Mwina ndiye mkhalidwe wabata, kapena mwina ndi kutentha kwachilendo kwa February komwe kwachitika mderali kuyambira sabata yatha - koma pazifukwa zilizonse, kuchuluka kwa alendo obwera ku Yeriko kudakwera sabata yatha, kufika 24,000.
Palibe m'makampani azokopa alendo omwe anganene ndendende kuchuluka kwa kuchuluka kwa izi, koma pali mgwirizano wamba kuti Yeriko ndimalo okopa alendo ku Palestina.
Malinga ndi apolisi oyendera zokopa alendo ku Palestina ndi apolisi akale, pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a alendo obwera ku Yeriko sabata yatha anali alendo ochokera kumayiko ena, pafupifupi 12,000 anali Palestine ochokera ku West Bank ndipo 4,500 anali Palestine okhala ndi nzika za Israeli.
Kuchulukirachulukira kwa zokopa alendo ndi nkhani yabwino kwa boma la Yeriko, lomwe likukonzekera chikondwerero chachikulu mu Okutobala 2010 kuti chikwaniritse zaka 10,000 za mzinda wa West Bank.
"Tikugwira ntchito zomanga, tili ndi ntchito zokopa alendo kuti tipititse patsogolo zokopa alendo komanso tikulimbikitsa mzindawu kudzera muzotsatsa," atero a Wiam Ariqat, wamkulu wa dipatimenti ya Public Relations and Culture ku Municipality ya Yeriko.
Boma likukonzekera kuchita izi pokopa ndalama zambiri zachinsinsi mu mzindawu.
"Yeriko ndi mzinda wapadziko lonse lapansi," adatero Ariqat. “Posachedwapa, alendo ambiri adutsa ku Yeriko. Sitikungofuna kuti alendowa azingodutsa mumzindawu n’kumayendera malo amodzi kapena awiri okha – tikufuna kuti alendowa azikhala nthawi yambiri kuno, ayime ku Yeriko, azipita ku mahotela, kupanga malo ogona komanso chakudya chamasana kuno.”
Kutumiza ndalama zatchuthi za alendo ndi imodzi mwazovuta zazikulu zomwe zimakhudzidwa ndi zokopa alendo ku Israeli ndi Palestine, onse akulimbirana matumba omwewo.
Anthu a ku Palestine nthawi zambiri amadandaula kuti Aisrayeli amakonza maulendo oyendera alendo akunja ndikuwonetsetsa kuti ndalamazo zimalowa m'mahotela awo, otsogolera, malo odyera ndi malo okopa alendo, zomwe zimalepheretsa anzawo a Palestina kupeza phindu la zokopa alendo.
"Amayang'aniranso malire, mabungwe oyendayenda, kukwezedwa, owongolera ndi mayendedwe," adatero Ariqat. “Tikufuna kusintha lingaliro ili. Kuti derali lipindule, ayenera kugwirizana nawo chifukwa alendo amene akufuna kudzacheza ku Yeriko akukonzekera kuyendera dera lonselo, Yeriko, Israel, Yordani ndi Igupto.”
Iyyad Hamdan, mkulu wa zokopa alendo ndi malo ofukula zinthu zakale ku Yeriko kwa Unduna wa Zokopa alendo ku Palestine adanena kuti kuwonjezeka kwaposachedwa kwa alendo a ku Yeriko kuyambika kwa nyengo yokopa alendo, nyengo yosangalatsa komanso kuwongolera kwachitetezo.
"Masiku ano zinthu zili bwino, koma nthawi zina malo ochezera amapangitsa kuti zinthu zikhale zovuta kwa alendo," adatero Hamdan. “Tikayerekeza mmene zinthu zilili panopa ndi mmene zinalili m’chaka cha 2000, kuchiyambi kwa Intifada [kuukira kwa Palestine], sikukhala phee tsopano ndipo alendo achulukanso.”
Koma Hamdan adatchulapo kusamvana pakati pa boma la Israeli lomwe lilipo pano ndi Palestinian Authority (PA) kuti ndi chifukwa chosowa mgwirizano pakati pa oyang'anira zokopa alendo.
Ghassan Sadeq, woyang'anira zachuma ndi bizinesi ku InterContinental Hotel ku Yeriko adati kupatula kumayambiriro kwa 2009, panthawi ya nkhondo ku Gaza, pakhala kuwonjezeka kwa chiwerengero cha alendo ku Yeriko kuyambira 2008.
Koma zachisoni, Sadeq adati, ngakhale pali ziwerengero zolimbikitsa, zoona zake ndizakuti alendo amakondabe kukhala m'mahotela ku Yerusalemu mosasamala kanthu za mpikisano wopikisana nawo hotelo yake.
Iye anati: “Mu 2007, tinapita ku mabungwe oyendera maulendo a ku Israel n’kuwapatsa timabuku ta m’mahotela athu. Tinati, 'ngati mutitumizire alendo odzaona malo, tidzawakonzera chitetezo, ku Yeriko kulibe vuto.' Koma sanatumize ngakhale munthu mmodzi wochokera m’magulu awo odzaona malo. Akadali vuto.”
Sadeq amakhulupirira kuti pansi pa ndale zamakono komanso kuchuluka kwa mgwirizano pakati pa mbali ziwirizi, nthawi yokhayo yomwe oyendetsa maulendo a Israeli adzatumiza alendo ku mahotela ku Betelehemu kapena Yeriko ndi ngati mahotela ku Yerusalemu asungidwa mokwanira.
Mwezi watha zidanenedwa kuti wamkulu wa Central Command ku Israel ndi wamkulu wa Civil Administration alola otsogolera alendo aku Israeli kupita ku Yeriko ndi Betelehemu ndi magulu a alendo omwe si a Israeli ndikuwatsogolera m'magawo a Palestinian Authority, atapemphedwa ndi Israeli. Tourism Ministry.
Ariqat adawonetsa kukayikira za phindu la dongosololi.
"Mwina zithandizira kuchuluka kwa alendo, koma atumiza mauthenga awo kwa alendo ndipo sitikuchita nawo chidwi," adatero. "Tili ndi uthenga wathu komanso masomphenya athu ndipo timakonda kulumikizana mwachindunji ndi alendo."
