Imithombo yezindaba ehlanganisa imboni yezokuvakasha ivame ukugxila kakhulu ezindabeni ezingezinhle ezivela eMpumalanga Med okuhlanganisa ukungqubuzana phakathi kuka-Israyeli kanye neGaza Strip elawulwa yiHamas kanye nenkinga yangaphakathi eLebanon. Nakuba lezi zinkinga zingokoqobo kakhulu kusenezindaba eziningi ezinhle. Ezokuvakasha eMpumalanga yeMedithera zijabulela ukwanda kwezokuvakasha kwa-Israel, Turkey, Jordan, Greece, Egypt, Croatia, Libya, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia nase-Italy bonke abajabulela ukukhula okunempilo.
E-Australia, inhlangano eyingqayizivele yezokuvakasha ibungaza futhi ikhuthaze ezokuvakasha kuyo yonke i-Eastern Med futhi ikwenze lokho kusukela ngo-2001. I-Eastern Mediterranean Tourism Association (EMTA) manje isisebenza e-Australia kusukela ngo-2001. Kusukela ekuqaleni i-EMTA yavala ipolitiki kumthethosisekelo wayo. , okusho ukuthi izwe ngalinye esifundeni elihlanganisa zonke izindawo okuyiwa kuzo phakathi kwe-Italy ne-Jordan liyakhuthazwa ngokulinganayo kungakhathaliseki isimo sobudlelwano bezombusazwe phakathi kwawo. Kuwebhusayithi ye-EMTA, www.emta.org.au, kanye nemicimbi yemboni yayo i-Israel, i-Syria, i-Palestinian Authority kanye ne-Israel, i-Serbia ne-Croatia zonke zivela kumthethosivivinywa ofanayo naphezu kokungaboni ngaso linye kwezombusazwe phakathi kwabo. Abahambi base-Australia bafuna ukuya kuzo zonke lezi zindawo futhi abafuni ukuthi izitha zezepolitiki zibaphazamise.
NgoFebhuwari nangoMashi 2008, i-EMTA yaqhuba uchungechunge lwemihlangano yokucobelelana ngolwazi eyisikhombisa yemboni yezokuvakasha emadolobheni amakhulu ase-Australia, okuhlanganisa i-Sydney, i-Melbourne, iBrisbane, i-Adelaide, i-Perth, i-Canberra kanye ne-Gold Coast ehanjelwe ochwepheshe bezokuvakasha base-Australia abangu-800. Selokhu i-EMTA yaqala imikhiqizo yayo yakusihlwa ngaphezu kuka-6,000 ama-travel agents ase-Australia afundile mayelana nesifunda.
Amalungu e-EMTA ikakhulukazi abathengisi bezitolo, izinkampani zezindiza kanye namahhovisi ezivakashi kazwelonke. Njengesu lokumaketha kwezokuvakasha kwesifunda okude okuvela e-Australia, i-EMTA isizuzise wonke amalungu ayo ngokuwanika inkundla yokukhangisa umkhiqizo wokuvakasha wesifunda sase-Eastern Med kanye nama-ejenti ezokuvakasha ajabulela ithuba lokuchazelwa ngomkhiqizo kanye nezindawo ezivelele zamazwe ayi-15 ezweni. ngobusuku obubodwa.
Imodeli ye-EMTA ifakazele impumelelo yayo e-Australia eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili futhi izoba yimpumelelo ngokulinganayo kwezinye izimakethe zomthombo omude eziya e-Eastern Med okuhlanganisa amazwe aseMelika naseMpumalanga Asia.
Umbhali ungumsunguli kanye nonobhala kazwelonke wamanje we-Eastern Mediterranean Tourism Association (Australia). Usihlalo ngu-Iain Ferguson Regional Manager (Australasia) Royal Jordanian Airlines.