I-JAIPUR, India – UMnyango Wezokuvakasha e-India uxoxisana noNgqongqoshe Wezasekhaya Nezangaphandle ukuze banwebe indawo ye-visa lapho ufika ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezengeziwe ezifana ne-Bangalore ne-Hyderabad ezivakashini ezivela emazweni angaba ngu-15.
“Sihlongoze uMnyango Wezasekhaya kanye noMnyango Wezangaphandle ukuthi welule indawo yokungena ngesikhathi sokufika ukuze itholakale ezikhumulweni zezindiza eziningi zamazwe ngamazwe e-India okuhlanganisa i-Bangalore ne-Hyderabad ezobhekelela izivakashi ezivela emazweni angaba ngu-15 ngaphezulu ngaphansi komgomo wayo, ” Umqondisi-Jikelele owengeziwe (MR), uMnyango Wezokuvakasha, u-AK Gupta uthe eceleni komcimbi weGreat India Travel Bazaar (GITB) 2013.
Womabili ongqongqoshe bayasicubungula lesi siphakamiso kanye nokuthi singenzeka yini, wengeza.
Isinyathelo soMnyango Wezokuvakasha, uMnyango Wezokuvakasha (i-Rajasthan) kanye negumbi lemboni ye-FICCI, i-GITB ihlelwe ngempumelelo e-Jaipur kusukela ngo-2008. Kuyinkundla yamazwe ngamazwe e-pan-India yokuvakasha kwangaphakathi.
Njengamanje, uhlelo lwe-visa-on-arrival luyatholakala ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezine zamazwe ngamazwe - Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, naseKolkata. Ihlanganisa izakhamuzi zamazwe angaphezu kuka-11 kuhlanganise Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines kanye Myanmar.
Uhlelo lwe-visa-on-arrival lube yimpumelelo enkulu futhi lube nomthelela ekwandeni kwesibalo sezivakashi ezisuka kulawa mazwe, kusho uGupta.
Ngonyaka odlule, uMnyango Wezokuvakasha wawuthe uhulumeni usezigabeni zokugcina zokubonisana mayelana nokuvumela ama-visa lapho efika ezakhamuzini zakwamanye amazwe angu-10, okuhlanganisa iJalimane, iFrance neRussia.
Ngokwe-FICCI Knowledge Paper on Inbound tourism (ekhishwe ngoFebhuwari 2013), inani lama-visa okuvakasha ezivakashini ezifikayo libhalise ukukhula ngamaphesenti angama-54.6 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2012.
Igalelo lezokuvakasha ekukhuleni komnotho
Ukuze kuthuthukiswe umkhakha wezokuvakasha ezweni, uhulumeni wethule umkhankaso 'we-Incredible India' owaholela ekwenyukeni kokungena kwezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe eNdiya kanye neholo.
“Phambilini ezokuvakasha bezithathwa njengento ewubukhazikhazi kodwa manje seziwumthombo obalulekile wokuthuthukisa umnotho emhlabeni jikelele. Iminotho eminingi isiguquliwe ngenxa yezokuvakasha, ikakhulukazi amathuba eziwahlinzekayo ekukhiqizeni amathuba omsebenzi nokulwa nobubha,” kusho uGupta.
Ngokusho kwephepha, ukungena kwezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe eNdiya kubikezelwa ukuthi kuzokhula ngesilinganiso saminyaka yonke samaphesenti angama-8.8 kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo.
Ngo-2012, ukukhula kwabavakashi abangenayo kwaba ngamaphesenti angu-5.4 kuya ezigidini ezingu-6.65 uma kuqhathaniswa nowezi-2011.
Muva nje, uhulumeni uzibekele umgomo wokuheha abavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe abayizigidi eziyi-12 ngonyaka wezi-2016.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, leli phephandaba lathi ukukhuphuka kwezivumelwano Zohwebo Olukhululekile (FTAs) kuwumsebenzi ngokusobala wokukhula kahle komnotho waseNdiya ekhulwini elisha leminyaka.
Imali etholwayo yokushintshanisa amazwe angaphandle (i-FEE) evela kwezokuvakasha ikhule ngamaphesenti ayi-19.8 ngokwemibandela yama-rupee ngoFebhuwari, 2013 uma kuqhathaniswa noFebhuwari wonyaka odlule.
Eminyakeni yakamuva, i-India isayine inqwaba yama-FTA ne-Japan, Korea kanye ne-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) futhi ixoxisana nabanye okuhlanganisa ne-European Union.
Uhulumeni usephinde wethula uhlelo lokuqeqesha, “Hunar Se Rozgar Tak”, ukuze kwakhiwe amakhono angaqasheka entsheni enentshisekelo ephakathi kweminyaka eyi-18-28, esho.
“Lolu hlelo luhumusheka ngokuthi kusuka kumakhono kuye emsebenzini.
Ngaphansi kwalokhu kuhlelwa izinhlelo ezimfishane zokuqeqesha amasonto ayisithupha kuya kwayisishiyagalombili ukuze kuthuthukiswe amakhono entsheni emikhakheni eyahlukene yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha,” kusho uGupta.
Lolu hlelo alwenziwa kuphela izikhungo ezingaphansi kohulumeni wesifunda nohulumeni kodwa futhi ngamahhotela ahlukene nezinye izikhungo, wengeza.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “We have proposed to the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of External Affairs to extend the visa-on-arrival facility to be available at more international airports in India including Bangalore and Hyderabad which would cover tourists from about 15 more countries under its ambit,” Additional Director General (MR), Tourism Ministry, A.
- To give a boost to the tourism sector in the country, the government had launched ‘Incredible India' campaign which resulted into a rise in the flow of foreign tourists into India and earnings.
- Uhulumeni usephinde wethula uhlelo lokuqeqesha, “Hunar Se Rozgar Tak”, ukuze kwakhiwe amakhono angaqasheka entsheni enentshisekelo ephakathi kweminyaka eyi-18-28, esho.
