Uhambo lwabezindaba olukhombisa izindawo ezibalulekile zezivakashi zaseMyanmar lubonakala luwina emaphephandabeni angaphandle, kanti iphephandaba lemboni iTravel Trade Gazette ngoSepthemba 26 linikeza izwe uphawu lokugunyazwa.
Intatheli ye-TTG Asia uSirima Eamtako uvakashele e-Yangon, e-Bagan, e-Mandalay nase-Inle Lake ekuqaleni kuka-September futhi "wabathola becebile ngezindawo zemvelo, zamasiko nezomlando".
Kanye nokuncoma izindawo ezihamba phambili zezwe ezihehayo, lesi sihloko siphinde sathinta indlela iMyanmar evame ukuvezwa ngayo kwabezindaba. Abaholi bemboni bathi lokhu kube nomthelela ekwehleni okukhulu kwezivakashi ezifikayo yize - njengoba uSirima Eamtako ekubeka - "izindawo ezibalulekile zezokuvakasha azithintwa" izehlakalo zakamuva.
“Izindaba ezithinta izifo ezithathelanayo kanye nokushoda kwenhlanzeko, njengoba kubikwa kweminye yabezindaba, bezingenasisekelo. … Indawo okuyiwa kuyo idinga ukuphumula.”
USirima Eamtako wayeseMyanmar kusukela ngoSepthemba 6 kuya ku-11, kanye nabanye ababhali bezokuvakasha abambalwa, ohambweni lokujwayela abezindaba oluhlelwe ngokuhlanganyela yiMyanmar Marketing Committee (MMC), Union of Myanmar Travel Association (UMTA) kanye neMyanmar Hoteliers Association (MHA).
Uhambo lwesibili lwahlelwa kusukela ngoSepthemba 27 kuya ku-Okthoba 1, olwaletha ababhali ababili bezokuvakasha eMyanmar ukuze bavakashele izindawo ezinkulu zezivakashi.
"Phakathi kwezintatheli eziyisithupha esizimemile, umbhali oyedwa wezokuvakasha kanye nomhleli wezithombe oyedwa wamukele futhi weza eMyanmar," kusho u-Daw Su Su Tin, usihlalo we-MMC kanye nomqondisi ophethe we-Exotissimo Travel Company.
“Abanye abane benqabile ukuza ngenxa yokuqhuma kwebhomu kwakamuva edolobheni laseYangon,” kusho yena.
Omunye walabo abenze lolu hambo kwakunguMichael Spencer, umbhali wezokuvakasha ozisebenzelayo we-Beyond and Compass travel magazines.
“Sengike ngaya eMyanmar izikhathi eziningi ngaphambili futhi phakathi nalezo zivakashi ngabona izivakashi eziningi eMandalay, eBagan nase-Inle Lake.
Esinye isivakashi, umhleli wezithombe u-Lester Ledesma we-Ink Publications ezinze eSingapore, sithe naye wayeke waya eMyanmar ngaphambilini.
“Kuningi engiye ngaba nakho okuhle eMyanmar. Leli zwe linezinto eziningi ezinhle zokuheha abavakashi. Uma ukufinyeleleka bekuthuthukisiwe, kanye nezindiza ezengeziwe zamazwe ngamazwe, kungaba umfutho omkhulu emkhakheni wezokuvakasha, "kusho yena.
Uhlelo lokubukisa ngezindawo ezinkulu zezokuvakasha zaseMyanmar kwabezindaba zakwamanye amazwe lwalungezinye zezinhlelo ezimbalwa okuvunyelenwe ngazo ongqongqoshe bakahulumeni kanye nezinhlaka zezimboni emhlanganweni wangoSepthemba 9 eNay Pyi Taw.
Emhlanganweni, uhulumeni uphinde wavuma ukususa imingcele yokuhamba eya eChaungtha, Ngwe Saung naseThanlyin, kuphenywe ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukushicilelwa kohambo lwesiNgisi futhi kusheshiswe izicelo ze-visa ezindlini zamanxusa angaphandle aseMyanmar.
Abaholi bemboni yezokuvakasha bendawo banethemba lokuthi uhambo lwabezindaba luzoqeda izinganekwane mayelana nokuphepha kokuhamba eMyanmar, futhi isihloko sangesonto eledlule siyinkomba yokuqala yokuthi lolu hlelo lungase lusebenze.
U-Daw Su Su Tin, utshele i-TTG Asia: “Ezokuvakasha zaseMyanmar zithintwa kabi izindaba eziphuma emithonjeni yezindaba yomhlaba wonke, okunikeza umbono ongalungile ngaleli zwe emhlabeni wonke. Kepha iqiniso lokuthi iyizwe eliphephile futhi izindawo zalo ezibalulekile zezokuvakasha azithintwa yiNargis lishiywe ngokungafanele. ”
"Ngokugxila kuNargis, abezindaba bamazwe ngamazwe badala enye inhlekelele embonini yezokuvakasha," engeza engxoxweni abe nayo neMyanmar Times ngesonto eledlule.
“Bonke abantu abaziphilisa ngokuvakasha emazingeni aphansi baba nezinkinga ngenxa yalokho,” kusho yena.
I-Exotissimo Travel Myanmar ibilokhu iphambili emizamweni yokuvuselela umkhakha wezokuvakasha odonsa kanzima. Le nkampani ngenyanga edlule iqale ukuhlinzeka ngohambo lwe-Ayeyarwady Delta ecekelwe phansi yizishingishane kanye nensizakalo esheshisiwe ye-visa on arrival (VOA).
UDaw Su Su Tin uthe ibhizinisi phakathi kukaJanuwari no-Agasti lalingama-40% kuphela uma liqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule, kanti ibhizinisi likaSepthemba lisalele emuva ngo-60pc.
Ngokwezibalo zikahulumeni, abavakashi abafika eYangon International Airport kusukela ngo-Ephreli 1 kuya kuJuni 22 bafinyelele ku-15,204, ukwehla ngamaphesenti angama-47.59 ngasikhathi sinye ngonyaka owedlule.
Ukwehla kuzwakale kunzima ikakhulukazi e-Inle Lake nase-Bagan, lapho imali engenayo yezokuvakasha incike kakhulu kubavakashi abavela kwamanye amazwe. I-athikili ye-TTG Asia yangesonto eledlule yaphawula ukuthi ekuqaleni kukaSepthemba “kwakunezivakashi ezimbalwa kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa nenani elihlukahlukene labathengisi bezikhumbuzo, abagibeli bezinqola zamahhashi, abanikazi bezikebhe ezinemisila emide kanye nabahwebi abahlobene nezokuvakasha … ababeziphilisa ngeholo lezokuvakasha”.
Kepha yize ukucindezela okubi kusho izivakashi ezimbalwa ezifikayo, akucaci ukuthi ukubuyekezwa okuhle kwezindawo zemiklomelo yaseMyanmar kuzokwanela ukuheha abahambi abamanqikanqika ukuthi babuye. Okubalulekile kulokhu ukubuyisela abenzeli bezokuvakasha futhi banikeze amaphakheji ohambo ezweni. Iphini likasihlalo we-UMTA kanye nomqondisi ophethe iMyanmar Voyages, u-U Thet Lwin Toh, uthe ukubhuka kuka-Okthoba noNovemba kusahamba kancane.
“Ukubhuka kuvame ukufika ngomzuzu wokugcina ngoba amakhasimende amaningi athatha indlela yokulinda abone. Ukubhukha okuningi manje sekuphuma kuma-FIT (Foreign Independent Travellers) njengoba abakhiqizi abaningi bezokuvakasha baphesheya kwezilwandle bekhiphe iMyanmar ezincwadini zabo, besho ukuntula intshisekelo kwamakhasimende,” kusho yena.
Naphezu kokungakuboni ukuthuthukiswa okuphawulekayo okwamanje, u-U Thet Lwin Toh usamukele isinqumo sokuletha abezindaba bakwamanye amazwe ezweni futhi wachaza ezinye izinhlelo okwavunyelwana ngazo emhlanganweni wangoSepthemba 9 ngokuthi “ziyakhuthaza”.
"Ukuze kube nentuthuko esimeme yezokuvakasha, sidinga ukukhuthazwa kwezindaba okuqinile okungabonisa isimo phansi nokuthi yini esizama ukuyenza ukukhuthaza ezokuvakasha ezweni," etshela i-Myanmar Times. “Kubalulekile ukuthi imboni yethu ilulame ngokushesha ngoba lesi simo esikhona asithinti kakhulu abezokuvakasha kuphela kodwa neminye imikhakha yamabhizinisi amaningi.”
