Naphezu kwezikhathi ezinzima ezweni lanamuhla lezezimali, ezokuvakasha zinikezwe ithemba enkolweni nasekuhambeni okusekelwe enkolweni. Le ngxenye yezokuvakasha iye yathuthukiswa kamuva nje e-Orlando, eFlorida ku-World Religious Travel Expo and Education Conference ehlelwe yi-World Religious Travel Association.
“Ezokuvakasha zokholo ziye zashintsha kwaze kwaba seqophelweni lapho umbuthano walolu hlobo udingeka khona ukuze imboni ikwazi ukusabela ezidingweni zabathengi banamuhla abagxile enkolweni,” kusho uKevin J. Wright, umongameli we-World Religious Travel Association (WRTA) inethiwekhi ehamba phambili yokubumba, yokucebisa kanye nokwandisa imboni yezokuvakasha yezenkolo emhlabeni wonke okubikwe ukuthi inezigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-18.
Ngokwe-United Nations World Tourism Organization, ama-pilgrim ayizigidi ezingu-300 kuya kwezingu-330 avakashela izindawo zenkolo ezibalulekile emhlabeni minyaka yonke. Iphinde yathi ngo-2005, izivakashi ezifika eMpumalanga Ephakathi zikhuphuke ngesivinini esikhulu kule minyaka engamashumi amahlanu edlule kunasemhlabeni wonke. Isilinganiso sokwanda konyaka eMpumalanga Ephakathi sasingamaphesenti ayishumi.
Nakuba kunezici ezimbalwa ezibangela lokhu kukhula, ukuvakasha kwezenkolo ngokungangabazeki kube nengxenye ebalulekile yokuthi iSaudi Arabia izigqaja ngezindawo ezimbili ezingcwele zamaSulumane kuyilapho i-Israel nePalestine ihlanganisa iZwe Elingcwele.
Imithandazo kungenzeka iye yaphendulwa eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Amabhizinisi adlondlobala futhi uhambo lokukholwa lwaba lusabalele. Kodwa kuthiwani ezikhathini zanamuhla - njengoba ukwanda kwezingxabano eMpumalanga Ephakathi kuhambisana nokushoda kwezikweletu okubonakala kukhungethe umhlaba wonke, ingabe abantu bazimisele ukuhamba ngenxa yokholo? Ingabe iMpumalanga Ephakathi iyohlala iyisizinda salolu hlobo lwezokuvakasha phakathi nokuwohloka komnotho okulimazayo? Ingabe iMpumalanga Ephakathi inikeza enye indlela eshibhile njengendawo yokuvakasha?
Kubonakala sengathi ukuphahlazeka kwemakethe kube yisibusiso ePalestine. Engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2008, ezokuvakasha ezingena ngaphakathi zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti ayi-120 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule, kwafinyelela esibalweni sabavakashi abayisigidi ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka.
UDkt KhouloudDaibes, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha kanye Nezinto Zasendulo ZasePalestine uthe i-Territory izuza kulo mkhuba womhlaba wonke neMpumalanga Ephakathi ikhula ngokushesha kunokukhula komhlaba. “Lokhu kuqhamuke nokuncipha kwezokuvakasha ngenxa yesimo samanje kanye nokubuya kwezivakashi ebezilinde ukuhamba kusukela ngo-2000. Isidingo sikhulu kakhulu,” kusho isikhulu sezokuvakasha esazalelwa eBetlehema nesihlala eJerusalema uqobo.
Ekukhuphuleni ukugcwala kwabantu bangaphakathi ukusuka eMpumalanga Ephakathi kuya ePalestine (uDaibes athi ngokwepolitiki kusho iJerusalema kanye neJudiya ngokomlando), kunzima ngempela njengamanje. “Kumelwe ngisho ukuthi kusenzima kakhulu. Besingamukeli izivakashi ezivela emazweni ama-Arab naseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Ukwenyuka kusekelwe enkambweni yomhlaba wonke kodwa ngethemba ukuthi ukwanda kuzogqama kakhulu uma imingcele ivuliwe phakathi kwamazwe angaphakathi kwesifunda. Uma kwenzeka, singase singakwazi ukumelana nesidingo ngisho nengqalasizinda ekhona njengamanje,” kusho yena.
“Sijwayele ukwamukela abahambi ezindaweni ezingcwele njengaseBetlehema, eJerusalema naseJeriko (ebhekwa njengenye yezindawo zakudala zokuhlalisa abantu kusukela eminyakeni eyizi-10,000 XNUMX edlule). Lamadolobha abalulekile angamatshe esikhumbuzo aphilayo okuhlanganisa neChurch of the Nativity - sihlala kula mabandla nasezindaweni ezizungezile lapho abantu bakithi benokholo. Isipiliyoni sezivakashi lapha sihluke kakhulu,” kusho uDaibes. Ungeze ukuthi iziza azithuthukisiwe, ngakho-ke ziyiqiniso impela. Ngenxa yalokhu, kwakha ukuqonda kwabantu ngalokho okwenzeka eZweni Elingcwele kanye nendawo jikelele.
U-Daibes uphinde wagcizelela ukuthi ukuvakasha okusekelwe enkolweni kungasiza ekuzuzeni ukuthula ekhoneni labo lomhlaba eZweni Elingcwele. “Le ndawo ilangazelela ukuziphatha kahle. I-Palestine iyingxenye ebalulekile yeZwe Elingcwele futhi ulwazi olukhona lapha lungathuthukiswa ngokuvakashela zonke izizinda zezenkolo ezibalulekile ukuze kuthuthukiswe i-Palestine ngendawo yayo eyingqayizivele namagugu,” kusho yena.
U-Arie Sommer, uKhomishana wezokuVakasha eNyakatho naseNingizimu Melika, uMnyango Wezokuvakasha wakwa-Israel uthe eminyakeni embalwa edlule, isithombe nesimo sengqondo eMpumalanga Ephakathi sishintshe kakhulu. Uthe, “Ngenxa yokuthi isifunda sesithule futhi siyathuthuka, abantu sebekhululekile ukuya eMiddle East. Ukusuka emazweni ngamazwe, bevela eJordani nakwezinye izindawo, bahamba ngokukhululeka futhi bahamba ngokuphepha.”
Embuzweni wami wama-visa, uSommer wathi, “Angifuni ukungena kwezombusazwe. Kodwa manje sesinikeza ukungena nokufinyelela mahhala ezindaweni ezingcwele, futhi uma kukhona inkinga u-Israyeli uzame ukulungisa le nkinga. I-Israel isanda kumemezela ukuthi yenze izinguquko zenqubomgomo mayelana nokungena. " Kunezivakashi eziyizigidi ezi-2.7-2.8 ezavakasha ngo-2007. Babone ukwanda ngamaphesenti angaphezu kwama-20 ngo-'08 futhi balindele okwengeziwe ngo-'09. “Baningi abantu abeza kulesi sifunda yize belulekwe. Niyabona ukuthi bangaki abantu abeza esifundeni nakwa-Israyeli? Lokhu kusho ukuthi bayayazi into abayenzayo,” usho kanje.
Ngesabelomali esincane kakhulu sokuthuthukisa izici zayo zezokuvakasha, iJordani izithengisa ngokwehlukile kuzo zonke ezinye. UMalia Asfour, umqondisi weNyakatho Melika, iJordan Tourism Board, uziqhenya ngendawo yezenkolo engaphezu kuka-200 ezweni lakubo. Uthe abantu bahlale behamba bengacabangi ngoJerash nolwazi lwabo olumangalisayo, kodwa babuya benomuzwa wokuthi abaseJordani banokuningi abangakunikeza. “Ukuthi amaJordani anobungane, nokuthi amaBedouin anomoya wokungenisa izihambi…Sidiliza imigoqo engokwengqondo, sihlanganisa abantu ngokuthula ngokuvakasha kanye nokubonisa ubungane. Isifunda sethu sibe yisisulu sokungaboni ngaso linye ngenxa ye-CNN nabezindaba. Singabantu abahle kakhulu – yilokho okudingeka sikulethe ekhaya.” U-Asfour uthe inkinga enkulu ye-JTB wukwesaba ukuphepha kokuthi abantu baseMelika bangakhululeki ngenxa yemibono eyiphutha.
I-Egypt ibamba obala futhi kulo mbuso. U-ElSayed Khalifa, i-Egypt Tourist Authority, u-Consul-director USA kanye ne-Latin America, uthe ngomlando omude wase-Egypt, inkolo yakha insika yaseGibhithe ezimpilweni zabantu. “Inkolo ilolonga indlela yabaseGibhithe yokucabanga nendlela yokuphila kanye nombono wethu ngokuphila kwangemva kokufa. Uma uvakashela i-Old Cairo namuhla, uzomangala ukuthola indawo ephawulekayo endaweni eyikhilomitha-skwele emele izinkolo ezintathu ezikholelwa kuNkulunkulu oyedwa - isinagoge, i-Hanging Church kanye ne-mosque yokuqala yase-Ommayad eyake yakhiwa e-Egypt. Izindlu ezakhiwe ezizungeze lezi zindawo zibonisa indlela abaseGibhithe ababecabanga ngayo ngezinkolo, ukuthi bazibekezelela kanjani izinkolo nokuthi bangahlalisana ngokuthula kanjani. Bakholelwa ekwamukeleni. Bavuleleke kakhulu.” Cishe lonke uhambo oluya e-Egypt lusekelwe okholweni kusukela ohambweni oluya emibhoshongweni eya e-Karnak nase-Luxor Temples, esho.
“E-Egypt, sibone ukwanda okuqhubekayo kwabafikayo abavela kuzo zonke izimakethe, ikakhulukazi e-US. Ngonyaka odlule, kwavakashelwa izivakashi ezingaba yizigidi eziyi-11 – okuyisibalo esiyirekhodi kithi. Kuyinhloso yethu ukukhuphula izibalo eziyisigidi ngonyaka. Kulo nyaka, senza iphrojekthi yokuba nethrafikhi yase-US idlule ku-1. Kodwa ngenkinga yezomnotho, izothinta, ngokungangabazeki, imboni yezokuvakasha. Kuze kube manje, asikathinteki. Mhlawumbe, sizowubona umphumela ngonyaka ozayo. Kodwa empeleni asazi. Konke akuqinisekile,” esho engeza ngokuthi akanazo izibalo ngokufa kwezivakashi ezizohambela ezenkolo. Nokho, ukholelwa ukuthi bonke abaya eGibhithe bahamba ngokholo ngandlela thize.
Mayelana nokuthola imali ngentuthuko yaseDubai kwezokuvakasha, uDaibes uthe: “Asikakawuboni umkhuba wabantu abandiza beya eDubai kanye nezifunda ezinotha ngowoyela eGulf States abangena ePalestine kamuva. Kodwa siqondise amaSulumane aqhamuka eYurophu nasemhlabeni wonke. Sivuleleke kunoma ubani. Sivulekele umhlaba wonke ngoba sinezindawo ezibalulekile ezinkolweni ezintathu kanye nokuqoqwa komlando omkhulu, impucuko namasiko. Singathanda ukubona ingxenye yethu yomhlaba yamukela izivakashi ngaphandle kwemingcele,” kusho yena.
Njengoba uhambo lokuya endaweni engcwele lwakha amaphesenti angu-95 ezokuvakasha ePalestine, ukukhuthazwa kubalulekile enkonzweni. “Ukwethula iPalestine njengendawo okuyiwa kuyo kuzoba yisu lesikhashana e-US okwamanje njengoba sigxile eRussia kanye neCIS. Inkinga yezezimali yase-US ngeke ibophe uhlelo lwethu. Noma kunjalo, kunesibalo esikhulu sabantu baseMelika abasangena eZweni Elingcwele abavakashela i-Territory, Israel namanye amazwe, ”engeza.
UMnyango Wezohwebo, Ihhovisi lase-US Lezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha Industries uveze ukuthi kusukela ngo-2003, abantu baseMelika baye baphindeka kabili ukuya phesheya kwezilwandle ngenxa yezizathu zenkolo. Ngo-2007 kuphela, bangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-31 abantu abahambayo - okukhombisa ukuthi abantu baseMelika abengeziwe abangama-906,000 baya ezindaweni zezenkolo okukhombisa ukwanda ngamaphesenti angama-2.9 ngonyaka ka-2006.
