IBelgium ibe yizwe lakamuva lokubuyekeza izeluleko zokuhamba ezinikezwe abantu bakhona lapho bevakashele eSri Lanka. IBelgium ixegise izeluleko zayo zokuhamba kule nyanga isula ireferensi eselulekweni sayo sokuvakasha sikaSepthemba 2010 esasithi "uma kubhekwa isimo sezokuphepha, bonke abahambela eNyakatho naseMpumalanga yeSri Lanka abanconyiwe".
Amazwe amaningana asentshonalanga ne-Europe aye axegisa iseluleko sezokuvakasha kulandela ukunqotshwa kobushokobezi ngoMeyi 2009. Ngenxa yalokhu, imboni yezokuvakasha ezweni iyadlondlobala manje njengoba kuthutheleka kakhulu izivakashi. Ukufika kwezivakashi kubhalise ukwanda ngamaphesenti angama-50 kusukela ekupheleni kwempi ngo-2009.
Uhulumeni ubeke eqhulwini ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha
ngenhloso yokwandisa ukutholakala kwezinsiza zamakamelo kusuka
i-11000 yamanje kuya ku-35000 ngonyaka ka-2015. Izindawo zokungcebeleka eziningana
ikhombelwe ukuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha nezinkampani ezizimele
ukubamba iqhaza.
Ngokwemibiko abavakashi baseBelgium abafika eSri Lanka banayo
inyuke ngamaphesenti ayi-108.2 ezinyangeni eziyi-11 zokuqala zika-2010 lapho
uma kuqhathaniswa nezikhathi ezihambisanayo zonyaka odlule. Ukwanda kwe
abavakashi abafika bevela eBelgium ngoNovemba 2010 kuphela, ngaphezu kwalokho
UNovemba 2009 ube ngamaphesenti angama-290.5.
Umthelela walezi ntuthuko uboniswe kakhulu kusukela ku
ukunakwa kweSri Lanka okutholwe ku-2010 Brussels Travel Expo (BT
Expo) ebibanjelwe eBrussels kule nyanga. I-BT Expo, enkulu kunazo zonke
umcimbi wokuphromotha webhizinisi ukuya kwezamabhizinisi ekhalendeni laseBelgium
ubuhanjelwe ngababukeli abangaphezu kuka-250. Umcimbi obunikezelwe
imboni yezokuvakasha eYurophu, ihehe izivakashi ezifika ku-4,000 -
okuhlanganisa ochwepheshe abahamba phambili abavela ezinkampanini zokuphatha izindawo okuyiwa kuzo,
amahhotela nezikhungo zomhlangano, kanye nokuhamba phambili nokuhamba kwezamabhizinisi
izintatheli.
Ekhuluma nezintatheli ezingaphezu kuka-50 emcimbini wabezindaba onesihloko esithi 'Sri Lanka -
Emuva Ebhizinisini', ebanjelwe enkabeni ye-BT Expo pavilion, eSri
Inxusa laseLanka eBelgium, Luxembourg kanye ne-EU, uRavinatha
U-Aryasinha uthe, “kungakapheli unyaka owodwa iSri Lanka ibuyile
Izinhlu zokuhamba zaseBelgium kanye nenyanga kuphela kusukela masonto onke ngqo
indiza yethulwa, iBelgium yayishesha ngokusobala lapho isuka khona
isuka etafuleni lezivakashi ezifika eSri Lanka, ngaphambi kobuphekula
ezithinta izwe”.
Uthe abamele izinkampani ezingaphezu kuka-40 zaseBelgium abavakashele
Sri Lanka ngoNovemba, abanye babo ababekhona emcimbini
babelane ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo, kungafakazela iqiniso lokuthi izwe linjalo
emuva ebhizinisini futhi akukho mkhakha owawubonakala kakhulu kunase-
umkhakha wezokuvakasha. Iphawula ukuthi ngokwesiko izivakashi zaseBelgian eziya eSri
AmaLanka nawo abesebenzisa imali eningi futhi efuna izinga, iNxusa
waqinisekisa ukuthi umkhakha wokuhamba ovuselelwe eSri Lanka uhloselwe kahle
ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zabo.
