BEIRUT, Lebanon - UMnyango Wezokuvakasha uzozama ukukhuthaza izivakashi zase-Arab Gulf ukuthi zibuyele eLebanon, kusho uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha uMichel Pharaon ngoLwesine.
“Ukususa ukuvinjelwa kwezokuvakasha kuyisinyathelo esibaluleke kakhulu ekuvuseleleni umkhakha wezokuvakasha,” kugcizelela ngesikhathi kwethulwa iseshini yama-21 yeHoreca 2014, umcimbi omkhulu wokungenisa izihambi nokudla.
UFaraon uthe unethemba lokuthi bobabili ama-Arabhu nabokufika baseLebanoni babuya njengezivakashi esikhathini esizayo sasehlobo.
Ezokuvakasha, ikakhulukazi ezinakekela izivakashi ezivela eGulf, ziye zathinteka njengoba izexwayiso zokuhamba mayelana nokuthunjwa okungenzeka kanye nezinye izinsongo zokuphepha zagcina izivakashi zase-Arab zingasekho ngo-2012. I-United Arab Emirates ne-Kuwait zakhipha izixwayiso ezifanayo futhi ngo-2013.
UFaroon uthembise ukwehlukanisa lo mkhakha ngokukhuthaza ezokuvakasha kwezokwelapha, ezamasiko, ezenkolo nezokushushuluza eqhweni.
UPierre Ashkar, inhloko ye-Hotel Owners Association, uthe iHoreca ibibanjwe ngesikhathi esihle kakhulu, ngoba ezokuvakasha eLebanon zithembele kosomabhizinisi, imibukiso nezingqungquthela.
Abahleli beHoreca balindele inani lezivakashi elingakaze libonwe, elidonswe isihlenga semincintiswano emisha nokuhehayo. Lo mcimbi uzofaka cishe amamitha-skwele ayi-15,000 wokukhonjiswa komkhiqizo, kanye nohlelo lwezinto zokupheka, ezamabhizinisi nezintsha.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- "Ukususa ukuvinjelwa kokuhamba kuyisinyathelo esibaluleke kakhulu ekuvuseleleni umkhakha wezokuvakasha," wagcizelela ngesikhathi kwethulwa iseshini yama-21 ye-Horeca 2014, umcimbi wokungenisa izihambi ophambili wesifunda kanye nokudla.
- UPierre Ashkar, inhloko ye-Hotel Owners Association, uthe iHoreca ibibanjwe ngesikhathi esihle kakhulu, ngoba ezokuvakasha eLebanon zithembele kosomabhizinisi, imibukiso nezingqungquthela.
- UFaraon uthe unethemba lokuthi bobabili ama-Arabhu nabokufika baseLebanoni babuya njengezivakashi esikhathini esizayo sasehlobo.
