Sehlile isibalo sabantu bangaphandle abavakashela isifunda lapho izivakashi ezimbili ezihlukunyezwe khona ngokocansi ezinyangeni ezingu-16 ezedlule.
Izibalo zezibalo zaseNew Zealand zikhombisa ukuthi isibalo sezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ezihlala eNorthland ngoJanuwari sehle ngamaphesenti ayi-16 ukusuka ngenyanga efanayo ngonyaka odlule, okuphindwe kane kunesilinganiso sikazwelonke.
NgoLwesithathu owesifazane oneminyaka engu-27 ubudala oyiNgisi unukubezwe ngokocansi eHaruru Falls, eduze kwasePaihia, eBay of Islands.
Ngo-November 2006, umbhangqwana waseDutch waba isisulu sokuthunjwa okunyantisayo.
Kodwa isikhulu sezokuvakasha kulesi sifunda sithe abukho ubudlelwano phakathi kwalokhu kuhlasela osekukhulunywe kakhulu kanye nokwehla kwesibalo sabavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seDestination Northland, uBrian Roberts, sithe lokhu kuncipha kungenzeka kakhulu ngenxa yokwehla kwesibalo sabavakashi baseBrithani nabaseMelika.
“Izibalo zaseNew Zealand sezibonke zikhuthazwe izivakashi zaseChina, kodwa amaShayina amaningi akezi eNorthland,” esho.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seTourism New Zealand, uGeorge Hickton, sithe ukuhlaselwa kwezivakashi kuvamise ukuba ngabodwa, “kodwa namanje asifuni ukuyeka ukuqapha kwethu”.
Izibalo zeStatistics New Zealand zikhombisa ukuthi ukwehla akukapheli eNorthland kuphela.
Okunye ukuhlaselwa kwezivakashi kubalwa ukubulawa kukajosaka waseScotland uKaren Aim eTaupo ngoJanuwari, ukudlwengulwa kowesifazane waseJalimane eRaglan ngonyaka odlule, nokushaywa kwendoda yaseCanada uJeremie Kawerninski eWellington ngo-2006.
E-North Island, i-Auckland ne-Bay of Plenty kuphela elawula ukukhuphuka kwenani lobusuku bezivakashi kusukela kubavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe ngoJanuwari.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seTourism Industry Association, uFiona Luhrs, sithe mancane amathuba okuthi lokhu kuhlasela kuphazamise izibalo zaseNorth Island. Umphathi weHaruru Falls Motor Inn, uKevin Small, uthe “kusasebenza njengokujwayelekile” ngemuva kwesigameko sangoLwesithathu.
Okhulumela amaphoyisa asePaihia uthe akubanga khona intuthuko enkulu ekuzingeleni umhlaseli, ochazwe njengowaseYurophu, oneminyaka eko-30 ubudala, onezinwele ezimnyama ezimnyama. Wayephethe ubhaka, efake indandatho enkulu esandleni sakhe sokudla, ekhuluma ngendlela yaseMelika futhi wayengenazicathulo ngesikhathi ehlaselwa.
nzherald.co.nz
