Ingabe i-Orlando isohlwini oluvinjelwe lokuvakasha lwezinhlangano zikahulumeni ngoba ukuza lapha kumnandi kakhulu?
Izikhulu zezokuvakasha zicabanga ukuthi kukhona uhlu oluthile. Okungenani, bathi, banesiqiniseko sokuthi ezinye izindawo zokungcebeleka zibhalwe njengezingafanele imihlangano kahulumeni neminye imibuthano, kungakhathalekile intengo, ngenxa yezinkinga zesithombe ezingaba khona uma kubhekwa ukuwohloka komnotho kanye nenkinga yezezimali eqhubekayo.
Kuya ngokuthi ubuza bani, izindawo oya kuzo ohlwini zihlanganisa i-Orlando; Las Vegas, Nev.; Miami; kanye no-Aspen, e-Colo.
“Sizwile ngabantu abangaphakathi kwezinhlaka zikahulumeni ukuthi lolu hlu olungabhaliwe lukhona,” kusho uGeoff Freeman, iphini likamongameli omkhulu we-US Travel Association, iqembu likazwelonke labahwebi. “Ngokusekelwe kulokho esikuzwile, ngingalindela ukuthi kube okuphawulekayo” ngokwenani lama-ejensi ahilelekile.
Umkhangisi ophezulu wezokuvakasha e-Orlando, uGary Sain, ubeseWashington, DC, ngoLwesibili ukuzodingida lolu daba nezikhulu zikasoseshini.
“Okwamanje, ngisebenzela ekuzameni ukuthola amaqiniso angasekela lokho esinomuzwa wokuthi kuyenzeka,” kusho uSain, umongameli kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu se-Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau. “Silwa nalesi sipoki esaziyo ukuthi sikhona ngoba sisibonile noma sizwile.”
U-Sain udale ukukhathazeka endaweni ngeledlule lapho ekhuluma ngohlu olubi ngesikhathi ekhuluma neMeya yase-Orange County u-Rich Crotty kanye noMkhandlu Wokuthuthukiswa Kwezivakashi kulesi sifunda.
"Eqinisweni, kubukeka sengathi njengamanje, ngokungekho emthethweni, i-Orlando neVegas zisohlwini 'lokungabhuki' yinqwaba yezinhlaka zikahulumeni," kusho uSain etshela ibhodi labeluleki lesifunda. "Ngeke sikuvumele lokho kuzo zonke izinhlaka zikahulumeni e-United States, ngoba njengoba uhulumeni ekhula, lawo mathuba amaningi okuhlangana esingase silahlekelwe."
Lapho uCrotty ebuza ukuthi i-Orlando ingase iqondiswe yini ngoba ibhekwa njengendawo yokungcebeleka, uSain uthe le ndawo cishe ilwa nombono kuhulumeni wobumbano wokuthi “awukwazi ukuba nomhlangano onzima endaweni efana ne-Orlando.”
Ukuphawula kuka-Sain kulandela ukulahlekelwa kwehhotela lendawo ingqungquthela ezayo yoMnyango Wezokuvikela wase-US kobembangi e-Chicago. Ngokusho kokhulumela i-Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, ihhotela belinomhlangano, obuzokhiqiza amagumbi okulala angu-5,000. Kodwa i-ejensi yavele yasihoxisa isiphakamiso sayo ngaphandle kokunikeza isizathu, yathi kuphela i-Orlando ayisacatshangelwa.
"Asisho ngokuqondile ukuthi lesi yisibonelo" sohlu lwabantu abangasebenzi, kusho uTreva Marshall, okhulumela ihhotela. Ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi kube khona uhlu lokungabhalwanga wudaba oluthinta indawo yonke, hhayi udaba lweSwan neDolphin, waphawula, kodwa kuyamangaza ukuthi inhlangano yezokuvikela yalehlisa ihhotela ukuthi licatshangelwe ezinsukwini ezimbili nje ngemuva kokuthi i-US Travel Association yazise ihhotela. abaholi abasohlwini lwamahemuhemu.
"Impela sikuthola kumane kwaqondana," kusho uMarshall.
Ibhizinisi lase-Orlando lemihlangano nemihlangano selidonse izinyanga ngenxa yokuncishiswa kwezinkampani kanye nokusakazwa kahle kwabantu okulandela ukutakulwa kukahulumeni wobumbano ezinkampanini ezinkulu ezihlinzeka ngezimali ngekwindla edlule.
Abaholi bezimboni bakhale ngokuthi imibiko yezindaba yezinkampani ezinezinkinga eziqhubeka nokuchitha imali eningi ezingqungqutheleni nasezinhlelweni zokuhlehla - ikakhulukazi isikhondlakhondla somshwalense i-American International Group, ebisingethe abasebenzi imali ewubukhazikhazi ngemuva kokuthola izigidigidi zamarandi ngosizo lukahulumeni - ibangele zonke izinhlobo zezinkinga. ukuhamba kwezinkampani.
Uhambo lwebhizinisi oluya e-Orlando kulindeleke ukuthi lwehle ngamaphesenti angu-11.2 kulo nyaka, kuyilapho imihlangano yasebusuku kanye nemihlangano yeqembu kulindeleke ukuthi yehle ngamaphesenti angu-16.2, ngokuvumelana nezilinganiso zakamuva ezivela ku-Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau.
"Kungase kube khona amaphakethe abantu abanomuzwa wokuthi i-Orlando iyindawo yokuzilibazisa kuqala hhayi indawo yemihlangano," kusho uSain. Kodwa njengoba amanani ezindiza aphansi esifunda kanye nokunye okutholakalayo manje sekukhona, uthe, “I-Orlando kufanele ibe phezulu ohlwini uma kuyiwa kuzo okufanele uzicabangele” engqungqutheleni, umbukiso wezohwebo noma umhlangano.
Ngemva kwemibiko emayelana ne-AIG kanye nabanye abamukeli bebheyili, i-US Travel Association yazama ukukhawulela umonakalo ohambweni lwezinkampani jikelele ngokunikeza imihlahlandlela amabhizinisi nama-ejensi kahulumeni ayengayisebenzisa ukuze kusize abasebenzi banqume ukuthi umhlangano wawudingeka nini futhi ufanelekile.
Iqembu lezohwebo lithe lifuna namalungu eCongress ukuthi abheke ukuthi izinqumo zokuhamba zikahulumeni wobumbano zenziwa kanjani, nokuthi ukwesaba ukubona umphakathi kuhamba phambili yini ngaphezu kwamanani ancintisanayo.
“Ekugcineni kosuku, ohulumeni kufanele basekele isinqumo kulokho okuzuzisa abakhokhi bentela,” kusho uFreeman. "Noma yiluphi uhlobo lokufakwa ohlwini lwabavinjelwe lungafaneleki neze futhi lube nomthelela ekuguquleni umnotho wethu."
