CHENNAI - K Palaniappan, usozimboni, kwadingeka ukuthi avale ukubambisana kwebhizinisi ngenkathi kuqubuka udlame eSri Lanka engxenyeni yokugcina yama-70s. Wayengakaze abe nethuba lokuvakashela izwe eliyisiqhingi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Kulo Agasti, wabamba ithuba lokuqala abenalo lokuvakashela izwe nokuhambela izindawo zezivakashi ezazidumile kudala ngaphambi kwempi.
Ukuhamba kwezivakashi eziya ngemva kwempi e-Lanka kukhuphuke kakhulu, okuholwa amaNdiya alinde ngabomvu ukuvakashela i-Paradise Isle' engumakhelwane. Inani labahambi abavela eningizimu ye-India, okuhlanganisa abasuka e-Chennai, e-Tiruchi, e-Bangalore nase-Hyderabad, lenyuke ngo-25% laya ku-30% ngoJuni nangoJulayi 2009 uma kuqhathaniswa neminyaka edlule, kulandela umkhankaso wokuphromotha e-India naphesheya kwebhodi lezokuvakasha laseSri Lankan ukuheha abavakashi bezokungcebeleka nabamabhizinisi.
Ngokwezibalo ze-Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (STDA), inani labavakashi abafika ezweni seliphindeke kabili kusukela ngo-Ephreli nangoMeyi 2009 ngesikhathi impi isisezingeni eliphezulu. Abavakashi abafika esizweni sesiqhingi bafinyelele ku-42,200 ngoJulayi 2009 uma kuqhathaniswa nabangu-24,800 abavakashe ngoMeyi kanye nabavakashi abangu-30,200 abafika ngoJuni.
Ngisho nangesikhathi sempi, izindiza ezisuka e-Chennai zazigcwele, kodwa iningi lezihlalo ezingu-600-plus ezitholakala nsuku zonke zazihlala abadayisi kanye nama-kuruvis (izithunywa) 'ababuya notshwala obungenamsebenzi. Akusenjalo.
“Njengoba impi isiphelile abavakashi sebengakwazi ukuvakashela izindawo ezahlukene ngaphandle kwaseColombo. Sivakashele eKandy, ukuyobona ithempeli laseMurugan elidumile,” kusho uPalaniappan, umnikazi wePrecision Scientific Company, uChennai, ohambe neqembu labangane bakhe beLion's Club ukuyogubha uSuku Lwenkululeko lapho.
Iphrofayili yomhambi inwetshiwe ukuze ifake abahambi bezokungcebeleka, abahambi bezinkampani, nabantu abahamba ngezinxephezelo ezihlinzekwa yizinkampani zabo noma abathengisi. "Ngisho nemicimbi yokuzijabulisa yangasese ehlelwa yizinkampani zaseNdiya ibanjelwe eSri Lanka," kusho umphathi weSri Lankan Airlines kwaTN naseKarnataka, uSharuka Wickrama. Kukhona nentshisekelo esabalele evela kokuzijabulisa kanye nemibuthano yezinkampani ukubamba imicimbi eSri Lanka.
Ikhuthazwe intshisekelo evuselelwe, i-Hi Tours ixhumene ne-Sri Lankan Airlines ukunikeza iphakethe elikhethekile lika-Rs 9,999 umuntu ngamunye ngesisekelo sokwabelana ngamawele ubusuku obuthathu nezinsuku ezine e-Colombo ngezindiza eziya phambili nezibuyayo nge-Sri Lankan Airlines kusukela e-Chennai kuze kube ngu-Okthoba. . "Iphakeji lihlanganisa ukudla kwasekuseni, idolobha kanye nohambo lokuthenga, ukufika nokuhamba kanye nokuhlala emahhotela ezinkanyezi ezintathu e-Colombo," kusho iphini likamongameli we-Hi Tours uMK Ajith Kumar.
Ngisho neSri Lankan Tourism inikela ngama-Rs 21,000 ngomuntu ngamunye okuhlanganisa nokuhamba nendawo yokuhlala. "Sibe ne-Meet embukisweni wemigwaqo yaseSri Lanka eMumbai, Bangalore naseDelhi ukuze sihehe abahambi abaningi," kusho uSharuka.
Ngokuka-Ajith Kumar, “Lesi isikhathi esingcono kakhulu sokuthi amaNdiya asivakashele. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ezokuvakasha ezivela emazweni asentshonalanga zizokhula. Uma amahhotela nezindawo zokungcebeleka zigcwala izivakashi zasentshonalanga, izindawo zaseSri Lankan zizobiza.”
