I-BANGKOK, Thailand (eTN) – “Izwe Elimamathekayo” kube isiqubulo esihlobene ngokusemthethweni noma ngokungekho emthethweni ne-Thailand iminyaka engu-30 ukuchaza izwe. Ukumamatheka okukhangayo okubamba abantu base-Thai lapho behlangana nomuntu wangaphandle kuguqulwe ngobuhlakani kwaba uphawu lwezwe yi-Tourism Authority yase-Thailand esikhathini esedlule. Naphezu kokuthathelwa indawo isiqubulo esithi “Amazing Thailand,” i-TAT yaqhubeka nokuhlobisa izincwajana zayo namaphosta ngobuso obumomothekayo obunesitayela bukaBuddha kwaze kwaba yiminyaka eyishumi edlule.
Isiqubulo singase sibukeke sisidala kancane namuhla, esikhathini lapho ezokuvakasha ziya ngokuya zishintsha ezindaweni eziningi zibe ubuciko bebhizinisi. Abahambi abaxoxa kuwebhu kumabhulogi ahlukahlukene namawebhusayithi okuvakasha kubonakala sengathi, empeleni, bayazi ukuthi ukumamatheka okudumile kwase-Thai kwesinye isikhathi kungase kungabi okwangempela njengoba kubonakala, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni zentengiso ezifana ne-Phuket, i-Pattaya, noma i-Bangkok. Kuvame ukushiwo ukuthi kunezihumusho ezingaphezu kuka-40 zokumomotheka kwesiThai. Yebo, kusengasho ukuthi abantu bajabule ngokuthile. Kodwa kungabuye kuhunyushwe njengophawu lokudideka, ukuphoxeka, ngisho nentukuthelo! Ukumamatheka ngempela kuyithuluzi lokugwema ukulahlekelwa ubuso phambi kwabanye.
Naphezu kwencazelo engqubuzanayo yokumamatheka kwaseThailand, lokhu kusenza isiteleka phakathi kochwepheshe bezokuvakasha baseThailand lapho bebheka iziqubulo ezihehayo. Ingabe luwuphawu lokuntula ubuhlakani bokusebenzisa kabusha iziqubulo ezisetshenziswe ngokweqile? Lokhu kungase kube incazelo. Kodwa eminyakeni emithathu kuya kwemine edlule, izinkampani eziningi ziye zabuyisela igama elithi “mamatheka” emsebenzini, ngisho nangesikhathi esibi kakhulu sokusebenzisa leli gama. Isibonelo esingcono kakhulu esomnyango wezokuvakasha we-Bangkok Metropolitan Administration owasungula “i-Bangkok City of Smile” ekuqaleni kuka-2009. Isiqubulo sokudala salandela ukushaqwa nokuvinjwa kwezikhumulo zezindiza zase-Bangkok ngoDisemba 2008, okwaletha ukumamatheka okukhulu ebusweni babagibeli ababengakwazi ngaleso sikhathi. ukundizela ekhaya ngalezo zinsuku eziyishumi.
Uma kukhulunywa ngezikhumulo zezindiza, kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi isikhathi esingangonyaka manje, Isikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe SaseBangkok Suvarnabhumi sinesiqubulo esithi “Isikhumulo Sezindiza Esimamathekayo.” Yethulwa ngo-Okthoba nyakenye, yalandelwa yizifundo zokuqeqesha abasebenzi ezibakhumbuza ukuthi bahlinzekele abagibeli ngokumamatheka. Kodwa-ke, akubonakali sengathi umlayezo udlulele emakhabetheni abokufika lapho izikhulu ezithwele kanzima zingavamisile ukumamatheka kubavakashi abangena noma abaphuma embusweni.
Futhi manje lesi yisikhathi se-Thai Airways. Izisebenzi zendiza ezibukeka kahle ezimomothekayo nazo kade zaba yingxenye yesithombe sokukhangisa senkampani yenethiwekhi yezwe laseThailand. Futhi ukumamatheka kuzoba igama elisemthethweni lendiza entsha yesabelomali esizosuka maphakathi nonyaka ozayo. Ngemva kokubheka ukuqamba inkampani yezindiza ngokuthi “Thai Wings,” “Thai Smile Air” ekugcineni yakhethwa izisebenzi zenkampani yezindiza. Inkampani yezindiza izoqala ukusebenza ngama-Airbus 320 amane aqashiwe kanti umkhumbi wayo uzoba nezindiza eziyi-11 ekugcineni. Inkampani yenethiwekhi izoqale indizele iye ezindaweni ezifuywayo ezifana ne-Chiang Rai, Khon Kaen, Surat Thani, Ubon Ratchathani, ne-Udon Thani ngaphambi kokuthi inwebele ezindaweni eziyizifunda ngo-2013.
Okuwukuphela kwayo okungase kulahlekelwe ukumamatheka kwayo i-Tiger Airways, inkampani yenethiwekhi yase-Singapore eshibhile esibambisene ne-Thai Airways ukuze kusungulwe inkampani ephatha isabelomali ezohlinzeka ingxenye yemali yokugibela ephansi kunazo zonke emakethe. “Mancane amathuba manje okuthi le nkampani yezindiza ingase isuke ngelinye ilanga, njengoba i-Thai Airways ingenakwenzeka ukuba ibe nezinsiza zokusetha izinkampani ezimbili zezindiza ngesikhathi esisodwa,” kuchaza uchwepheshe waseThailand kwezokuthutha ngendiza. Kodwa leyo ngenye indaba yolunye usuku.
