Tourism ikubweretsa phindu lachuma ku mzinda wa Laotian wa Luang Prabang, likulu lauzimu, lachipembedzo komanso lachikhalidwe ku Laos kwazaka zambiri. Koma pamene malonda akuchulukirachulukira, ena akuda nkhawa kuti tawuniyi ikutaya kudziwika kwake.
Ali mkatikati mwa chigwa cha mtsinje wa Mekong, Luang Prabang adachotsedwa kunja chifukwa cha nkhondo komanso kudzipatula pandale. Kusakanikirana kwa nyumba zachikale za Lao, zomanga za atsamunda a ku France ndi nyumba za amonke zoposa 30, tauni yonseyo inalengezedwa ndi UNESCO kukhala malo a World Heritage Site mu 1995. Bungwe la United Nations linautcha “mzinda wosungidwa bwino koposa wa kum’mwera chakum’maŵa kwa Asia.”
Izi zidayika Luang Prabang pamapu oyendera alendo ndipo kuyambira pamenepo chiwerengero cha alendo obwera mtawuniyi chakwera kuchokera pa masauzande ochepa chabe mu 1995 kufika pa 300,000 lero.
Popeza mitengo ya katundu ikukwera chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa alendo, anthu ambiri akumaloko adagulitsa katundu wawo kwa opanga kunja omwe adawasandutsa ma cafe apa intaneti, malo odyera ndi nyumba za alendo.
Koma ngakhale ntchito zokopa alendo zikubweretsa ndalama komanso ntchito, anthu ena ali ndi nkhawa kuti tawuniyi ili pachiwopsezo chotaya dzina lake.
"Pano, kusungidwa kwa zomangamanga kwakhala, kunena momveka bwino, kopambana koma kutetezedwa kwa moyo wa mzindawo tsopano ndikoopsa kwambiri," anatero Francis Engelmann, wolemba komanso mlangizi wa UNESCO yemwe wakhala ku Luang Prabang kwa zaka 12. . "Anthu ambiri omwe amakonda Luang Prabang amachikonda chifukwa ndi njira yapadera kwambiri yokhalira moyo, chikhalidwe, malo achipembedzo, ndipo izi zili pachiwopsezo chifukwa chomwe chatsala ndi mbali zake zamalonda."
Tara Gudjadar yemwe amakhala nthawi yayitali ku Luang Prabang ndi mlangizi wa Unduna wa Zokopa alendo ku Laos. Akunena kuti zokopa alendo ambiri zikusintha Luang Prabang mwanjira zabwino komanso zoyipa.
"Zokopa alendo ndizolimbikitsa kusintha kwachuma ku Luang Prabang - zikusintha miyoyo ya anthu ambiri kuno," adatero. "Amawona mwayi, mukudziwa, kudzera muzokopa alendo zomwe mwina sanawonepo. Komabe, pali zosintha zomwe zikuchitika pagulu la Luang Prabang ndi anthu omwe akusamukira kunja kwa tawuni, kapena kukhala okonda zamalonda, m'malo mongotengera mabanja. ”
Ndi anthu akumaloko akugulitsa ndikusamuka, nyumba za amonke zinakakamizika kutsekedwa chifukwa obwera kumene ambiri samathandizira amonke, omwe amadalira anthu ammudzi kuti apeze chakudya.
Chinanso chomwe chimachititsa kusakhutira ndi kusalemekeza kwa alendo miyambo yachipembedzo ya m'tauniyo - makamaka mwambo watsiku ndi tsiku wopereka zachifundo pomwe amonke amatenga chakudya kuchokera kwa okhulupirika.
Amonke akamachoka m’nyumba zawo za amonke m’maŵa uliwonse amayenera kukambitsirana m’njira zosiyanasiyana zojambulira zithunzi ndi makamera avidiyo.
Koma kupereka zachifundo ndi mwambo wachibuda, akutero Nithakhong Tiao Somsanith, wamkulu wa Puang Champ Cultural House yomwe ikuyesera kusunga chikhalidwe cha tawuniyi.
“Tanthauzo la kupereka [zachifundo] m’mamawa ndiko kusinkhasinkha m’Chibuda, ndi kudzichepetsa, ndi kudzipatula. Sichiwonetsero - ndi moyo watsiku ndi tsiku wa amonke," adatero. “Ndipo kotero tiyenera kukhala ndi ulemu. Si safari, amonke si njati, amonke si gulu la anyani.”
Alendo akuyenera kukhala kutali ndi mwambo wopereka zachifundo, akutero Francis Engelmann.
“Ngati suli Mbuda, ngati sukhulupirira chowonadi cha Chibuda kapena ngati suli mbali ya chipembedzochi, usachite! Yang'anani patali, mwakachetechete; lemekezani, monga momwe mungalemekezere mwambo wachikhristu m'tchalitchi - kapena m'kachisi - m'dziko lakumadzulo," adatero.
Anthu ambiri akunja amatanthauza zambiri zakunja, ndipo ena okhalamo akuda nkhawa kuti achinyamata a Luang Prabang ataya chidziwitso chawo, akutero Tara Gudgadar.
"Anthu akuda nkhawa ndi kusintha kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu, mukudziwa, alendo ndi alendo akubwera," adatero. "Ndinganene kuti si anthu akunja omwe akusintha izi, koma kudalirana kwa mayiko m'tawuniyi. Ntchito zokopa alendo zikubweretsa ndalama ndipo mwachiwonekere anthu ali ogwirizana kwambiri ndi dziko lonse lapansi tsopano kuposa momwe analili zaka 10 zapitazo. "
Ku Laos konse, zokopa alendo zidakwera modabwitsa 36.5 peresenti mu 2007, poyerekeza ndi 2006, ndi alendo opitilira 1.3 miliyoni m'miyezi 10 yoyambirira ya chaka, malinga ndi Pacific Asia Travel Association.
Ndipo ngakhale mavuto azachuma padziko lonse atha kuchepetsa ziwerengerozo pakanthawi kochepa, akatswiri akuti ziwerengero za alendo obwera ku Luang Prabang zipitilira kukula pakapita nthawi.
Kaya izi ndi zabwino kapena zoyipa kwa Luang Prabang zikadali zotsegukira kukangana. Komabe anthu ambiri pano amavomereza kuti njira zachangu ndizofunikira ngati tawuniyi ikufuna kuteteza chikhalidwe chapadera chomwe chimakopa alendo ambiri poyambira.
