Ekuseni okubanda kakhulu kule ndawo emangalisayo neyake yaba seceleni, ojosaka base-Europe abadla lubi kanye nabavakashi baseMelika abanezithende ezinhle baye badela indawo yabo yokudubula.
Inqwaba yamakhamera akhanyayo, agijimayo namakhamera evidiyo aqala ngesikhathi izindela zamaBuddha ziphuma ngaphandle kwezicathulo ezindlini zazo zezindela ngendlela enokuthula, engaphelelwa yisikhathi. Ukuqhuma okuya phambili kunqamula umugqa wezingubo eziphuzi ngokusagolide, futhi kucishe kunyathele ngamadolo abesifazane baseLao benikeza izindela ukudla.
Kamuva ngalolo suku, inkosana yenhloko-dolobha yangaphambili elwela ukulondoloza ifa lesiko ledolobha lakubo, iyabhikisha: “Ezivakashini eziningi, ukuza eLuang Prabang kufana nokuthatha uhambo, kodwa izindela zethu azizona izinkawu noma izinyathi.”
Njengoba ijule esigodini soMfula iMekong, eyahlukaniswa nengxenye enkulu yomhlaba yiMpi YaseVietnam, iLuang Prabang yayihluke kakhulu lapho ngiqala ukuyibona ngo-1974.
Iyafafa emaphethelweni, yebo, kodwa kusewukuhlangana okumangalisayo kwezindawo zokuhlala zendabuko zaseLao, ukwakhiwa kwamakholoni aseFrance kanye nezigodlo zezindela ezinhle ezingaphezu kuka-30, ezinye ezasukela ekhulwini le-14. Kwakungeyona imnyuziyamu, kodwa umphakathi obumbene, oyiqiniso, ophilayo.
Ngokushesha kufinyelele ku-2008: Imindeni eminingi emidala ihambile, yathengisa noma yaqashisa amakhaya abo kubantu bangaphandle abacebile abayenze izindlu zezivakashi, amakhefi e-inthanethi nama-pizza. Zimbalwa izindela ngoba abasanda kufika abasasekeli izindela. Futhi ukuthutheleka kwezivakashi kuyanda, idolobha elintekenteke labangu-25,000 300,000 manje lithatha ezingaba ngu-XNUMX XNUMX kuzo ngonyaka.
Kuyo yonke iLaos, ezokuvakasha zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-36.5 ngonyaka wezi-2007, uma kuqhathaniswa no-2006, nezivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-1.3 ezinyangeni eziyi-10 zokuqala zonyaka, ngokusho kwePacific Asia Travel Association.
Sekudlule isikhathi lapho izindawo eziya kuzo ezimpambanweni zemigwaqo ezinkulu zase-Asia - i-Hong Kong, iSingapore, iBangkok nezinye - zaqala ukuthutheleka, ngisho, okuxakayo, njengoba zazishaya phezulu futhi zibuka umlingiswa, umkhathi kanye nomlando oheha izivakashi. indiza enkulu.
Manje, sekuyithuba lezindawo ezake zahlukaniswa izingxabano, imibuso enenzondo kanye nezwe "elingekho emgwaqeni" lapho kuphela abahambi abanesibindi kakhulu ababeke bafika khona.
Futhi njengoba amatshe ayigugu okugcina ase-Asia, ngokulandelana, enqotshwa ithonya elibunayo lezokuvakasha, kunezinhlungu ngempela enhliziyweni yami, kanye nomhawu wobugovu mayelana nothando umuntu okufanele manje aluhlanganyele nabaningi.
“I-Siem Reap ingase ingenye yezindawo ezimbalwa ezisabambelele ensalela yaseCambodia endala, ngaphambi kwempi, ngaphambi kokubulalana,” kubhala ngabhala encwadini yami yezenzakalo zansuku zonke ngo-1980, ngibuyela kuleli dolobhana elisenyakatho-ntshonalanga yeCambodia ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemva kokuwa kwedolobha. umbulali uKhmer Rouge.
Inani labantu lalibi kakhulu, kodwa u-Siem Reap ngokwakhe wabekezelela, isikali sakhe esincane, esiqinile, imakethe yakudala yaseFrance, isimo sobuciko esasifanele umphakathi osemngceleni wendalo emikhulu yaseCambodia, amathempeli asendulo ase-Angkor.
E-Angkor Wat, umbhangqwana omdala ongenamali wanikeza ujusi kashukela wesundu ofudumele ophuma enkomishini yoqalo njengoba amasosha ambalwa ayengiphelezela mina, isivakashi sodwa, sinqamula amagumbi amangalisayo ethempeli elihle kunawo wonke.
Ekuvakasheni kwakamuva e-Siem Reap, ngihlangane nesiza somsebenzi esimangele, esipheshulwe nezintuli. Amahhotela anezitezi eziningi anamafasitela ezingilazi ayeqhamuka ngasosebeni lomfula i-Siem Reap ovilaphayo, lapho kwakugeleza khona indle engaphekiwe ivela ezinkulungwaneni zezindlu zezivakashi. Imakethe yayinemigoqo eminingi ngebhulokhi ngayinye kune-Las Vegas.
Abalimele ngokomoya manje sebengakwazi ukubhuka izikhathi zokuphulukisa umuntu ngamunye ezindaweni zokungcebeleka zikanokusho “nabaqeqeshi bokuphila” abandize besuka e-United States, kanye nesisu “sase-Angkorean” sokugoqa seqabunga le-lotus nelayisi elifudumele.
Abangaba amaqhawe, phansi ngokukhathala ethempelini, bebejikijela amabhomu esandla futhi bedubula nezibhamu ngo-$30 ngokuqhuma endaweni Yezempi Yokudubula. I-Phokeethra Royal Angkor Golf and Spa Resort, enebhuloho lekhulu le-11 phakathi kwezimbobo ze-9 ne-10, yayilethe “umdlalo wabanumzane eZimangazweni Zesishiyagalombili Zomhlaba.”
Umgwaqo ongamakhilomitha ayisithupha usuka e-Siem Reap uya kuleso simangaliso, owake waba umhubhe onokuthula ohambisana nezihlahla ezinde, wakha iviyo lamahhotela kanye nezindawo zokuthenga ezimbi, ezifana nenxanxathela yezitolo - iningi lazo lephula imithetho yendawo.
Ngobusuku bami bokugcina, ngacabanga ukuthi bekuqhutshwa i-Grand Prix. Abahambi abasebasha bebebuthanela amaphathi e-sundowner ngenkathi amabhasi ehambisa izivakashi zase-China endleleni enkulu yase-Angkor Wat, egcwele intuthu ephumayo.
Mhlawumbe amaqembu amaphakheji kanye nabavakashi abaphezulu, kanye nezidingo zabo zokunakekelwa okuphezulu, bashiya umkhondo omkhulu kunamabhakha. Kepha e-Asia, abapakishi basebenze njengamaqembu okuhlola embonini, bangena ezindaweni ezisemaphandleni ukuze baqoqe izindawo ezinhle futhi bavule indlela yabahambi abahamba phambili. Isekethe yekhekhe likabhanana ibizwa ngokuthi, ngemuva kokukodwa kokuyisisekelo okudingekayo.
Thatha i-Pai, idolobhana eligxile esigodini esikhulu, esizungezwe izintaba enyakatho yeThailand. Kwakujwayele ukubalekela ezweni elilula, elingavamile, elinezindawo zezizwe ezihlakazekile emagqumeni, kuze kube yilapho isizwe esifudukayo somhlaba wonke sivela ngobuningi, sihudula amasiko aso.
Izindlu zezivakashi zoqalo nezotshani zinganga umfula i-Pai ozulazulayo lapho ungabonwa khona, zidla amasimu elayisi futhi ziqwala izintaba ngasosebeni lwangakwesokunxele lwayo. Ebhange elingakwesokudla, izindawo zokungcebeleka ezinenani eliphezulu seziqalile ukuba namakhowe.
Umugqa omfishane wedolobha ugcwele i-Apple Pai namanye amakhefi e-inthanethi ayisishiyagalolunye, izindawo zevidiyo nemidwebo yama-tattoo, amabha, amakilasi e-yoga namakilasi okupheka, inqwaba yezitolo ze-trinket kanye nesitolo sokudla esinama-bagel noshizi okhilimu.
Kukhona ngisho nephephandaba lesiNgisi, elinyatheliswa nguJoe Cummings, umbhali walawo maBhayibheli ohambo olusha, i-Lonely Planet guides, okungenzeka ukuthi yenza okungaphezu kwanoma yini ukubeka uPai kumjikelezo. Ephusheni elibi, ngilahla u-Joe ukuthi angadli lutho ngaphandle kwamakhekhe kabhanana futhi aphathe ubhaka ongu-500-pounds phakade.
Ngisho nalabo abaziphilisa ngezokuvakasha bakhala ngokukhula.
“Ithuthuke kakhulu manje. Kunokhonkolo omningi yonke indawo, izindlu zezivakashi eziningi kakhulu,” kusho u-Watcharee Boonyathammaraksa, okwathi, lapho ngihlangana naye okokuqala ngo-1999, wayesanda kubalekela izwe lokukhangisa laseBangkok eyovula ikhefi, All About Coffee, endaweni okuwukuphela kwezindlu zamapulangwe ezindala. asale edolobheni.
U-Luang Prabang wenze kangcono ngokungabhidlizi isikhathi sakhe esidlule. I-UNESCO iye yabhekisisa ngemva kokumemezela ukuthi iyindawo Yamagugu Omhlaba ngo-1995. Le nhlangano yachaza leli gugu lasemadolobheni ngokuthi “idolobha elilondolozwe kangcono kunawo wonke eNingizimu-mpumalanga Asia.”
Noma kunjalo, owayenguchwepheshe nesakhamuzi se-UNESCO, uFrancis Engelmann, uthi: “Sizilondolozile izakhiwo zaseLuang Prabang, kodwa silahlekelwe umphefumulo.”
Umphakathi wendabuko uyahlakazeka ngenxa yezokuvakasha, nalabo abathatha izindawo zokuhlala ezindala benentshisekelo yokuthola inzuzo kunokuba basekele izindlu zezindela, ezitholakala kakhulu emalini enikelwa ngabathembekile.
Esinye isigodlo sezindela, u-Engelmann uthi, sesivele sivaliwe futhi ama-abbot abanye akhononda ngokuthi izivakashi zingena zingamenywanga ezindaweni ezihlala kuzo ukuze zithwebule izithombe “khona emakhaleni azo” ngenkathi zifunda noma zizindla.
Abefundisi abakhulu babika izidakamizwa, ubulili kanye nobugebengu obuncane, okwakungaziwa nhlobo, phakathi kwabaqalayo abancane njengoba izilingo ezivela kwamanye amazwe zizungeza amasango ethempeli labo.
“Izinzile, izimiso zokuziphatha, i-eco-tourism” - izikhulu zezivakashi e-Laos nakwezinye izindawo e-Asia zicula la mantras asemfashinini. Kepha izinhlelo zabo zokusebenza zicindezela "okuningi, okwengeziwe, okwengeziwe."
Akukho lutho olufaka ohulumeni besifunda kanye nabathengisi ku-funk ejulile njengokwehla kwabafikayo ngenxa ye-tsunami noma ukuqubuka komkhuhlane wezinyoni.
E-Luang Prabang, ngokwezibalo ezisemthethweni, izindlu zezivakashi ezingaphezu kuka-160 namahhotela asevele ebhizinisini, kanti amaShayina namaKorea ahlela ezinkulu ngempela zohwebo.
Eduze kwebhulokhi ende yomgwaqo i-Sisavangvong, enkabeni yedolobha elidala, wonke amabhilidi abhekelela ababuka indawo ngendlela eyodwa noma enye. Kuyinjabulo enkulu ekugcineni ukuthola enye engayitholi, ngisho noma kuyindlu eyodwa iLuang Prabang Provincial Federation of Trade Unions. Ikhehla elizacile, elingenazicathulo futhi ligqoke i-sarong eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka enoshekhasi, bekungaba yinto evamile ukubonakala eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Manje, njengoba eshova enqamula iSisavangvong, phakathi kwamabhuzu ahambayo namapaki amahle, ubonakala eyisihambi edolobheni lakubo.
Eduze, e-Cultural House i-Puang Champ, umngane wami u-Prince Nithakhong Tiaoksomsanith unethemba lokuthi ngandlela thize uzokwenza umgudu wamasiko angempela we-Lao phakathi kwesizukulwane esihweba umhlaba wonke nesidlulayo.
Indlu yakhe yendabuko yamapulangwe, esekelwe phezu kwezinti, isebenza njengesikhungo lapho ochwepheshe abadala befundisa umculo, ukudansa, ukupheka, ukufekethisa intambo yegolide nobunye ubuciko.
Lokhu, kusho uNithakhong, kungasiza ukugwema isiphetho esingaba khona sikaLuang Prabang: “Disneyland.”
Ngakho, ntambama, intsha emine ngaphansi kokuqondisa komculi owake wacula esigodlweni, iyaprakthiza. Ezintanjeni nasezintweni ezishaywayo, badlala i-Lao Full Moon, ingoma yosizi, yothando.
Kodwa nalesi sithako esiyimfihlo sisengozini. Njengoba izingane zidlala, isivakashi siyazama ukungena. Futhi ubani lona ongaphezu kodonga, enweba izintamo?
Izivakashi eziningi, ngokuchofoza amakhamera esandleni.
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