Kufalikira ndi kufalikira kwa coronavirus ya COVID-19 kukukakamiza akuluakulu aboma ku Seychelles kuti awone momwe chuma chikukhudzira makamaka pa zokopa alendo zomwe ndi mzati wapamwamba kwambiri pazachuma cha dzikolo.
Seychelles News Agency idafunsa a Sherin Francis, Chief Executive of Seychelles Tourism Board, kuti adziwe momwe izi zikukhudzira bizinesi ya zokopa alendo ku Seychelles.
Q: Kodi coronavirus ikukhudzidwa ndi kuchuluka kwa alendo omwe amabwera ku Seychelles?
Sherin Francis (SF): Kwa nthawiyi, sindinganene zambiri. Koma popeza tikukayikakayika za m’tsogolo, tinganene kuti tifunika kukhala osamala, chifukwa pali ngozi yoti zingatikhudze.
Q: Kodi zinthu zikukhudza msika wapamwamba wa Seychelles?
SF: Inde. Msika woyamba womwe wakhudzidwa mwachindunji ndi Italy. Chiwerengero cha alendo ochokera ku Italy chatsika mpaka 17 peresenti poyerekeza ndi nthawi yomweyi chaka chatha. Unali msika womwe unayamba kuyenda bwino, ndipo makampani okopa alendo adayambanso chidaliro pambuyo pa zovuta zachuma. Pambuyo pake, Seychelles idakhala malo okondedwa a anthu aku Italiya.
Sikuti tikungotaya alendo okha, koma tidayeneranso kuletsa zochitika zina zapamtunda monga ziwonetsero zathu zamalonda ku Italy. Zochita zilizonse zophatikiza gulu lalikulu zathetsedwa. Apanso, tikutaya ndalama zathu.
Q: Kodi Seychelles Tourism Board ikuchita bwanji ndi zomwe zikuchitika?
SF: Tikuyang'anira momwe zinthu ziliri, ndipo tawona kuti pali misika ina iwiri yomwe ikukhudzidwa ndi kachilomboka - Germany ndi France. Pali kale mayiko monga Israeli omwe aletsa kulowa kwa a Germany ndi French kulowa m'dera lawo. Pakalipano, palibe chilengezo chochokera ku mayiko awiriwa; ngati izi zichitika, zidzakhudza dziko lathu.
Q: Kodi mukuganiza kuti Seychelles idzatha kubwezeretsanso misikayi ngati zinthu zitayenda bwino?
SF: N'zovuta kunena pamene muli ndi zambiri zosatsimikizika. Pakadali pano, alendo obwera ku Seychelles amakhalabe abwino, ndipo ogwira ntchito m'deralo akunena kuti sakukhudzidwa kwenikweni. Mwina ngati m'miyezi itatu ikubwerayi zinthu zikuyendetsedwa makamaka m'misika yofunika ku Seychelles, mwina patchuthi chachikulu cha tchuthi cha ku Europe, chomwe nthawi zambiri chimakhala chilimwe, titha kupeza ziwerengerozo. Izi zitha kutanthauza kuti kachilomboka ikachepetsedwa, tifunika kukhala ankhanza kwambiri pakutsatsa kwathu.
Q: Zimakhala bwanji kwa othandizira omwe amagwira ntchito m'maiko omwe akhudzidwa ndi kachilomboka?
SF: Izi ndizovuta kwa iwo. Ndi moyo wawo. Akunena kuti pali zambiri zomwe zalepheretsedwa, ndipo sakubwezeredwa ndalama zomwe adagwiritsa ntchito kusungitsa mahotela. Anthu akuopa kuyenda. Tikupempha ogwira ntchito kuti azitha kusintha pang'ono posankha kuti asabweze ndalama chifukwa anthu angazengereze kusungitsatu hotelo yawo. Cholepheretsa chachikulu ndichakuti ngati tikukhala mosatsimikizika, mahotela atha kukakamizidwa kutsitsa mitengo yawo.
Funso: Kodi zinthu zikuwakhudza bwanji ogwira ntchito zokopa alendo?
SF: Momwemonso momwe mahotela akukhudzidwira, ndikukhulupirira kuti onse ogwira ntchito zokopa alendo akukhudzidwa. Alendo akaletsa tchuthi chawo, maulendo apandege, mahotela, ndi mautumiki onse amaletsedwanso. Kuyambira pamenepo amataya ndalama zomwe zimayenera kusonkhanitsidwa. Ngati mliriwu uchulukira molingana ndi ziwerengero zochokera ku Seychelles Central Bank, titaya $ 1,500 pafupipafupi paulendo aliyense. Koma tisataye chikhulupiriro chifukwa aka sikanali koyamba kuti tithane ndi vuto ngati limeneli.
Q: Kodi pali zokambirana zomwe zikuchitika kuti abweze ndalama kwa alendo omwe adasiya kusungitsa malo kuhotelo?
SF: Sitingathe kulowa mu izi. Monga Seychelles Tourism Board, tikulimbikitsa mabungwe azokopa alendo kuti azikhala osinthika ndi mfundo zawo. Izi ndizochitika padziko lonse lapansi ndipo si mayiko onse omwe akugwirizana. Mwachitsanzo, tinali ndi nthumwi zopita ku ITB (chiwonetsero cha zokopa alendo ku Berlin), koma tidachichotsa, ndipo mahotela ambiri sanakonzekere kubweza ndalama.
Q: Nanga bwanji za kuyimitsa ndege?
SF: Apanso, izi zimagwira ntchito mofananamo. Zimatengera ndondomeko yoletsa ndege. Pali ndege zomwe zimasinthasintha kuposa ena. Mwina sakubweza ndalamazo koma akupereka makasitomala kuti ayimitsa ndege zawo popanda mtengo. Ena apatsa makasitomala mwayi wosintha komwe akupita.
Ponena za Air Seychelles, yomwe yangoletsa ndege ziwiri, izi sizikhala ndi vuto lalikulu pakugwira ntchito kwake. Mwachitsanzo, kuyimitsidwa kwa ndege zopita ku South Africa sikudzakhala ndi vuto lalikulu chifukwa sikuli munyengo yawo yokwera kwambiri. Komabe, ndikofunikira kutsindika kuti ngakhale tikutayika pamsika wapadziko lonse lapansi, tilinso ndi msika wapakhomo womwe umayenera kupanga njira zolipirira otayika.
Funso: Dziko la France silinakhale pa mndandanda wa mayiko omwe apaulendo ali oletsedwa kupita ndi ku Seychelles; Kodi izi zingakhale ndi zotsatira zotani ngati zitatero?
SF: Sitikudziwa zomwe zingachitike. Zambiri zatsiku ndi tsiku zikubwera. Lero, titha kukhala bwino, koma tsiku lotsatira zinthu sizingakhale bwino. Chiwerengero cha matenda chikupitilira kukwera ku France. Ndikukhulupirira kuti Seychelles sifika pomwe ikuyenera kuletsa nzika zaku France kupita ku Seychelles. Tisayembekezere ayi.
Makampani okopa alendo ndi osalimba kwambiri. Ndi bizinesi yokhazikika ngati tikudziwa momwe tingayendetsere ndikuyikulitsa. Monga momwe zimakhudzira kuyenda, mavuto aliwonse omwe angabwere, kaya thanzi, zachuma, kapena bata landale, zidzasokoneza malonda.
Q: Ndi njira ziti zotsatsa zomwe zikutsatiridwa kuti zithetse mavuto omwe amabwera chifukwa cha mliriwu?
SF: Ndife ochepa kwambiri pankhani ya njira zamalonda chifukwa cha kusatsimikizika komwe kulipo. Pakalipano, alendo onse omwe amabwera kudziko lathu adzakhala ndi chiopsezo. Tiyenera kuyang'ana mosalekeza njira zokopa alendo chifukwa ndi makampani athu omwe amayendetsa chuma.
Njira yathu yayikulu ndikuti tikulozera mayiko omwe tili ndi ndege zachindunji ndipo sitikhudzidwa ndi mliriwu. Pakali pano, anthu sakufuna kudutsa m'malo ena chifukwa ali pachiwopsezo chotenga kachilomboka. Kumbali inayi, tikuganiza za njira zobwereranso kachilomboka ikangotsika. Tidzakhala aukali kwambiri polankhulana.
Q: Ngati kachilomboka katsika, kodi Seychelles ibweza ndalama?
SF: Panthawi imeneyi, mkhalidwe wa zachuma m'dzikoli ndi wovuta kwambiri. Pakadali pano, tiyenera kudziika patsogolo mkati mwathu. Tinkaona ndalama zomwe timawononga. Tikhoza kukumba zinthu zathu kaye. Kumene timaona kuti tifunika thandizo, tinkapempha thandizo ku Unduna wa Zachuma.
