I-Tourism Authority yase-Thailand (TAT) izosebenzisa ukuphatha kwayo izinkinga
isikhungo sokuqapha imithelela yesinqumo senkantolo sangoLwesihlanu sokuthi ngabe sangaphambili
UNdunankulu uThaksin Shinawatra ama-baht ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-76 ezimpahleni eziqandisiwe kufanele
banjiwe.

UMbusi we-TAT uSurapol Svetasreni uthe le nhlangano izosebenzisana nabazimele
izinhlangano zezokuvakasha ukuze ziqaphe isimo futhi zikhiphe imininingwane yazo
izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe usuku lonke ngamahhovisi e-TAT aphesheya kwezilwandle kanye
iwebhusayithi yayo.

Kuze kube manje, amazwe angama-27 akhiphe izeluleko zokuhamba, ephakamisa ukuthi awabo
izakhamizi ziqaphele ngenkathi zivakashele eThailand ngempelasonto ezayo.

Izeluleko zibonisa amazinga ahlukene okukhathazeka. China, Sweden, South
I-Korea, i-Taiwan, ne-Macau zisabalalise izeluleko ezilula kakhulu, kalula
ukucela abantu ukuthi baqaphele isimo.

Amanye amazwe aseYurophu ahlanganisa iFrance, i-Italy, iSwitzerland, iDenmark, kanye
I-Netherlands, kanye ne-US ne-Japan, bakhuphule amazinga wokweluleka,
bexwayisa abezizwe zabo ukuthi baqaphele.

I-UK, iBelgium, iCanada, iJalimane, iNew Zealand, ne-Australia yeluleka
izakhamizi ukuthi ziqhelelane nezindawo zokubhikisha, izinga lesithathu lokweluleka
isilinganiso. Kepha alikho izwe elivimbe abantu ukuthi baye eThailand.

Naphezu kokushuba kwesimo sezombangazwe, uMnu. Surapol uthe i-TAT izoqhubeka nayo
izinhlelo, ezihlanganisa umbukiso wezokuvakasha kusukela kusasa kuze kube yiSonto. Kunjalo futhi
imema abamele abezindaba abangaba ngu-250 emhlabeni wonke ukuthi bavakashele eThailand ngokulandelayo
inyanga.

U-Apichat Sankary, owayengumongameli we-Association of Thai Travel Agents,
uthembise izinyathelo ezisebenzayo zokuphepha kubavakashi. “AbaseScandinavia bakhona
baqhubeka nohambo lwabo, ikakhulukazi ePhuket naseKrabi. Banokukhathazeka okuncane njengoba
bajwayelene nepolitiki yaseThailand,” kusho yena.