Ukucabanga emhlabeni jikelele: IVictoria Cliff Resort eMergui Archipelago, e-Andaman Sea

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I-Victoria Cliff Resort, indawo yokungcebeleka entsha ye-snorkeling ne-dive e-Mergui Archipelago 'icabanga umhlaba wonke, yenza izinto endaweni yangakini' ukuze ikhuthaze ukuvakasha okusimeme eMyanmar, njengoba uKeith Lyons ethola.

Enye yezindawo zokuqala zokungcebeleka kanye nezokungcebeleka e-Mergui Archipelago ibhekene nezinselelo zokuletha ulwazi lwe-Instagramable ngenkathi ithuthukisa ukuvikelwa kwemvelo esiqhingini esikude e-Andaman Sea. I-Victoria Cliff Resort esiqhingini saseNyaung Oo Phee, ngasogwini oluseningizimu yeMyanmar neThailand, izovulwa ngokusemthethweni ngenyanga ezayo nguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseMyanmar, kodwa indawo yolwandle ebukeka kahle ithathe cishe ingxenye yeshumi leminyaka ukuze ifezeke.

Konke kube nzima kunalokho obekulindelwe, futhi izindleko beziphakeme kakhulu kunezasezwekazini, kusho isikhulu esiphezulu seVictoria Cliff u-Alfred Sui, owaqashisela isiqhingi ngo-2013. Kuthathe iminyaka emibili ukuthola imvume yetende nevilla uhulumeni waseMyanmar. Ibhili yanyanga zonke ye-inthanethi yesethelayithi yesiqhingi esisodwa ukuhlinzeka nge-wifi kubasebenzi nezihambeli ingu-US$2,600. “Kumele sizenzele yonke into, okuhlanganisa nokuthola amanzi aphuzwayo esiphethwini semvelo, nokuzikhiqizela ugesi sisebenzisa imboni yelanga. Ukuba ngowokuqala kuleli qoqo leziqhingi, nokuhola, akubanga lula, kodwa senze kwaba lula ukuthi abanye balandele.”

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Isiqhingi esimbozwe yihlathi, ngaphambili ebelaziwa ngokuthi isiqhingi saseMcKenzie kusukela ezikhathini zamakoloni eBurma, sisendaweni engaphandle yeziqhingi ezingama-800 ezakha i-Mergui Archipelago, indawo ebekade ingafinyeleleki kubo bonke phakathi nengxenye yokugcina yekhulunyaka. Kwakungasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1990 lapho izikebhe ezimbalwa zakwamanye amazwe zavunyelwa ukungena endaweni ebucayi kwezepolitiki. Ukumakwa kweziqhingi ezimbalwa ezizothuthukiswa kuqale kuphela kuleli shumi leminyaka, kanti indawo yokuqala yokungcebeleka eyisiqhingi, iMyanmar Andaman Resort, ayisathathi izivakashi, isishintshele ekusingatheni abahambi bosuku abagibele izikebhe ezinkulu ezithatha abagibeli abangu-1500 ezivela eSingapore, eMalaysia naseThailand. Indawo yokuqala yangempela ye-eco-resort, i-Boulder Island Eco-Resort, manje isikwisizini yayo yesithathu, kuyilapho ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule izindawo zokungcebeleka ezisezingeni eliphezulu i-Wa Ale Resort kanye ne-Awei Pila zithole izivakashi zazo zokuqala.

Ngesihlabathi sayo samakhorali esithambile esinombala okhilimu, amanzi acwebile afudumele acwebezelayo, kanye nenqwaba yezinhlanzi zasezindaweni ezishisayo ezihlanganisa i-'Nemo' clownfish, i-Nyaung Oo Phee eyayingahlali muntu ngaphambili, embozwe ngamahlathi aminyene kungase kubonakale njengesiqhingi esiyipharadesi, kodwa ukuthola ukulingana phakathi kwezivakashi. izimfuno, i-red-tape yehhovisi likahulumeni, imboni yokudoba kanye nokugcinwa kwemvelo akubanga lula. USui uthi isiqhingi sakhe sokuqala asikhethile sanikezwa elinye iqembu elixhumene kangcono nabathatha izinqumo, umkhuba ojwayelekile phakathi namashumi eminyaka yokubusa kwezempi kwaseMyanmar lapho 'ubunxiwankulu obuyizisulu' babuqhutshwa ngaphandle kokubeka izinto obala. Kulandela ukhetho lwentando yeningi lwase-Myanmar lwango-2015, ukuntula isiqiniseko mayelana neqhaza nezibopho zikahulumeni wesifunda kanye nophakathi kuphazamise lolu hlelo.

Naphezu kobunzima, u-Sui wakhuthazela, eqhutshwa isifiso sakhe sokudala ibhizinisi lezokuvakasha elisimeme esifundeni esasihlushwe izimboni ezixhaphazayo, ukushushumbiswa kwezimakethe ezimnyama kanye nokuphuma kwabasebenzi bokufika abafuna ukuphila okungcono eThailand eseduze. Nakuba ekuqaleni izikhulu zikahulumeni enhlokodolobha iNaypyidaw bezingazi ukuthi ungubani futhi zimsola, uSui uthi ukuhlolwa kwesizinda sebhizinisi lakhe kuguqule imiqondo yabo bobabili osopolitiki nezisebenzi zikahulumeni.

Imboni yokudoba yasendaweni, engomunye wabaqashi abakhulu esifundeni, kodwa enecala lokuzingela ngokungemthetho kanye nokudoba ngokweqile okungalawulwa, nayo ekuqaleni ibithatha ukusungulwa kwezindawo zokungcebeleka ezizungezile kanye nemisebenzi yamanzi yezivakashi njengosongo. “Asiqhudelani nabadobi, sinobudlelwano bokusebenzisana. Imayelana nokwakha ubudlelwano kanye nemfundo nolwazi.”

USui uthi ngesikhathi efika okokuqala kuleli qoqo leziqhingi, kwakunobufakazi be-dynamite eyayisetshenziswa ekudobeni okuqhumayo, enezimbobo ezinkulu ogwini lwamakhorali. Ukuzulazula okungcono okwenziwa umbutho wezempi wasolwandle waseMyanmar kusho ukuthi i-dynamite ayisasetshenziselwa ukubulala nokubamba izilwane zasolwandle, kodwa uthi indawo yokungcebeleka izama ukufundisa abadobi bendawo mayelana nokungathathi izinhlanzi ezincane kakhulu ukuze balondoloze izinhlanzi, futhi bangalimazi. amakhorali. Indawo yokungcebeleka yakha i-boat mooring ukuze izikebhe zingadonseli amahange azo kumakhorali, futhi abadobi abavunyelwe ukudoba ezindaweni eziyinhloko zokudoba i-snorkelling. “Sicela ikusasa labo kulokhu abakudlulisela ezizukulwaneni ezizayo. Ngoba uma kudotshwa izilwandle, uma kugawulwa izihlahla, alikho ikusasa. Konke kuzobe kungasekho.”

Ukholelwa ukuthi ukuba khona kwendawo yokungcebeleka kusizile ukuvikelwa kwezinhlanzi ezizungeze isiqhingi, futhi indawo yokungcebeleka isisungule izixhobo zokwenziwa kabusha ukuze kubuyiselwe izindawo ezilinyazwe ukuqhuma. Ngaphambi kokuba indawo yokungcebeleka ithathe izihambeli zayo zokuqala, imfucumfucu yasolwandle ehlanzwe kabanzi, amapulasitiki akhucululwe kulo lonke elase-South East Asia, kanye namanetha okudoba alahliwe. INorth Beach enkulu eNyaung Oo Phee ihlanzwa kathathu ngosuku, futhi yonke imfucuza ibuyiselwa ezweni ukuze igaywe kabusha futhi icutshungulwe.

Nakuba okwamanje izivakashi zase-Asia, ikakhulukazi lezo ezisuka e-Thailand ezijabulela ukungena mahhala eMyanmar, zenza u-80% wabahambi basemini noma abalala eNyaung Oo Phee phakathi nesizini ka-Okthoba kuya kuMeyi, u-Sui uthemba ukuthi abantu abaningi baseNtshonalanga bazothola isiqhingi. Uthi, abantu baseYurophu bayikhathalela kakhulu imvelo, njengokuqikelela ukuthi bangoni noma bakhumbuze amakhorali, futhi bakhetha amabhodlela amanzi angaphinda agcwaliseke kunamabhodlela epulasitiki asetshenziswa kanye.

Ngenkathi indawo yokungcebeleka e-Nyaung Oo Phee enamatende ayo asehlathini kanye nezindlu ezihlala eduze nolwandle inika izivakashi ukufinyelela okulula ngaphandle kwezicathulo ogwini lolwandle olunesihlabathi esimhlophe, kungamamitha ambalwa nje ukusuka ogwini nohambo lwesikebhe olufushane oluya engcebweni yangempela yeqoqo leziqhingi, umhlaba ongaphansi kolwandle. Inhlolovo yango-2018 eyenziwa yiFauna & Flora International ilinganisela cishe izinhlobo ezingama-300 zamakhorali ezitholakala kulo lonke leli qoqo leziqhingi, ezisabalele ku-400km ukusuka enyakatho kuya eningizimu, futhi cishe kunezinhlobo ezingaphezu kuka-600 zezinhlanzi zama-reef ezihlala emadwaleni naseziqhingini zasemadolobheni. Ama-grouper, ama-snappers, ama-emperors, i-butterfly fish, kanye ne-parrotfish zivamile e-Nyuang Oo Phee, kanye ne-'Nemo' clownfish ehlukile, futhi ama-snorkelers nabatshuzi bangamangala etafuleni, i-tube, ihabhu, i-staghorn, i-tigerclaw kanye ne-Gorgonian seafan coral.

Cishe abantu abangama-300 baqashwe esiqhingini nasehhotela lakhe iVictoria Cliff eKawthaung, kanti uSui unethemba lokuthi ezweni, ezokuvakasha ezigxile emphakathini, izindawo ezikhangayo kanye nemisebenzi izonikeza izivakashi izizathu ezengeziwe zokuhlala ngasohlangothini lwaseMyanmar emngceleni, kunalokho. kunokuza nje uhambo losuku ukusuka ethekwini lase-Thai e-Ranong, ngaphesheya komfula. “Lezi ziqhingi zinikeza ubuhle bemvelo obungatholakali kwenye indawo e-Asia, kanye nokungaminyene nokungathuthukisiwe ngokweqile. Noma iyiphi intuthuko idinga ukulawulwa, ukuyigcina ingokwemvelo.”

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