Eholidini laseMexico ngenyanga edlule ePuerto Vallarta, uBill noJulie Heitz basentshonalanga yedolobha uGlen Ellyn bebeshayela beya esidlweni sakusihlwa nabangane abambalwa abanendawo yesikhathi kule ndawo edumile yezivakashi.
Ngaphambi nje kokufika endaweni yokudlela, uBill Heitz, 67, udonswe amadoda amathathu abegqoke umfaniswano wamaphoyisa. Nansi i-akhawunti yakhe yalokho okwenzekile:
Liphakamisa induku, elinye lamaphoyisa lanyakazisa uHeitz eceleni komgwaqo. Iphoyisa laya emotweni kaHeitz eqashisayo lamtshela ukuthi wayethola ithikithi lokufaka uphawu lokuma.
UHeitz utshele iphoyisa ukuthi akaboni phawu lokuma futhi wayelandela imoto ephambi kwakhe ezimpambanweni zomgwaqo. Leyo moto, eyayinezinombolo zaseMexico futhi equkethe okwakubonakala sengathi umndeni waseMexico, nayo yayikhishiwe. Kodwa amaphoyisa ayidedela ngokushesha leyo moto. UHeitz usola ukuthi la maphoyisa abebheka izivakashi, hhayi abantu bendawo.
Iphoyisa lathatha izincwadi zokushayela zikaHeitz lamtshela ukuthi ukweleta ama-pesos angu-800 ($62). Angayikhokha ngakusasa endaweni ekude, enyakatho yesikhumulo sezindiza.
“Umkami wabuza ukuthi ikhona yini indlela esingakhokha ngayo inhlawulo namuhla kusihlwa,” kukhumbula uHeitz.
Kungani kunjalo, kusho iphoyisa. Angakhokha khona lapha, khona manje: 500 pesos.
“Ngimnike amapeso angu-500,” kusho uHeitz. “Wangibuyisela ilayisensi yami. Alikho ithikithi.”
EMexico, kubizwa ngokuthi “i-mordida,” noma ukuluma — ukufumbathisa okukhokhelwa ukuphuma emanzini ashisayo neziphathimandla ezingathembekile, ezaziwayo ngokukhipha amacala mbumbulu omgwaqo kubavakashi - kanye nabantu bendawo.
“Ngangingafuni ukuganga nalaba bantu; ukukhokha u-$42 kubonakala kuyindlela elula yokuphuma kukho,” kusho uHeitz, obuyele ezimpambanweni zomgwaqo ngemva kwesidlo sakusihlwa. Kwakungekho phawu lokuma.
Ukuqiniseka, lolu hlobo lwenkohlakalo alugcini nje eMexico.
Ngikhumbula ngithembele esikoleni sami samabanga aphakeme saseJalimane phakathi nomdlalo wokumemeza namaphoyisa ambalwa angamagwegwe endaweni manje ebizwa ngokuthi i-Czech Republic, ngemva nje kokuwa kwe-Iron Curtain. Athi ngigijima ngesivinini. Ngangingekho. Lapho ngiphelelwa izenzo zesiJalimane, ngokunqikaza ngafolosa ama-deutsche mark angaphezu kuka-20. Bangibuyisela i-passport yami futhi bangithumela endleleni ngiphethe “i-Guten tag!”
Nakuba ingekho ingxenye yomhlaba egonyelwe iziphathimandla ezinomthunzi ezifuna ukugcotshwa izintende zezandla, i-mordida yaseMexico iyinto eyaziwa kakhulu. Ingosi ye-Internet yoMnyango Wezwe Lase-United States iphawula ukuthi abantu baseMelika “baye baba izisulu zokuhlukunyezwa, ukuphathwa kabi nokuqolwa amaphoyisa aseMexico nezinye izikhulu” futhi “izivakashi kufanele zibaxwaye abantu abazibonakalisa njengamaphoyisa noma ezinye izikhulu.”
UMnyango Wezwe uncoma ukuthi abantu baseMelika bathathe igama lesikhulu, inombolo yebheji nenombolo yemoto egadayo uma befuna ukufaka isikhalazo, futhi ukhumbuza izivakashi ukuthi “ukufumbathisa isikhulu sikahulumeni ukuze ugweme ithikithi noma enye inhlawulo kuwubugebengu eMexico. .”
UClaudia Quiroz, okhulumela i-Consulate yaseMexico eChicago, uthe izinhlawulo zamathikithi omgwaqo eMexico zikhokhwa esiteshini samaphoyisa sendawo - azikhokhwa ngqo ephoyiseni. Uma iphoyisa likucela ukuthi ukhokhe inhlawulo ngaso leso sikhathi, uQuiroz uthe kufanele wenqabe ngesizotha bese ucela ithikithi esikhundleni salokho. Uma amacala engelona iqiniso, iphoyisa cishe lizongabaza ukuqhubeka nalo.
UQuiroz uthe inkinga ye-mordida “iba ngcono, kancane kodwa ngokuqinisekile,” kodwa izivakashi zidinga ukuba yingxenye yesixazululo ngokwenqaba ukudlala umdlalo wokufumbathisa kanye “nokunamathela endleleni efanele yokwenza izinto.”
“IMexico yenza imizamo eminingi yokuqeda ngalo mkhuba,” engeza.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, i-Mexico City yaqala inombolo yocingo yenkohlakalo - 089 - izivakashi nezakhamuzi ezingashayela ukuze zenze umbiko ongaziwa mayelana nokusetshenziswa kabi kwamandla okungaba khona enhlokodolobha yezwe.
Esifundazweni saseMexico i-Baja California, izikhulu zisebenza ezinhlelweni zamaphoyisa asebenzisa izilimi ezimbili, agxile ezivakashini ukuthi agade indawo yezivakashi engamamayela angu-50 esuka eTijuana edlula e-Playas de Rosarito eya e-Ensenada. Lolu hlelo ludinga amaphoyisa aseSan Diego ukuthi asize ukuqeqesha amaphoyisa.
Ngokubona ukuthi ama-mordidas awasizi ezokuvakasha - imboni yesithathu ngobukhulu eMexico - imboni ezimele nayo ihlanganyele ekulweni.
“Kumasipala waseCancun nowaseRiviera Maya kube nemizamo ehlanganyelwe phakathi kwezinkampani eziqashisa ngezimoto neziphathimandla zendawo ukuhlinzeka amakhasimende aqashisa ngezimoto ngolwazi lwemoto ngayinye oluwazisa ukuthi uma edonswa ngento engase ibonakale iwukuphulwa kwemithetho yomgwaqo, kufanele banikezwe izexwayiso ezimbili ngaphambi kokuthi bakhishwe futhi bahlawuliswe,” kusho u-Alberto Gomez, isikhulu kwa-Avis eMexico.
Amaphoyisa aseCancun abanjwe esimeni esibangela amahloni ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka lapho amaphoyisa efuna u-$300 (US) kumshayeli wemoto eqashisayo egcwele izivakashi ezinhlanu zaseMelika—omunye wazo obeyilungu lephalamende lesifundazwe eMinnesota.
Lapho uSen. Michelle Fischbach efika ekhaya evela eholidini, wabhalela umphathi-dolobha waseCancun incwadi echaza ngokwenzekile. Amaphoyisa ayenecala afakwa ethini, futhi iDolobha laseCancun lathumela isheke kuFischbach lemali elingana no-$300.
Izikhulu zezokuvakasha eMexico zigcizelela ukuthi i-mordida ihlukile, hhayi umthetho.
“Ngo-2008 sathola izivakashi zaseMelika eziyizigidi ezingu-18,” kusho uRodrigo Esponda, umqondisi waseMidwest weMexico Tourism Board. “Ngalelo nani labavakashi, asivamile ukuzwa ngalokhu. Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, angicabangi ukuthi kuyindaba evamile.”
U-Esponda ukhuthaza izivakashi ezinomuzwa wokuthi aziphathwa ngendlela efanele ukuba zibike kwelinye lamahhovisi ayisithupha e-Mexico Tourism Board e-United States. Ungafinyelela igatsha laseChicago ngokushayela ku-(312) 228-0517, ext. 15, noma i-imeyili [i-imeyili ivikelwe].
Akulimazi ukwazisa ihhovisi lendawo lase-US Consulate e-Mexico, nalo. Amakheli e-imeyili nezinombolo zocingo zalawo mahhovisi zingatholakala engosini ye-Internet mexico.usembassy.gov/eng/edirectory.html.
"Siyithokozela kakhulu impendulo," kusho u-Esponda. "Singathanda ukuthi wonke umvakashi owehlela eMexico abe nesipiliyoni esimnandi - futhi iningi liyakwenza."
Ngaphandle kokulunywa yi-mordida, ukuvakasha kukaHeitz ePuerto Vallarta kwaba yilokho nje: okuhlangenwe nakho okujabulisayo kakhulu.
“Abantu babelungile kakhulu. Bonke abadayisi bebelala,” usho kanje. “Ngizobuyela ezansi lapho futhi. Kodwa angazi ukuthi ngizoshayela.”
Okufanele ukwenze uma usuzoluma
Izeluleko ezivela kuma-blogger kanye nezingosi ze-Web mayelana nendlela yokusingatha ukumiswa yiphoyisa eliyiqili e-Mexico:
Dlala kanye: Uma uvuma ngenjabulo ukuthi ungathanda ukushayela amamayela angu-30 ukusuka endleleni yakho futhi uhlale endaweni engenalutho ubusuku obuningi ukuze ukhokhe inhlawulo, lokhu kungase kudide iphoyisa. Njengoba sebejwayele ukuthukuthela nezingxabano ngalesi sikhathi esimweni sokufumbathiswa, bazobe bengaqaphile ngokuzimisela kwakho ukuthobela izimfuno zabo eziwubuphukuphuku ... iphoyisa liyobona ngokuvamile ukuthi ushayele inkohliso yalo, likubuyisele amaphepha bese likuyeka uqhubeke. endleleni yakho ngaphandle kokufumbathisa. - Drivetheamericas.com
Ngaphambi kokubanika ilayisense yakho, cela igama labo nenombolo yebheji: Uthola amandla manje ngoba ungakwazi ukukhomba kalula isikhulu. Bakhetha ukuhlala bengaziwa. Futhi ubazisa ukuthi uyakwazi okwenzayo futhi abasona isivakashi esingazi lutho abangasikhohlisa kalula. Uma sebenelayisensi yakho, baba namandla athile phezu kwakho. Ungase (futhi kufanele) wenqabe ukunikeza ilayisensi yakho uze uqophe lolu lwazi. Mababone ukuthi uyibhala phansi. Uma ungakwazi ukuxhumana nge-Spanish, sebenzisa ukuthinta kwezandla ukuchaza ukuthi ufuna ukubona ibheji lakho. (Qaphela: Iningi lezikhulu lifaka ibheji lazo esifubeni, okukuvumela ukuthi ubone kalula igama lazo kanye nenombolo kamazisi. Uma bengaligqokile ibheji labo noma benqaba ukukunikeza lolo lwazi, ungabheja ukuthi bahlela ukuzama ukusizakala. ngawe.) - Crosschronicles.com
Qaphela “umkhonyovu” walokho okuyikho futhi uzimisele ukukhokhela isikhulu esiseduze komgwaqo ukuze nje uqhubeke neholide lakho: Uma ukhetha ukwenza lokhu, u-$10 kuya ku-$20 (US) yinani eliphelele lokukhokhela “indawo yeholide” enjalo. Uma befuna okungaphezu kwalokhu, hamba uye esiteshini samaphoyisa ukhokhe inhlawulo yangempela yokwephulwa komthetho. - Cozumelinsider.com
Ingabe kufanele ukhokhe i-mordida noma isifumbathiso? Angilokothi ngikwenze. Nokho, ngake ngakwenza, kodwa ngangijahe ukubuya futhi ngangingenaso isikhathi sokulwa nakho. Ngokuvamile, uma ukwazi ukuzibamba, ungabaleka ngaphandle kwenhlawulo. Ngokombono wokuziphatha, okhipha isifumbathiso unecala njengalowo ocela isifumbathiso. - Mexicomike.com
