Lowo owayengungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha eThailand, u-Weerasak Kowsurat, manje usengusihlalo weTourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Njengamanje ungumbusi osabambile wale nhlangano kuze kube ngumuntu omusha othatha isikhundla sokuba ngusihlalo we-TAT, kulandela ukuthatha umhlalaphansi kukaNkk. Pornsiri Manoharn ngoMashi odlule. Unikeze i-eTN inhlolokhono ekhethekile ngesikhathi sohlelo lokuqala lwe-Thailand Golf Expo e-Queen Sirikit Convention Centre, ehehe ababambiqhaza abangaba ngu-340.
I-eTN: Ingabe i-TAT yenza ushintsho ezinhlelweni zayo zokumaketha kulandela izinxushunxushu zezombusazwe zango-Ephreli odlule?
I-Weerasak Kowsurat: Yebo, asisangeni ebuhleni kodwa sibheka indlela esebenza kahle kakhulu yokugqugquzela ezokuvakasha zethu. Senze inhlolovo mayelana nokuthrendayo kwabahambi ezimakethe ezinkulu ezingu-20. Sizobe sesikwabelana ngemiphumela nabanikazi bamahhotela, abanikazi bezindawo zokuzijabulisa, izinkampani zezindiza nabanye abadlali abaningi kwezokuvakasha. Futhi sizobheka ndawonye ukuhlonza izindlela ezintsha zokuthuthukisa iThailand ngokuphumelelayo. Izimakethe ze-Niche ezifana ne-Golfing noma ezokuvakasha zamaSulumane noma isibonelo ziqondiswe kakhulu.
eTN: Zihamba kanjani ezokuvakasha eThailand kuze kube manje? Yiziphi izimakethe ezithinteka kakhulu nezingathinteki kakhulu?
Kowsurat: Kulungile ukusho ukuthi sonke silindele manje ezokuvakasha zizoncipha ngamaphesenti ayi-10 kuye kwangama-20. Nokho, ngilindele ukuthi ezokuvakasha zikhule futhi ekupheleni konyaka. Kuyamangaza ukubona ukuthi izimakethe eziningi ziyakwazi ukumelana nezimo futhi azizange zibonakale sengathi [azizange] zithintwe [zehlakalo] zika-April, empeleni, isizini ephansi yezimakethe zethu eziningi ezinkulu, njenge-Europe. Izimakethe ezenza kahle kakhulu zihlala kulo nyaka eMpumalanga Ephakathi, amazwe amaningi e-ASEAN, i-India, i-Iran, i-Australia, iScandinavia, i-Ukraine neRussia. Abathinteke kakhulu nakanjani yiChina neJapan.
eTN: Uma sibheka imikhankaso emisha, ingabe i-TAT ithola ukwesekwa okwengeziwe ngezimali kuhulumeni? Ingabe ikhona imikhankaso emisha ehlelwayo? Uma kunjalo, yiziphi izimakethe?
Kowsurat: Sisanda kuthola ingxenye yokuqala yephakethe le-Bht 1.45 billion (US$ 40.7 million). Ngale mali, siqhubeka sihlanganisa zonke izimakethe emhlabeni wonke kuhlanganise nasemazweni lapho sibhekana nokwehla okukhulu kwabafikayo. I-North Asia ithola ngaleso sikhathi cishe ingxenye yesithathu yayo yonke isabelomali sethu sokumaketha, i-Southeast Asia ne-Pacific kanye ne-Europe cishe ingxenye yesine yayo bese ingxenye yesihlanu iya emazweni aseMelika. Sibheke futhi ukukhuthaza kakhulu izwe lethu emiphakathini nasemazweni amaSulumane futhi sikhuthaze imboni ukuthi ihambisane namaSulumane ngokuphakamisa, isibonelo, imikhiqizo eminingi ye-halal.
eTN: Yiziphi izinyathelo zokuqinisekisa ukuthi izivakashi zivikelekile uma ziza embusweni?
I-Kowsurat: Ikhabhinethi isanda kuvuma ngokomthetho ukukhava zonke izivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe mahhala uma kunezinkinga zokuphepha, ukubambezeleka, njll. Manje silindele isinqumo soMnyango Wezezimali ukuze sifake isicelo esigcwele. Izosebenza kuze kube sekupheleni konyaka wezimali wase-Thai, kuze kube umhla ka-1 Okthoba.
eTN: Yiziphi ezinye izindlela zokuxhasa ezokuvakasha? Ingabe zikhona izaphulelo zezinkampani zezindiza noma ezibolekiwe zamahhotela ukuze zimelane nale nkinga?
I-Kowsurat: Uhulumeni usanda kugunyaza izaphulelo ezintsha zezindiza endizela eThailand ezizokwengezwa ekwehlisweni kwamanje osekukhona. Kubanikazi bamahhotela, uhulumeni usevele wembula iphakethe lezezimali lenani le-Bht 5 billion (US$ 140.4 million) ukusiza ama-SME (iBhange LaseThailand).
I-eTN: Ingabe le nkinga bekuyithuba lokuthuthukisa ukubambisana kwesifunda namanye amazwe ase-ASEAN? Ingabe ikhona imikhiqizo emisha ezomenyezelwa?
Kowsurat: Sisanda kuxoxa ngezinyathelo ezintsha zokuvuselela ezokuvakasha ze-ASEAN ngezaphulelo ezengeziwe ezihlongozwayo kubahambi base-ASEAN abangena ezweni lethu. Futhi siqhuba izingxoxo ne-Singapore ukuze siphakamise amaphakheji akhethekile akhangayo e-Thailand ezivakashi zohlelo lwasebusuku lwe-F1 e-Singapore ngoSepthemba ozayo. Ababukeli ababalelwa ku-100,000 kuya ku-150,000 bazothamela lo mcimbi, futhi uzonikeza izwe lethu ukuchayeka okuhle.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- North Asia receives then almost a third of our entire marketing budget, Southeast Asia and the Pacific as well as Europe approximately a quarter of it and a fifth goes to the Americas.
- He is currently the agency's acting governor until a new person takes over the post as chairman of the TAT, following the retirement of Mrs.
- It is surprising to see that many markets are quite resilient and did not seem to [have] been affected by [the] April events, which is, in fact, the low season for many of our major markets, such as Europe.
