Ireland: Ziwerengero za alendo odzaona malo zikucheperachepera

Pakhala pali zopempha kuti Boma liwonjezere maulendo aulere kwa nzika zonse za EU zazaka zopitilira 66 pambuyo poti ziwerengero zatsopano zikuwonetsa kutsika kwa 13 peresenti pa chiwerengero cha alendo akunja obwera ku Ireland.

Ziwerengero zaposachedwa zapaulendo wakunja, zofalitsidwa ndi Central Statistics Office (CSO) lero, zikuwonetsa alendo ochepera 123,200 akunja omwe adabwera mdziko muno mu Ogasiti poyerekeza ndi mwezi womwewo chaka chatha.

Panali maulendo 823,100 ochokera kunja kwa mweziwo poyerekeza ndi 946,300 mu August 2009, kutsika kwa 13 peresenti.

Bungwe la Irish Hoteliers Federation (IHF) lidakwiya ndi ziwerengero zomwe zikunena kuti Boma silinachitepo "chinthu chimodzi chofunikira" kuti akonzenso vutoli.

Polankhula ndi Purezidenti wa IHF wa The Irish Times a Matthew Ryan adati mamembala ake "akhumudwa kwambiri" chifukwa nyengo yonse yatayika popeza lingaliro lowonjezera maulendo aulere lidaperekedwa koyamba mu Marichi watha.

Ryan adati dongosololi silingawononge okhometsa msonkho chilichonse chifukwa lingakhale gawo la € 350 miliyoni pazothandizira zoperekedwa ku CIE chaka chilichonse.

"Tili ndi mantha kwambiri kuti pakali pano msika wathu wapakhomo watambasula kwambiri moti sungathe kupitirira, kotero kuti tiyambe kubweza ndalama m'dziko lino, tikufuna alendo akunja," adatero.

Maulendo opita ku Ireland kuchokera kumsika waukulu wa alendo mdzikolo, Britain, adatsika kwambiri ndi kutsika kwa 25 peresenti ya ziwerengero zowoloka Nyanja ya Ireland - maulendo 369,700 poyerekeza ndi 488,400 mu Ogasiti 2008 ziwerengero za CSO zidawululidwa.

Ziwerengero zochokera kumayiko aku Europe zidatsika ndi 2.7 peresenti (8,100) mpaka 288,500.

Panali mbiri yabwino ndi chiŵerengero cha maulendo ochezeredwa ndi anthu a ku Northern America chakwera ndi 7 peresenti kufika pa 118,200 mu August 2008 kufika pa 126,600 chaka chino. Komabe, chaka mpaka kumapeto kwa Ogasiti zikuwonetsa kuchepa kwa 2.7 peresenti kwa alendo enieni ochokera ku kontinenti.

Ryan adati ngati Boma likufuna msika womwe sunagwiritsidwe ntchito wa anthu 80 miliyoni ku EU azaka zopitilira 66, "kuchitapo kanthu kungalimbikitse kwambiri kuyesa kuyimitsa kugwa kwa msika wapaulendo waku Britain ku Ireland".

"Ngati sizikutiwonongera kalikonse kuti tipereke ntchito ngati iyi bwanji osapita," adatero.

Ziwerengerozi zimabweranso chifukwa chokakamiza boma kuti lichotse msonkho wapaulendo wandege womwe udakhazikitsidwa mu Marichi.

Sabata yatha ndemanga yapakati pa Boma la Tourism Renewal Group idapempha kuti msonkho uchotsedwe ndipo dzulo atsogoleri amakampani atatu akuluakulu a ndege mdziko muno adafunanso chimodzimodzi.

Akuluakulu a Ryanair, Aer Lingus ndi Cityjet adapereka ndemanga yogwirizana kuti msonkho ukuvulaza zokopa alendo. Adanenanso kuti kuyambira pomwe msonkho wapaulendo wa € 10 udakhazikitsidwa pa Epulo 1, magalimoto apamwezi pa eyapoti ya Dublin atsika ndi 15%.

Ndipo ziwerengero za CSO zingawonekere kutsimikizira mkangano wawo monga chaka ndi chaka chiwerengero cha maulendo akunja opita kudzikoli chinatsika pansi pa 5 miliyoni kwa nthawi yoyamba kuyambira 2005. 4,886,900 zochepa (-596,400 peresenti) kuposa nthawi yomweyi mu 10.9.

Mneneri wa zokopa alendo a Fine Gael a Olivia Mitchell adati ziwerengerozi zikutsimikizira kuti gawoli lili pachiwopsezo chachikulu ndipo adati msonkho wapaulendo wandege "ndi tsoka".

Anati kutsika kwakukulu kwa alendo aku UK kunali "pamtima pa nkhaniyi" ndipo adapempha Minister of Tourism Martin Cullen kuti aganizire malingaliro a IHF.

Mneneri wa Fáilte Ireland adati ngakhale "zokhumudwitsa" ziwerengerozi sizodabwitsa chifukwa chachuma padziko lonse lapansi pakadali pano.

Ananenanso kuti Fáilte Ireland ikugwira ntchito ndi mabizinesi pafupifupi 2,000 "kuti awathandize kuchita malonda ndi kuchepa kwachuma ndikupitilizabe kulanda malo aliwonse amsika kuti awonetsetse kuti Ireland ipeza bizinesi yambiri".

Deta ya CSO idawululanso kuti nzika zaku Ireland zidatenga maulendo 748,600 akunja mu Ogasiti 2009, kutsika pafupifupi 11.5 peresenti nthawi yomweyo chaka chatha.

Eamonn McKeon wa ku Ireland Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC) adalongosola kuti ziwerengerozo "ndizovuta kwambiri" ndipo adati kutsindika kuyenera kukhala kuletsa kutsika kwa msika waku UK.

"Tikukumana ndi vuto lalikulu posintha zomwe zakhala msika wathu waukulu kwambiri," adawonjezera.