Isikhungo esikhulu sezokuvakasha saseChina sibike ukuthi isibalo sabahambi baseChina abavakashile Russia ibone ukukhula okuphawulekayo kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya kuJulayi uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule.

"Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, iRussia isiphenduke indawo ejabulela ukuthandwa okwandayo phakathi kwezivakashi zaseShayina," kusho uVictor Tseng, iphini likamongameli weCtrip Travel operator. "Ngokolwazi lwethu, ngoJanuwari-Julayi walo nyaka, ezokuvakasha eziphuma eChina ziye eRussia zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti ayi-150 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule."

UTseng wengeze ngokuthi abavakashi baseShayina abangaba ngu-50,000 bavakashele eRussia ngesikhathi seNdebe Yomhlaba yeFIFA ka-2018 kuphela. Inombolo kubikwa ukuthi idlule obekulindelwe yile nhlangano.

Ngokusho kwesikhulu se-Ctrip, ukwanda kwezokuvakasha kuwumphumela wenqubomgomo yaseRussia “enobungani” emayelana nezokuvakasha ezingena ngaphakathi, futhi ikakhulukazi kubahambi baseShayina. Uthe uhlelo lwama-visa olwenziwe lula phakathi kwala mazwe womabili luphinde lube yisici esibalulekile ekufukuleni ezokuvakasha.

Ngonyaka odlule, iRussia yethula imithetho ye-visa ekhululekile kubantu bakwamanye amazwe abavela emazweni angu-18, kuhlanganise neBrunei, India, China, North Korea, Mexico, Singapore, Japan, Algeria, Bahrain, Iran, Qatar, Kuwait, Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi. I-Arabia, iTunisia neTurkey. Lesi sinyathelo bekuhloswe ngaso ukuthuthukisa umkhakha wezokuvakasha ezindaweni eziseMpumalanga Ekude yaseRussia.

“Sikhuthazwe kakhulu yimakethe yaseRussia mayelana nezokuvakasha eziphuma eChina. Yingakho sifuna ukusebenzela ukwandisa isibalo sezinkampani zaseRussia ezihlinzeka ngemisebenzi yezokuvakasha,” kusho uTseng. "Sifuna ukukhipha imininingwane ngemikhiqizo namasevisi abo endaweni yethu ukuze izivakashi zaseChina eziya eRussia zizithole kalula bese zibhukha."

Ngonyaka odlule, cishe izakhamizi zaseChina eziyizigidi eziyi-1.8 zavakashela eRussia, okuhlanganisa abantu abayizigidi eziyi-1.1 abavakashela leli lizwe ngezinhloso zokuvakasha, ngokusho kwemininingwane enikezwe yiRussian Association of Tour Operators.

LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:

“Ngokolwazi lwethu, ngoJanuwari-Julayi walo nyaka, ezokuvakasha eziphuma eChina ziye eRussia zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti ayi-150 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule.
Ngokusho kwesikhulu se-Ctrip, ukwanda kwezokuvakasha kuwumphumela wenqubomgomo yaseRussia “enobungani” emayelana nezokuvakasha ezingena ngaphakathi, futhi ikakhulukazi kubahambi baseShayina.
Isikhungo esikhulu sezokuvakasha eChina sibike ukuthi isibalo sabahambi baseChina abavakashela eRussia sibone ukwanda okukhulu kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya kuJulayi uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka owedlule.