I-visa yaseThailand lapho ifika online noma i-Thai eVOA yethulwa ngoNovemba 2018 ukwenza kube lula kubahambi bakwamanye amazwe ukuvakashela izwe. Selokhu yakhishwa, i-visa esebenza ngogesi ohlelweni lokufika iqhubekile nokwenza ngcono izinqubo zayo futhi iba nomthelela omuhle emachwebeni okungena eThailand. Kusukela ngoFebhuwari 14, ushintsho oluya eThailand ngohlelo lokufika kwama-visa luzokwenza ukuthi lusebenze kahle kakhulu futhi lusheshe ukuhamba nokuvakashela iZwe lamaSmiles.
Inhloso ye-eVOA yeThailand kwakuwukwenza lula inqubo yokuthola i-visa. Enye inhloso bekuwukunciphisa izikhathi zokulinda ukulawulwa kwemingcele lapho zifika ezweni. Ngohlelo olusha oluthuthukisiwe, abahambi bangonga kuze kufike emahoreni amabili. Esikhathini esedlule, izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe bekufanele zidlule kolayini abade ukuthola i-visa yabo futhi bangene eThailand. Ngenkathi kusenokwenzeka ukuthola i-visa lapho ufika ethekwini lokungena eThailand, ukufaka isicelo ku-inthanethi kuzokongela isihambi isikhathi esiningi nobunzima.
Ngokwethulwa kwe-visa yaseThailand lapho ufika, izakhamizi zamazwe angama-21 zingagcwalisa ngokushesha ifomu lesicelo eliku-inthanethi ngemininingwane yabo kanye nedatha yepasipoti. Abafakizicelo banezinsuku ezingama-24 ngaphambi kohambo lwabo lokuhambisa ifomu le-eVOA.
I-visa yaseThailand lapho ifika isho ukuthi ukuhamba okugunyazwe ngaphambilini kuyasebenza ezikhumulweni zezindiza zaseSuvarnabhumi naseDon Mueng eBangkok, nasezikhumulweni zezindiza ePhuket naseChiang Mai. Abahambi bamane badinga ukuqiniseka ukuthi i-eVOA yabo yaseThailand ivunyelwe.
Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi izakhamizi ezifanelekile zisadinga ukuhlangabezana nezidingo ezimbalwa zokungena eThailand. Abaphethe i-eVOA esebenzayo yaseThailand kumele babe nepasipoti okungenani enezinsuku ezingama-30, ithikithi lokubuyela, imali eyanele ukumboza izindleko zohambo lwabo, nekheli eliqinisekisiwe lokuhlala kwabo ezweni. Zonke izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe kumele zidlule emngceleni nasezifiki ukuze zingene ezweni. Inzuzo yokuthi usuvele unayo iThailand ekufikeni kwe-visa ukuthi ukulawulwa kwabokufika kuhamba kahle kakhulu.
IThailand yazakhela igama leZwe Lamamatheka ngabantu bayo abanenhliziyo enhle nokwamukela izihambi. Ezokuvakasha zikhule kakhulu emashumini ambalwa edlule. Ngokwezibalo ze-United Nations World Tourism Organisation, iThailand yamukele izivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-35.4 ngo-2017 kuphela. Eqinisweni, iThailand yizwe leshumi elivakashelwa kakhulu emhlabeni. Imboni yezokuvakasha yanikela nge-10 billion USD emnothweni ngalowo nyaka. I-visa yaseThailand lapho ifika ihambisana nenhloso kahulumeni yokuqhubela ezokuvakasha ezengeziwe ezweni.
Isizwe esiseNingizimu-mpumalanga Asia sivulekile, sinemfudumalo, sinomusa futhi sinokuningi esingakusiza kubavakashi bakwamanye amazwe. Kusukela emathempelini ayo akhazimulayo, enhlokodolobha enesiphithiphithi, emabhishi asezindaweni ezishisayo, eziqiwini zezilwane, iThailand iwina izinhliziyo usuku ngalunye oludlulayo. IBangkok iyodwa inezinto eziningi ezenziwayo, izimpawu zomhlaba, izindawo zokudlela kanye nemigoqo esophahleni okufanele ikutholile. Kunenala yengcebo yemvelo kanye namathuba ahlukahlukene wokuhlala ezweni lonke. I-Thailand ingajatshulelwa yi-backpacker ne-jetsetter.
I-visa yaseThailand lapho ufika ingatholakala kuze kufike emahoreni angama-24 ngaphambi kohambo. Abahambi abafanelekayo bazokonga isikhathi futhi ukufika kwabo kuzoba bushelelezi futhi kusheshe.
