Abavakashi bayiswe ezitolo zezikhumbuzo ezindaweni zezimboni ezingemuva komgwaqo batshelwa ukuthi amanani ngamadola aseMelika.
Abaqondisi bakhokhisa izivakashi amakhulukhulu amadola ukuze zishiye ukuvakasha kwazo ukuze zivakashele isihlobo noma umngane amahora ambalwa.
Abaqondisi bokuvakasha abalala ezindaweni zokungena emahhotela ukuze bavimbe amalungu eqembu labo ukuthi akwazi ukuphuma avakashele izitolo zasendaweni ukuze aqhathanise amanani.
Lezi wuhlobo lwezindaba ezishaqisayo ongazihlanganisa nokuvakashela izwe Lomhlaba Wesithathu.
Kepha abasebenza ngezokuvakasha bakwaKiwi bathi bangamava abanye abavakashi baseChina ababa nawo eNew Zealand.
Bangaphezu kuka-117,000 abantu baseShayina abavakashele izwe lethu onyakeni kuya kuSepthemba 2008.
Kusukela ngo-2000 amanani akhule ngesilinganiso samaphesenti angama-22 ngonyaka.
Kulo nyaka iChina yadlula iJapan njengemakethe yesine ngobukhulu eNew Zealand ngezinombolo. Ngo-2014 kubikezelwa ukuthi kuzolingana izinombolo eziphuma e-United States, imakethe yesithathu ngobukhulu eNew Zealand.
Nokho izinkinga ezihambisana nokuyisa abantu baseShayina eNew Zealand, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi banesikhathi esihle lapha nokwenza kube wusizo emabhizinisini ezokuvakasha aseNew Zealand zibukeka ziziningi.
Ucwaningo lweTourism New Zealand lukhombisa izivakashi zaseShayina zinamazinga okwaneliseka aphansi kunabo bonke abavakashela leli zwe.
Iningi lihlanganisa i-New Zealand nohambo oluya e-Australia futhi lichitha izinsuku ezintathu nje lapha uma liqhathaniswa nesilinganiso sokuhlala kwezinsuku ezingu-20. Futhi yize isibalo samaShayina abeza eNew Zealand ngamaholidi senyuke ngokushesha, ukusetshenziswa kwabo kwehle.
Ngo-2004 izivakashi ezivela e-China zachitha amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-353 eNew Zealand kodwa ngonyaka kuya kuJuni 2008 lehla laya ku-$261 million, okungaphansi kakhulu kwezigidi ezingama-$426 ezisetshenziswe izivakashi zaseJapane.
Ongoti bemboni yezokuvakasha bathi ukwehliswa kwemisebenzi kuwumphumela wokumbalwa kwamaShayina abeza lapha ngenhloso yokufundisa.
Kodwa abahlinzeki bathi abaziboni izinzuzo zezezimali noma izinombolo ezikhuphukayo ngenxa yokuthi izivakashi zaseShayina zifakwa ohambweni lokuthenga olusezingeni eliphezulu futhi zibonakala zigxile emananini kunokuhlangenwe nakho.
IGraeme West, imenenja yezokuthengisa nokumaketha ye-Discover Waitomo, ingxenye yeTourism Holdings, ithi i-Waitomo Caves ibanjwe impi yamanani phakathi kwabavakashi beqembu baseShayina.
"Othile wayishiya phansi ukuze konge isikhathi nemali futhi uma omunye osebenza naye eyikhiphile kwadingeka ukuthi abanye bayilandele ukuze bahlale bencintisana."
U-West uye e-Shanghai muva nje ukuyothamela umbukiso wezohwebo we-Tourism New Zealand's Asia Kiwilink futhi uthole okwengeziwe mayelana nemakethe yaseShayina ngokuqondile kubathengi bezokuvakasha base-China.
Watshelwa ukuthi i-Waitomo ibiza kakhulu futhi ikude kakhulu nendlela yokuvakasha.
“Besazi ukuthi kuyenzeka kodwa kwasivula amehlo ukukhuluma nabo ngqo.”
ITourism Holdings izothatha isinqumo ngenyanga ezayo ukuthi izoqhubeka yini nokuphishekela imakethe yaseChina.
“Ngeke sibe lapho yonke indawo – kufanele sibheke lapho sicabanga ukuthi singathola khona inqwaba yemali yethu. Imakethe ikhona. Kepha sifuna isivuno esinikezwa yimakethe?"
U-Rob Finlayson, umphathi wezokuthengisa e-North Island we-Ngai Tahu Tourism, unakekela i-Rainbow Springs yase-Rotorua, i-Kiwi Encounter kanye ne-Hukafall Jet. Uthi umuzwa ojwayelekile. "Ezikwenzayo yi-Agridome neTe Puia."
Uthi noma ehlisa amanani entengo yakhe ngesigamu kodwa ngeke bahehe izivakashi zaseChina ngoba “ekupheleni kosuku kumele bafake izindawo ezimbili ezikhokhelwayo kuphela”.
“Ungathengisa isihlalo noma umbhede kanye kuphela. Uma igcwaliswa ngumuntu okhokha isivuno esincane, kuba nzima ukwenza inzuzo. Kuyihlazo, kodwa konke kuncike emananini.”
Umphathi kazwelonke wezokuthengisa i-Four-star Rydges Hotel u-Glenn Phipps uthi naphezu kokukhula kwezivakashi ezivela e-China akazange abe nokukhula kwezinga eminyakeni emine noma emihlanu. “Kungenzeka ukuthi sibe nokukhula okukhulu kwamaShayina aphuma lapha.
"Kodwa ngiyakuqinisekisa ukuthi imali yethu kanye nokukhula akukakakhuli ngokuhambisana nezindleko zokuqhuba ihhotela."
ITourism New Zealand ithi iyazazi izinkinga futhi isebenza kanzima ukuzixazulula.
NgoNovemba odlule yathatha izintambo zokuqapha abaqhubi bezokuvakasha abangena ngaphakathi abasingatha amaqembu okuvakasha aseShayina, futhi ngo-April yethula umkhankaso wayo wokuqala wokukhangisa oqondiswe kubathengi e-Shanghai ukukhuthaza abahambi abacebile abacebile ukuthi beze eNew Zealand.
Muva nje liphinde lasiza amabhizinisi ezokuvakasha aseNew Zealand angaba ngu-40 ukuthi aye eShanghai, lapho ahlangane khona nabathengi base-Asia ababasiza ukuba bazi imakethe yaseShayina.
Imenenja jikelele yezokusebenza kwamazwe ngamazwe eTourism New Zealand, uTim Hunter, uthi kube nezinselelo eziningi ekuzameni ukuthi amabhizinisi aseNew Zealand azimakethe eChina.
“Abanye abakwazi ukubhekana nemakethe enkulu, abanye bathi kunengozi enkulu yebhizinisi nokuncintisana noma bathi ezinye izihambeli zabo ngeke zisebenzisane nezivakashi zabo zase-Asia.”
Uthi iKiwilink yakhelwe ukuletha ukusebenzelana okungcono nokuthuthukisa ubudlelwano. "Awukwazi ukwenza wonke amabhizinisi nge-inthanethi."
Ukholelwa futhi ukuthi imithetho eqinile yabavakashi abangenayo isize ukuthuthukisa izinhlelo zohambo lwezivakashi zaseChina nokwandisa isibalo samabhizinisi ahlomulayo kuzo.
Bonke opharetha manje kufanele baphumelele ukuhlolwa ko-opharetha okufanele nokufanele. Ukuvakasha kufanele kufinyelele ezintweni ezimbili ezikhangayo ezikhokhelwe futhi akumele kuchithe ngaphezu kwamahora angu-1 1/2 ekuthengeni okugadiwe ngosuku.
Izidingo eziyisisekelo zendawo okungenani zehhotela lezinkanyezi ezintathu ezisezingeni eliphezulu kanye namazinga ezokuthutha kumele zifike ngo-December 1.
Abasebenzisi kufanele futhi bamemezele ukuthi bakhokhelwa malini ngabaqhubi bezokuvakasha abangena ngaphakathi e-China.
U-Hunter uthi iTourism New Zealand manje isihlinzeka ngenombolo engu-0800 ezivakashini ngesi-Mandarin futhi yenza nohlelo lokuthenga oluyindida.
Ukuqiniswa sekuholele ekutheni abanye o-opharetha bafakwe esivivinyweni noma bamiswe. Abasebenzi ababili bafaka isicelo selayisensi kodwa abakaze bafike esigabeni sokugunyazwa.
Manje sekunabasebenzi abacishe babe ngama-20 abagunyaziwe eNew Zealand. Kodwa izinkinga zisekhona.
U-Hunter uthi udaba olulodwa ngama-opharetha abagunyaziwe abathengisa ukusetshenziswa kwegama labo komunye u-opharetha ongenalo igunya, ukuze izicelo zama-visa zigunyazwe.
“Lokho kwande kakhulu eNew Zealand. Kodwa manje sesinesistimu maningi kakhulu amathuba okuthi siyithathe.”
Enye inkinga enkulu ukuthi nakuba abaqhubi bengase bahlele uhambo, empeleni abalulandeli noma bahlale emahhotela abawashilo.
U-Hunter uthi izinkinga ziyafana nalokho okwenzeka ngesikhathi imakethe yaseKorea isanda kungena eNew Zealand.
"Kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi abantu baseKorea sebenolwazi oluthe xaxa - bavele bayeka ukuthenga futhi bashiya opharetha bengenamali."
Lokho kwenze abaqhubi base-Australia benyusa izindleko zabo zokuvakasha ngamaphesenti angama-50 kuye kwayi-100 ngonyaka owedlule futhi abasebenza eNew Zealand bashesha ukulandela.
Ngonyaka odlule i-KTOC, i-Korean Tour Operators Council of New Zealand, yaphenywa yiKhomishini Yezentengiselwano mayelana nokulungiswa kwamanani kodwa yanikezwa i-rap kuphela emaqaqeni.
UHunter uthi abazange baphonselwe inselelo ngokusemthethweni ngoba abathengi baseNew Zealand abazange bathinteke.
Kepha ukukhuphuka kwentengo kubone ukwehla ngamaphesenti angama-20 kuye kwangama-30 enanini lezivakashi zaseKorea eziza lapha. “Kulimele impela izinga lemakethe kodwa bekufanele kwenzeke,” usho kanje.
UHunter uthi iNew Zealand nayo ibheke ukwethula umthetho wayo ukuze iqinise imithetho ephathelene nabasebenzi baseChina nabaseNew Zealand. Lokho kungasho ilungelo lokumisa ama-visa ukuthi anikezwe izinkampani zaseChina.
“Isimo esibucayi lesi kodwa sicabanga ukuthi siyadingeka ngoba izinkinga eziningi zivela kubasebenzi baseChina abangenandaba nokuthi amaShayina anasiphi isipiliyoni eNew Zealand.”
INew Zealand nayo isebenzela ukuthuthukisa isimo salabo abafaka izicelo zama-visa okuhamba azimele. Lezi ziqale ukutholakala ngoSepthemba eShanghai futhi zizotholakala naseBeijing ngenyanga ezayo.
Imenenja jikelele yeqembu lezindiza zamazwe ngamazwe i-Air New Zealand u-Ed Simms uthi abaqhubi bezokuvakasha baseNew Zealand kudingeka bacabangele iChina kanye nezinye izimakethe, ngenxa yezimo ezinzima zomnotho ezivele zithinta imboni.
“Imboni ayinangqondo uma becabanga ukuthi izisekelo zendabuko njenge-UK ne-US zizolulama ngokushesha. Uma ngibheka eChina ngicabanga ukuthi ukukhula kuzoshesha ukubuya.”
Uthi i-Australia isizofaka owayo umkhankaso eChina ngenxa yokwehla kwesibalo sabavakashi okubangelwe ukuzamazama komhlaba eSichuan kanye ne-Beijing Olympic Games.
"Kunengozi yangempela uma sithembela kuTourism New Zealand ngokwayo - njengamanje banemali yokumaketha elingana neNingizimu Australia."
U-Simms ukholelwa ukuthi o-opharetha banombono omfishane ekugxileni emvuzweni ephansi yamanje.
"Okwamanje amaphesenti angama-63 eza e-Australia, amaphesenti angama-27 asohambweni lwamaqembu kanti amaphesenti ayi-10 kuphela angabahambi abazimele ngokuphelele lapho besebenzisa imali ephezulu."
