Abathengi bezokuvakasha baseNyakatho naseNingizimu Melika bagoqa izinsuku ezi-2 zemihlangano nozakwabo base-Jordanian e-Dead Sea

I-AMMAN – Abathengi baseMelika bemikhiqizo yezokuvakasha baqede izinsuku ezi-2 zemihlangano, amasemina, nezinkundla zokucobelelana ngolwazi, ezihlanganise nabahlinzeki baseJordani abamele amahhotela angama-60, abahlinzeki abamukelayo, nabanye abahlinzeki bezinkonzo zokuhamba embusweni. Omunye obehambele lo mcimbi nguRobert Whitley, umongameli we-US Tour Operator Association, obeyisikhulumi esiqavile kanye nomengameli wephaneli ethi “Amathrendi Namathuba Embonini.”

I-Second Jordan Travel Mart yayibanjelwe oLwandle Olufile ngaphansi kobuholi bukaHer Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah kanye nokubamba iqhaza “kwabathengi” abayi-100 abavela e-USA, Canada, Mexico, Central America, naseNingizimu Melika, abehlela indawo ephansi kunazo zonke emhlabeni ukuhlangana nozakwabo baseJordani abangu-180.

UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Nezinto Zasendulo uMaha al-Khateeb, obemele iNdlovukazi, utshele ababambiqhaza ukuthi ngezokuvakasha "singakha amabhuloho phakathi kwabantu, sinciphise igebe lokuqonda, futhi sisuse imigoqo engokwengqondo ekhona phakathi kwabantu namazwe."

Uzwakalise ukuthi unethemba lokuthi iJordan Travel Mart izoqhubeka nokukhula futhi wanxusa abezindaba ukuthi bahlukane nemibono ekhona kanye nemibono eyiphutha lapho uJordan abe yisisulu sayo.

UNkk Al-Khateeb uthe ngemizamo engapheli yebhodi lezokuvakasha laseJordani, u-2008 ube ngomunye weminyaka engcono kakhulu kuze kube manje. Wengeze ngokuthi, “Kubonakale ngokwanda okumangalisayo kwezibalo zezivakashi ezivela e-USA, Canada, Mexico naseBrazil.”

Umqondisi ophethe weBhodi Lezokuvakasha laseJordan, uNayef al-Fayez umemezele ekupheleni kwe-JTM ukuthi i-Jordan Travel Mart elandelayo izoba ngoFebhuwari 2010. Wathi, “Njengoba i-Jordan Tourism Board ibheka ngentshisekelo enkulu amandla okwenza ibhizinisi emakethe yaseNingizimu Melika, sikhuthazwa kakhulu ukuthi amaphesenti angu-30 abathengi bethu be-JTM amele le makethe ebalulekile.”

Uthe impumelelo ye-JTM ibonakale emananini ezivakashi asuka emazweni aseMelika, kanye nentshisekelo yokuthamela lo mcimbi waminyaka yonke ovela ezinhlangothini zombili zaseMelika naseJordani.

Izibalo zakamuva zibonisa ukuthi izivakashi ezifika ngobusuku obubodwa ezivela emazweni aseMelika zikhuphuke ngo-2008 zaya ngaphezu kuka-200,000, okusho ukuthi zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-12.7 ngonyaka ka-2007. Iningi lalabo abafikayo izakhamuzi zase-US, isibalo sazo safinyelela cishe ku-162,000 ngo-2008.

I-Argentina ne-Chile zibhalise ukukhula okuphezulu kakhulu kwamanani abafikayo, okufinyelele kumaphesenti angu-134 namaphesenti angu-106 ngokulandelanayo ngo-2007.

U-Al-Fayez uthe ngaphezu kwemakethe yaseNingizimu Melika, Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha laseJordani libheke ekwandiseni ukumelwa kwendawo ukuze lifake iChina neNdiya.

I-JTB isanda kwethula amawebhusayithi angu-2 ngesi-Mandarin kanye namaShayina endabuko aqondise izivakashi ezivela e-China nase-Hong Kong. Izilimi zesiShayina ziwuhlelo olusha kakhulu kwezinye izilimi zamazwe ngamazwe ezingu-8 ezitholakala kuwebhusayithi yayo ethi www.visitjordan.com: isi-Arabhu, isiNgisi, isiFulentshi, isiJalimane, iSpanishi, isiNtaliyane, isiRashiya, nesiJapane.

Amasemina alo nyaka e-Jordan Travel Mart agxile engxenyeni yomkhakha wezokuvakasha. I-National Geographic Adventure Magazine, I-Adventure Travel & Tourism Association, kanye ne-Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) babambe iqhaza kulo mcimbi ngesemina ekhethekile “Yohambo Lwezokuvakasha”.

Izintatheli zemboni yezokuvakasha yamazwe ngamazwe ezingamashumi amabili nanhlanu ezivela emazweni aseMelika, okuhlanganisa nezintatheli zase-USA Today kanye ne-National Geographic, zihambele lo mcimbi futhi zibamba iqhaza ohambweni oluhlelwe ngokukhethekile lwezindawo ezikhethiwe.