Izikhulu zezokuvakasha ezikhathazekile ngomonakalo okungenzeka esimeni saseMexico kusukela emibikweni yodlame lwezidakamizwa ziqale umkhankaso wokuqinisekisa izivakashi ukuthi kuphephile, ngethemba lokulondoloza ukukhula embonini ebalulekile.
Ukuvakasha kweMexico kuqhubekile nokukhula naphezu kodlame lwezidakamizwa kanye nokuwohloka komnotho e-US, njengoba ukuvakashelwa kwamanye amazwe kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti amabili engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2 kusukela ngesikhathi esifanayo sika-2009, uCarlos Behnsen, umqondisi omkhulu weMexico Tourism Board, etshela izintatheli eNew York. ngolwesithathu.
Lokho kwalandela unyaka ogcwele ngo-2008 lapho ukuvakasha kwamanye amazwe kwenyuka ngamaphesenti angu-5.9 kusukela ngo-2007, kusho u-Behnsen, izivakashi zase-US zenza amaphesenti angu-80 engqikithi.
"Kuwukunqoba, ngicabanga," kusho uBehnsen. "Ukukhathazeka kwethu kubheke phambili."
Ezokuvakasha kwakuyimboni eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama- $ 13.3 ngo-2008, ikleliswe endaweni yesithathu ngemuva kukawoyela kanye nemali ethunyelwa ngabaseMexico abahlala phesheya, esho.
Udlame olubandakanya izinkampani ezidayisa izidakamizwa nabezokuphepha babulala abantu abalinganiselwa ku-6,300 ngonyaka odlule, okuholele ekutheni uMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika ukhiphe isexwayiso sokuhamba ngoFebhuwari 20 ezakhamuzini zase-US ezihlala futhi ezihamba eMexico.
Isexwayiso sase-US, esithathe isikhundla sesexwayiso sangomhla ka-Oct. 15, 2008, sidale ukunakwa kwabezindaba okwenyukile izikhulu ezizama ukukuphikisa ngokuqinisekisa izivakashi ukuthi izindawo okuyiwa kuzo ezidume kakhulu zihlala ziphephile.
"Udlame lutholakala enyakatho-ntshonalanga yezwe komasipala abahlanu," kusho uBehnsen, egagula uTijuana, Nogales noCiudad Juarez ngasemngceleni wase-US kanye neChihuahua neCuliacan, lapho abashushumbisi bezidakamizwa besebenza khona ukuze baphakele uNobhala Wezwe waseMelika uHillary Clinton muva nje. ebizwa ngokuthi i-US enganeliseki yokudla izidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni.
Indawo yokungcebeleka yaseMexico iLos Cabos icishe ibe ngamamayela ayi-1,000 (1,600 km) ukusuka eTijuana naseCancun iqhele ngamakhilomitha angama-2,000 (3,220 km), esho.
Ukwehla komnotho e-US kungenzeka kusize ezokuvakasha zaseMexico ngoba izivakashi zaseMelika zingakhetha iMexico kunezindawo ezibiza kakhulu nezikude kakhulu, kusho uBehnsen. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-peso yaseMexico ebuthaka - efike eminyakeni eyi-16 iqhathaniswa nedola laseMelika ngoMashi 9 - nayo ingaheha izivakashi zaseMelika, kusho yena.
