Phakathi nokuwohloka kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke, umthetho omusha wokuvakasha wase-US udala ithemba embonini yezivakashi eziningi ezingenayo ezivela emazweni amaningana.
Uhulumeni wobumbano uzonweba i-Visa Waiver Programme ngoMsombuluko ukuze ifake iNingizimu Korea namazwe ayisithupha aseMpumalanga Yurophu - iHungary, iCzech Republic, i-Estonia, iLatvia, iLithuania kanye neSlovak Republic. Ivula indlela yokuthi izakhamizi zala mazwe zingene e-USA kuze kube yizinyanga ezintathu zingayitholi i-visa.
Bajoyina amazwe athuthukile angama-27, okuhlanganisa i-UK, iFrance neJapan, anikezwe leli lungelo. Izikhulu zezokuvakasha zase-US bezilokhu zinxenxa ngamandla ukuthi kwandiswe eminyakeni yamuva nje ukuze kufakwe amanye amazwe njengendlela yokukhiqiza izivakashi eziningi nokudambisa ukukhathazeka i-USA engazange yamukele ngemuva komhlaka-9/11.
Ngo-2007, cishe abahambi abayizigidi ezingama-29 abavela phesheya - ngaphandle kwaseMexico naseCanada - bavakashela e-USA, bakhuphuke ngo-10% kusukela ngo-2006, ngokusho kweTravel Industry Association. Kodwa uma kubhekwa isimo esibucayi somnotho emhlabeni wonke, isibalo sabavakashi baphesheya kwezilwandle e-USA kulindeleke ukuthi sehle ngo-3% ngo-2009 siye ezigidini ezingu-25.5 sisuka ezigidini ezilinganiselwa ku-26.3 kulo nyaka, kusho i-TIA.
Ngaphandle kwalolu hlelo, izinga lokwehla belizokhuphuka kakhulu, kusho uGeoff Freeman, isikhulu sezindaba zomphakathi se-TIA. "I-Visa Waiver Programme iwuhlelo olubaluleke kakhulu kwezokuvakasha kwamanye amazwe e-US," usho kanje. "Kubalulekile kuzo zonke izinhlangothi zokuhamba - ukusuka ekuhambeni kwebhizinisi kuye kwezokuvakasha kanye nokuhamba kwabafundi."
Abasekeli bayo bathi inqubo yokuthola ama-visa ezivakashi ase-US kubantu bakwamanye amazwe emazweni akubo ingaba umthwalo futhi idikibalise abaningi abangaba izivakashi.
Kusukela ngomhlaka-9/11, bonke abantu bakwamanye amazwe bayacelwa ukuthi benze izingxoxo zomuntu siqu. Ukwehliswa komthwalo kungakhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwemali okukhulu kwezokuvakasha e-USA ngesikhathi lapho amahhotela nezinkampani zezindiza zibona ukwehla okuzumayo nokumangalisayo, kusho uFreeman.
Intshisekelo iphezulu ikakhulukazi e-South Korea, lapho uhlelo beluthola izihloko zezindaba ekhasini lokuqala. Ngo-2007, abantu baseNingizimu Korea abangu-806,000 bavakashela i-USA, bekleliswe endaweni yesikhombisa emazweni angaphandle.
I-Korean Air ilinganisela ukuthi inani lamakhasimende ayo ase-Korea avakashela e-USA lizokhuphuka ngaphezu kuka-10% ngo-2009 naphezu kokunqoba okubuthakathaka.
Ngokulindeleka kwesidingo esikhulu, i-Korean Air izongeza izihlalo ezi-5% kuya ku-7% ngaphezulu zezindiza zayo ezidlula i-Pacific futhi inyuse imvamisa yezinye izindiza, okuhlanganisa izindiza zase-Seoul-Washington kanye ne-Seoul-San Francisco.
I-Czech Republic, okufike kuyo izivakashi ezingaphezu kuka-45,000 ngonyaka odlule, ilindele ukuthi isibalo sizophindeka kabili ngo-2009, kusho uDaniel Novy weNxusa laseCzech eWashington, DC.
U-András Juhász weNxusa laseHungary uthi isibalo sabavakashi baseHungary abavakashela e-USA kungenzeka senyuke uma isidingo se-visa sesisusiwe. “Kwadingeka sime emgqeni futhi, kwabanye, kwadingeka bahambe besuka emaphandleni baye eBudapest ukuze bathole inhlolokhono. Abaningi bebengazimisele ukubhekana nalolu hlelo olululazayo.”
