Isikhulu sezokuvakasha eThailand simemezele ukuthi izwe lilindele ukwamukela izivakashi eziyizigidi ezinhlanu ngo-2021. Kodwa-ke, ekuqaleni, iziphathimandla zaseThailand zabikezela ukuthi ukugeleza kwabavakashi kuzoba izivakashi eziyizigidi eziyishumi.
"Uma sikwazi ukuheha izivakashi eziyizigidi ezinhlanu kulo nyaka ngaphansi kwezimo ezikhona, kuzoba yimpumelelo," kusho inhloko yoMnyango Wezokuvakasha nezeMidlalo kuleliya lizwe, uPhiphat Ratchakitprakarn.
Okokuqala, kuzogxilwa kubavakashi abavela emazweni ase-Asia - iChina, iNdiya neMalaysia. Izivakashi ezivela kula mazwe zenze u-40% wezivakashi ezingama-39.8 million ezivakashele kuzo Thailand e 2019.
UMnyango Wezokuvakasha Nezemidlalo waseThailand uhlela ukuxoxa noNdunankulu kanye noMnyango Wezempilo wezwe ngodaba lokubandakanya izakhamizi ezisebenza emkhakheni wezokuvakasha ohlelweni lokugoma zisanda kuqala - ngoFebhuwari.
"Abasebenzi abasembonini yezokuvakasha, njengabasebenzi basehhotela, abashayeli, izindawo zokudlela nezama-spa ezisezikhungweni ezinkulu zabavakashi, kufanele babe phakathi kwamaqembu okuqala ukuthola imigomo," kusho uPhiphat Ratchakitprakarn.
Ungqongqoshe ukholwa wukuthi lokhu kuzosiza ekuvikeleni abasebenzi abasemkhakheni wezokuvakasha, ngoba baxhumana nezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe nsuku zonke.
Futhi, izwe okwamanje lisebenza "kwipasipoti yokugoma". Kungenzeka ukuthi ngokuzayo, izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ezine- Covid-19 isitifiketi sokugoma sizokwazi ukungena ezweni ngokukhululeka, kusho uPhiphat Ratchakitprakarna.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports plans to discuss with the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Health of the country the issue of including citizens working in the field of tourism in the vaccination program at its early stages –.
- It is possible that in the future, foreign tourists with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate will be able to enter the country freely, Phiphat Ratchakitprakarna said.
- “Employees in the tourism industry, such as hotel staff, drivers, restaurant and spa workers located in major tourist centers, should be among the first groups to receive vaccinations,”.
