Ukwenza ngcono isimo somthetho nokuhleleka kusiza ukukhuphula izivakashi eLanka

Colombo - Isibalo sabavakashi abavakashela eSri Lanka sikhule kancane futhi kulindeleke ukuthi seqe i-7.11 lakh kulo nyaka, kusho uMnyango Wezokufuduka, uthi lokhu kubangelwa isimo somthetho nokuhleleka.

"Ngaphandle kwezeluleko ezingezinhle zokuhamba kwamanye amazwe, izivakashi ezifika lapha sezikhule kakhulu ngokukhombisa ukubuya kokuthula ezweni," kusho uMlawuli, uVisa, woMnyango Wezokufudukela Kwabafuduki kanye Nezokufudukela Kwelinye Izwe, kusho uDamayanthi Jayaratne.

Khonamanjalo, iSri Lankan Tourism (SLT) ithe iseluleko sangaphambilini sohambo esenziwe nguhulumeni waseBelgium eseluleka izivakashi ukuthi ziyeke ukuhamba okungabalulekile ukuya eSri Lanka sibuyekeziwe kusukela ngoLwesihlanu, Agasti 29 ngenyanga edlule.

"Izeluleko ezintsha zivumela abaphathi bezokuvakasha abavela eBelgium ukuthi bathengise ngamandla iSri Lanka ngesizini ezoqala yasebusika," kusho le nkantolo.

"Kuyathenjwa ukuthi ukwelulekwa kwezokuvakasha eBelgium kuzoholela ekuphumuleni kwezeluleko zezokuvakasha ezivela nakwezinye izizwe zase-Europe," kusho iSLT esitatimendeni.

UJayaratne uthe kubantu abaningi bakwamanye amazwe iSri Lanka "iyizwe lamaphupho" elinobubanzi obukhulu bolwandle nolutholakala kwengqalasizinda enhle.

"Sesikhiphe ama-visa izivakashi angaba ngu-5.19 lakh kubantu bokufika kuze kube ngu-Agasti 31, 2008 kanti isikhathi sezokuvakasha sisazoza," kusho uJayaratne enezela ukuthi kunezimpawu ezikhuthazayo zamazinga awela kalula eminyakeni yokugcina engu-7.11 lakh.