Struggling to return the country’s tourism industry to full strength has Kenya done an apparent U-turn on plans by Emirates, Dubai’s award winning airline, to launch a third daily flight from Dubai to Nairobi.
Yayin da zabuka ke karatowa a karshen wannan shekara – kalaman manyan ‘yan siyasa a halin yanzu bai taka kara ya karya ba wajen kwantar da hankulan masu ruwa da tsaki a harkar yawon bude ido – idan har kasar ta yi matukar sha’awar jan hankalin ‘yan yawon bude ido daga wasu kasuwanni da dama, ba tare da la’akari da wanda ya shigo da su kasar ba, walau Mombasa. ya da Nairobi.
Koyaya, Kenya ta kasance abin kyama da barin ƙarin kamfanonin jiragen sama da aka tsara na ƙasashen waje su fara jigilar jiragen sama zuwa babban filin jirgin saman Kenya na kasa da kasa kuma a halin yanzu Airlines Air, Habasha da Turkish Airlines ne kawai ke da haƙƙin sauka. Kawo yanzu dai ba a bar Qatar Airways da sauran masu jigilar kayayyaki cikin sanyi ba duk da rokon da masana'antar ba da baki ta bakin teku suka yi na su sauya salon tafiyar da harkokin sufurin jiragen sama na kasashen waje su yi hidima a Mombasa.
Wani tsari na karfafa gwiwa da gwamnatin Kenya ta yi, na janyo hankalin karin kamfanonin jiragen sama na haya zuwa Mombasa, shi ma bai ga yuwuwarsa ta cika ba saboda har yanzu jirage da yawa na haya daga Burtaniya ba su nan daga gabar tekun Kenya. Alamu na nuni da cewa wasu na iya komawa jirage ne kawai bayan zaben watan Agusta ya zo kuma ya tafi cikin kwanciyar hankali kamar yadda manyan masu gudanar da yawon bude ido, da kamfanonin jiragensu, a halin yanzu ke kallon shirin ko-ta-kwana kamar yadda suka yi a zaben 2012.
Har ila yau, majiyoyin yawon shakatawa sun damu da cewa Emirates, wacce ta sanar da aniyar ta ta kaddamar da jirgin sama na uku a rana daga Dubai zuwa Nairobi don samar da ingantacciyar hanyar sadarwa daga ko'ina cikin duniya tare da raguwar lokacin jira, da alama babban sakatare na gwamnati ya kai hari. na Sufuri Mista Irungu Nyakera.
Majiyoyin yada labarai daga Kenya sun nakalto PS din ya rubutawa Emirates a Nairobi yana ba da shawarar cewa ba za a ba da izini ba na jirgin na uku, ba tare da la’akari da abin da Yarjejeniyar Bayar da Jiragen Sama ta Bilateral ta ba da izini ba. Wannan, idan shine yanke shawara na ƙarshe na gwamnatin Kenya - kamar yadda UAE tabbas za ta sami wani abu da za ta ce game da shawarar ita ma - ta musanta kasuwar yawon shakatawa ta Kenya a wannan shekara kawai watanni bakwai na ayyukan Boeing B777 na yau da kullun wanda zai iya kawo dubban karin masu yawon bude ido zuwa kasar.
Hakanan da jirgin zai samar da mafi girman ƙarfin ɗaukar kaya don ɗaga kifi mai sanyi, sabbin kayan lambu, 'ya'yan itatuwa da furanni ga masu fitar da kayayyaki na Kenya waɗanda ke da sha'awar sayar da kayayyakinsu zuwa wuraren da aka shirya a cikin Tekun Fasha da sauran su.
Lamarin dai ya tuna da yadda aka yi a baya Qatar Airways a lokacin da suka rage kwanaki da sake kaddamar da wani jirgin zuwa Nairobi don ci gaba da tafiya zuwa Kilimanjaro yayin da a lokaci guda kuma ya kusa kaddamar da sabis daga Doha zuwa Dar es Salaam zuwa Mombasa. . Dukkan jiragen biyu, da kuma amintattun majiyoyi daga Qatar sun dage kan hakan, an share su da baki amma ba a taba rubuta wasika ba sai kwanaki kadan da kaddamar da shi lokacin da Kenya ta hana wadannan jiragen.
An ce majiyoyin yawon bude ido na tuntubar juna a yanzu da nufin jawo hankalin gwamnati don ba wa daya daga cikin manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama na duniya damar shiga kasuwannin Kenya yayin da a lokaci guda kuma ake fatan ba za a samu wata matsala daga kasuwar yankin Gulf ba. a vis marketing Kenya a matsayin fifiko na shekara zagaye wurin hutu.
