I-LONDON - Njengoba iphawundi liphansi kakhulu uma liqhathaniswa ne-euro kanye nedola ekupheleni kuka-2008, iBrithani yayibukeka inenani elihle kumbhangqwana waseMaltese uMario noJosanne Cassar. Bathenga amapotimende amabili ukuze bathole konke abakuthengile ekhaya.
“Kucishe kube inhlekisa, amanani esiwakhokhayo,” kusho uMario njengoba yena nomkakhe bevakashele iSt Paul’s Cathedral eLondon.
Akuzona kuphela izivakashi ezidonswa eBrithani ngaphezu kwezindawo zeBig Ben, Stonehenge noma indawo yokuzalwa uShakespeare. Phezu kwephawundi elibuthakathaka, izaphulelo eziphakeme ezinikezwa abathengisi ababoshiwe ziletha abantu ekuthengeni.
“Indawo yokuhlala ishibhile, ukudla ishibhile futhi sesithenge izingubo eziningi,” kusho uMario oneminyaka engu-50 ubudala.
Njengoba umnotho waseBrithani uhlehla kanye nezinga lenzalo liphansi kakhulu emlandweni, u-2008 bekungunyaka obuthaka kakhulu kuphawundi kusukela ngo-1971. okokuqala.
Imali yaseBrithani ngoLwesibili nayo yehle cishe iminyaka eyi-14 uma iqhathaniswa ne-yen.
Enyangeni edlule isevisi yesitimela ye-Eurostar iqophe ukunyuka ngamaphesenti angu-15 kwabagibeli abavela eBrussels naseParis.
Kepha uma iBrithani isiba nguzibuthe wabazingeli abathengisa izinto ezithengiswayo, abantu baseBrithani phesheya babhekana nokuncipha kwamandla okusebenzisa imali futhi abanye bacabanga izindawo ezishibhile zamaholide asekhaya.
Imboni ifuna ukuzuza lo mkhuba ukuze ikhuthaze iBrithani "njengezwe elinenani elihle kakhulu emhlabeni osentshonalanga".
Isivele yethule umkhankaso wokunxenxa abantu baseBrithani ukuthi bahlale ekhaya kanti ngo-Ephreli kuzophakanyiswa isiphakamiso sikapondo oyizigidi eziyisi-6.5 (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-9.4), sisekelwa uhulumeni futhi imboni izoqala ngomzamo wokuheha izivakashi, ikakhulukazi emazweni ase-eurozone naseNyakatho Melika. .
"Ngingasho ngempela ukuthi asikaze sibe khona isikhathi esingcono sokuvakashela iBrithani," uChristopher Rodrigues, usihlalo wenhlangano yezokuvakasha kuzwelonke iVisitBritain, etshela abeReuters.
"Kumele sisisebenzise ithuba elingakaze libonwe lephawundi," kusho uRodrigues, ngokugqama kwethemba elisezingeni eliphezulu. "Leli yithuba elihle lokuthengisa iBrithani."
Ubalule ezobuciko, amasiko, ezemidlalo, amagugu nezindawo zasemaphandleni kuleli: kuningi okusengcupheni.
Ezokuvakasha zidala amapondo ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-85 ngonyaka emnothweni waseBrithani, amaphesenti angu-6.4 esamba somkhiqizo wasekhaya, noma amapondo ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-114 uma kufakwe ibhizinisi elingaqondile - okuyenza ibe imboni yesihlanu ngobukhulu ezweni.
Ingxenye enkulu yemali engenayo - amapondo ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-66 - iphuma ekusetshenzisweni kwasekhaya, ngakho imboni idinga abantu baseBrithani ukuthi bahlale ekhaya.
Abantu baseBrithani abakhathalela imali bavakashela amaholide ashibhile afana nokukhempa: I-Camping and Caravanning Club ithe ibone ukukhula ngo-23% kokubhukha ngo-2009 kusukela ngoNovemba uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule.
"Silindele ukubona ukwanda okukhulu," kusho umkhulumeli wayo uMatthew Eastlake.
Kodwa nangaphambi kokuba kunciphe ngezikweletu, ezokuvakasha ezweni zase zintekenteke, zingasebenzi ngendlela esezingeni lomhlaba, kusho inhlangano yezohwebo iTourism Alliance.
Ithe isabelo saseBrithani samarisidi ezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke sehle cishe ngamaphesenti angama-20 kule minyaka eyi-10 edlule, kanti imali engenayo yezokuvakasha yasekhaya yehle ngamaphesenti angaphezu kwama-25.
Ukwehla kwabangelwa ukuqubuka kwesifo somlomo nomlomo emapulazini aseBrithani ngo-2001, okwavala indawo enkulu yasemaphandleni ukuba ivakashe, kanye nokuhlaselwa kwenethiwekhi yezokuthutha yaseLondon ngoJulayi 2005, ngenkathi ukuntuleka kokutshala izimali kanye nokutholakala kwezindleko eziphansi. amaholide angaphandle anezela enkingeni.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, isimo sezulu esingesihle kanye nokubukeka kwamahhotela angcolile, ukubiza okuphansi kanye nezinkonzo ezingcolile akukaze kusize, kusho uRodrigues wase-VisitBritain.
Uvumile ukuthi izivakashi kudingeke ukuthi zibekezelele ukwehluleka ukuhlinzeka ngezinto eziyisisekelo ezifana namathawula ahlanzekile kanye nesevisi ngokumamatheka, waphinde waxwayisa ngokuthi amashumi ezinkulungwane zemisebenzi asengozini ngesikhathi sokwehla komnotho ngaphandle uma kuphakanyiswa amazinga.
“Manje sisendaweni lapho kufanele wenze khona izinga,” kusho yena.
URodrigues naye waveza intuthuko. Izindawo zasemadolobheni ezicindezelekile, njengeLiverpool, zibone ukuvuselelwa.
Idolobha elisenyakatho, elaziwa emhlabeni wonke njengekhaya lamaBeatles kanye nekilabhu yebhola likanobhutshuzwayo iLiverpool FC, laqanjwa kabusha ngonyaka odlule njengeNhlokodolobha Yezamasiko YaseYurophu.
UNdunankulu uGordon Brown ehlobo eledlule wenze konke okusemandleni akhe ukukhuthaza ezokuvakasha zaseBrithani, eholidini eSuffolk, ogwini olusempumalanga, ngokungafani nokuthanda kukamanduleli wakhe uTony Blair nge-Italy.
Intshisekelo yabaseBrithani ekubhukheni izindiza zaphesheya yehle ngamaphesenti angama-42 ngesonto lokuqala likaJanuwari kusukela esikhathini esifanayo ngonyaka odlule, ngokusho komqaphi wewebhu uHitwise.
Kodwa akusho ukuthi bazohlala ekhaya.
"Kubukeka sengathi iphawundi elibuthakathaka lenza abantu bangakwazi ukundiza baye e-eurozone nase-US, futhi babheka izindawo ezinamazinga okuhwebelana avumayo," kusho uRobin Goad, umqondisi wezocwaningo.
I-Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), emele ama-travel agents kanye nabaqhubi bezokuvakasha, ithe iBrithani isazobhekana nokuncintisana okuqinile kwezindawo zokungcebeleka ezishibhile njengeTurkey, i-Egypt ne-Morocco, ezikhangayo kubantu baseBrithani abafuna ilanga nenani elihle.
"Nakuba iphawundi libuthakathaka akhona amazwe angaphandle kwe-eurozone lapho kunezinga elihle lokuhwebelana," kusho uSean Tipton, okhulumela i-ABTA.
Kepha uDorleta Otaegui, 30, kanye nozakwabo u-Inaki Olavarrieta, 30, baseSan Sebastian enyakatho neSpain - izwe eselivele liwehle ngokusemthethweni futhi elinokuntuleka kwemisebenzi okuphezulu kakhulu e-European Union - beza eLondon ukuze bathole izingxoxo.
“Siyajabula … sinemali eningi,” kusho u-Otaegui. “Izinto lapha zishibhile kakhulu.”
