I-BANGKOK, Thailand (eTN) – I-Thailand Travel Mart yamanje kanye neSango Elimangalisayo eliya e-Greater Mekong ingaphansi kosongo lokwehla kwezimakethe zaphesheya kwezilwandle ngenxa yokukhuphuka kwamanani kaphethiloli.

“Izimakethe zohambo olude zenza amaphesenti angama-40 abo bonke abafika emazweni ngamazwe lapho i-Europe kuphela ibalwa kumaphesenti angama-25.5 azo zonke izivakashi zethu zakwamanye amazwe,” kuphawula uMbusi weTourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) u-Pornsiri Manohar.

Futhi naphezu kwesithombe salo esihle kakhulu kanye nesikhundla njengendawo enenani elihle, izwe lingase libone ukuntengantenga -uma kungekona ukwehla kancane ezimakethe zaphesheya kwezilwandle. "Cabanga nje ukuthi inhlawulo kaphethiloli kanye nentela yomndeni wabantu abane manje imele inani lethikithi elengeziwe elisuka eYurophu liya eThailand," kusho isikhulu se-Asian Trails uLuzi Matzig.

Kodwa-ke, iThailand inethemba lokumelana nobumnyama futhi ilindele ukwamukela kulo nyaka abahambi abayizigidi ezingu-15.7 uma kuqhathaniswa nezigidi ezingu-14.46 ngo-2007 (zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-8.6). “Sifunde kule minyaka eyishumi edlule ukubhekana nenkinga yesimo. Sizoqondisa kabusha enye yesabelomali sethu sokumaketha ezimakethe ngamandla amakhulu,” kwengeza i-Pornsiri.

Izimakethe ze-Niche ziphakathi, ikakhulukazi iholidi, impilo kanye nokuvakasha kwezokwelapha. I-TAT ilindele ukwamukela abahambi abangaba yizigidi ezingu-1.45 ngezinjongo zokwelashwa ngo-2008, uma kuqhathaniswa nabahambi abayizigidi ezingu-1.2 ngo-2006.

"Sijabulela idumela elinamandla kwezokuvakasha kwezokwelapha ngenxa yamathimba ochwepheshe abazinikele, izibhedlela ezisezingeni eliphezulu kanye nokwelashwa okusezingeni eliphezulu ngamanani akholekayo," kusho uPornsiri.

I-TAT imemezele ukuthi izophinde igxilise imizamo yayo ezimakethe zezifunda igxile kakhulu eChina naseNdiya kanye naseMpumalanga Ephakathi. I-TAT icabanga nokuvula amahhovisi amasha maduze e-Kunming nase-Shenzhen.