Nakuba izindaba zokuqokwa kuka-Ronnie Lee Gardner ngokubulawa kweqembu labadubuli zahamba ngokushesha emhlabeni wonke, akulindelekile ukuthi ukukhetha kwakhe kuzoba nomthelela omkhulu ezimbonini zokuvakasha zase-Utah nezingqungquthela.
“Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi kukhona abantu abanezinkolelo eziphambene ngalokho,” kuphawula u-Colin Fryer, umnikazi we-Red Cliffs Lodge ngaphandle kwaseMowabi ethembele kubavakashi futhi oyilungu le-Utah Board of Tourism Development.
"Bangase bangene kwezombusazwe umzuzu, kodwa lapho befika khona, babengeke beze e-Utah ngenxa yeqembu labadubulayo," esho ngoMgqibelo. “Besingakwazi ngisho nokuvala izivakashi ngoba besingenabo utshwala. Ngaphandle kwalokho, kuzoba nabanye abantu abathi ngiyakweseka [isijeziso senkunzi], futhi ngenxa yalokho, ngizohlola i-Utah. Uma kukhona noma yikuphi ukungalungi, kuzoba ne-positivity, futhi. "
Abagxeki besijeziso sokufa baphikisana nokubulawa kuka-Gardner ngokudubula kuzoheha ukunaka kwabezindaba, okungase kubeke inyumbazane i-Utah njengokubambelela emikhubeni yobuqaba yase-Old West, isimo sengqondo somngcele.
Kube khona ukusabela okuthile kulowo mugqa njengoba indaba yayishicilelwa kumawebhusayithi kulo lonke elase-US nasezindaweni ezikude njengasePakistan ( Sindh Today ), Australia ( Sydney Morning Herald and The Age ), Great Britain ( The Guardian ), I-Ireland ( Irish Times ) kanye neScotland ( Scotsman.com ).
U-Adrian Weckler, intatheli eneminyaka engu-36 ubudala yaseDublin ngonyaka odlule yavakashela amapaki amaningi kazwelonke nawesifunda e-Utah, uthe, “Into yamaqembu adubulayo inomthelela omubi esimeni sika-Utah kubantu base-Ireland. Ngingacabanga ukuthi kuyafana kulo lonke elaseNtshonalanga Yurophu, alikho izwe elinesigwebo sentambo.
“Kufanele uqaphele ukuthi zimbili kuphela izinto abantu abazaziyo nge-Utah eYurophu. Okokuqala, ukuthi nguMormoni. Okwesibili, ukuthi uRobert Redford uhlala lapho. Manje sekunento yesithathu: amaqembu adubulayo,” kusho yena. “Akuwona umkhankaso omuhle wezivakashi.”
Imibono ebucayi njengaleyo iyingxenye yesizathu sokuthi u-Troy Oldham, umfundisi womnyango wezobudlelwane bomphakathi e-Utah State University, atuse izikhulu zezokuvakasha zombuso ukuba zikhuthale, kunokuba zibambe iqhaza, ekusingatheni lolu daba.
"Abantu bahlale benenketho yokuvota ngamadola abo futhi uma lokhu kuyindaba abantu abahlukaniswa ngayo, lokhu kungaba nomthelela," kusho yena.
Wasikisela ukuthi ingosi ye-Internet ingasabalalisa imininingwane yokuthi kungani uGardner elahlwa yicala nokuthi kungani ayengase akhethelwe ukudutshulwa.
"Vele uthole imininingwane," kusho u-Oldham. "Indima yombuso ukunikeza amaqiniso futhi uvumele amaqiniso azikhulumele."
Kepha uDanny Richardson, umqondisi omkhulu wemboni ezimele i-Utah Tourism Industry Coalition, akakholwa ukuthi leyo yindlela efanele, njengoba evumile ukuthi lolu daba lungaba nomthelela ongemuhle emikhubeni yokuhamba yabanye abantu.
“Ungaba namandla futhi wenze izindaba ezishicilelwe ukuze uphambukise ukunaka. Kodwa ngeke siguqule imibono yabantu,” usho kanje. “Angicabangi ukuthi kukhona esingakwenza noma okufanele sikwenze.”
UTed Hallisey, manje ongumkhiqizi ozimele womhlahlandlela wombuso wezokungcebeleka kanye nombiko wezokuvakasha emsakazweni, uthathe isikhundla esifanayo. Futhi uke waba nesipiliyoni ngezinsongo zokuduba, njengoba eke wasebenza njengomqondisi wezokuvakasha e-Kane County ngesikhathi ibambene nesihlalo sesifunda uKanab esinqumweni esigunyaza “imindeni yemvelo.”
Yize umqondisi wezokuvakasha onethonya u-Frommer's eluleke abantu ukuthi badlule e-Kanab, u-Hallisey uthe ukuduba “akuzange kufezeke. Sisazigcinile izibalo ezinhle zezokuvakasha futhi amabhizinisi abenenzuzo minyaka yonke. Kube nemiphumela emincane kakhulu kunalokho ebesikucabanga.
“Uzothola abantu nhlangothi zombili zothango,” kusho yena. “Izivakashi zizofika noma ngabe yikuphi. IZiyoni, iBryce Canyon, iGrand Canyon kanye neGrand Staircase ziyaqhubeka nokukhanga abantu abangazi ngisho nalolu daba.”
Ngethemba lokuthi kunjalo ngemboni yakhe, uMongameli we-Ski Utah uNathan Rafferty uthathe isinqumo sokugcina iphrofayili ephansi ngale ndaba, ephawula kuphela ukuthi “Ngicabanga ukuthi umthelela uzoba nomkhawulo, kodwa akusizi ngalutho.”
Ku-Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau u-Shawn Stinson, ukubulawa kuka-Gardner kuzoba "okungeyona indaba" ephelele kubantu abanquma ukuthi bazoyiqhuba kuphi imihlangano ezayo yeqembu labo.
“Mhlawumbe sizonakwa kakhulu ngoba [ukubulawa kweqembu labadubulayo] akwenzeki njalo,” esho, “kodwa angikuboni kunomthelela kwezokuvakasha noma ekuthengisweni kwemihlangano emikhulu.”
