Nakuba impi ngokungangabazeki yehlisa isibalo sabavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe esifundeni, lesi simo sibeka engcupheni enkulu yezomnotho emazweni angomakhelwane bakwa-Israel eMpumalanga Ephakathi. Lokhu kwehla kusheshe kwahlehlisa izindaba zempumelelo zeminyaka edlule emazweni afana Egypt, Lebanon, Futhi Jordan, omnotho wabo uncike kakhulu kwezokuvakasha.
Ukungqubuzana kube nomthelela cishe kuzo zonke izingxenye zomkhakha wezokuvakasha: abaqhubi bezokuvakasha banciphisa noma babambezela uhambo, imizila yezokuvakasha ishintsha izindawo zabo zemikhumbi, futhi izinkampani zezindiza zehlisa kakhulu izinsizakalo zabo.
Izeluleko zikahulumeni kanye nokukhathazeka komuntu siqu kwenza abahambi abaningi babe manqikanqika ngokuvakashela isifunda, okuholela ekukhanselweni okuningi. Abaqhubi bezokuvakasha basekhaya bakhathazekile ngemithelela yesikhathi eside engaba khona yempi ethatha isikhathi eside embonini ebonisa isithembiso esiphawulekayo nokukhula ngaphambilini.
"IYurophu Entsha" Ifa Ngaphambi Kokukhanya
Abeluleki nabasebenza ngezokuvakasha e-Egypt bathemba ukuthi iMpumalanga Ephakathi izoba isizinda esisha sezokuvakasha, belindele ukuthi ubudlelwano obuthuthukisiwe phakathi kweSaudi Arabia ne-Iran budlale indima ebalulekile. I-Middle East bekulindeleke ukuthi iguquke njenge "New Europe."
Abasebenzi bezokuvakasha bakhala ngo-40% kuphela wokubhukha kuze kube uSepthemba 2024.
U-Hussein Abdallah, umphathi jikelele weLebanon Tours and Travels e-Beirut, ugomela ngokuthi iLebanon iphephile naphezu kwezingxabano, ngisho nangemva kukaNdunankulu wakwa-Israyeli. Benjamin Netanyahu kuphawula, wayeselungele ukushintsha iBeirut ibe enye iGaza.
Kodwa-ke, i-ejensi ka-Hussenin ayikaze ikuthole ukubhukha selokhu kwaqala impi. Uphawula ukungabi nalutho kwezindawo zezivakashi ezivame ukuphithizela njenge-Jeita Grotto kanye namaThempeli ase-Baalbek, avame ukudonsa izinkulungwane zezivakashi nsuku zonke.
Abahlaziyi bedatha abalandelela ukubhukha izindiza emhlabeni wonke baphawula ukuthi isidingo samazwe amaningi aseMpumalanga Ephakathi siyehla.
Ukuma Okugcwele Kungazelelwe Kunyaka Webhizinisi Oyimpumelelo eMpumalanga Ephakathi
Ukungqubuzana kwavela ngesikhathi sezokuvakasha ezichumayo eMpumalanga Ephakathi kulandela ukwanda kobhubhane. Phakathi kukaJanuwari noJulayi walo nyaka, izivakashi ezifika esifundeni zidlule amazinga ka-2019 ngama-20%, okumaka iMpumalanga Ephakathi njengesifunda somhlaba wonke ukwedlula izibalo zezokuvakasha zangaphambi kobhubhane, ngokusho kwe-UN World Tourism Organisation.
Uhulumeni wase-Egypt wayehlose ukwephula irekhodi lezivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-15 ngo-2023 futhi wayenezinhlelo zokwandisa izindawo zokuhlala zamahhotela namandla ezindiza ukuze ahehe izivakashi eziningi. Baphinde bafuna ukukhushulwa kwezimali ezizimele emkhakheni wezokuvakasha.
Inkonzo yezindiza e-Israel yehle kakhulu, njengoba izindiza ezingaphezu kuka-80% zinqanyuliwe ngoNovemba uma kuqhathaniswa nezindiza ezicishe zibe ngu-5,000 ngoNovemba 2022, njengoba kubikwe abezindaba zendawo.
Abathwali abakhulu baseMelika bamise izindiza ezijwayelekile eziya e-Tel Aviv ngenkathi ingxabano iqala futhi abakaphinde baqalise ukusebenza. Izinkampani zezindiza nazo zimise izindiza eziya emazweni angomakhelwane: ILufthansa imise izindiza eziya kwa-Israel naseLebanon, kanti abathwali besabelomali base-Europe i-Wizz Air kanye neRyanair bayeke okwesikhashana ukusebenza eJordani.
Ezokuvakasha zenza ingxenye enkulu, esukela kumaphesenti ayi-12 kuye kwangama-26, yesamba semali engenayo evela phesheya e-Egypt, Lebanon, nase-Jordan, ngokombiko we-S&P Global Ratings, umhlinzeki wokulinganisa izikweletu wamazwe ngamazwe.
Umbiko oshicilelwe ngoNovemba 6 wagqamisa ukuthi amazwe angomakhelwane i-Israel neGaza asengozini enkulu yokwehla kwezokuvakasha ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngezindaba zokuphepha nokuntengantenga komphakathi, okuhlanganiswe nokuba sengozini okukhulu kwangaphandle. Iphinde yaxwayisa ngokuthi ukubhebhetheka kwenkinga yobuntu eGaza noma ukwanda okukhulu eWest Bank kungase kubangele igagasi elisha lokuthutheleka kwababaleki, kubeke imithwalo yezomnotho emnothweni wesifunda.
Ezokuvakasha zanikela cishe ngamaphesenti ama-3 emali etholwa yi-Israel evela phesheya ngo-2022, okwenza izwe linganciki kakhulu kulo mkhakha kunomakhelwane balo. Kodwa-ke, ukuhamba kwamanye amazwe kwenze imali elinganiselwa ku-$5 billion (S$6.7 billion) kuhulumeni futhi kwahlinzeka ngokuqashwa okungaqondile kubantu abangaba ngu-200,000, njengoba kubike uMnyango Wezokuvakasha wakwa-Israel.
Ukukhanselwa Komkhumbi
Imigqa eminingi yokuhamba ngomkhumbi kanye nabaqhubi bezokuvakasha bakhansele noma bashintsha uhambo olubandakanya i-Israel, futhi ukuqala kabusha kokusuka akuqinisekile.
I-Intrepid Travel ihlehlise uhambo lwama-47 oluya kwa-Israel kulo nyaka. Kodwa-ke, i-Israel iyindawo encane abaya kuyo uma iqhathaniswa namanye amazwe aseMpumalanga Ephakathi njengeMorocco, Jordan, ne-Egypt, avame ukuba phakathi kwezindawo ezinhlanu ezihamba phambili emhlabeni jikelele. Ukukhanselwa kwalawa mazwe kukhule selokhu kwaqala ukungqubuzana, njengoba cishe uhhafu wokubhuka kwe-Intrepid e-Egypt nase-Jordan kwakhanselwa noma kwahlelwa kabusha ekupheleni konyaka.
Imigqa emikhulu yokuhamba ngomkhumbi ikhansele izingcingo zamachweba kwa-Israyeli kuze kube unyaka ozayo, kanti abaseNorway naseRoyal Caribbean bachitha ukuhamba ngomkhumbi ka-2024 ukuya nokubuya kwa-Israyeli ngenxa yezinkinga zokuphepha ngisho nangemva kokuphela kwempi.
I-Royal Caribbean iqondise kabusha imikhumbi emibili esuka eMpumalanga Ephakathi iya eCaribbean, kuyilapho i-MSC Cruises, ikhansela izingcingo zamachweba akwa-Israel kuze kube ngu-April, idlula i-Aqaba, i-Jordan, ne-Egypt ohambweni oluthile futhi iphinde ikhiphe imikhumbi emibili.
