Abavakashi baseMelika abanohlonze babeyizivakashi ezivamile edolobheni eliphithizelayo lase-Amman, begqoke i-kaffiyeh engokwesiko yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi, njengoba behlola imakethe befuna izinto eziyisikhumbuzo.
Inkaba yenhloko-dolobha i-Amman yake yaba i-mecca yezivakashi, ezazivame ukubonakala emigwaqweni eminyene, zikhanyiswe ngamakhamera azo anobukhazikhazi, zivakashela inkundla yemidlalo yaseshashalazini yaseRoma enkabeni yenhloko-dolobha, futhi zijabulela ukunambitheka kokuhlangenwe nakho kwazo kwaseMpumalanga Ephakathi ngemva kwalokho. uhambo oluya ePetra kanye noLwandle Olufile.
Kodwa isiyaluyalu sezombusazwe esihlasele i-Middle East eminyakeni embalwa edlule sixoshe abavakashi baseNtshonalanga.
U-Haidar Ziadat, umqondisi we-Jordan Travel and Tour Agencies Association uthi izexwayiso zokuphepha ezikhishwe iziphathimandla zaseMelika ezakhamuzini zayo emhlabeni wonke zibe nomthelela omkhulu enanini labavakashi base-US nabaseNtshonalanga abavakashela iJordani.
“Sithatha ezokuvakasha zaseMelika njengezibaluleke kakhulu ngesikhathi sokusebenzisa imali. Siyethemba ukuthi kuzokwanda uma umengameli waseMelika ephumelela ukudala ukuthula. Lokhu kuzokhuthaza abaningi ukuthi beze,” kusho uZiadat.
IJordani, enabantu abayizigidi ezingu-5.6, iyisiqhingi esisolwandle lokungazinzi kwezombusazwe, ubuholi bayo obulinganiselwe kanye nobudlelwane obuseduze neNtshonalanga benza izwe libe yindawo ephephile amashumi eminyaka.
Izigidi zababaleki abavela ezindaweni ezikhungethwe yimpi ezihlanganisa i-Iraq, izindawo zasePalestine, kanye neLebanon zenze iJordani ikhaya labo zifuna umuzwa wokujwayelekile.
Noma kunjalo, kunzima kakhulu kubantu abangaphesheya kwe-Atlantic ukwehlukanisa phakathi kweJordani ne-Iraq, kukhala uTareq Atiyah, umthengisi wotshwala endaweni yokudlela e-Jabal Amman, ovakashelwa njalo izisebenzi zakwamanye amazwe ngemva komsebenzi wosuku olude.
“Samukela ngezandla ezimhlophe abantu baseMelika ngoba bayizivakashi zethu futhi sihlale siphatha izivakashi zethu ngenhlonipho,” kusho u-Atiyah.
"Sifuna beze lapha ukuzokhombisa umoya wethu wokungenisa izihambi nokuthi leli zwe liphephe kangakanani."
Uhulumeni waseJordani uqale umkhankaso onamandla wokuqhakambisa umbuso e-United States naseYurophu ngethemba lokuheha izivakashi eziningi.
"Silindele izivakashi eziningi zaseMelika ukuthi zivakashele iJordani kulo nyaka, njengoba iPetra iqokwe njengenye Yezimanga Eziyisikhombisa Zomhlaba," kusho uFayyadh Sukkar, inhloko yomnyango wezibalo eMnyangweni Wezokuvakasha.
Lo mkhankaso ubukeka uthele izithelo, kanti izibalo zenkonzo zikhombisa ukukhula kancane kodwa kwesibalo sabavakashi baseMelika abavakashela eJordani. Izinombolo zisembi kakhulu.
Ezinyangeni zokuqala eziyi-11 zika-2007, izivakashi zaseMelika eziyi-166,000 zavakashela leli zwe, okuwukukhula ngamaphesenti amane uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule.
Abanikazi bezitolo nabadayisi basemgwaqweni bathi abanankinga nokuzama ukuyenga izivakashi zaseMelika ezitolo zabo eziphansi, naphezu kokucasuka kwabo ngenqubomgomo yaseMelika esifundeni kanye nokuhlala kwayo e-Iraq.
“Abantu baseMelika bangabantu abalungile abakhetha abaholi ababi,” kusho umthengisi wasemgwaqweni u-Abdallah Abu Kishik, ecabanga ngezinsuku ezingcono, lapho amakhulu abantu baseMelika ezulazula emigwaqweni.
“Kule minyaka engu-30 ngisebenza lapha, ngiye ngaphawula ukuthi abantu baseMelika banomusa, bayaphana futhi bathanda ukuthula,” kusho u-Abu Kishik, oshesha ukuhlukanisa phakathi kweWhite House nomphakathi uwonke. “Iningi labantu baseMelika abanantshisekelo noma ulwazi ngepolitiki. Wonke umuntu wamukelekile e-Amman,” kusho le ndoda ephaphathekile.
IJordani iyikhaya lezindawo ezikhangayo njengedolobha eliqoshwe emadwaleni iPetra, elisanda kukhethwa njengeSimangaliso Sesibili Sezwe futhi elivezwe efilimini yaseHollywood, i-Indiana Jones kanye ne-Last Crusade, the Dead Sea, kanye nesizinda Sokubhabhadiswa eJordani. Valley, indawo ephansi kakhulu eMhlabeni.
Phakathi kwezinye izinto ezikhanga iJordani yizintaba eziwudengezi ze-Wadi Rum, iNtaba iNebo, uxhaxha lwamanxiwa amaRoma namaSulumane, nendawo yokuphumula yoLwandle Olubomvu i-Aqaba, nezixhobo zayo ezidumile ezinombala wothingo.
Ibhizinisi liphinde lihlupheke endaweni yakudala yedolobha lasePetra, lapho amahhotela angu-17 esezovala ngenxa yokungakhokhi imali ebolekiwe.
“Izivakashi zaseMelika zivame ukulandisa ngendlela ezazimadolonzima ngayo ukuza eJordani nokuthi ziyamangala lapho zibona ukuthi kuphephe futhi kunomoya wokungenisa izihambi kanjani,” kusho u-Abdullah Helalat, umphathi weCandles Hotel ePetra.
Kodwa abanikazi bamahhotela ePetra baphinde bakhononde ngokuthi izivakashi eziningi zivakashela nje uhambo losuku futhi azivamile ukuchitha ubusuku emahhotela azo.
Abavakashi bavamise ukufika besuka ohambeni lomkhumbi oluma endaweni yokuphumula yoLwandle Olubomvu e-Aqaba noma besuka emngceleni we-Israel.
“Iningi labavakashi baseMelika abafika lapha alidli noma lingaphuzi ngoba lifika nokudla lazo noma lilinde ukudla lapho selibuyela emkhunjini,” kusho uSalam Hasanat, ongumqondisi wezokuvakasha ePetra.
Okwamanje, ezinye izivakashi zifisa ukugcina igama eliphansi lapho zivakashela i-Jordan, njengamasosha ase-US nosonkontileka abasebenza namasosha e-Iraq.
Amahhotela amaningana entshonalanga ye-Amman ahlinzeka ngendawo yokuphefumula yezinkulungwane zamasosha, ngemva kwezinyanga e-Iraq ekhungethwe yimpi.
Kodwa, lokhu kuvakasha akuthandwa kuleli zwe elilandela imithetho, njengoba amasosha ehlotshaniswa notshwala obudlulele, ukugembula, nobufebe.
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