NAIROBI, Kenya (eTN) - Ochita nawo ntchito zokopa alendo ku Kenya ali ndi nkhawa kuti gawoli silingabwererenso bwino chaka chino kutsatira chipwirikiti chamisika yazachuma padziko lonse lapansi komanso kusokonekera kwa ndale komwe akupita kumayambiriro kwa chaka chatha.
Kuthamanga mu Disembala 2008 komwe mahotela omwe ali m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Kenya adasungitsa malo okondwerera Khrisimasi ndi Chaka Chatsopano ndi alendo akumaloko komanso alendo ochokera kumayiko ena kumapereka chiyembekezo chochepa choti achire.
Osewera m'gawoli akuti kugwa kwa msika wobwereketsa ndalama ku US ndi Europe, misika yoyambira mdziko muno, kukuyembekezeka kusokoneza maulendo opuma. Zoyeserera zomwe zikupitilira pambuyo pa ziwawa zomwe zidawopseza alendo mchaka choyamba cha 2008 sizikulipiranso zopindulitsa.
Zowopsa zikachitika, kuchuluka kwa alendo ochokera ku Africa konse komanso ku Far East, makamaka China, sikungakwaniritse chipereŵerocho.
Chaka cha 2007 chinalemba alendo ochuluka kwambiri padziko lonse, mosiyanasiyana ndi boma komanso Kenya Tourist Board (KTB) kuchokera pa 1.7 mpaka 1.8 miliyoni. Mahotela ambiri adasungidwiratu tchuti cha Khrisimasi ndi Chaka Chatsopano kale kwambiri December 2007 asanayambe.
Komabe, alendo adathawa m'dzikolo mwaunyinji kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2008 kutsatira ziwawa zandale zomwe zidapangitsa kuti mazana a anthu aku Kenya aphedwe zisankho zazikuluzikulu za pa Disembala 27, 2007, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti zotsatira zapurezidenti zitsutsidwe. Koma palibe alendo omwe adavulala pamikanganoyi, yomwe idakhazikika ku Western Kenya zigawo za Nyanza ndi Rift Valley komanso madera osauka a Nairobi.
Chifukwa cha zimenezi, malo ambiri oyendera alendo anachepetsa ntchito, anatseka mahotela ambiri ndi nyumba zogona alendo, ndiponso anachotsa antchito masauzande ambiri.
Pofika mwezi wa April chaka chatha, alendo odzaona malo anali atayamba kubwerera ku magombe omwe ankawakonda kwambiri pagombe la Kenya. Ngakhale kuyesayesa kwamphamvu kwa KTB, ziwerengerozo zidakhalabe zovuta.
Kuwonongeka kwa ntchito kudanenedwanso m'gawo lazambiri lokopa alendo chifukwa chakulephereka kwakukulu kwaulendo chifukwa cha chipwirikiticho.
Malinga ndi lipoti laposachedwa lazachuma la Kenyan Bureau of Statistics, gawo lazokopa alendo latsika ndi 34.7 peresenti kuposa chaka chatha. KTB yokhayo ikuyerekeza ofika alendo pakati pa Januware ndi Okutobala chaka chatha adatsika ndi 35.2 peresenti, kuchokera pa 873,00 t0 565,000. Ziwerengero zosinthidwa kuchokera ku KTB zikuyembekezeka kutulutsidwa mwezi wamawa.
Mkulu wa bungwe la Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers Association Mike Macharia, adauza atolankhani mwezi watha kuti zinthu sizingasinthenso mu 2009. “Pofika mu Disembala 2007, tinkalandira maulendo 41 obwereketsa ndege mlungu uliwonse ku Mombasa. Pambuyo pa ziwawa za chisankho, sitinalandireko atatu. Lero, tikulandira pafupifupi 11, "Macharia adauza Daily Nation kutatsala masiku ochepa Khrisimasi chaka chatha.
Iye adati ziwawazi zidayambitsa kuchepa kwa ntchito zokopa alendo. Mapulani oyendetsa ndege akasinthidwa, othandizira nthawi zambiri amayamba kugulitsa malo atsopano. Sikuti sitikufuna kuchira posachedwa, ”adaonjeza.
Komabe, a KTB ali ndi chiyembekezo kuti gawoli lidzachira chifukwa cha kutsatsa kwamphamvu komanso kuyambiranso kwachuma m'misika yotengera alendo omwe akhudzidwa ndi vuto lazachuma padziko lonse lapansi.
