Uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule, isibalo sabavakashi abafika eSri Lanka sikhuphuke ngamaphesenti ayisishiyagalolunye ekupheleni kukaJuni kulo nyaka.
Lesi yisikhathi sokuqala ukwanda okunjalo kwenani lezivakashi kubhalwe ngemva kwezinyanga eziyishumi nambili futhi lokhu kuwumphumela wokuphela kwempi yombango, kusho iPhini Likamongameli weTourist Hotels Association yaseSri Lanka, uSrilal Miththapala.
“Ukuthutheleka okuphezulu kwezivakashi kuvela e-UK, India, Middle-East naseFrance. Amahhotela amaningi e-Colombo nakwezinye izindawo kulindeleke ukuthi avuselelwe ngemva kuka-April wonyaka ozayo njengoba elindele ukukhula okukhulu ngo-December. Ngakho-ke, i-Sri Lanka ingalindela ukukhula ngonyaka ozayo ngokuthuthukisa amahhotela kanye nezindawo zengqalasizinda ukuheha izivakashi ", esho. Uthe uma kuqhathaniswa namanani amahhotela akwamanye amazwe akulesi sifunda, iSri Lanka ishibhile ekubeni amazwe afana neThailand egcina amanani ancintisana kakhulu.
Imikhiqizo yalawo mazwe iyathengeka futhi ingathengwa ngemali ephansi ngoba iletha izipesheli. Kulindeleke ukuthutheleka kwezivakashi ezingu-45,000 ngonyaka ozayo futhi izinhlelo ezimbalwa zokuphromotha sezihleliwe.
Ngaphandle kokumema izintatheli zamazwe ahlukene ukuthi zivakashele eSri Lanka, kuzobe kukhona ama-postcard kanye nezincwajana zesaphulelo ukuze zihehe izivakashi eziningi eSri Lanka, esho. Uthe uHulumeni uhlela ukunikeza amaphakheji ahlukahlukene kubatshalizimali eSri Lanka.
Izinga lokuhlala likhuphuke lisuka kumaphesenti angama-45 laya kumaphesenti angama-50. Ezokuvakasha zizophinde zikhule phakathi nezinyanga eziyisithupha ezizayo futhi abanikazi bamahhotela bangagcina amanani emakethe ajwayelekile. Amanani ekamelo lasehhotela ehlile ngenxa yokushoda kwezikweletu nezinye izizathu kodwa njengoba inani labantu likhula, amanani ekamelo angase akhuphuke ngokuzenzakalelayo e-Sri Lanka.
