Ngaphambi kokuzamazama komhlaba kwangesonto eledlule, iHaiti ibisanda kuqala ukusizakala ngesimo sezulu, indawo kanye nezindawo ezishisayo eziphendule omakhelwane bayo abaningi baseCaribbean baba amapharadesi eholide.
Amahhotela amasha, ukunakwa okusha okuvela kubatshalizimali bamazwe ngamazwe kanye nezwi phakathi kwabavakashi abavakashe eminyakeni yamuva nje kubonakala kubonisa intshisekelo evuselelwe e-Haiti njengendawo oya kuyo.
“[IHaiti] iyathandeka ngempela, futhi kuyinhlekelele ukuthi abakwazanga ukusebenzisa lobo buhle bemvelo embonini yezokuvakasha ngoba bukufanele ngempela,” kusho uPauline Frommer, umsunguli wezincwadi zikaPauline Frommer, owavakashela lelo zwe. ngesikhathi sokuhamba ngomkhumbi ekwindla edlule.
Omakhelwane baseHaiti eCaribbean bahlanganisa izindawo ezishisayo zeholide ezifana neJamaica, iTurks and Caicos Islands kanye nePuerto Rico. Kodwa azikho izincwajana ezicwebezelayo ezithinta amabhishi aseHaiti.
Kunalokho, izithombe zezindaba zababaleki baseHaiti bezikebhe kanye nezingxabano emigwaqweni yasePort-au-Prince, inhloko-dolobha, ziyizithombe ezishiswa emiqondweni yomphakathi.
“Lapho abantu becabanga ngeholide lolwandle, abafuni ukuya endaweni ethile lapho kungase kube khona impi yombango,” kusho uFromer.
Inganekwane yezizwe ezimbili
Bekuyindaba ehlukile esikhathini esingengakanani edlule.
Uma uhamba ngamahora amabili nje ngendiza usuka eMiami, eFlorida, iHaiti yayinenye yezimboni zezivakashi eziqine kakhulu eCaribbean ngawo-1950 nawo-60, ngokusho kwe-Americas, umagazini we-Organisation of American States.
Kodwa izinto zehla njengoba isimo sezepolitiki sibheda.
“Imibuso yabo ibambe isikhashana, kube nokuketulwa umbuso, ohulumeni bezempi bangene, kunengcindezelo. Lena akuyona indawo eheha ezokuvakasha,” kusho u-Allen Wells, uprofesa womlando e-Bowdoin College.
Ngaleso sikhathi, iDominican Republic - umakhelwane waseHaiti ozinzile esiqhingini sase-Hispaniola - waqala ukuhlela nokutshala imali embonini yayo yezokuvakasha ngeminyaka yawo-1970, kusho u-Wells, ngenzuzo enkulu eminyakeni yamuva nje.
Cishe abantu abayizigidi ezi-4 bavakashela i-Dominican Republic ngo-2008, usuku lwakamuva kakhulu ulwazi lonyaka olutholakala ngalo, ngokusho kwe-Caribbean Tourism Organization.
Leli qembu lalingenazo izibalo ezitholakalayo zaseHaiti, kodwa abakwaReuters babike ukuthi cishe izivakashi ezingu-900,000 ngonyaka manje zivakashela izwe, nakuba iningi lifika ngemikhumbi yokuhamba uhambo olufushane ngaphandle kokuchitha imali ezindaweni zokungcebeleka nezindawo zokudlela ngendlela ababezoya ngayo endaweni yokuvakasha esunguliwe. .
Ezokuvakasha zibalele cishe ingxenye yesine yomkhiqizo wasekhaya waseDominican Republic - izigidigidi zamadola - ngokoMnyango Wezokuvakasha wezwe.
Ukungena kulolo hlobo lwemali kungaba inzuzo enkulu eHaiti, izwe elimpofu kakhulu eNtshonalanga Nenkabazwe, kodwa kuzodinga ukuhlela okuqinile nokuzibophezela, kusho u-Wells.
Izimpawu zenqubekelaphambili
Iminyaka yakamuva ilethe inhlansi yethemba embonini yezokuvakasha esafufusa yaseHaiti.
IChoice Hotels isanda kumemezela ukuthi izovula amahhotela amabili e-Jacmel, idolobha elihle eliseningizimu yeHaiti. Uchungechunge lwamahhotela aluzange lube nezibuyekezo zokuthi ukuzamazama komhlaba kuzoba nomthelela kanjani kulezo zinhlelo, kusho uDavid Peikin, umqondisi omkhulu wezokuxhumana kwezinkampani zeChoice Hotels International.
UMongameli uClinton, oqokwe njengenxusa elikhethekile leNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene eHaiti ngentwasahlobo edlule, uvakashele izwe ngo-Okthoba ukuyoqhakambisa ezokuvakasha zendawo futhi watshela abatshalizimali ukuthi sekuyisikhathi esifanele sokwenza iHaiti “indawo eheha izivakashi.”
Ngonyaka odlule, iHaiti iphinde yenza isivumelwano neVenezuela sokwakha isikhumulo sezindiza sesibili samazwe ngamazwe eCap-Haitien, idolobha lesibili ngobukhulu eHaiti, kubika iReuters.
I-Lonely Planet isize yabiza iHaiti ngelinye lamazwe ajabulisa kakhulu emhlabeni ongahamba kuwo.
“Izivakashi ezizimisele ukuyobona ukuthi kwenzakalani ngempela phansi eHaiti… zimangazwe yilokho ezikutholayo,” kusho uRobert Reid, umhleli wezokuvakasha wase-US weLonely Planet.
“Awutholi umshini omuhle kakhulu wokushicilela,” kusho yena. “[Kodwa] kunokuningi kukho ngaphansi kwalokho okuvame ukubikwa ngaphandle.”
I-Cruise stop
Iningi labavakashi abake bavakashela eHaiti kungenzeka baye enhlonhlweni yaseLabadee - cishe amamayela ayi-100 ukusuka ePort-au-Prince - babekwe lapho usuku lwemisebenzi yomkhumbi we-Royal Caribbean.
Le nkampani isisebenzise amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-50 ukuthuthukisa le ndawo, okuyenza ibe ngumtshalizimali omkhulu wangaphandle waseHaiti, kusho u-Adam Goldstein, umongameli kanye ne-CEO yeRoyal Caribbean International, engxoxweni ne-NPR.
Kodwa abagxeki bathi uLabadee akahlangene namasiko endawo. Abanye abantu bangase bangazi nakancane ukuthi baseHaiti lapho bevakashela lokho ohambweni lwesikebhe oluthi “ipharadesi langasese laseRoyal Caribbean.”
U-Frommer, owachitha usuku e-Labadee ngesikhathi ehamba ngomkhumbi, uthe abasebenzi baseRoyal Caribbean "babecophelele kakhulu" ukuthi bangayibizi ngokuthi iHaiti, nakuba isizindalwazi senkampani sihlanganisa negama lezwe ohlwini lwayo lwezingcingo.
(I-Royal Caribbean iqhubekile nokuletha abavakashi e-Labadee kusukela kwaba nokuzamazama komhlaba. Ibhulogi: Ungakhululeka ohambeni lomkhumbi oluya e-Haiti? )
U-Fromer wamangala ngobuhle bemvelo obushubile bendawo, kuhlanganise namahlathi aluhlaza namabhishi amahle esihlabathi esimhlophe, kodwa futhi washesha ukuqaphela ukulondeka okukhulu.
“Ngike ngagibela i-zip line, ekuyisa ngaphandle kwenkomponi, futhi uyabona ukuthi yonke indawo yale ngxenye yangasese yaseHaiti izungezwe ngocingo oluhlabayo. Kufana nenqaba,” kusho uFrommer.
Alukho uhambo olwenziwa ngaphandle kwendawo evikelekile, esho.
'Ubugebengu obungahleliwe'
Izinyathelo zokuphepha zingase zingamangazi uma kubhekwa ukungezwani osekunesikhathi eside endaweni.
Ngaphambi kokuzamazama komhlaba, isexwayiso soMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika eHaiti sinxuse izakhamizi zase-US ukuthi ziqaphe kakhulu lapho zivakashele izwe.
"Nakuba isimo sezokuphepha sesingcono, ukushuba kwezombusazwe kusekhona, futhi amathuba odlame olubangelwa yipolitiki asaqhubeka," kusho isexwayiso somnyango sangaphambi kokuzamazama komhlaba.
“Ukungabikho kombutho wamaphoyisa osebenzayo ezindaweni eziningi zaseHaiti kusho ukuthi, uma kunemibhikisho, kungenzeka kuphangwe, kuvinjwe ababhikishi abahlomile noma amaphoyisa abe nezivimbamgwaqo, kanye nobugebengu obungahleliwe, kuhlanganise nokuthumba, ukugetshengwa kwezimoto, ukuhlasela ekhaya, ukuphanga kuhlonyiwe nokushaywa.”
Yini okulandelayo?
Emuva kokuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu, kunokwesabela ukuthi noma iyiphi inqubekelaphambili esanda kwenziwa yimboni yezokuvakasha yakuleli ingase isulwe.
"Ngiyakuzonda ukusho ukuthi kuzobuyisela emuva, kodwa angicabangi ukuthi bekungenjalo," kusho uFrommer.
Kodwa futhi bekunethemba lokuthi njengoba ukuzamazama kwakwenziwe endaweni yasePort-au-Prince, ezinye izingxenye zezwe zingahlala zisendleleni yenqubekelaphambili.
"Zonke izinhlelo zentuthuko ... ezokuvakasha, isikhumulo sezindiza esidinga ukwakhiwa engxenyeni esenyakatho yeHaiti - konke okunye kufanele kuhlale kushejuli," kubhala uClinton kumagazini i-Time ngesonto eledlule.
UReid ubenethemba lokuthi abantu abathuthelekela eHaiti bevela emhlabeni wonke bezosiza ngemuva kwenhlekelele bazosuswa usizi lwayo futhi babone ubuhle bayo.
"Abantu bafuna ukuhamba njengabahambi abathembekile futhi baye endaweni lapho imali yabo ingakwazi ukwenza umehluko," kusho uReid.
