Umthwali kazwelonke I-SriLankan Airlines (SLA) isebenzisa izindiza eziyisikhombisa ezengeziwe eziya ezindaweni zaseYurophu ukuze zinikeze izinkulungwane zabagibeli abavaleleke nabalindile abathintwe inkinga yezindiza eYurophu.
Abagibeli abangaphezu kuka-3,500 3,000 abalinde ukundizela ekhaya bavaleleke ngaphakathi nasezindaweni ezizungezile eColombo, kanti izivakashi ezibalelwa ku-4,000 kuye ku-XNUMX eYurophu zilinde izindiza eziya eSri Lanka, ngokusho kwemithombo yemboni yezokuvakasha.
ISriLankan Airlines kudingeke ukuthi ikhansele izindiza eziyi-14 eziya e-Europe phakathi kuka-Ephreli 16 no-22.
Izindiza eziya nokuphuma e-Colombo manje sezibuyele kokujwayelekile. Ngaphandle komthelela wezindiza namabhizinisi esikhumulweni sezindiza saseKatunayake, izwe alizange lilahlekelwe kakhulu kwezomnotho ngenxa yemikhawulo yokuhamba ephoqelelwe kulo lonke elaseYurophu kuleli sonto.
Izindiza eziyisikhombisa ezengeziwe ziqale ngoLwesihlanu futhi zizoqhubeka kuze kube uLwesithathu. Isikhulu esiphezulu seSriLankan Airlines uManoj Gunawardena utshele iSunday Times ukuthi izindiza eziningi zizokwethulwa uma kunesidingo, wengeza ngokuthi i-SLA inezindiza ezanele zokwandisa imvamisa yezindiza. Akazange aphawule ngokulahlekelwa okwenziwe, ngaphandle kokuthi i-SLA "isabala." ISriLankan ukuphela kwendiza endiza ngqo isuka eSri Lanka iya emadolobheni ase-Europe.
Abahlaziyi bezimboni zezindiza, nokho, bathi izindleko zale nkinga ngeke zizwakale yizinkampani zezindiza kuphela kodwa namabhizinisi ahambisana nezokuhamba kanye nemboni yezokuvakasha. "Izikhumulo zezindiza zilahlekelwa amashumi ezinkulungwane zamaRandi ngosuku emalini yabagibeli, intela yezindiza, nezindleko zokufika, kuyilapho izitolo ezingakhokhiswa intela nezinye izinkonzo zezindiza nazo ziyathinteka," kusho isikhulu semboni yezokuvakasha.
Isikhumulo sezindiza i-Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) asikakakuhlanganisi ukulahlekelwa kwayo, kusho isikhulu se-BIA. Umqondisi ophethe iSri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau uDileep Mudadeniya uthe izivakashi ezingaba ngu-3,000 kuya kwezingu-4,000 zivinjelwe ukuza eSri Lanka ngenxa yesimo sezindiza zaseYurophu. Uthe uthemba ukuthi le nkinga ngeke iphazamise izibalo zezokuvakasha zika-Ephreli 2010, wengeza ngokuthi labo abangakwazi ukuza eholidini kulo mcimbi bazovakasha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
UMnu Mudadeniya uthe abezokuvakasha abazikhokhi izindleko ezengeziwe ezitholwa abagibeli abavaleleke, njengoba lokhu kuyinkinga engakaze ibonwe. Kodwa amahhotela abecubungula usizi lwezivakashi ezidonsa kanzima futhi enikeza isaphulelo. “Amahhotela abe usizo kakhulu,” kusho yena. "Iningi labavakashi ligxile endaweni yaseNegombo."
Kusekhula ethunyelwe ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, uSrilal Miththapala, umongameli weTourist Hotels Association yaseSri Lanka (THASL), uthe abavakashi nabasebenza ngezokuvakasha abasebenza neHotels Association kumele "bakhombise ubumbano" nabavakashi abaswele. Abasebenzi nama-ejenti ahlobene ne-THASL bebekhuthazwa ukuba bakhokhele izivakashi eziswele imali yamahhotela anenkontileka anikezwa izivakashi eziswele kwezinye izindawo.
UMnu. Miththapala, naye owayevaleleke eLondon ngenxa yale nkinga, wabuyela e-Colombo ngemva kokubamba indiza ye-SLA emini ephuma esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Heathrow eLondon ngoLwesithathu, ngo-April 21. Wathi lapho eya e-Heathrow, enye yezindiza. izikhumulo zezindiza ezimatasa kakhulu emhlabeni, wazithola zingenalutho. Izindaba zokuthi izindiza zase ziqalile zazingakatholakali.
I-Cinnamon Grand, ihhotela lezinkanyezi ezinhlanu e-Colombo, ibe nenani elilinganiselwe lezivakashi evikini elidlule. Iningi labo livela e-UK. Umqondisi wophiko lwamagumbi ehhotela uTerence Fernando uthe izihambeli eziphoqeleke ukuthi zihlale ngenxa yokukhanselwa kwezindiza bezizikhokhela izikweletu.
"Ngokuvamile inkampani yezindiza ithatha ithebhu uma izindiza zibambezelekile, kodwa kulokhu iklayenti kufanele likhokhele ukuhlala isikhathi eside," esho. Isilinganiso esincane segumbi elijwayelekile ehhotela lase-Colombo ngu-$75, kanye nezintela.
