Palibe zambiri zodziwika za mwayi wokopa alendo ku Equatorial Guinea. Dzikoli limadziwika kuti ndi dziko lodziwika bwino lotsekedwa lomwe latembenukira ku zokopa alendo kuti lithandizire kudzaza nkhokwe zake.
Ali pagombe loyang'anizana ndi Gulf of Guinea, hotelo yapamwamba ya nyenyezi zisanu Sofitel Sipopo Resort yake yapamwamba munyumba yamakono yokhala ndi magalasi ndi 8 km kuchokera ku Santiago de Baney ndi 26 km kuchokera ku Malabo International Airport.
Tawuniyo idamangidwa m'nkhalango yakale mu 2011 pamtengo wa 600 miliyoni mayuro ($ 670 miliyoni), poyambira kuti achite msonkhano wa sabata imodzi wa African Union ndikuwonetsa kukwera kwa dziko laling'ono lolemera ndi mafuta.
Ulendo wamakilomita 16 (makilomita 10) kuchokera ku likulu la Equatorial Guinea Malabo, malowa ali ndi malo ochitira misonkhano yayikulu, hotelo ya Sofitel Malabo Sipopo Le Golf, komanso ma villas 52 apamwamba - imodzi kwa mtsogoleri aliyense wa boma kuti achite nawo msonkhanowo - aliyense ali ndi dziwe lake losambira. Palinso bwalo la gofu la mahole 18, malo odyera angapo komanso magombe otetezedwa ndi apolisi.
Kwa zaka pafupifupi khumi, Sipopo wakhala mwala wamtengo wapatali pokopa alendo apamwamba ku Equatorial Guinea kuti athetse chuma chomwe chakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kuchepa kwa ndalama zamafuta.
Tauniyo inkaoneka kuti mulibe anthu. Chipatala chinawonjezedwa nyumba zogona zitamangidwa, koma sizikugwiritsidwa ntchito, magwero atero. Mu 2014, malo ogulitsira adamangidwa pamalo ogulitsira kuti azikhala ndi mashopu 50, bwalo la Bowling, malo owonera makanema awiri komanso malo osewerera ana.
Koma wolandira alendo pahoteloyo ananena kuti nyumbayo sinatsegulidwebe, ndipo anawonjezera kuti: “Ngati mukufuna kugula chikumbutso, muyenera kupita ku Malabo.” Usiku, magalimoto onyezimira amoto amafika pamalo odyera apamwamba kuti akasiyire anthu odyera.
Ili pamphepete mwa nyanja ya Atlantic pakati pa Africa, Equatorial Guinea yadzaza ndi mauthenga okhudzana ndi zokopa zake ngati kopita kutchuthi. Mapulani omanga malo okwererako okwera anthu pabwalo la ndege mumzinda wa Bata alandiranso jakisoni wa 120 miliyoni ($133-million) kuchokera ku Development Bank of Central African States.
Ziwerengero zomwe Banki Yadziko Lonse idalemba, kuchuluka kwa alendo obwera ku Equatorial Guinea sikunatchulidwe.
Umboni wochuluka wa zokopa alendo ndi anthu amalonda, monga ogwira ntchito kukampani yamafuta, omasuka kwa masiku angapo, kapena kupita kumisonkhano yamagetsi kapena zachuma.
"Dzikoli lakhala losamvetsetseka kwa anthu akunja, omwe adakhumudwitsidwa kuti asalowe chifukwa chazovuta za visa komanso kusowa kwa malo oyendera alendo," ikutero tsamba lawebusayiti ya Britain Undiscovered Destinations.
Ndi anthu ochepa chabe a ku Equatoguines omwe ali ndi mwayi wokhala m’malo amenewa. Ku hotelo ya Sipopo, chipinda chocheperako chimadya ndalama zokwana mayuro 200 ($224) usiku uliwonse, pomwe malo ogona amawononga ma euro 850. Kupezeka kwa malo osungiramo mafuta ambiri m’mphepete mwa nyanja chapakati pa zaka za m’ma 1990 kwawonjezera ndalama zonse za dzikolo kufika pa $19,500 pachaka munthu aliyense pachaka, malinga ndi bungwe la UN Development Programme.
Koma chuma chimenecho chimapindulitsa anthu ochepa chabe mwa anthu 1.2 miliyoni a m’dzikoli. Oposa magawo awiri mwa atatu a anthu a ku Equatoguineans amakhala pansi pa umphaŵi, ndipo 55 peresenti ya anthu azaka zopitilira 15 alibe ntchito.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- Tawuniyo idamangidwa m'nkhalango yakale mu 2011 pamtengo wa 600 miliyoni mayuro ($ 670 miliyoni), poyambira kuti achite msonkhano wa sabata imodzi wa African Union ndikuwonetsa kukwera kwa dziko laling'ono lolemera ndi mafuta.
- Kwa zaka pafupifupi khumi, Sipopo wakhala mwala wamtengo wapatali pokopa alendo apamwamba ku Equatorial Guinea kuti athetse chuma chomwe chakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kuchepa kwa ndalama zamafuta.
- Kupezeka kwa malo osungiramo mafuta ochuluka m’mphepete mwa nyanja chapakati pa zaka za m’ma 1990 kwawonjezera ndalama zonse za dzikolo kufika pa $19,500 pachaka munthu aliyense pachaka, malinga ndi bungwe la UN Development Programme.
