I-Tanzania Airport Authority yethule intela yezokuphepha ebekwe kubagibeli abagibela izindiza ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezinkulu zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe ezinqamula imingcele yezindawo zaseTanzania, futhi cishe izothinta nezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ezibhukhelwe ukuvakashela le ndawo yase-Afrika.

Imali entsha izosetshenziselwa ukwenza ngcono ukuphepha kwesikhumulo sezindiza ngokufakwa kwemishini yobuchwepheshe obuphezulu kanye nezinsizakalo zokuphepha ezihlanganisa uthango lwamapherimitha kanye nemishini yokuskena yesimanje ukuze kuthuthukiswe izinga lokubona nokunciphisa ukusesha okuqondile komzimba kubahambi.

Okulindeleke ukuthi iqale ukusebenza ngo-Okthoba 1 walo nyaka, le mali yezokuphepha izothinta abahambi bangaphandle nabasekhaya ababhukhelwe izindiza ezindizela ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweTanzania.

Umqondisi Jikelele weTanzania Airports Authority (TAA) uRichard Mayongela uthe abahambi bangaphandle abagibela izindiza ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezinkulu eTanzania bazokhokha u-US$5 kanti labo abagibela izindiza zasekhaya bazokhokha imali yokuphepha engu-US$2 phezu kwenani lamathikithi endiza.

Uthe le mali yezokuphepha izokhokhiswa kusukela ngo-Okthoba 1 walo nyaka futhi izothinta bonke abagibeli ababhukhelwe ukundiza bedlula ezikhumulweni zezindiza zaseTanzania, ikakhulukazi isikhumulo sezindiza iJulius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) eDar es Salaam esisingatha abagibeli abaningi abasuka kwamanye amazwe nabasekhaya.

“Sethule [i]ntela yezokuphepha okuhloswe ngayo ukuthuthukisa ingqalasizinda yezikhumulo zezindiza, nokusimamisa nokuqinisa … ukuphepha kwezikhumulo zethu zezindiza ukuze zizuze isikhundla samazwe omhlaba mayelana nokuphepha kanye nekhwalithi,” kusho uMayongela.

Izindiza ezinkulu zamazwe ngamazwe ezizothinteka kulokhu kumiswa kwentela entsha yi-KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Kenya Airways, South Africa Airways, Emirates, Qatar Air, Ethiopian Airlines, Swiss International, Fly Dubai, Rwanda Air, ne-Etihad.

Izinkampani zezindiza zasendaweni ezizozwa umphumela walezi zindleko ezintsha i-Precision Air, i-FastJet, i-Air Tanzania, i-Coastal Aviation, ne-Auric Air, zonke ezisebenza ngezindiza ezivamile ngaphakathi eTanzania futhi ngokwengxenye eMpumalanga Afrika.

Intela yokuhamba yamanje yezindiza zasekhaya ingu-US$5.70 kuyilapho intela yokusuka kwamanye amazwe ingu-$49 umgibeli ngamunye ogibela indiza.

Izinkampani zezindiza ezisebenza eTanzania zinovalo lokuthi intela entsha izokwenza ezokuthutha ngendiza kulesi sizwe sase-Afrika zibize ngokwanele ukwethusa abahambi abafuna ukubhukha izindiza zasendaweni nezamazwe ngamazwe.

Isikhulu seKLM Royal Dutch Airlines eDar es Salaam, uMnu Alexander Van de Wint, siphakamise ukuthi uhulumeni waseTanzania abeke intela yonogada ezoqalwa ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo, njengoba iningi lamathikithi e-KLM asedayiswe kusenesikhathi abagibeli abahlukene abahamba kuze kube sekupheleni kwalo nyaka.

I-KLM ukuphela kwenkampani yezindiza ebhalisiwe yaseYurophu exhuma iTanzania namadolobha aseNyakatho Melika. Iningi lezihlalo ze-KLM zibhukwe izivakashi ezivela e-United States naseYurophu. Inkampani yezindiza isebenza ngezindiza zansuku zonke phakathi kwe-Amsterdam eNetherlands kanye neKilimanjaro neDar es Salaam eTanzania.

Izikhulu zezindiza ezihamba phambili eDar es Salaam zizwakalise ukwesaba kwazo, zathi intela yezokuphepha esanda kubekwa izokwenza ezokuthutha ngezindiza eTanzania zibize kakhulu, bephawula ukuthi izintela nezindleko eziningi okwamanje zikhokhiswa abagibeli abasebenzisa izikhumulo zezindiza zaseTanzania.

Ezokuvakasha kuzoba umkhakha othinteke kakhulu ngezimali ezishaywe zokuphepha. Isikhulu esiphezulu seTanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO), uMnu. Sirili Akko, uthe imali esanda kwethulwa yokuphepha ingase yethuse izivakashi ezihlela ukuvakashela eTanzania.

“Lesi sinyathelo asamukelekile, ngoba sisebenza ngokumelene nenhloso kahulumeni waseTanzania yokwandisa ukugcwala kwezivakashi futhi kuzoba nomthelela omkhulu ezindlekweni zamathikithi futhi ekugcineni nasemaphaketheni e-safari,” kusho u-Akko.

U-Akko wanezela ukuthi isicelo samanje esivela ekuhlosweni komkhakha wangasese siwukunciphisa izintela nezintela, uma zingaqedi ngokuphelele.

Kube nezimali ezikhokhwayo, izintela, kanye nezintela ezinsizeni zamaphakeji ezokuvakasha inhlangano ebiphakamise ukukhathazeka kwayo okujulile.

I-TATO yinhlangano eyisambulela ebhaliswe nabaqhubi bezokuvakasha abangaphezu kuka-400 nabanye ababambiqhaza bebhizinisi lezivakashi. Le nhlangano manje isihola ekumaketheni i-Destination Tanzania emhlabeni jikelele.

Ezokuvakasha ziwumkhakha ohamba phambili eTanzania ohola imali yangaphandle kanye nomkhakha wezomnotho obalulekile, kodwa uhulumeni wamanje ubebheke izimboni njengezihamba phambili emkhakheni wezomnotho.