Uma kukhulunywa ngokuheha abahambele izingqungquthela kulobu busika, amadolobha ezindawo zokungcebeleka ashiswe yilanga angase abe mnandi kakhulu ukuze azuze wona.
Izikhulu zezivakashi zithi amaqembu amabhizinisi abelokhu egwema izindawo ezithandwa izivakashi e-Arizona, eningizimu yeCalifornia, eFlorida, eHawaii naseNevada ngoba besaba ukuthi kuzobukeka sengathi banesikhathi esihle kakhulu phakathi nokuwohloka komnotho.
Ngenxa yalokho, benza ukuwohloka komnotho kube kubi kakhulu embonini yezokuvakasha evele ishayiwe emadolobheni afana ne-Orlando, amadolobha ase-Arizona e-Phoenix, i-Scottsdale ne-Tucson, i-Palm Springs, i-Calif., ne-Reno ne-Las Vegas e-Nevada.
“Akungabazeki ukuthi umnotho ube nomthelela omkhulu, kodwa kungaphezu kwalokho,” kusho uBrent DeRaad, iphini likamongameli omkhulu weScottsdale Convention and Visitors Bureau, lapho ukubhuka kwamahhotela emihlanganweni yebhizinisi kwehle cishe ngamaphesenti angama-30.
“Esikuzwayo ezinkampanini ukuthi zizokhetha idolobha laseMidwestern njengeMinneapolis noma iDetroit, ngisho noma izinga lilingana noma ngaphezulu, ngenxa nje yokuthi bakhathazekile ngemibono,” kusho uDeRaad.
Imihlangano yebhizinisi engaphezu kuka-80 iye yakhanselwa ngonyaka odlule ePhoenix kuphela, okuholele ekulahlekeni kwemali engaphezu kuka-$23 million, kusho uDouglas MacKenzie, okhulumela iGreater Phoenix Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Bathuswe ukulahlekelwa yimali engenayo ekhotheshini labo, abenzi bomthetho bezindawo zokungcebeleka - okuhlanganisa nomholi weSenate Majority uHarry Reid, D-Nev. - bacindezela umthetho kuCongress ongavimbela izinhlangano zikahulumeni ukuthi zingabandlululi amadolobha ezindawo zokungcebeleka lapho zihlela imihlangano nezingqungquthela.
U-Reid kanye nabanye abasekeli bathemba ukuthi umthethosivivinywa wabo ohlangene, i-Protecting Resort Cities from Discrimination Act, uzogunyazwa ekuqaleni kuka-2010 futhi uzokhuthaza izinkampani ezizimele ukuthi zibuyele elangeni futhi zijabule esikhundleni sokukhetha izindawo ezingabukeki kangako ukuze zibukeke.
“Esikushoyo nje ukuthi, ungacwasi ngoba nje indawo iyindawo enhle yokungcebeleka,” kusho uRep. Harry Mitchell, D-Ariz., omunye wabaxhasi bokuqala balo mthethosivivinywa. "Thola inani elingcono kakhulu ledola lakho."
Njengoba umnotho usantengantenga futhi nezinkampani ezisuka eWall Street ziya eDetroit ezihlala ngebheyili yenhlangano, abaholi bamabhizinisi besaba ukucutshungulwa komphakathi okungase kuqhamuke nokubhukha umhlangano wasebusika endaweni efudumele nenelanga, kusho uRep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif. .
“Sizakhele isithombe njengedolobha elihle lokungcebeleka, futhi, kulokhu, singase sibe izisulu zempumelelo yethu,” kusho uBono Mack, omele iPalm Springs futhi oyilungu leCongressional Travel and Tourism Caucus.
Abenzi bezomthetho bathi ukucwaswa kwamadolobha okuhlala kuzo kwaqala eminyakeni emithathu edlule futhi kwaqala kuhulumeni wobumbano.
Inqubomgomo yokuphatha kaBush, evezwe kumamemo asukela ngo-2006, yayidinga ukuthi abasebenzi bakahulumeni bathole imvume ekhethekile yokuhamba noma imihlangano ezoba “ezindaweni ezaziwa ngokugembula” kanye “nezindawo zokungcebeleka.”
Encwadini ayibhalela uReid ngoJulayi, iNhloko Yezabasebenzi eWhite House uRahm Emanuel uthe abaphathi abahambisani nenqubomgomo yesikhathi sikaBush. Uthe uhambo lukahulumeni kufanele lwehlulelwe ngalokho azokufeza nokuthi izindleko zifanelekile yini.
Kodwa-ke, ezinye izikhulu zezokuvakasha zikholelwa ukuthi uMengameli uBarack Obama ube nesandla ephutha kule nkinga ngesikhathi egxeka abasebenzi basebhange abathole ibheyili ngoFebhuwari odlule ngokuhlela umhlangano endaweni yokungcebeleka eLas Vegas.
Inqwaba yokukhanselwa kwalandelwa njengezinkampani - ngisho nalezo ezingayitholanga imali yebheyili yenhlangano - zibheke izindawo ezinephrofayili ephansi.
