Indasitiri yekushanya yeThailand yakatarisana nenguva yekuyedza. Nezvakakosha zvehupfumi zveThai zviri kurova uye bhaht isingaite isina simba, chii chakachengeterwa chikamu chekushanya cheThai?
Nhau dzisina kunaka dzakazara nekufanotaura kwezuva nezuva pamutengo wemafuta; kuwedzera mitengo yezvokudya; njodzi dzinongoitika dzoga uye kutya kwezvematongerwo enyika. Izvi zvichakanganisa kufamba-famba kweThailand kwenguva refu uye kufamba kwepamba, zvakare zvakashata?
Ndinotenda kuti indasitiri yekushanya yeThai iri padanho rakakosha. Kuti hurumende yeThai inobata sei kusagutsikana kuri kuwedzera kwemitengo yakakwira uye kusavimbika kweveruzhinji kuchaedzwa nekukasira kwavanogona kuratidza kuti hupenyu hwezuva nezuva hwevanhu hwakagadzirirwa kuvandudzika.
Iro ibasa rakaoma uye rinoda hutungamiriri hukuru hunotarisa nyika pamberi pako. Zvakadaro vazhinji vanoongorora zvematongerwo enyika vanotenda kuti izvi hazvigoneke nehutongi huripo.
Chinonyanya kuitika chekukwira kwemitengo yemafuta ndechekuti vanhu vashoma vari kufamba. Chirevo chechangobva kuitika cheindasitiri chakaratidza kuti kufambiswa kwendege pasi rose kwakadzikira uye nzendo shoma dziri kuitwa zvichienzaniswa nenguva yakafanana gore rapfuura. Kudiwa kwekufamba kuri kunyatsoongororwa. Wedzera kune izvozvo matambudziko ehupfumi emakambani endege akatarisana nechikamu che50 muzana chemitengo yadzo kungobhadhara mafuta ekufambisa uye kuderera kwevatengi. THAI International (TG) nguva pfupi yadarika yakamisa ndege dzayo kuenda kuNew York uye kudzikisa chirongwa chavo cheLos Angeles kuenda kuBangkok kubva pazuva kusvika kashanu chete pasvondo. Pachave nezvakawanda zvakafanana uye kunyange kuvhara.
Indasitiri inoremekedzwa sosi yakaratidza kuti makambani endege ane hombe nhandare yendege, mafuta ekufambisa uye mubhadharo wekumhara paSuvarnabhumi Airport yeThailand. Ndege dziri kunetsekana nekubuda kwemari. Dzimwe ndege dzendege dzichasangana nemari yakaoma mukati memavhiki. Mapepa enyika anga atotaura nezvekuvharwa kweNok Air, nekuda kwekurasikirwa kukuru. Iyo yakaderera bhajeti ndege ihama yeTHAI.
Asina simba achawira munzira, asi ane simba achacheka shure. Nzira shoma, sarudzo shoma uye zvingangodaro mitengo yakakwira. Kwete mamiriro ane hutano kune indasitiri inovimba zvakanyanya nendege kutakura vashanyi, ne80 muzana vanosvika nendege.
Kukwira kwemitengo yemafuta hakurevi chete kukwira kwemitengo asi kukwira kwemitengo. Vietnam neIndia dzine mwero wepamusoro wekukwira kwemitengo muAsia. Vietnam inotungamira rondedzero pa25 muzana. Kumwe kudzvanywa kwekuyangarara iyo dong kunogona kutungamira mukuderera kunozove nekukanganisa kuThailand neSoutheast Asia.
Iyo baht, mari yeThailand, iri kurasikirwa nekupenya kwayo, dhora risina simba rakagadzira bhati yakasimba asi nyatsotarisa muyero webaht/euro uye bhaht yadzikira 8 muzana mumwedzi mitatu. Kuomerwa kwekutora makotesheni pakutenga kwemberi baht kwasiya vashoma kuti vafungidzire kuti kururamisa kwakakosha kunogoneka. Nhau dzakanaka dzekushanya kweThai uye kutengesa kunze kwenyika, asi zvinotowedzera inflation kuhurumende sezvo mutengo wezvinhu zvinotengwa kunze kwenyika unokwira.
Mitengo yechikafu yava kunetsa pasi rose. Zvokudya zvemafuta uye kushomeka kwemupunga zviri kubata misoro yenhau. Hom Mali mupunga, mupunga une mukurumbira wekuThai, wakakwira gore rapfuura kubva paBt 900 ($28) pasaga (50kgs) mukupera kwa2007 kusvika paBt 1850 ($58). Huku nenguruve zvamukawo. Nguruve nehuwandu hwe50 muzana kana ichienzaniswa negore rapfuura. Mhedzisiro yacho, mitengo yakakwira, kwete yevatengi vepamba chete asiwo vashanyi.
Kubhadhara, simba uye mutengo wezvigadzirwa, mhiri kwebhodhi zviri kuwedzera. Zvisungo zviri mupoto yekubikira yehupfumi zvinotarisa kuti zvichafashaira. Kuti hurumende inotonhodza sei zvinhu zvichave zvakakosha munguva pfupi. OPEC inoda kutungamira, asi vanoda here kuwedzera kuburitsa? Vakawanda havafungi. Nemadhora mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu pamafuta emubhodhoro ari kufanotaura, vagadziri vezvese zvisingawanzo zvigadzirwa, vanogona kutarisira purofiti ine hutano, asi nemutengo wei? Vanhu vomunyika dzine urombo zvikuru vari kuramba vachiwedzera kukuvadzwa sezvo zvokudya zviri kushaikwa uye mitengo yava kukwira.
Uye zvakadini nehurumende? Munyori uyu haasati ambonyanya kutyira kuti nyika yakatarisana nedambudziko remabi-polarised izvo zvichanetsa vezvematongerwo enyika vane hunyanzvi. Bato rePeople's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) nebato rinopikisa reDemocratic Party harina zvarinowirirana nemubatanidzwa uri kutonga unotungamirwa nemutungamiri wePeople Power Party uye Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. Tinotenda kuti kutumirwa kwevazhinji kunoitwa pasina ruzivo rwekushanyira vashanyi, zvisinei nyika yakatarisana nenguva isina kugadzikana uye zvirongwa zvishoma zvekugadzirisa dambudziko rehupfumi riri kuuya kubva kuhurumende yakatarisana nekunyora patsva bumbiro remitemo, kuti ibvumidze yekare. shamwari nevezvematongerwo enyika vadzokera musimba.
Asi ndeapi mavara akajeka? Tourism Authority (TAT) ichiri kufara kuti vanokwanisa kusvika gore rino revashanyi vanosvika mamirioni gumi nemashanu neChina, India uye kushanya kwekurapa kunobatsira kuwedzera nhamba. Uye pamwe isu tichadaro, asi seaimbova Gurukota rezvekushanya kweD. Suvit Yodmani akazivikanwa nenzira kwayo, mhando kwete huwandu pamwe chinangwa chinobudirira kune yedu yenyika tourism chiremera.
Nemakamuri matsva ehotera zviuru makumi maviri anotarisirwa kuuya muThailand panosvika 20,000, kumanikidzwa kwevashanyi vakawanda kuti vazadze makamuri matsva aya kuchakwira kubva kune varidzi vemahotera. Nhau dzakanaka dzevamiririri nevashanyi… zvinofanirwa kuchengetedza mitengo yemahotera ichikwikwidza kwemakore anotevera.
Andrew J. Wood inhengo yeTN ambassador chirongwa. Ndiye maneja mukuru weChaofya Park Hotel & Resorts uye ane mazita akati wandei kuSkal International.
