ISaudi Tourism Authority ithe uMnyango Wezokuvakasha uthathe isinqumo sokuvumela izakhamizi zamazwe weGulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ukuthi zifake izicelo ze-visa yezokuvakasha (electronic visa)I-eVisa) ukungena eSaudi. Ukunwetshwa okwengeziwe kwemithetho emisha kuzovumela izakhamizi zase-UK, US, kanye ne-EU ukuthi zifake isicelo se-Visa Lapho Ufika. Izivakashi zizokwazi ukujabulela futhi zihlole izindawo eziningi eziyingqayizivele zezivakashi zaseSaudi, ukuhlukahluka kwayo okumangalisayo kwezindawo, amagugu acebile amasiko, kanye nokungenisa izihambi okungenakuqhathaniswa kwabantu baseSaudi.
Isimemezelo esisha se-eVisa, kanye nokwengezwa kwe-visa lapho ufika kuyisinyathelo esiqinile sokuya phambili ekwenzeni kube lula nakakhulu ngezivakashi ezivela kuwo wonke umhlaba ukuvakashela eSaudi. Ngokuhlukahluka okubanzi kwamaphakheji kanye nekhalenda eligcwele lemicimbi eyenzeka unyaka wonke, iSaudi idala amathuba ajabulisayo okuba abahambi bazizwele ikhaya langempela lase-Arabia.
Fahd Hamidaddin, CEO kanye neLungu leBhodi kwa Ezokuvakasha zaseSaudi Iziphathimandla, ubeke amazwana:
"Ukwenziwa lula kwama-visa abavakashi ezigidini zezakhamizi ze-GCC kanye ne-visa yokwelulwa kwe-visa kusekela isifiso sethu sokwamukela izivakashi eziyizigidi eziyi-100 ngonyaka ngo-2030, endaweni entsha yezokuvakasha enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni."
“Lesi akusona nje isimemezelo; kuyisimemo futhi sikwenza kube lula kunangaphambili ezivakashini ukuthi zihlole izinkulungwane zeminyaka yomlando namasiko, izindawo zemvelo ezingenakuqhathaniswa, kanye nomkhakha wokuzijabulisa ochumayo. Samukela omakhelwane bethu, nomhlaba wonke, ukuze uzozibonela ikhaya langempela lase-Arabia.”
Izakhamizi zase-UK, US kanye ne-EU abanepasipoti efanelekile manje bangathola i-visa yabo lapho befika, kuyilapho izakhamuzi ze-GCC kudingeka zifake isicelo se-eVisa kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni ethi 'Vakashela iSaudi' futhi zibuke zonke izidingo nezinqubo esizeni. Ngokwengeziwe, ama-eVisa ezokuvakasha aseSaudi ayatholakala kwizakhamizi zamazwe angama-49.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The new eVisa announcement, and the extension of the visa on arrival is a solid step forward in making it even easier for tourists from all over the world to visit Saudi.
- “The facilitation of a tourist visa for millions of GCC residents and the visa on arrival extension supports our ambition to welcome 100 million visitors a year by 2030, to the world's biggest new leisure tourism destination.
- UK, US and EU residents who hold an eligible passport can now get their visa on arrival, while GCC residents are required to apply for an eVisa on the official website ‘Visit Saudi' and view all the requirements and procedures on the site.
