Ngezindiza eziqonde ngqo phakathi kweChina neYurophu nezinsizakalo ezenziwe, amazwe aseYurophu alindele ukuthola izivakashi eziningi zaseChina kulo nyaka.

Embikweni wakamuva, i-European Travel Commission ithe izindawo i-European Union (i-EU) ezibhalise kuzo zikhuphuke unyaka nonyaka ngamaphesenti ayi-5.1 kubantu abafika e-China ngonyaka we-EU-China Tourism Year 2018 (ECTY 2018).

Ukukhula okunjalo kwezokuvakasha kungumphumela we-Eurasia exhuma ngokuya phambili nokuqondaniswa okuqhubekayo kwe-Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) ehlongozwayo yiChina kanye namasu wokuthuthukisa amazwe aseYurophu.

Ngokwemininingwane ekhishwe yizindaba zaseChina International Airport, imizila emisha engu-30 yomoya phakathi kweChina neYurophu ivulwe ngonyaka wezi-2018.

Lowo mfutho uqhubeke ngo-2019.

NgoJuni 12, indiza entsha eqonde ngqo ehlanganisa inhlokodolobha yase-Italy iRoma neHangzhou, inhlokodolobha yesifundazwe saseZhejiang esempumalanga yeChina, yasungulwa esikhumulweni sezindiza saseRoma iFiumicino Leonardo da Vinci.

I-Roma ikholelwa emandleni okufika izivakashi ezivela eChina, kusho uFausto Palombelli, umphathi omkhulu wezohwebo e-Aeroporti di Roma, okuyinkampani ephethe isikhumulo sezindiza, wengeza ngokuthi indlela entsha eqondile iyingxenye yohlelo lwesikhumulo sokuthinta imakethe yaseChina.

I-China Eastern Airlines ngoJuni 7 ivule indiza eqonde ngqo phakathi kweShanghai nenhlokodolobha yaseHungary iBudapest, obehlelelwe ukugijima kathathu ngesonto.

"I-China ingenye yezimakethe ezibaluleke kakhulu kwezokuvakasha okungenayo kweHungary," kusho iSekela Lesikhulu Esiphezulu Sezokukhangisa kanye Nezokuthengisa e-Hungarian Tourism Agency u-Anna Nemeth. "Izindiza eziqonde ngqo phakathi kweBudapest neShanghai ngeke zigcine ngokwandisa ubukhulu bezinhlelo zokuthuthukisa amabhizinisi kanye nezokuhweba kodwa futhi zizokwenyusa nenani lezivakashi eChina naseHungary."

INorway iyikhaya lezivakashi eziningi zaseChina, futhi baya ngokwanda abantu baseChina abakhetha izwe laseNordic njengendawo abaya kuyo.

Inkampani yezindiza yaseChina iHainan Airlines ngoMeyi 15 iqale ukuqhuba izindiza ngqo phakathi kweBeijing nenhloko-dolobha yaseNorway i-Oslo, nokuyinkonzo yokuqala yezindiza engapheli phakathi kwala mazwe womabili.

Izixhumanisi eziqondile zomoya zingadlala indima ebalulekile ekukhuthazeni ukubambisana kwezokuvakasha kanye nentuthuko yamazwe womabili.

"I-Air China ivule umzila wezindiza oqonde ngqo eBeijing-Athens ngoSepthemba 30, 2017, futhi ngemuva konyaka owodwa inani lezivakashi zaseChina ezihamba ngomzila womoya ovakashela eGrisi lenyuke ngokuphindwe kathathu," kusho uFan Heyun, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Air China e-Athens.

INKONZO ESEBELELEKILE

Amazwe amaningana eYurophu athuthukisa izinsizakalo zawo ukuze ahlinzekele kangcono izidingo zabahambi baseChina.

Ezinyangeni ezimbili nje ezedlule, isikhumulo sezindiza i-Adolfo Suarez-Barajas Airport, okuyisikhungo sezindiza eSpain, sanquma ukunikeza “ulwazi oluphelele” kunani elandayo lezivakashi zaseChina.

"Sibeke izimpawu ngesiShayina ukuze izivakashi zaseChina zingabi nezinkinga ekutholeni ukungena okuyikho noma ukuqinisekisa isikhathi sezindiza," kusho umqondisi wezokuhweba esikhumulweni sezindiza u-Ana Paniagua etshela iXinhua. Isikhumulo sezindiza sinqume nokuqasha abasebenzi abakhethekile ukusiza abahambi baseChina ukuthi badlule ekuhlolweni kokuphepha esikhumulweni sezindiza.

Inhlokodolobha yaseJalimane iBerlin, enye indawo ephezulu eYurophu yezivakashi zaseChina, nayo isebenza ngokuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezenziwe ngezifiso zezivakashi zayo zaseChina.

UChristian Tanzler, okhulumela ukuvakasha eBerlin, isikhungo esisemthethweni sezokukhuthaza ezokuvakasha, utshele iXinhua ukuthi inhlangano yakhe ibiqeqesha ophathina babo, amahhotela endawo noma abanye abasebenza kwezokuvakasha, ukuthi basebenze kangcono nezivakashi zabo ezingamaChina.

Ukuze kube lula kubahambi baseChina, isikhumulo sezindiza saseBudapest iLiszt Ferenc International Airport sizofaka izimpawu zaseChina kumatheminali aso engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka wezi-2019. Lezi zimpawu ezintsha zizohlinzeka ngolwazi mayelana nezinsizakalo ezisetshenziswa kakhulu njenge-VAT reclaim, amalounges, amaphuzu okuhlangana, nezindlu zokugezela .

"Isikhumulo sezindiza manje sethula izindlela ezintsha zokukhokha - i-Alipay ne-Unionpay - ezithandwa yizivakashi zaseChina," kusho isikhumulo sezindiza iBudapest esitatimendeni.

Izivakashi zaseChina zingasebenzisa i-Wechat ukuskena ikhodi ye-QR kumabhanela abekwe esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Athens International ukuthola ulwazi lokuthi kumele badle kuphi noma bathenge ngaphakathi esikhumulweni sezindiza ngaphambi kokuya enkabeni yedolobha.

“Imakethe yaseChina ibaluleke kakhulu esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Athens International. Lolu hlelo luwela ngaphansi kohlaka lwazo zonke izinhlelo esizenzayo ukwenza isikhumulo sezindiza sethu isiShayina silungele, ”kusho u-Ioanna Papadopoulou, umqondisi wezokuxhumana nokukhangisa esikhumulweni sezindiza.

IZINOMBOLO EZIKHULA

Ukuqondanisa okuyimpumelelo kwe-BRI kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwamazwe aseYurophu, kuhlanganiswe nokukhuphuka kwamazinga okuphila phakathi kwamaShayina, kuqinise ezokuvakasha eYurophu.

Njengezwe lokuqala laseYurophu ukusayina idokhumenti yokubambisana neChina kwi-BRI, iHungary ibe ngumhlomuli wezokuvakasha zaseChina.

"Ngonyaka odlule izivakashi ezingamaChina ezingama-256,000 zavakashela eHungary, okuyisibalo esikhuphuke ngamaphesenti ayi-11 unyaka nonyaka," kusho uCui Ke, umqondisi we-China National Tourist Office eBudapest, wengeza ngokuthi ngezindiza eziqonde ngqo kulo nyaka, ukuhwebelana kwezokuvakasha phakathi kwala mazwe womabili kulindeleke ukuthi zikhule ngokuqhubekayo.

U-Eduardo Santander, umqondisi omkhulu we-European Travel Commission, uthe i-ECTY 2018 ibe yimpumelelo enkulu, futhi i-ejensi izimisele ngokuqhubeka nokusebenzisana nabalingani bethu baseYurophu nabaseChina ukwakha lemiphumela.

"I-China manje iyimakethe enkulu kakhulu ephumayo emhlabeni mayelana nabahambi nezindleko, (futhi) i-ECTY 2018 ibone isifiso esandayo sezindawo eziseYurophu, eziqhubeka nokukhula ngo-2019," kusho uSantander.

"Impela ezokuvakasha phakathi kweChina ne-Europe zizoqhubeka nokukhula, kokubili ukuhambela amabhizinisi, kubandakanya nalawo asuselwa kwi-Belt and Road Initiative, kanye nezokuvakasha kwezokungcebeleka ngokuya ngenani elikhulu lomcebo wamasiko nezemvelo zombili lezi zindawo ezinikezayo," kusho uWolfgang UGeorg Arlt, umqondisi weChina Outbound Tourism Research Institute.