Ukuvakasha kwezokwelapha kubonakala njengento eyinhloko yeNqubomgomo Kazwelonke Yezokuvakasha Kazwelonke ka-2010 yasePakistan, ngakho-ke sekusungulwe ithimba elisha elizocubungula iziphakamiso zokuthuthukisa nokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha kwezokwelapha, ezempilo, ezomoya kanye nokuphila kahle ePakistan. UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Kahulumeni uMoulana Atta-ur-Rehaman ukholelwa ukuthi iPakistan iphuthelwa ngamathuba okuvakasha kwezokwelashwa ngokwehluleka ukuyikhangisa ngendlela efanele. Ithimba labasebenzi lizofuna iziphakamiso ezifundazweni nakwabanye ababambiqhaza abathintekayo ukuze basebenzise ezokuvakasha kwezokwelapha ePakistan.
Izikhulu zezokuvakasha zithi iPakistan ingaqhudelana namanye amazwe, futhi ingaba ngaphansi kwengxenye yentengo yaseNdiya, nakuba iPakistan neNdiya bephikisana kakhulu, lezi zinsolo kufanele zithathwe ngokwengqikithi. Bafuna futhi ukusizakala ngezinkinga zaseNdiya, okuxakayo ukuthi zibangelwa yiPakistan.
I-Pakistan ingaba namandla okuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha ezimaphakathi, kodwa idinga ukubambisana kanye nazo zonke izinhlangothi ezisebenzisanayo. Izibhedlela ngazinye nama-ejensi azenzele wona ngokwawo, kodwa ngempumelelo elinganiselwe kakhulu. Lesi yisizathu sokusungula ithimba elifuna ukuthi bonke ababambiqhaza bezwe bangene emkhunjini, okuhlanganisa izibhedlela, amahhotela kanye nohwebo lwezokuvakasha. Uhulumeni wasePunjab usuvele usebenzela ukuthuthukisa isibhedlela semibhede engu-150 sokufakelwa izinso nokuhlinzwa kwenhliziyo, okukhethekile okubili iPakistan efuna ukuyithuthukisa, ukuze kuqondiswe izivakashi zezokwelapha.
INqubomgomo Kazwelonke Kazwelonke Yezokuvakasha ka-2010 ihlose ukunikeza abatshalizimali bakuleli nabakwamanye amazwe izinxephezelo zezezimali ezithuthukisiwe kanye nezikweletu ezithambile ukuze ingqalasizinda yemboni yezokuvakasha ethinteke ubuphekula ilungiswe ezweni lonke. Uhulumeni wobumbano uhlose ukusiza ukugqugquzela ezokuvakasha, futhi ufuna ohulumeni bezifundazwe ezine benze okufanayo. Ibhange Lombuso lasePakistan kuye kwacelwa ukuba ligunyaze ukwakhiwa kwesikhungo sesikweletu esizungezayo esisekelwe emigomeni ethambile namazinga enzalo aphansi. Ukuze kugqugquzelwe abatshalizimali bakuleli nabakwamanye amazwe, kwenziwa ngcono izinxephezelo zentela nemisebenzi eyenziwayo ukuze kwakhiwe izindawo ezintsha zezivakashi ngokutshalwa kwezimali okusha kuzo zonke izingxenye zezwe.
Imboni yezokuvakasha yasePakistan iye yehla ngamanani kanye nemali engenayo kule minyaka emibili edlule, kanti inqubomgomo yezokuvakasha ekhona isukela ngo-1991. Naphezu kokwenziwa kwangasese kwamahhotela amathathu amakhulu aphethwe yi-Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) akukho okunye okusha okutshaliwe kwezimali okwenziwe lezi zikhungo, ngakho-ke izinhlelo zokuqinisekisa ukuthi amanye amahhotela namahhotela aphethwe uhulumeni amisiwe. I-Tourism Training Institute, yayiphethwe amaTaliban, kodwa manje isilawulwa amabutho asePakistan; nokho-ke, la mabutho afuna ukuyibuyisela ejele. Ongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha bafuna kubuyiswe ukuze kuvuselelwe ukuqeqeshwa kwezokuvakasha. Lokhu kukhomba inkinga enkulu iPakistan enayo.
Noma ngabe yikuphi okuhle noma yiluphi uhlelo lwezokuvakasha noma lwezokuvakasha lwezokwelapha luhle, kuze kube yilapho izinkinga zobuphekula bebonke, amaTaliban ikakhulukazi, kanye nobudlelwano be-powder-keg phakathi kweNdiya nePakistan seluxazululiwe, abahambi bazoliqapha izwe.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Medical tourism is seen as a key element of Pakistan's new National Tourism Policy 2010, so a new task force has been formed to work out proposals to promote and develop medical, health, spiritual and wellness tourism in Pakistan.
- Noma ngabe yikuphi okuhle noma yiluphi uhlelo lwezokuvakasha noma lwezokuvakasha lwezokwelapha luhle, kuze kube yilapho izinkinga zobuphekula bebonke, amaTaliban ikakhulukazi, kanye nobudlelwano be-powder-keg phakathi kweNdiya nePakistan seluxazululiwe, abahambi bazoliqapha izwe.
- Tourism officials claim that Pakistan can compete with other countries, and could even be less than half the price of India, although as Pakistan and India are bitterly opposed to each other, such claims have to be taken in context.
