Sekuyiminyaka emine i-Indonesia yabhekana nanoma yikuphi ukuhlasela kwamaphekula ngokumelene nezikhungo zezokuvakasha. Kodwa ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule, amabhomu amabili e-JW Marriott -abesevele ehlosiwe ngo-2003- kanye neRitz Carlton esifundeni saseKuningan avuselele ukwesaba ukuthi i-Indonesia izobhekana nezikhathi ezinzima kakhulu ngenxa yezinsongo zamaphekula.
Womabili amabhomu adlule nemiphefumulo eyisishiyagalombili kwalimala abantu abangaphezu kuka-50, okuhlanganisa nabendawo. Amaqembu ezepolitiki kanye nezinhlangano zamaSulumane ziwugxekile ngokushesha futhi ngazwilinye umzamo we-Association of Islamic Students (HMI) zaze zachaza ukuqhuma kwamabhomu “njengokwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu okunzima”.
UMengameli wase-Indonesia u-Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono usekugxekile lokhu kuhlasela. Ngokwe-Indonesia News Agency, u-Antara, umongameli wase-Indonesia wafunga ukuthi “ngenxa yabantu, uhulumeni wase-Indonesia uzothatha izinyathelo eziqinile nezilungile kubagilamkhuba nongqondongqondo bezigameko zokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu,” wenezela ngokuthi “namuhla [uLwesihlanu] usuku olusha. iphuzu elimnyama emlandweni wethu”. Umongameli uyalele Amaphoyisa Kazwelonke kanye Nombutho Wezokuvikela Kazwelonke (i-TNI) kanye nababusi ukuthi baqaphe ngokuvela okungenzeka kwezenzo zobuphekula futhi baqinise ezokuphepha.
UMbusi waseJakarta uFauzi Bowo ufuna futhi ukukhulisa ezokuphepha. Umbusi kulindeleke ukuthi ahlangane nabanikazi bamahhotela abavela e-Indonesia Hotels Association ukuze aqinise izinyathelo ngokuvinjelwa kwanoma yimuphi umthwalo omkhulu ongeniswa ezindaweni zokudlela nezindawo zokudlela. E-Bali, inhlangano yamahhotela kanye nomphathi wamaphoyisa sebevele baqinise izinyathelo zokuphepha. Ukulawula kuphinde kwaqiniswa ezikhumulweni zezindiza, ezikhumulweni zasolwandle kanye nengqalasizinda yomphakathi emikhulu njengenxanxathela yezitolo.
Ukuqhuma kuwo womabili amahhotela kubeka kungabaza ukusebenza kwezokuphepha emahhotela e-Indonesia futhi, ngokuvamile, nasemhlabeni jikelele. Wonke amahhotela amakhulu e-Jakarta kanye nezindawo ezivame ukuvakashela izivakashi ezifana ne-Bali noma i-Yogyakarta zethule izindlela zokuphepha kulandela umzamo wokuqala ka-Bali ngo-2000 ngemishini ye-x-ray, izithungatha zensimbi ezindaweni zokungena zamahhotela kanye nokusesha imithwalo.
Nokho, njengoba amaphekula ehlola izivakashi zamahhotela okungenani amasonto amabili ngaphambi kwesenzo sawo abese ehlanganisa amabhomu emakamelweni awo, abaphathi bamahhotela nezikhulu zezokuphepha bazobhekana nezinselele ezintsha ukuze kuqiniswe ezokuphepha ngendlela ephumelelayo. Abanikazi bamahhotela abaningi basazizwa bemanqikanqika ukuqinisa ezokuphepha, besaba ukushintsha izindawo zabo zibe izindlu zokulala zezivakashi zabo.
I-Indonesia kufanele ithathe isinyathelo ngokushesha futhi ngokuqinile ukuze kuqinisekiswe abavakashi abaya ezweni. Izwe kuze kube manje libukeka kuyilona lodwa eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia eliphunyuke kakhulu ekuwohlokeni okukhona manje kwezomnotho nezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele. Ukufika kwezivakashi ngonyaka odlule kukhule ngamaphesenti amangalisayo angu-16.8 ngaphezu kokudlula okokuqala isamba sezigidi eziyisithupha kwabafika emazweni angaphandle abayizigidi ezingu-6.42. Engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2009, izibalo zokuqala zikhomba kubahambi bamazwe ngamazwe abayizigidi ezingu-2.41, ngamaphesenti angu-1.7 ngonyaka wezi-2009.
Ezokuvakasha ziyaqhubeka nokuqhutshwa yimidlalo yaseBali. Lesi siqhingi sibone isibalo sabantu abavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe sikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-9.35 kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya kuMeyi.
Ukusebenza okuhle kakhulu kwe-Indonesia ngo-2008 nango-2009 nakho kwabangelwa ukwehla kwezinga lemakethe yezokuvakasha yaseThailand, ngenxa yemibono engemihle yombuso ngemva kweziyaluyalu zezombusazwe nokuvalwa kwezikhumulo zezindiza. I-Indonesia kuzodingeka ikhombise ikhono elifanayo neThailand lokuqinisekisa abahambi.
Kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, izwe lezombusazwe lase-Indonesia lalingavamile ukubonisa ukweseka kwalo imboni yezokuvakasha ngezikhathi ezinzima. Kuyithemba lemboni yezokuvakasha ukuthi kulokhu izwe lizothatha ngokungathí sina usongo olumelelwa ubuphekula obungaboni futhi libeke zonke izinsiza zalo ukuze lidlulisele umyalezo wokuthi i-Indonesia isalokhu iyindawo ephephile kubahambi.
