I-Easter Island ibheke kuJulayi ozayo, lapho ukusitheka kwelanga kuzofaka izithombe zamatshe ezidumile endaweni ekude ebumnyameni - kanye nokubengezela kokukhanya komhlaba.
Kepha isivele iphonsa isiqhingi esingenalutho sasePolynesia ohlotsheni lwaso lwesiphithiphithi, njengoba indawo yaseChile ilwela ukubhekana nokuqothuka kweqembu elijabulisayo labajaha ukusitheka kwelanga abafisa ukuzibonela ngawabo umcimbi kwenye yezindawo ezingaqondakali emhlabeni. .
"Asisekho indawo, sesibhukhwe ngokuphelele," kusho uSabrina Atamu, oyisikhulu sezokwazisa e-Easter Island's National Tourist Service, etshela abe-AFP.
"Sekuyiminyaka emihlanu noma eyisithupha sibhukha."
Ukusitheka kwelanga okuphelele ngomhlaka-11 July 2010 kuzoshiya ingxenye enkulu yempumalanga yePolynesia - kuhlanganise nayo yonke i-Easter Island - embrani wenyanga, noma ethunzini, imizuzu emine nemizuzwana engu-45.
Lokho kufushane cishe imizuzu emibili kunokusitheka kwelanga kwangoLwesithathu, okuthinte ibhande elincane elidabula cishe ingxenye yoMhlaba, ngokusho kwesikhungo sasemkhathini saseMelika iNASA.
Kodwa ithemba lesenzakalo semvelo esimangalisa kangaka esenzeka ngemva konyaka endaweni engokomoya neqhelile njenge-Easter Island liye lahlaba umxhwele ngokulinganayo ososayensi bomhlaba kanye nabavakashi, abaye bakhubeka phezu komunye nomunye ukuze bagcine imibhede engu-1,500 nje kuphela etholakala endaweni. amahhotela ambalwa esiqhingini.
"Sekuvele kungenzeki ukuthola lutho ukubona ukusitheka kwelanga," kusho uHector Garcia wenhlangano yezokuvakasha iGoChile. “Awasekho amahhotela, awasekho indawo yokuhlala, akukho lutho,” esho, enezela ukuthi ukubhuka okuningi kwenziwa kusenesikhathi “ososayensi abavela emhlabeni wonke.”
Amanani, uthe, akhuphuke ngokuphindwe kahlanu kuya kwayi-10 kuso sonke isiqhingi - kodwa lokho akuzange kubathene amandla abazinikezele.
"Sibhukhwe ngokuphelele kulezi zinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule," kusho uMaria Hortensia Jeria, ophethe ukubhukha ehhotela elisezingeni eliphezulu i-Explora Rapa Nui, lapho amagumbi ezivakashi angu-30 athola khona ama-dollar angu-3,040 lilinye ukuze athole iphasela lobusuku obune.
I-Easter Island — noma i-Rapa Nui ngolimi lwasendulo lwasePolynesia — iheha izivakashi ezingaba ngu-50,000 unyaka ngamunye, ezithutheleka endaweni enentaba-mlilo ukuze zijabulele amabhishi ayo kanye “ne-moai” yodumo, abantu abaningi abavamile abakleliswe ngasogwini abantu bomdabu basesiqhingini abayicabangayo. ababheki babo.
Itholakala endaweni engamakhilomitha angu-3,500 (amamayela angu-2,175) entshonalanga yezwe laseChile kanye namakhilomitha angu-4,050 (amamayela angu-2,517) eningizimu-mpumalanga yeTahiti, i-Easter Island inezakhamuzi ezingaba ngu-4,000, iningi labo okungamaRapa Nui.
Ukufika esiqhingini ezinsukwini ezingaphambi kokusitheka kwelanga langonyaka ozayo ngeke kube lula, njengoba okuwukuphela kwezindiza eziya esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Mataveri ziku-LAN, inkampani yezindiza yaseChile elawula umzila.
Ngesizini ephansi, ezinyangeni zasebusika eziseningizimu nenkabazwe, ithikithi elisuka enhlokodolobha yaseChile iSantiago liya e-Easter Island libiza cishe amadola angu-360, kodwa isizini ephezulu ibona inani lentengo liphindwe kathathu lifinyelela ngaphezu kwamadola ayi-1,000, kusho abavakashi.
Futhi, njengeziqhingi eziningi ezishisayo ezithembele kakhulu kwezokuvakasha, amanani aphakeme. Ngokwesibonelo, ithini le-Coca Cola lingase libize cishe amaRandi amane, okuphindwe izikhathi ezine kunezindleko zaseSantiago.
Ngakho nakuba izinkanyezi zingase zihleleke ukuze zinikeze umbukwane okhumbulekayo wemizuzu emine ezivakashini zase-Easter Island ngo-July ozayo, abantu abaningi bakulezi ziqhingi ngokwabo bafuna ukusizakala ngalokhu kuthutheleka.
"Abaningi lapha bacele ukubolekwa imali ukuze bakhe amahhotela amancane noma ama-bungalows, noma balungise amakhaya abo ukuze bathole izivakashi," uMario Dinamarca, waseChile osehlale esiqhingini iminyaka engamashumi amabili, etshela abe-AFP.
Izakhamuzi zaseziqhingini—izakhamuzi zasesiqhingini esinezitembu zeposi ePacific ewudedangendlale—azazi izihambi, kodwa zinethemba lokuthi imizuzu emine ngo-July ozayo, i-Easter Island izophila ngendlela abalichaza ngayo ikhaya labo ngolimi lwesiRapa Nui: “ inkaba yomhlaba.”
