UMlawuli-Jikelele wezoKhenketho uShaul Zemach ubhengeze ngoLwesibini ngexesha lowona mboniso mkhulu wezokhenketho eRashiya, ukuba isivumelwano esisayinwe namhlanje siza kuphelisa imfuneko ye-visa yabakhenkethi kubahambi baseRashiya nabase-Israel.
Isivumelwano, esiza kutyikitywa yiRussia nabaphathiswa bezokhenketho bakwaSirayeli, siza kuqala ukusebenza kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa.
Isivumelwano sisiqhamo senyathelo kunye nokukhuthaza umphathiswa wezokhenketho ophumayo uYitzhak Aharonovitch kunye neqela labaphathiswa abaziingcali.
“Ndiyazingca ngokuba yinxalenye yenyathelo eliza kunceda ukuguqula ubuso bokhenketho kwaSirayeli nokwandisa inani labakhenkethi ngezigidi ezihlanu kule minyaka imbalwa izayo,” utshilo u-Aharonovitch. “Eli nyathelo liza kudala amawaka emisebenzi emitsha… Yimpumelelo ebaluleke kakhulu ekucutheni ukungangqinelani kwemivuzo kunye nokunciphisa intlupheko,” wongeze watsho.
Ngo-2007, iRussia yenza iqela lesizwe lesithathu ngobukhulu phakathi kwabakhenkethi abafikayo, kwaye inelinye lawona mandla okukhula kokhenketho. Abakhenkethi abamalunga ne-193,000 abavela eRashiya batyelela uSirayeli ngo-2007, bafika kwi-163% ngaphezu kuka-2006. NgoJanuwari ka-2008 wabona ukwanda kwe-256% kwinani labakhenkethi abavela eRashiya xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kunyaka ophelileyo.
Ukukhula phakathi kwezinye izinto kusisiphumo seenzame zeSebe lezoKhenketho lokurhoxisa imfuneko ye-visa yabakhenkethi, nto leyo eyavuselela umdla omkhulu kunye nolindelo phakathi kwabathengisi bezokhenketho eRashiya. Uninzi lwabakhenkethi beza kuhambo losuku olunye ukuya kwa-Israel, kwaye iSebe lezoKhenketho lilindele ukuba ngokupheliswa kwemfuneko ye-visa yabakhenkethi abaninzi baya kuza ixesha elide.
“Ngokupheliswa kwemfuneko ye-visa yabakhenkethi iqala ukusebenza, silindele ukuba ukhenketho lwaseRussia lufikelele ngaphezulu kwama-300,000 ngo-2008 xa kuthelekiswa nama-200,000 kunyaka ophelileyo, kwaye ngaphezulu kwama-400,000 ngo-2009. Amakhulu amawaka abakhenkethi aza kudala amawaka emisebenzi emitsha kunye namakhulu yezigidi zeeshekele kwingeniso eyongezelelweyo kuqoqosho lwakwaSirayeli. Olu khenketho kulindeleke ukuba lungenise ingeniso emalunga nezigidi ezingama-280 zeedola ngonyaka,” utshilo uZemach.
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The growth is among other things a result of the Tourism Ministry’s efforts to cancel the requirement for a tourist visa, which stirred a great deal of interest and expectations among tourism wholesalers in Russia.
- “I am proud to be part of a step that will help change the face of tourism in Israel and increase the number of tourists by five million over the next few years,”.
- Many of the tourists come for one-day trips to Israel, and the Tourism Ministry expects that with the abolition of tourist visa requirement many will come for longer periods.
