Isimo Sendawo Esigunyaziwe Sinikezwe i-Saudi Arabia yi-China

I-Saudi Arabia inikezwe i-Approved Destination Status (ADS) yi-China, kusukela ngomhlaka-1 kuJulayi.
Le ntuthuko ihambisana nokuzibandakanya kweSaudi Arabia embukisweni wesibili we-China Roadshow kanye ne-ITB China e-Shanghai.

Lesi sinyathelo siwubufakazi besinqumo seSaudi Arabia sokuba ngumlingani wezomnotho namasu weChina, njengoba la mazwe womabili ezama ukukhulisa ubudlelwano bezohwebo kanye nomkhakha wezokuvakasha.

Isimo Sendawo Esigunyaziwe siyisivumelwano amazwe angena ngaso ne-China ukuze avumele izivakashi zaseShayina ukuthi zivakashele izwe njengeqembu labavakashi.

Kubonisa ingqopha-mlando kwezokuvakasha nezokungcebeleka eSaudi njengoba umbuso uthemba ukwenza iChina imakethe yawo yesithathu ngobukhulu yabafika bamazwe ngamazwe ngo-2030.

Izivakashi zase-China ezingu-5M ngo-2030

ISaudi Arabia ihlose ukuheha izivakashi zaseChina eziyizigidi ezinhlanu ngo-2030.

Ukulungiselela lokhu, i-Saudi Arabia yengeze izindiza eziqondile ezivela e-China kusukela ngo-2023, yethula imikhiqizo eqondene nawe, futhi yangenela ubudlelwano obunobuhlakani bokuvakasha okuzimele okuthuthukisiwe (i-FIT).

I-FIT—phambilini eyayaziwa ngokuthi i-Foreign Independent Tour—ibhekisela ekuhambeni okungasebenzisi ukuvakasha okupakishiwe kodwa okuhlangenwe nakho okwenziwe ngendlela oyifisayo uchwepheshe wezokuvakasha.

Empeleni, i-FIT isho ukuthi abahambi akudingeki babe yingxenye yeqembu lokuvakasha noma balandele ishejuli yohambo emisiwe noma uhlelo lohambo.

Izinzuzo ezifanayo zazo zombili izizwe

Ngokusho kukaNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseSaudi u-Ahmed Al-Khateeb, Isimo Sendawo Egunyaziwe sisho ukuthi iSaudi Arabia isilungiselele kahle futhi ikuhlomele ukwamukela izivakashi zaseChina.

Ngaphansi kwe-ADS, abanikazi baseShayina be -visa yabavakashi baseSaudi bazothola kulula ukuhlola umbuso ngamaqembu.

“ISaudi Tourism Authority ibambe iqhaza elibalulekile ekusizeni ama-visa, ukunciphisa izindleko, ukuthuthukisa ukuxhuma emoyeni, nokuqinisekisa ukulungela indawo oya kuyo ngolwazi lolimi lwesiMandarin olutholakala ku-www.visitsaudi.cn, izimpawu zesiMandarin ezikhumulweni zezindiza, kanye nabaqondisi bezivakashi abakhuluma isiMandarin kanye abasebenzi basehhotela,” kuphawula u-Al-Khateeb.

Ngaleso sikhathi, iNxusa laseSaudi e-China u-Abdulrahman Ahmad Al-Harbi uphawule ukuhlomula okufanayo kwesimo Sendawo Esigunyaziwe esikunikeza womabili la mazwe.

“Ngokuqinisa ubudlelwano bamazwe amabili neChina, isivumelwano se-ADS sivula iminyango yokuthuthukiswa komnotho kuyo yonke imikhakha, okuzuzisa amazwe womabili.”

Isikhulu seSaudi Tourism Authority uFahd Hamidaddin wengeze wathi, “Ukugunyazwa kweSaudi njengendawo yokuvakasha izivakashi zaseChina kukhombisa imizamo yethu eqhubekayo nokubamba iqhaza emibukisweni yezohwebo nezingqungquthela, okuholela ezivumelwaneni nezinhlangano zaseChina.”

“Silwela ukuhlinzeka ngolwazi olungenazihibe, olujabulisayo, noluphephile kubavakashi baseShayina, okuhlanganisa nezinqubo zama-visa ezilula, ukukhuphuka kwamandla endiza, nokuhlanganiswa kwesiMandarin kuzo zonke izikhumulo zezindiza, izindawo okuyiwa kuzo, izingosi zezivakashi, nezinkundla zedijithali ezifana newebhusayithi ethi ‘Vakashela iSaudi’.”

“Ubambiswano nemikhiqizo ethembekile yaseShayina efana ne-UnionPay, Trip.com, Huawei, kanye ne-Tencent kuqhubezela phambili ukunikezwa kwethu.”

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