Yize iSalalah Tourism Festival e-Oman iphothulwe ngokusemthethweni ngoMgqibelo, ngenxa yesimo sezulu esiqhubekayo, lo mkhosi awukapheli ngokuphelele. Kuneminye imisebenzi esaqhubeka kuze kube nguSepthemba 5. Kubandakanya ukugibela kwezingane, amatende ezitolo athandwayo, imidanso yesintu nezitolo zokudla.
ISalala yinhloko-dolobha yesifundazwe esiseningizimu ne-Oman's Dhofar. Kuyaziwa ngamasimu alo kabhanana, amabhishi oLwandle lwase-Arabia namanzi agcwele impilo yasolwandle. I-Khareef, imvula yaminyaka yonke, iguqula indawo eyihlane ibe yindawo eluhlaza, eluhlaza futhi idale izimpophoma zonyaka. IFrankincense Land Museum, eyingxenye ye-Al Balid Archaeological Site, ilandisa ngomlando wasolwandle kanye neqhaza ekuhwebeni ngezinongo.
ISalala ithola izivakashi ezingama-756,554 ngesikhathi se-khareef kulo nyaka. NgokweNational Center of Statistics and Information for Oman (NCSI), lokhu kukhula ngamaphesenti angama-29 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. ISalala nezindawo ezakhelene nayo zathola izivakashi ezingama-519,616 ngonyaka odlule phakathi nesizini.
Izivakashi eziningi zivame ukuhambela isifunda saseDhofar ngokujwayelekile neSalalah ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi se-khareef ukuzobona uhlaza olumnandi kanye namagquma agcwele inkungu nenkungu. Kulo nyaka, amaphesenti angama-72 ezivakashi kwakungu-Omanis, kuyilapho amaphesenti angu-9.6 ayevela e-UAE kuthi amaphesenti angu-9.4 abevela kwamanye amazwe e-GCC.
Ngokusho kukaMashali, izinkundla zomkhosi zihehe izivakashi ezingama-3.5mn phakathi nezinsuku ezingama-47 zomkhosi walo nyaka. Yize kwaqoshwa izivakashi ezingama-4mn ngonyaka odlule, lo mkhosi wagijima izinsuku ezingama-63 ngo-2017.
Abanikazi bamahhotela eShalah bathe banenhlanhla yokuba nalesi sibalo sezivakashi yize kuneNkanyamba iMekunu eyashayisa iDhofar ngaphambi kwesikhathi se-khareef. UCarlota Alvaro, umsizi womqondisi wezokuthengisa e-Orascom Hotels Management ephethe iJuiraira Boutique Hotel kanye neFanar Hotel kanye nezindawo zokuhlala eSalalah, uthe zombili lezi zakhiwo zabona phakathi kwabantu abangamaphesenti angama-90 kuya kwangama-95 phakathi nenkathi.
“Siyajabula ukuthi senze kahle kakhulu kulo nyaka uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule. Impumelelo kulo nyaka ibangelwe yisimo sezulu esihle. ISishingishane uMekunu sidale izimvula eziningi ezaholela ezimpophomeni eziningi nasezindaweni eziluhlaza kuyo yonke iDhofar, ”kusho yena.
"Yize iSalalah Tourism Festival isiphelile, silindele izivakashi eziningi kuze kube nguSepthemba ngoba isimo sezulu sisamnandi," kusho uCarlota.
U-Anurag Mathur, umsizi wemenenja jikelele - iShanfari group yamahhotela aphethe iHaffa House Salalah neSamharam Tourist Village eDhofar, uthe, “Yize iMekunu eholele ekutheni ezinye izivakashi ezivela emazweni angomakhelwane njengeSaudi Arabia zikhansele ukubhuka kwazo, sikwazile ukuthola izivakashi eziningi kusuka ngaphakathi e-Oman. Sekukonke, ibhizinisi belilihle futhi lingcono kunangesizini edlule. Sijabule ngokwamukela izivakashi eziningi ezindaweni zethu kanti kulo nyaka ubungcono kakhulu kunangonyaka odlule, ”kusho yena.
