YANGON, Myanmar — Malinga ndi mfundo za ku Myanmar, chaka cha 2010 chinali chaka chabwino kwambiri pazokopa alendo. Ogwira ntchito m'gululi ati akuyembekeza kuti zomwe zachitika posachedwa pandale zitha kupangitsa kuti kukhale kosavuta kukopa alendo ambiri ngakhale panalibe chikhulupiliro chachikulu kuti boma lankhondo likufuna kusintha.
Pafupifupi alendo 300,000 akunja adayendera dzikolo chaka chatha, magwero aboma atero, chiwonjezeko cha 30 peresenti kuposa 2009 komanso kuposa mbiri yakale kuyambira 2006, boma la Visit Myanmar Year. Koma ngakhale chiwonjezeko chaposachedwa sichikuchita chilungamo ku kuthekera kwa dzikolo, lomwe kukongola kwake kwachilengedwe komanso chikhalidwe chake kuyenera kupangitsa kuti ikhale imodzi mwamalo otsogola kwambiri okaona alendo ku Southeast Asia.
Tin Tun Aung, mlembi wamkulu wa Myanmar Travel Association anati: Chaka chatha, anthu pafupifupi 300,000 miliyoni anapita ku Thailand, 15 miliyoni anapita ku Malaysia, ndipo 17 miliyoni anapita ku Laos.
Gawo lazokopa alendo ku Myanmar lakhala likuvutikira m'zaka zaposachedwa. Zakhala zikukhudzidwa ndi zochitika zofanana ndi dziko lonse lapansi: kuphulika kwa matenda aakulu a kupuma, kapena SARS, mu 2003; tsunami ya 2004; mafuta okwera mtengo mu 2008; komanso kusokonekera kwachuma padziko lonse mu 2009. Koma dziko la Myanmar, lomwe limatchedwanso Burma, lilinso ndi mavuto akeake.
Panali nkhanza zankhondo zolimbana ndi zionetsero zotsogozedwa ndi amonke achibuda mu Seputembala, 2007, ndiyeno mu Meyi, 2008, Cyclone Nargis inapha anthu pafupifupi 138,000 ndikusiya gawo lalikulu la Irrawaddy Delta chipwirikiti.
Chisankho cha ndale chikuphatikizidwanso ndi kuyendera dziko la Myanmar, lomwe lakhala likulamulidwa ndi usilikali kuyambira 1962.
Aung San Suu Kyi, chithunzi cha demokalase ku Myanmar, m'mbuyomu adatsutsa alendo obwera kumayiko ena omwe amabwera kudziko lake pomwe adathandizira zilango zazachuma zomwe zidaperekedwa kudziko lake ndi ma demokalase aku Western. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, wasintha maganizo ake pankhani ya zilango, ponena kuti zigawidwezo zizingokhudza anthu a ku Myanmar ochepa chabe.
Suu Kyi adatulutsidwa m'ndende kwa zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri pa Novembara 13, patatha masiku asanu ndi limodzi kuchokera pomwe dziko la Myanmar lidachita zisankho zake zazikulu pazaka makumi awiri, koma sizinadziwikebe momwe ndale zaposachedwa zingakhudzire zokopa alendo.
"Sindikuganiza kuti kusuntha kwa alendo kumakhudzana kwambiri ndi ndale," anatero Luzi Matzig, mkulu wa kampani ya Asian Trails yochokera ku Bangkok, yomwe imagwira ntchito zoyendera ku Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar ndi Thailand.
"Ngati mlendo akufuna kupita ku Mandalay kapena Chikunja, ndi bwino kumva kuti 'Dona" (Suu Kyi) wamasulidwa, koma kodi izi zidzakhudza chisankho chake chopita ku Myanmar? sindikuganiza choncho,” adatero Matzig.
Ogwira ntchito zoyendera alendo ku Myanmar ati zomwe zidachitika chaka chatha zidachitika chifukwa chopumula pamalamulo a visa kuposa momwe ndale zikuyendera. "Chimodzi mwa zifukwa zomwe ntchito zokopa alendo zinakhala ndi chaka chabwino mu 2010 chinali chifukwa chokhazikitsa ma visa ofika," adatero Nay Zin Latt, wachiwiri kwa wapampando wa bungwe la Myanmar Hoteliers Association.
