(eTN) – I-ASEAN Travel Forum (ATF) umcimbi omkhulu wezokuvakasha waseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Ngaphandle kokuba umbukiso wezokuvakasha owamukela abathengisi abangaphezu kuka-450 kanye nabathengi abangaba ngu-600, ongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha kanye nama-NTO kaZwelonke avela emazweni ayi-10 angamalungu e-ASEAN ahlangana ndawonye ukuze adingide izinkinga futhi ngezinye izikhathi aze athole izixazululo.
Ushicilelo lwango-2008 lubonakala lwenze kangcono kunokuvamile ngokwempumelelo: I-ASEAN engenamngcele iqinisekiswa kusukela ngo-2010 ivumela izakhamuzi kodwa futhi izimpahla nezinsizakalo ukuthi zihambe ngokukhululeka emazweni ayi-10. Ukuthuthukiswa emingceleni, emigwaqweni emisha, ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha ngomkhumbi, inqubomgomo yesibhakabhaka evulekile yezindiza ze-ASEAN, izimpawu zomgwaqo ezivamile ze-ASEAN ezibonisa izindawo zokuvakasha, i-ASEAN Green Recognition Award yamahhotela, zonke lezi zici zibonisa ukuthi i-ASEAN ehlanganisiwe yezombangazwe nezomnotho ihamba kancane. ukuba ngokoqobo.
Kodwa-ke, umsebenzi onzima kakhulu ukubhekana nokushoda kwesithombe se-ASEAN. Ngesikhathi sohlelo lwangaphambilini lwe-ATF, amazwe angamalungu ahlala ekhala ngokungabibikho kokuqwashisa umphakathi ngesikhungo se-ASEAN. Futhi akusona isabelomali esisha esivotelwe imisebenzi yezokuvakasha ye-ASEAN ezoshintsha ngempela noma yini esikhathini esizayo esibonakalayo. Uma uDkt. Sasithara Pichaichannarong, unobhala unomphela eMnyangweni Wezokuvakasha Nezemidlalo wase-Thailand kanye noSihlalo we-ASEAN NTOs, echaza ukuthi wonke amazwe avumelana okokuqala ngqa ngenkokhelo elinganayo yomnikelo engu-US$7,500 izwe ngalinye noma isabelomali esiphelele sonyaka sama-US$75,000. “Sizosibuyekeza lesi sabelomali uma sibona isidingo,” kusho yena.
Ukuze uqonde ukuthi kuyinhlekisa kangakanani lokhu kuzibandakanya kwezezimali, ake sigcizelele ukuthi iCambodia, ngokwesibonelo, inesabelomali esivele singaphezu kwesigidi samadola ngonyaka. Ngale ntengo, izifiso ze-ASEAN zizokhawulelwa kumabhanela ambalwa kanye nencwajana enezilimi eziningi. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi i-ASEAN izophinde ithuthukiswe ngebhodi lezokuvakasha ngalinye. Futhi ezinye zazo, njengeMalaysia, Thailand noma Singapore, zivikela isabelomali esiphelele minyaka yonke. Kodwa-ke akunasiqiniseko sokuthi imali izosetshenziselwa ukukhangisa nomncintiswano. Uma uNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha ophumayo e-Thailand u-Suvit Yodmani ememezele ukuthi amazwe ase-ASEAN awaqhudelani, iningi lawo liphakamisa, nokho, imikhiqizo efana nekamakhelwane wayo–ulwandle kanye nolwandle/isiko langaphandle/ukuthenga/ukudla. Kunzima ke ukuthi ungalingeki udlale wedwa ezimakethe zomhlaba.
I-ASEAN yakhiwe yiBrunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore kanye neVietnam.
Vakashela Unyaka 1
“I-Visit Year Mekong” ehlelelwe u-2009 noma ngo-2010?
Ngokuhambisana nomhlangano wongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha be-ASEAN kanye ne-NTOs, omunye umhlangano phakathi kwamazwe ayisithupha e-Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) nawo ubuqhubeka eBangkok. Ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha kusasele emazweni ayisithupha nezifunda (iCambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand kanye nezifundazwe zaseShayina iGuangxi neYunnan, okuyithuluzi elingcono kakhulu lokuqeda ubumpofu, ngokusho kukaNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseThailand, uSuvit Yodmani. Amazwe e-GMS ahlose ukuphinda kabili inani lawo izivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe zifika zisuka ezigidini ezingama-24 ngo-2007 ziye ezigidini ezingu-52 ngo-2015. Izinqubomgomo zesibhakabhaka esivulekile ziyasebenza kusukela eminyakeni embalwa futhi bathole imiphumela emihle ngokudlondlobala kwezimoto ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezifana neHanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Luang Prabang (Laos), Udon I-Thani (Thailand), i-Phnom Penh kanye ne-Siem Reap. Ukuze kusetshenziswe imali ekhangayo ye-Subregion, uDkt. Sasithara Pichaichannarong, Unobhala Omkhulu ku-Ministry of Tourism and Sports yase-Thailand, umemezele ukwethula “I-GMS Yonyaka Wokuvakasha” ngo-2009. “Senza njalo anginayo imininingwane mayelana nendlela yokuyixhasa ngezimali kodwa ngizokwazi ukusho okwengeziwe ngoMashi ozayo,” kumemezela u-Photoichannarong.
Kodwa-ke, imibhalo yokumaketha yeHhovisi Lezokuvakasha laseMekong futhi egunyazwe yi-Asia Development Bank ikhuluma nge-Visit Year Mekong ngo-2010. Isabelomali sika-US$631,000 sesivele sihlelelwe u-2009 no-2010. “Ngicabanga ukuthi ukwethula uNyaka Wokuvakasha kudinga isikhathi, ngo- okungenani ngonyaka. Kubonakala kunzima kimi ukuthi “Unyaka Wokuvakashela i-Mekong” usungahle uhlelwe ngo-2009,” kusho uPeter Semone, umeluleki omkhulu weHhovisi Lezokuvakasha laseMekong.
USemone ugqamise uchungechunge lwezinhlelo ezinjengokuqokwa komphathi omusha wokumaketha, iwebhusayithi esebenzayo futhi ebonakalayo kanye nokuvuselelwa kweForamu yezokuvakasha i-Mekong, umcimbi wokuhweba wabatshalizimali kanye nama-NTO. Angikholwa ukuthi ikhona imali ezotholakala ngo-2009,” kwengeza uSemone.
Nokho, uDkt. Sasithara ufuna ukuya phambili. “Sidinga ngokushesha okukhulu kulo nyaka Wokuvakasha ukuze siqwashise i-GMS,” kusho yena. Uma ukuvumelana kungatholakali ngokushesha phakathi kwezinhlangothi zombili, ekugcineni kuba yimali ezoba nezwi lokugcina.
Vakashela Unyaka 2
Uthe "Vakashela Unyaka we-IMT-GT?"
Umhlangano we-ASEAN ugcwele izimanga. Engxoxweni nosihlalo we-ASEAN NTO uDkt. Sasithara Pichaichannarong, abezindaba bafunde ukuthi i-Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle- ngokuyisisekelo ehlanganisa i-Southern Thailand, iningi le-Peninsular Malaysia kanye nesiqhingi sase-Indonesia i-Sumatra- isingatha Unyaka Wokuvakashela ngo-2008. Umcimbi wethulwe ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari edolobheni eliseNingizimu yeThailand iHat Yai. Umbono omuhle njengoba lesi sifunda sinikezela ngemikhiqizo emihle kakhulu yokubuka indawo neyokuvakasha. Ngaphandle kokuthi akekho ozwile ngempela mayelana Nonyaka Wokuvakasha, mhlawumbe ngaphandle kwamazwe amathathu athintekayo. Ngokokukhululwa kwe-Asia Development Bank, ngemva kokuvulwa okukhulu kwe-“Visit Year”, imicimbi yokukhuthaza ezokuvakasha njengezemidlalo, imisebenzi yezenhlalo namasiko izobanjelwa emazweni amathathu phakathi nonyaka.
Esinye isithiyo esikhulu ukuntuleka kwezinto zokuhamba phakathi kwala mazwe womathathu. Isikhumulo sezindiza i-Hat Yai sixhumeke kuphela emazweni ngamazwe e-Singapore (kubi kakhulu: Isifunda Sedolobha asiyona eye-IMT-GT!!). IPenang inenhlanhla enkulu ngezindiza eziya e-Medan nase-Phuket… I-Medan ixhunywe e-Malaysia kuphela. Futhi kuthiwani ngoxhumano lwamazwe ngamazwe ezikhumulweni zezindiza zasePalembang noma ePadang eSouthern Sumatra noma eKota Bharu eMalaysia?
UDkt. Sasithara umemezele ukuthi ongqongqoshe bezokuthutha basebenzela ukuphinde basungule ukuxhumana phakathi kweMedan neThailand; nokuthi baphinde bafunde izindlela zokuzulisa izimali zokufika ezikhumulweni zezindiza zesifunda. Kuhle kodwa kuze kube yilapho kuthathwa isinqumo, Unyaka Wokuvakasha IMT-GT ungase uphele. Cishe kuyachaza ukuthi kungani uDkt. Sasithara esevele ememezele ukwelula umcimbi ngomunye unyaka.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Semone highlighted a series of initiatives such as the appointment of a new marketing manager, a more active and visible website as well as the revival of the Mekong Tourism Forum, a trade event for investors and NTOs.
- Improvements at borders, new roads, cruise tourism development, an open-sky policy for ASEAN airlines, a common ASEAN road signage indicating tourism attractions, an ASEAN Green Recognition Award for hotels, all these elements show that a political and economical integrated ASEAN is slowly becoming a reality.
- Sasithara Pichaichannarong, permanent secretary at Thailand's Ministry of Tourism and Sports and Chairperson for ASEAN NTOs, explained that all countries agree for the first time on an equal contribution fee of US$7,500 per country or a total annual budget of US$75,000.
