- Ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi amanani abantu abahlala emahhotela ayecishe abe ngamaphesenti ayi-18 ngenyanga edlule kanti uhhafu nje kule nyanga.
- Amaphesenti ayisishiyagalombili opharetha bamahhotela athi leli gagasi lesithathu le-COVID-19 libi kakhulu kunelesibili.
- Njengamanje amahhotela angamaphesenti angama-39 asavulekile kodwa angaphansi kwamaphesenti ayishumi emholweni wabo ojwayelekile.
I-BOT ithe lolu cwaningo luveze amazinga okuhlala abantu ngamaphesenti ayi-18 ngo-Ephreli kanye no-9 kuphela ngoMeyi. Ngaleso silinganiso, amaphesenti angama-47 amahhotela aseThailand azophuma ebhizinisini ezinyangeni ezintathu. Amaphesenti ayisishiyagalombili opharetha abheka ukuthi igagasi lamanje lamanje lilimaza kakhulu kunelesibili, eliqale ngoKhisimusi laze laphela ngoJanuwari.
Ngoba amaphesenti angaphezu kwama-51 wokubhuka akhanseliwe ngo-Ephreli, okuvame ukuthandwa kakhulu Thailand Umcimbi waseSongkran ubonakale ungaphumeleli kakhulu kunalokho obekulindelwe, kuphothulwe inhlolovo ehlangene ye-BOT-Thai Hotels Association. Angamaphesenti angama-46 kuphela amahhotela akuleli avulwa ngokujwayelekile, kanti amaphesenti ayi-13 avaliwe okwesikhashana kanti amanye anamahora ancishisiwe noma amandla.
Ucwaningo oluhlangene lweBOT-Thai Hotels Association luphethe ukuthi amaphesenti angama-51 okubhuka akhanseliwe ngo-Ephreli, okwenza iSongkran yaphumelela kakhulu kunalokho obekulindelekile. Khonamanjalo, cishe amaphesenti angama-39 amahhotela asavuliwe abike ngaphansi kwamaphesenti ayishumi emali engenayo ejwayelekile kanye nangaphezulu kwamaphesenti angama-10 uhhafu wemali ejwayelekile.
I-THA iphindaphinde yafuna usizo lukahulumeni, kufaka phakathi uxhaso lwabasebenzi, ukunqanyulwa kwezikweletu kanye nezinhlelo zokukhuthaza ezokuvakasha imiphumela ye-COVID-19.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Because more than 51 percent of reservations were canceled in April, the usually-popular Thailand event of Songkran proved much less successful than anticipated, the joint BOT-Thai Hotels Association survey concluded.
- Meanwhile, about 39 percent of hotels still open reported less than 10 percent of normal income and more than 25 percent half normal income.
- The BOT said that the survey revealed occupancy rates of 18 percent in April and only 9 percent in May.
