Ucingo lukaMayday lukaHM22, ukaputeni we-Air Seychelles, luholele ekutheni iSaudi Arabia ivule imingcele yayo kubavakashi abangu-128 bakwa-Israel ukuze bahlale ubusuku obungahleliwe eJeddah. Lokhu kungase kube isikhuthazo kungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha ohlonishwayo futhi onobuchule eSaudi Arabia, U-Ahmed bin Aqil al-Khateeb, ukusekela elinye ithuba “elingaphandle kwebhokisi” lemboni yezokuvakasha evula ngokushesha yezwe lakhe.
Umbuso waseSaudi Arabia ubonakala njengomholi ongenambangi ezimbonini zezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele. Lokhu akubangelwa nje kuphela ukuthi kuye kwamenyezelwa iphrojekthi enkulu ngemva kwenye, kodwa nangenxa yokusebenza kahle nesivinini uMbuso ovule ngaso imingcele yawo ezivakashini zamazwe ngamazwe.
ISaudi Arabia ibilokhu iyisivakashi semicimbi ebalulekile futhi ebabazekayo yokuvakasha yamazwe ngamazwe nezokuvakasha, njenge WTTC Summit ngonyaka odlule, futhi ezayo Usuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha lweNhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba (UNWTO) ngoSepthemba 27.
U-Israel uyilungu le- UNWTO, njengeSaudi Arabia. Womabili la mazwe akakaqali ubudlelwano bezokusebenzelana, futhi ezokuvakasha azivunyelwe phakathi kwezakhamizi zamazwe wodwa.
I-United Arab Emirates engumakhelwane yavula imingcele yayo kwa-Israel, futhi ukuhwebelana kwezokuvakasha phakathi kwala mazwe womabili kwephule irekhodi elilodwa emva kwelinye.
I-Indian Ocean paradise, iRiphabhulikhi yaseSeychelles, kungenzeka manje isidlale indima eshintsha umdlalo ekuthuthukiseni ubudlelwano phakathi kweSaudi Arabia noMbuso wakwa-Israel.
Lokhu akubangelwa ukuncishiswa, kodwa kungenxa yokufika okuphuthumayo okungalindelekile eJeddah kwendiza engami isuka eMahe iya eTel Aviv ngo. I-Air Seychelles, umthwali kazwelonke waseSeychelles.
I-Air Seychelles indiza emoyeni wesiCreole.
Lo moya we-creole waqhuba owayenguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha e-Seychelles u-Alain St. Ange, manje oseyiPhini Likamongameli WezoBudlelwane Bakahulumeni World Tourism Network.
Utshele eTurboNews ngenkathi esesikhundleni, ukuthi iSeychelles inabangane kuphela, futhi ayinazo izitha, yamukela izivakashi ogwini lwayo kusuka noma yikuphi emhlabeni ngaphandle kwama-visa.
Isivumelwano sokujwayelekile se-Israel-Saudi sisasebenza, kepha izakhamizi zakwa-Israel eziyi-128 zifike eJeddah ngoMsombuluko ngenxa yephutha likagesi endizeni ye-Air Seychelles eya eTel Aviv.
Ngokusho kwe-Air Seychelles, cishe amahora angu-4 kuya kwangu-5 endizeni, kwenzeka inkinga kagesi, futhi ukaputeni wamemezela isimo esiphuthumayo wabe esephambukisela eJeddah, eSaudi Arabia, okwakuyisikhumulo sezindiza esiseduze.
Iziphathimandla kwa-Israel naseSaudi Arabia zaziswe ngalesi simo futhi zagcinwa zixhumana njalo. AbakwaSaudis bagunyaze ukuthi abagibeli bavunyelwe ukwehla endizeni, futhi bonke abagibeli nabasebenzi bathola indawo yokuhlala futhi bamukelwa ngomoya wokungenisa izihambi waseSaudi ehhotela lesikhumulo sezindiza eJeddah ngobusuku obubodwa.
Ekuseni ngoLwesibili, kwathunyelwa enye indiza ye-Air Seychelles, abagibeli nabasebenzi bandiza besuka eJeddah baya eTel Aviv, bafika cishe ngo-1:30 ntambama ngesikhathi sase-Tel Aviv.
Inkampani yezindiza ithe indiza eyonakele izohlala phansi e-Jeddah kuze kube yilapho sekufakwe izingxenye ezishintshayo.
Isikhulu esiphezulu se-Air Seychelles, uSandy Benoiton, uthe: “Ukuphepha nokuvikeleka kwabagibeli bethu kanye nabasebenzi bethu kuhlale kuyizinto eziza kuqala kithi. Abasebenzi balandela zonke izimiso futhi, ngenxa yokuqapha okukhulu, baphambukisa indiza eya eJeddah. Iziphathimandla zakwa-Israel nezaseSaudi zaziswe kuzo zonke izigaba. Abagibeli banikeze i-Air Seychelles udumo ngokuphatha kahle lesi simo futhi babonga abakwaSaudi ngendlela ababingelelwe ngayo ngemfudumalo.”
Ukwamukela kweSaudi Arabia abagibeli bakwa-Israel kwenze uNdunankulu wakwa-Israel uBenjamin Netanyahu wabonga iSaudi Arabia.
Uthe: "Ngisibonga kakhulu isimo sengqondo esifudumele seziphathimandla zaseSaudi kubagibeli bakwa-Israel indiza yabo ibicindezelekile," esho kuvidiyo eqoshwe ngesiHebheru enemibhalo engezansi yesi-Arabhu, ngesikhathi ekhomba ibalazwe lesifunda esingemva kwakhe. “Ngibazisa kakhulu umakhelwane omuhle.”
Isikhumulo sezindiza i-Jeddah International siqinisekise ukuthi isimo esiphuthumayo sesi-2 simenyezelwe nazo zonke izinto ezisetshenziswayo ukuze kuhlinzekwe usizo endizeni. Igumbi lokuphatha izimo eziphuthumayo esikhumulweni sezindiza lasebenza, futhi indiza yahlala ngokuphepha ngo-8:40 ebusuku ngesikhathi sendawo.
WTN U-VP Alain St. Ange ubeke amazwana ehhovisi lakhe e-Seychelles:
“Ngiyaziqhenya ngenkampani yethu yezindiza yezwe ngendlela esisingathe ngayo lesi simo esiphuthumayo. Ngiyethemba futhi ukuthi ivule iwindi lokubambisana kweSaudi-Israel kakhudlwana. Ezokuvakasha zibe nesandla ezimweni eziningi, futhi ngokusho kwethu WTN ilungu uLouis D'Amore, uMsunguli we-International Institute for Peace Through Tourism, ezokuvakasha ziwumgcini wokuthula emhlabeni.”
Alain St. Ange, IPhini likaMongameli World Tourism Network
NgoSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha, uLouis D'Amore uzophasa ubuholi be International Institute for Peace through Tourism emcimbini wokunikezela ngempahla eNew York ngesikhathi se-UN General Assembly.
Isimo sezwe eMpumalanga Ephakathi sishintsha ngokushesha. Izikhulu zikahulumeni eSaudi Arabia nase-Israel ziyaliqonda iqhaza lokuthula ngezokuvakasha, ngakho-ke isenzo somusa saseSaudi Arabia sokwamukela izakhamizi zakwa-Israel eziyi-128 eJeddah singaphezu kokufanekisa nje.
I-Air Seychelles, inkampani yezindiza kazwelonke yaseSeychelles, yasungulwa ngo-1978 futhi yaqala isevisi yohambo olude ngo-1983. Inkampani yezindiza inikeza izindiza zamazwe ngamazwe kanye nezasekhaya esikhumulweni sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe saseSeychelles ePointe Larue.
