Ingabe isimo eningizimu ye-Israel kanye naseGaza Strip sibangela ukuba izivakashi zibaleke? Ngokusobala akunjalo. Ingabe ezokuvakasha ezingenayo zizohlupheka ngokuhamba kwesikhathi? Kusesekuseni kakhulu ukuthi ungasho.
Khonamanjalo, izikhulu zemboni yezokuvakasha, njengawo wonke umuntu, zinethemba lokuthi udlame luzophela ngokushesha njengoba kube mbalwa abalimala ngangokunokwenzeka.
Ngokwezibalo zoMnyango Wezokuvakasha, izivakashi ezingaba ngu-35,000 njengamanje zivakashela e-Israel nsuku zonke. Isikhulu somnyango sithe ngoMsombuluko “kuze kube manje asikayitholi imibiko mayelana nezivakashi eziyekise amaholidi azo noma ezishiye izwe ngenxa yemicimbi.
“Abamele uMnyango Wezokuvakasha bathintana ngokuqondile futhi ngokuqhubekayo nazo zonke izingxenye zemboni yezokuvakasha kwa-Israyeli nakwamanye amazwe, ngokusebenzisa abaphathi bezikhungo zezokuvakasha ezisemazweni ahlukene, futhi bahlola isimo nsuku zonke.
“Ungqongqoshe uthanda ukucacisa ukuthi umkhankaso wezempi wenzeka eGaza Strip nasentshonalanga Negev, okuqhelelene nezindawo zokuvakasha nezindawo zokuvakasha zakwa-Israel, ngakho asikho isizathu sokuthi abantu bangaqhubeki nokuvakasha kwabo kwa-Israel.”
'Kufanele sivumele isikhathi sidlule'
U-Ami Etgar, umphathi jikelele we-Israel Incoming Tour Operators Association, ulinganisela ukuthi njengamanje kunezivakashi ezingu-70,000 kwa-Israel. Kuze kube manje, akukabikho ukukhanselwa noma ukuhamba kwezivakashi ezihlala kwa-Israel.
Ngokuka-Etgar, kunezizathu ezimbalwa zalokhu: Okokuqala, “izenzakalo azenzeki ezindaweni ezidumile phakathi kwezivakashi - iJerusalema, iTel Aviv, iNazaretha, indawo yaseLake Kinneret - ngokuphambene neMpi Yesibili yaseLebanon, ngoba isibonelo.”
Okwesibili, iningi labahleli bokuvakasha kanye nezinhlangano zezokuvakasha basanda kuqalisa kabusha ukusebenza kwabo ngemva kweholide likaKhisimusi, ngakho-ke kusesekuseni kakhulu ukusho ukuthi ngeke kube khona ukukhanselwa.
Okwesithathu, njengoba namanje kungakacaci ukuthi lezi zenzakalo zibhekephi - ekukhuphukeni noma esimweni sokuzola - abantu ababhukhe amaholidi kwa-Israel balinde ukubona ukuthi kuzokwenzekani ngaphambi kokuthatha isinqumo sokuza lapha noma manje.
Kunoma yikuphi, umuntu kufanele akhumbule ukuthi izinkathi zasebusika ngokuvamile ziyinkathi ephansi mayelana nezokuvakasha ezingenayo kwa-Israyeli.
U-Etgar wenqabile ukusho ukuthi ezokuvakasha zizolimala yini, futhi malini. “Asibona abaprofethi. Izinto zincike kulokho okuzokwenzeka ezinsukwini ezizayo. Kufanele sivumele isikhathi sidlule.”
Wengeze nokho ukuthi “kumele sikhumbule ukuthi izehlakalo zenzeka noma kuphi emhlabeni, nokuthi ijubane lokululama namuhla livamise ukushesha kakhulu. Umhlaba ubuyela emsebenzini ojwayelekile. U-Israyeli unamandla amakhulu okukhanga. Uma izinto zizodamba, ezokuvakasha zizobuya ngokushesha okukhulu. Phela, kunenzuzo eningi lapha kokubili amaPalestina nakithi.
“Ngisho noma singahlupheka esikhathini esifushane – kanti namanje asazi noma sizophumelela yini – sinethemba lokuthi sizolulama ngokushesha. Yilokhu okwenzeka esikhathini esidlule. Ukululama eMpini Yesibili YaseLebanon (eyaphela ngo-August), ngokwesibonelo, kwenzeka ngoSepthemba-Okthoba.”
Amahhotela ase-Ashkelon awasekho
I-Israel Hotel Association ibike ukuthi amahhotela ase-Ashkelon akhishwe ngokuphelele futhi awasebenzi. Amahhotela ezweni lonke, nokho, awakaze akubone ukukhanselwa kwezindawo zokuhlala izivakashi kuze kube manje kulandela isimo esiseningizimu.
“Isimo e-Ashkeloni asisihle,” kusho ummeleli weDan Hotels. Ihhotela le-chain edolobheni alikavalwa, kodwa alinalutho futhi alisebenzi ngomthamo ojwayelekile.
E-Holiday Inn Crown Plaza e-Ashkelon azikho izivakashi ezizothile ezihambahambayo, kodwa ivulekile futhi iyasebenza. U-Ahuva Lif, umeluleki wemithombo yezindaba e-Africa Israel Hotels, uchaze ukuthi “ngenxa yendawo etholakala enyakatho yedolobha futhi njengoba inendathane yezindawo ezibiyelwe, inqwaba yabasebenzi bemithombo yezindaba ibihlezi lapho kusukela ngeSonto kusihlwa – bobabili abakwamanye amazwe. kanye nama-Israyeli.”
