I-VIENTIANE, Laos - Abamele izizwe eziyishumi zase-ASEAN bahlangane ngeSonto enhlokodolobha yaseLaos yaseVientiane ukwethula i-ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF), lapho bezibophezele khona ukwandisa ukubambisana kwezokuvakasha futhi baxoxisane ngokwakha i-visa yabavakashi ye-pan-ASEAN.
I-ATF, eyabanjwa okokuqala ngo-1981, yakhelwe ukusiza nokuthuthukisa ukukhuthazwa nokubambisana kwezokuvakasha esifundeni sonke. Ingqikithi yongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha abayi-150 nezikhulu ezivela eBrunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand naseVietnam bebekhona emhlanganweni.
Abazobajoyina kuzoba yizithunywa eziyi-1,450, okuhlanganisa nababukisi be-ASEAN abangu-800, abathengi bamazwe ngamazwe abangu-400, abezindaba bamazwe ngamazwe nabasekhaya abangu-150 kanye nezivakashi ezihweba ngezokuvakasha eziyi-100. Izihambeli zizobamba iqhaza ezingxoxweni zamazwe amabili, imihlangano yabathengisi nabathengi, futhi zithole izethulo ezivela emazweni ahlukahlukene ase-ASEAN ezimbonini zawo zezokuvakasha.
Ngokusho kokukhishwa kwabezindaba okuvela ku-ATF, abaholi be-ASEAN bazocabangela ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukudala i-visa eyodwa ye-pan-ASEAN kwamanye amazwe angamalungu ukuze bakhuthaze izivakashi ukuba zivakashele. Abaholi sebevumile ukufaka uxhaso oluthe xaxa ekuthuthukiseni ezokuvakasha, bathole imali eyengeziwe kubalingani bezingxoxo, kanye nokukhuthaza ezokuvakasha esifundeni.
"Njengomkhakha wezomnotho obalulekile, ukusebenzisana kwe-ASEAN kwezokuvakasha kuye kwaqina," kusho uNgqongqoshe Wezolwazi, Amasiko, Nezokuvakasha eLao uDkt Bosengkham Vongdara. UVongdara ubalule ukwanda kwenani lezivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe ezifika esifundeni zisuka kubantu abayizigidi ezingu-73.7 ngo-2010 zaya ezigidini ezingu-81.2 ngo-2011 njengobufakazi balokhu kubambisana.
Ezokuvakasha zibaluleke kakhulu eLaos, elinye lamazwe athuthuke kancane eSouth East Asia elinezimboni ezimbalwa zasekhaya. Njengoba inabantu abayizigidi ezingu-6.3 kuphela, iLaos yathola cishe ingxenye yalesi sibalo kwabavakashi abafika ngo-2012. Lokhu kube negalelo elikhulu ekukhuleni komnotho kanye nentuthuko ezweni. Abafikayo kulindeleke ukuthi bafinyelele ezigidini ezinhlanu ngo-2015.
Kumazwe ahlukahlukene angamalungu e-ASEAN, ezokuvakasha zikhuphuke phakathi kwamaphesenti ayisishiyagalombili nangama-29 kusukela ngo-2010 2011. I-ATF izoqala ngoJan. 18 24.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- According to a press release from the ATF, ASEAN leaders will consider the possibility of creating a single pan-ASEAN visa for some member countries to encourage tourists to visit.
- The ATF, which was first held in 1981, is designed to facilitate and develop tourism promotion and cooperation across the region.
- A total of 150 tourism ministers and officials from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam attended the meeting.
