I-Tourism and Travel Agents Association ihlela ukubeka intengo yamathikithi endiza namaphakheji eholide ngamashekeli kunokuba ngamadola ase-US, ngenxa yokungaqini kahle kwe-greenback. Ushintsho ludinga imvume kahulumeni.
Kube nokwesekwa okwanele eKnesset ukuze kuphasiswe lolu hlelo, kusho usihlalo kasoseshini uKobi Karni ngoMsombuluko e-Eilat.
“Eminyakeni edlule ukuntengantenga kwemali yaseMelika kudale umonakalo omkhulu kwezezimali kubasebenzeli bezokuvakasha ngakho-ke ngeke sisakwazi ukuthembela kukho,” esho. “Sesiside isikhathi sicubungula lesi sinyathelo futhi njengoba imali yakwa-Israel isiqinile futhi ingahlinzeka ngokuvikeleka kwezimali kwabasebenza kwezokuvakasha, sekuyisikhathi sokuvumela ishekeli esikhundleni sedola laseMelika.”
Izinkampani zezindiza kulindeleke ukuthi ziphikise lolu hlelo, njengoba izindleko zazo zibiza ngamadola.
Khonamanjalo, ubuholi beTourism and Travel Agents Association buzwakalise ukucasuka ngesinqumo seLufthansa kanye neSwiss International Air Lines enyangeni edlule sokuqeda izindleko zekhomishana yabenzeli bokuvakasha abangamaphesenti ayisi-7 ezindleko zethikithi kusukela ngoSepthemba, futhi basabisa ngokufaka unswinyo.
"Lo mzamo ononya wabathengi bakwamanye amazwe wokubeka inqubomgomo engamukeleki kuwubuwula futhi obungakaze bubonwe," kusho isikhulu senhlangano sitshela i-Army Radio.
UKarni, ekhuluma engqungqutheleni eyayise-Eilat, uthe abezokuvakasha emhlanganweni bazogqoka izikibha ezinala magama: “Ngeke sivumele amaJalimane namaSwitzerland ukuthi asitshele imithetho yomdlalo lapha.”
"Lesi sinqumo singase sidale ukuxoshwa kwamakhulu nezinkulungwane zabasebenzi embonini kanye nokulahlekelwa ngonyaka ka-$70 million kuya ku-$100m.," kusho imenenja jikelele ye-Ophir Tours u-Yehuda Zafrani. “Sithengisa u-95% wamathikithi endiza ezinkampani futhi sisebenza njengabamele izinkampani, pho kungani kufanele sikubekezelele lokhu kwelashwa?”
Uthe ama-ejenti amakhulu azohlupheka kancane ngohlelo lokuhoxiswa kwemali yekhomishini, “kodwa umshikashika lapha ngowekusasa layo yonke imboni. Lolu hlobo lokunyakaza ludinga uhlelo lwesikhathi eside nolwezwe lonke, njengoba kwenziwa eYurophu. Ngaphandle kwesizathu, iBritish Airways, abaphathi bayo abawucabangele lo mbono, bagcine bewushintshile umqondo,” kusho uZafrani.
UTali Teperberg, ongumnikazi we-Jerusalem's Snir Travel Agency, utshele iThe Jerusalem Post ukuthi ukukhansela imali yekhomishini "kuzocekela phansi" ama-travel agents.
“Izinkampani zezindiza zixhaphaza thina namakhasimende,” kusho yena. “Kulezi zinsuku, cishe ingxenye yezindleko zethikithi izintela zezindiza, ezinciphisa ikhomishini yethu.”
Uma izindiza eziningi ziqeda amakhomishana, uTeperberg uthe, abasebenzeli bezokuvakasha kuzofanele bavale noma benze ngokukhethekile izimakethe ze-niche.
"Ekugcineni, amakhasimende kanye nama-ejenti bazolimala ngenxa yalesi sinyathelo," kusho yena.
I-Lufthansa kanye ne-Swiss International Air Lines bakhiphe isitatimende esasithi: “Siyasiqonda isivunguvungu semizwa sabasebenzi bezokuvakasha ngenxa yezinguquko ezizayo emakethe yezindiza. Kubalulekile ukusho ukuthi noma izindleko zekhomishini eyisisekelo zingeke zikhokhwe kuma-ejenti, kusukela ngo-September 2008, ama-ejenti asazoklonyeliswa ngokuthengiswa ngokuhambisana nezindawo kanye nohlobo lwamathikithi endiza athengisiwe. Ukuthuthela kumodeli yemali yekhomishini engamaphesenti anguziro manje [kuyinsakavukela] kuzo zonke izimakethe ezinkulu, okuhlanganisa iYurophu ne-US. Imiphumela ikhombisa ukuthi ama-ejenti ahlomula kakhulu uma kungadingeki athembele kumakhomishini ezinkampani zezindiza, kodwa akhokhise amakhasimende azo imali yesevisi.”
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