MAASAI MARA, Kenya - Magombe amchenga oyera, nyama zakuthengo komanso nyengo yotentha ku East Africa akusiya kukopa alendo omwe akuyenda mtunda wautali omwe akukumana ndi mavuto azachuma komanso kusowa kwa ntchito chifukwa cha mavuto azachuma padziko lonse lapansi.
Kwa anthu a ku Ulaya ndi ku North America, ndi malo akutali komanso okwera mtengo, ndipo amodzi mwa oyamba kuchotsedwa paulendo wa tchuthi pamene ndalama zili zolimba.
Tourism ndi dziko lachitatu lomwe limalandira ndalama zakunja ku Kenya, kumbuyo kwa ulimi wamaluwa ndi tiyi, ndipo akatswiri azachuma akuwopa kutsika kwa alendo chifukwa cha kuchepa kwachuma kukhudza zomwe amapeza ndikuwononga makampani am'deralo omwe amapereka ntchito komanso kuti anthu asakhale aumphawi.
Wophunzira waku Scotland Roddy Davidson, wazaka 38, ndi mnzake Shireen McKeown, 31, adadandaula kwa miyezi ingapo asanaganize zopita kutchuthi ku Kenya - ulendo wapamwamba kwambiri m'malo osungira nyama zakuthengo a Maasai Mara.
"Ndani anganene kuti tichita ngati tidikirira zaka zitatu kapena zinayi?" Davidson anatero akuwotchera dzuwa pafupi ndi dziwe lomwe limayang'ana Rift Valley ku Mara Serena Safari Lodge.
"Anthu ambiri omwe ndimawadziwa amakhala kunyumba kapena kutenga tchuthi m'misasa ku UK. Ndili ndi anzanga omwe, zaka zingapo zapitazi, akadapita kutsidya lanyanja koma tchuthi cha mahema ndi chotsika mtengo kuposa kusungitsa mipando inayi m’ndege.”
Unduna wa za Tourism ku Kenya wati ntchitoyi imagwira ntchito zosachepera 400,000 m'magawo ovomerezeka komanso opitilira 600,000 omwe ali mgulu lazachuma chachikulu kwambiri ku East Africa.
Komabe, ogwira ntchito akuda nkhawa ndi chiyembekezo choti achepetse ntchito.
"Oyamba kuchotsedwa ntchito ndi ogwira ntchito wamba ochokera kumidzi yapafupi," adatero Samson Apina, wothandizira woyang'anira pa Mara Serena Safari Lodge. “Chaka chatha, chifukwa cha mavuto azachuma tidasiya antchito wamba 20 kapena 30.”
Apina adatinso zokopa alendo zimakhudzidwabe ndi kuwonongeka kwa chithunzi cha Kenya chifukwa cha ziwawa zomwe zachitika pambuyo pa chisankho chaka chapitacho.
Alendo aku Germany Uwe Trostmunn, 38, ndi mnzake Sina Westeroth adavomereza. Adayimitsa ulendo wopita ku Kenya chaka chatha, ndikuchezera Thailand m'malo mwake.
"Simukuwona chilichonse koma nkhani zoyipa zochokera ku Kenya pawailesi yakanema, osati nkhani zabwino," adatero Trostmunn.
“MPHEPO WABWINO”
Richard Segal, katswiri wa Africa komanso wamkulu wa kafukufuku wazachuma ku UBA Capital, adati pali mgwirizano kuti gawo lazokopa alendo ku East Africa litsika ndi 15 peresenti mu 2009.
Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritius ndi Seychelles ndizovuta kwambiri, akatswiri akutero, chifukwa chakufunika kwa zokopa alendo pazachuma komanso ntchito.
"Ndi nkhani yabwino kwambiri yopezera ndalama zakunja ku East Africa," adatero Segal.
Alendo aku Kenya adatsika ndi 30.5 peresenti mpaka 729,000 chaka chatha pambuyo pa ziwawa zomwe zachitika pambuyo pa zisankho.
Kutsatsa koopsa kunyumba ndi kunja kwalephera kuthetsa vutoli poyang'anizana ndi kuchepa kwachuma padziko lonse.
Gulu lalikulu kwambiri la ochita tchuthi ku Kenya - 42.3 peresenti - amachokera ku Europe. Ziwerengero zamabanki apakati zikuwonetsa kuti kuchuluka kwa alendo aku Europe kudatsika ndi 46.7 peresenti mu 2008 mpaka 308,123.
Kenya yadula chindapusa cha visa yapaulendo wachikulire kukhala $25 (mapaundi 17) kuchokera pa $50 kuyesa kuteteza gawo la msika koma Unduna wa Zokopa alendo sukuyembekeza kuti momwe zinthu zidzayendere chaka chino.
Gunther Kuschke, yemwe ndi katswiri wofufuza za ngongole ku Rand Merchant Bank, adati kutayika kwa ndalama zakunja zomwe alendo amapeza kuchokera kumayiko ena kungakhale koopsa m'maiko ambiri akum'mawa kwa Africa.
"Ndalama zakunja ndizoyimira momwe dziko lingakwaniritsire ngongole zake kwakanthawi kochepa," adatero. "Zikangoyamba kuwonongeka zimakweza mbendera yofiira.
"Kutsika kwa ndalama zakunja kumatanthawuzanso kuti ndalama za m'dzikolo sizikuyenda bwino," adatero, ndikuwonjezera kuti dziko la Tanzania lidakumana ndi vuto lalikulu chifukwa ntchito zokopa alendo ndizomwe zimapezera ndalama zakunja.
Kutsika kumeneku kwachititsa kuti alendo achepe pakati pa 30 ndi 50 peresenti m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi mpaka June m'dziko lomwe kuli phiri la Kilimanjaro, udzu wa Serengeti ndi magombe a Zanzibar.
ULIMI WA MNTHAWI YA MNKHONGO
Zilumba za Zanzibar zimadziwika kuti zili pachiwopsezo kwambiri kuyambira pomwe msika wa clove udatsika, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti ntchito zokopa alendo ndi ulimi wam'nyanja zikhale gwero lalikulu la ntchito ndi ndalama.
Msika waukulu wazokopa alendo pazilumbazi ndi Italy, dziko lomwe lili pamavuto azachuma. Ziwerengero za alendo ku Italy zidatsika ndi 20 peresenti kufika pa 41,610 chaka chatha, pamene chiwerengero cha alendo ochokera kumayiko ena chinatsika ndi 10 peresenti kufika pa 128,440, malinga ndi Zanzibar Commission for Tourism.
Ogwira ntchito m'derali akuda nkhawa ndi momwe asodzi ndi amalonda am'deralo akukumana nazo.
"Mukuwona zokolola zambiri koma palibe wogula - uwu ndiye unyolo. Ngati onse akugulitsa koma kulibe alendo, ndani agula?" adatero woyang'anira Zenith Tours, Mohammed Ali, yemwe wagwira ntchito ku Zanzibar kwa zaka zopitilira 15.
Ogwira ntchito akuwopa kuchotsedwa ntchito. "Sindikudziwa ngati ndidzakhala ndi ntchito pambuyo pa June. Anthu ambiri akuvutika,” adatero Isaac John, wolandira alendo kuhotelo yemwe amachokera ku Tanzania.
Bungwe la Zanzibar Commission for Tourism lati likusintha njira zotsatsira.
"Tinkangoyang'ana msika waku Europe koma tsopano tikuyang'ana msika wachigawo kuti tithane ndi vuto lapadziko lonse lapansi," atero Ashura Haji, wamkulu wa bungwe loyang'anira mapulani ndi mfundo.
Kuschke adati dziko la Mauritius lidakumana ndi mavuto azachuma chifukwa linali laling'ono, lotseguka pomwe zokopa alendo ndi nsalu zimapanga 50 peresenti ya ndalama zakunja komanso kupitilira 15 peresenti yazinthu zonse zapakhomo.
Momwemonso, ku Seychelles komwe kumadalira alendo, ndalama zokopa alendo zikuyembekezeka kutsika ndi 10 peresenti chaka chamawa.
UBA Capital's Segal idati zomwe zikuchitika sizinali zodetsa nkhawa: "Zokopa alendo zikukula kwambiri ndipo kutsikako kumabwereranso ku 2006-07, ndipo zikadali zaka zomveka."
Haji, nayenso, adakhalabe ndi chiyembekezo chamtsogolo ku Zanzibar.
Iye anati: “Kuvutika maganizoko sikukhalitsa mpaka kalekale. "Tsiku lina zidzabweranso bwino."
