BANGKOK, Thailand (eTN) – Njengoba uhlelo lwe-16 lwe-IT&CMA (Incentive Travel and Convention Meetings Asia) luvulwa lapha e-Bangkok, iziyaluyalu zezepolitiki ezizungeze iphalamende zenze ithunzi ngohlelo olukhulukazi lwase-Asia lwamaMICE. Noma ngabe ukuphepha kwabantu nabavakashi bedolobha elikhulu kungabeka engcupheni, inkinga kungenzeka iphinde ilimaze isithunzi saseThailand.
I-Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) kanye nomgqugquzeli wemibukiso i-TTG Asia Media ngokushesha yakhipha isitatimende egcizelela ukuthi iziyaluyalu zamanje zezombangazwe eThailand azizange zithinte nganoma iyiphi indlela umcimbi ngokwawo noma ibhizinisi kubahambeli abavela emazweni angu-40. “Imicimbi yamanje yezepolitiki yenzeka kude ne-IT&CMA. Alikho ihhotela elisingethe izithunywa zethu elisendaweni ezungezile ephalamende,” kuqinisekise umongameli we-TCEB uNatwut Amornvivat.
I-IT&CMA yenzeka kuze kube ngu-Okthoba 9 eBangkok Convention Centre, Central World- maphakathi nesifunda sezohwebo-.
Umhleli we-It&CMA u-Darren Ng wase-TTG Asia ugcizelele ukuzethemba kwakhe ngekusasa lomcimbi e-Thailand. "Sijabule ngokuba lapha futhi sizibophezele ukubona iThailand iqhubeka nokusingatha lo mdlalo okungenani eminye iminyaka emine," esho.
Inkinga yezepolitiki yangaphambilini yaseThailand ngoSepthemba, eyafinyelela umvuthwandaba ngesimo esiphuthumayo, yaba nomthelela omncane kubahlanganyeli be-IT&CMA. "Sibhalise ukukhanselwa okuyisithupha kuya kwayisikhombisa kuphela ezihambelini ezingaphezu kuka-360 ngesikhathi kufakwa isimo Sezimo Eziphuthumayo," kusho uNg. "Kepha iningi labo libuyisele ukuzibandakanya kwalo njengoba iThailand isijwayele isimo sayo sezepolitiki maphakathi nenyanga edlule."
UNdunankulu uSomchai Wongsawat, osethathe isikhundla sakhe amasonto amathathu kuphela, ufunge ngoLwesibili ukuthi ngeke aliphinde iphutha likamanduleli wakhe ngokungasibizi isimo esiphuthumayo noma ngokusula.
Yize lo mbukiso kumele uqhubeke, intuthuko entsha yezepolitiki cishe izolimaza kakhulu isithunzi saseThailand maduze nje. “Nakanjani sizowuzwa umphumela wesimo sezepolitiki. Kodwa kuncane esingakwenza,” kusho u-Amornvivat. "Impendulo yethu ephumelela kakhulu ukuxhumana ngokushesha ngobuqiniso besimo. Isibonelo ukuchaza ukuthi udlame luqukethwe endaweni eyodwa, ukuthi isimo esiphuthumayo ekugcineni asihlanganise lutho nalokho amazwe aseNtshonalanga angase akucabange. Sisekela isitatimende sethu ngomkhankaso wevidiyo wobufakazi obonisa izithunywa ze-MICE e-Thailand zixoxa ngolwazi lwazo ezweni. Lesi siqeshana sisebenze izikhathi ezifinyelela kweziyisithupha ngosuku ku-CNBC Asia okungesinye seziteshi ezibukwa kakhulu kubahambi base-Asia.”
U-Amornvivat uphinde wathi inkinga yezombusazwe eyandulelayo isivele ibe nomthelela omubi embonini ye-Thailand MICE. “Imicimbi eqinisekisiwe isaqhubeka kodwa sibona abanye abahleli bezoyikhansela. Kubo, ekugcineni sikhulise ukwesekwa kwethu ngokwezimali ngokuphinda kabili izikhuthazo esizinikeza abahleli be-MICE. Futhi kusebenze kahle kakhulu! ” kusho umengameli weTCEB.
U-Amornvivat uzizwa, nokho, engazethembi kangako ngekusasa. "Impela kuzoba nzima ngathi ukukholisa abahleli be-MICE ukuthi beze ezweni lethu njengoba sihlangabezane nochungechunge lwezigameko ezingezinhle kule minyaka emibili edlule," uyavuma. “Uma ngingalindele izinguquko ezinkulu emicimbini ka-2009, ngisesaba ukuthi kuzofanele sisungule futhi seseke ukuze siqhudelane emicimbini emisha ehlelelwe u-2010/2011. Nokho ngiyazethemba ukuthi sizophumelela,” kusho u-Amornvivat.
Ngo-2009, i-TCEB ilindele ukuthi i-Thailand MICE izoheha izithunywa ezingu-540,000 uma kuqhathaniswa nezingu-400,000 zango-2008.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) as well as show organizer TTG Asia Media immediately issued a statement emphasizing that current political turmoil in Thailand did not affect in any ways the event itself or business for the delegates who came from 40 countries.
- “It will certainly be harder for us to convince MICE organisers to come to our country as we have experienced a string of negative events over the last two years,” he admits.
- “If I do not expect major changes for 2009 events, I still fear that we will have to be even more innovative and supportive to compete for new events planned in 2010/2011.
