo uGeoff Freeman, isigqeba semicimbi yoluntu kwi-TIA. “INkqubo yokuVavanya iVisa yeyona nkqubo ibalulekileyo kukhenketho lwamazwe ngamazwe ukuya e-US,” utshilo. "Ibalulekile kuwo onke macala ohambo - ukusuka kuhambo lweshishini ukuya kukhenketho kunye nokuhamba kwabafundi."
Abaxhasi bayo bathi inkqubo yokufumana ii-visa zabakhenkethi zase-US kubantu bamanye amazwe kumazwe abo asekhaya inokuba ngumthwalo kwaye idimaze abantu abaninzi abanokuba ngabatyeleli.
Ukusukela nge-9/11, bonke abantu bangaphandle bayacelwa ukuba benze udliwano-ndlebe lobuqu. Ukuthomalalisa umthwalo kuya kukhuthaza inkcitho enkulu kwezokhenketho e-USA ngexesha apho iihotele kunye neenqwelomoya zibona ukuhla ngesiquphe nangokumangalisayo, utshilo uFreeman.
Umdla uphezulu kakhulu eMzantsi Korea, apho inkqubo iye yafumana izihloko zephepha eliphambili. Ngo-2007, abantu baseMzantsi Korea abangama-806,000 batyelela i-USA, bekwindawo yesixhenxe phezulu kumazwe angaphandle.
I-Korean Air iqikelela inani labathengi bayo baseKorea abatyelela i-USA baya kunyuka ngaphezu kwe-10% ngo-2009 nangona ubuthathaka obuphumeleleyo.
Ngokulindela imfuno enkulu, i-Korean Air iya kongeza i-5% ukuya kwi-7% yezihlalo ezingaphezulu kwiinqwelomoya ze-trans-Pacific kwaye yandise ukuphindaphinda kwezinye iinqwelomoya, kubandakanya iinqwelomoya zaseSeoul-Washington kunye neSeoul-San Francisco.
IRiphabhliki yaseCzech, apho iindwendwe ezingaphezu kwe-45,000 zifike kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ilindele ukuba inani liya kuphinda kabini ngo-2009, utshilo uDaniel Novy we-Embassy yaseCzech eWashington, DC.
U-András Juhász ovela kuMzi wozakuzo waseHungary uthi inani labatyeleli baseHungary abaya e-USA nabo banokunyuka xa imfuneko ye-visa irhoxisiwe. “Kwafuneka sime emgceni yaye, kwabanye, kwafuneka bahambe besuka emaphandleni baye eBudapest kudliwano-ndlebe lokundwendwela. Abaninzi bebengazimiselanga ukutyhubela le nkqubo ilihlazo.”
