ILODDON, E-England – I-Tui Travel ifanise umthelela wenkinga ye-eurozone emakethe yamaholide eGreece naleyo yase-Arab spring, njengoba inkampani enkulu yokuvakasha yase-UK ngezinombolo zamakhasimende ithi izivakashi zaseBrithani zibalekela izwe kwezinye izindawo.
Inkampani, engumnikazi wemikhiqizo ye-Thomson kanye ne-First Choice, ithe amadili ayo emakethe afika sekwephuzile, abhukhwa amasonto ayisithupha noma ngaphansi kusukela ngosuku lokuhamba, agcwele amahhotela aseGreece.
UPeter Long, oyisikhulu esiphezulu, uthe akumangazi ukuthi abantu bakhetha ukuya kwezinye izindawo.
“Kulo nyaka kunomthamo omningi emakethe ephuzile eGreece - akumangazi lokho. Ngonyaka odlule kube nezinhleselo eTunisia, Morocco nase-Egypt.”
UTui uthe ezinye izindawo ezifana neSpain zihlomule kulo mkhuba.
Amaholide aya eGreece enza cishe ibhizinisi le-10 lase-UK kubo bobabili uTui kanye nembangi yakhe uThomas Cook.
UThomas Cook uthe weluleka amakhasimende aseGreece ukuthi aphathe amanothi amancane e-euro ukuze kuncishiswe ukuphazamiseka uma kwenzeka amaGreki ephuma ku-eurozone. Khona-ke amaklayenti ayengakwazi ukukhokhela izimpahla ngama-euro futhi athole imali encane yedrachma njengembuyiselo.
"Iseluleko esingcono kakhulu ukuphatha amanothi ehlelo elincane - i-EURO5, EURO10, nama-EURO20s," kusho uThomas Cook esitatimendeni. “Iningi labavakashi bethu baseziqhingini zezwe, lapho ongeke wazi ukuthi kukhona okwenzekayo . . . Uhlelo lwamabhange lusebenza njengokujwayelekile futhi abathengisi bayaqhubeka nokwamukela amakhadi esikweletu nawemali.”
UThomas Cook unciphise inani lakhe lamaholide e-UK ngamaphesenti angu-13 kanye no-Tui ngamaphesenti angu-6 ukuze ajwayele ukwehla kwezindleko zabathengi kanye nomkhuba "wezindawo zokuhlala", lapho abantu beholide eduze nasekhaya.
Bobabili abasebenzela izivakashi bathi sebedayise ngaphezu kwengxenye yamaholide abo ehlobo.
USteve Endacott, isikhulu esiphezulu se-On Holiday tour operator, uthe inzuzo yonyaka wonke kaTui noThomas Cook izohambisana nokudayiswa kwabo kwamaholide emakethe sekwephuzile.
“Ngenxa yokukhuphuka kwezindleko, ikakhulukazi uphethiloli wenkampani yezindiza, inkinga akusona isibalo samaholide azothathwa kodwa isidingo sokuthola amanani aphezulu emakethe lapho kunesidingo esintenga kakhulu,” kusho u-Endacott.
“Cishe amaphesenti angama-50 akho konke ukubhukha sekwephuzile kuthengiswa ngemali eshisiwe, ngakho-ke umbuzo uwukuthi kuzoliqeda kangakanani ibhizinisi labo elinenzuzo?”
Umkhakha wezokuvakasha, ohlanganise amaphesenti angu-16.5 omkhiqizo wasekhaya waseGreece ngonyaka odlule, usuvele uhlukumezekile njengoba ukubhuka kwamaJalimane ezindaweni ezidumile eziqhingini kwehle ngohhafu, ngokusho kwabanikazi bamahhotela.
UGeorge Tsakiris, umongameli weGreek Hoteliers' Chamber, ulinganisele ukuthi ngaphezu kuka-500,000 ukubhukha ehlobo ngomzuzu wokugcina okuvamile okwenziwe ekuqaleni kukaJuni kulahlekile ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngokhetho lwale mpelasonto.
UJames Hollins, ongumhlaziyi wakwa-Investec, uthe iGreece isazoqhubeka nokuba yimakethe enzima.
"Yize eminyakeni edlule imakethe yamaholide ephuzile ibingaba nokukhetha amazwe amaningi, kulo nyaka amakhasimende azoba nokukhetha izindawo eziningi ngaphakathi eGreece," esho.
Kunomugqa osiliva wezokuvakasha zamaGreki: UJuni waseBrithani ophekiwe. “Isimo sezulu sizoba ngumehluko phakathi konyaka onzima kanye nozoba yinhlekelele kubavakashi,” kusho u-Endacott.
"Ngempelasonto embi yePhasika elandelwa yiJubilee elinemvula, abantu banesiqiniseko sokuthi ngeke libe yihlobo elososososo futhi ukubhuka kuqhubeke kakhulu."
