Inkonzo yokulala ye-inthanethi i-Airbnb isimemezele ukwethulwa kokufakwa ohlwini kwezivakashi zaseMelika eCuba, olunye uphawu lokuncibilika kobuzwe phakathi kwala mazwe womabili.
Zingaphezu kuka-1,000 izindawo zokuhlala zaseCuba ezitholakalayo zezivakashi zaseMelika ezisohlwini lwenethiwekhi ye-Airbnb, ngokwesitatimende senkampani ngeledlule.
"Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwengu-50, iCuba ibingafinyeleleki kubantu abaningi baseMelika," kusho umsunguli we-Airbnb uNathan Blecharczyk.
"Asijabule kakhulu ukuthi ... abahambi baseMelika abanelayisensi sebezokwazi ukuzwa isiko eliyingqayizivele kanye nokungenisa izihambi okufudumele okwenza isiqhingi sikhetheke kangaka ngomphakathi wethu omusha waseCuba."
IWashington neHavana bebelokhu bebheke ekwenzeni ubudlelwano obujwayelekile ngemuva kweminyaka engaphezu kwengama-50 yenswinyo yezomnotho yaseMelika futhi basezingxoxweni zokuvula kabusha amanxusa.
UMengameli uBarack Obama unesifiso sokuthi la mazwe womabili aphinde avule izindlu zamanxusa ngaphambi kweNgqungquthela yamazwe aseMelika ePanama ngoLwesihlanu nangoMgqibelo.
Uhambo lwaseMelika oluya e-Cuba luhlala lulinganiselwe okwamanje kubantu abanezihlobo zaseCuba noma labo abavakashela ezigabeni ezimbalwa ezifana nezinjongo zemfundo, ezemidlalo, ezenkolo noma zamasiko.
I-Airbnb izovumela abantu baseCuba ukuthi baqashe amagumbi noma amakhaya wonke ngaphansi kwemithetho yaseCuba evumela amabhizinisi amancane.
Ngenxa yokuthi i-inthanethi ayitholakali kakhulu kubantu base-Cuba, i-Airbnb ithe isebenza nozakwethu bokusingatha iwebhu ukuze isize abanikazi bezindawo baphathe izicelo eziku-inthanethi nokubhukha.
I-Airbnb ithe isebenza nenethiwekhi enkulu yase-Cuba “ye-casas particulares”, noma izindawo zokulala ezizimele eziphethwe osomabhizinisi abancane bendawo.
"Bangaphezu kuka-1,000 abanikazi bemininingwane yezindawo zokuhlala bengeze amakhaya abo emphakathini we-Airbnb womhlaba wonke," kusho isitatimende.
Cishe amaphesenti angu-40 ohlu olutholakalayo lwe-Airbnb e-Cuba ase-Havana, kanti okunye kusemadolobheni ahlanganisa i-Matanzas, i-Cienfuegos ne-Santa Clara, kanye nokunwetshwa kwezinye izindawo.
"I-Airbnb ilindele isidingo esikhulu sezindawo zokuhlala zaseCuba ezivela e-US," kusho isitatimende.
“Ngemva kokumenyezelwa kwezinguquko zenqubomgomo kaMongameli Obama ngoDisemba, i-Airbnb ibone [ukwanda] okungamaphesenti angu-70 ekusesheni kubasebenzisi base-US ukufakwa ohlwini eCuba.”
Njengoba unswinyo luya luncipha, iCuba ibheke lokho okungaba ukwanda kwezivakashi okungase kudlule kalula imboni yayo encane yezokuvakasha.
Isiqhingi esiphethwe amakhomanisi sinamahhotela ambalwa asezingeni eliphezulu, futhi abahambi bavame ukuwathola egcwele, nokushoda okuphawuleka kakhulu ngaphandle kwenhloko-dolobha.
Ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha eCuba ulinganisela ukuthi isigidi sabavakashi abengeziwe bangeza esiqhingini minyaka yonke, ngaphezu kwezigidi ezintathu ezivele zivakashe unyaka nonyaka zivela emhlabeni wonke.
