Thomas Cook (Hoto: DrimaFilm / Shutterstock.com)
Kwanaki kadan da suka gabata wani sako mai ban tsoro ya bayyana a wannan shafi game da koma bayan hukumomin balaguro gaba daya da na Thomas Cook musamman. Duk da haka, bai kamata a yi la'akari da tasirin da Thomas Cook (1808-1892) ke da shi a kan bunƙasa yawon buɗe ido da kuma yawaitar wannan yawon buɗe ido ba.
Wannan Baturen ya riga ya zama kafinta, mai bishara da buga littattafai kafin ya fara fitowa a matsayin mai shirya balaguro kuma jagora a cikin 1855s. Yawon shakatawa kamar haka da wuya ya wanzu kuma a cikin ƴan shekarun farko da kafa kamfaninsa ya kasance tare da gwaji da kuskure. A shekara ta 1869, shekarar nune-nunen duniya a birnin Paris, ya shirya tafiya ta farko zuwa nahiyar, kuma a shekara ta XNUMX ya fara shirya tafiya zuwa Masar. Bayan shekaru uku, tare da dansa John Mason Cook, ya yi nasarar jagorantar wata gungun 'yan Birtaniyya da suka yi balaguro a duniya, ciki har da ziyarar kasashen Sin da Indiya.
Thomas Cook ba zai rayu ba don ganin yadda kamfaninsa ya sami gindin zama a Asiya. A cikin 1903, Thomas Cook da Son sun buɗe reshe na farko a Singapore. Ya zama tushen aiki don mamaye Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya. Tuni bayan shekara guda Bangkok An haɗa shi a karon farko a cikin kyautar tafiye-tafiye na Thomas Cook, wanda kuma ya fara ba da tafiye-tafiye zuwa Indonesia da Indochina a cikin wannan shekarar.
Thomas Cook
An bayar da Cook & Son Duk-a tafiya zuwa Siam, kama daga tsara tafiyar jirgin zuwa jigilar kaya ta dogo ko hanya. Za su iya dogara ga wakilansu waɗanda ke aiki a Bangkok tun 1907. Bayan haka, tafiye-tafiye har yanzu abu ne mai ban sha'awa a wannan lokacin. Yawon shakatawa ya kasance yana cikin ƙuruciya kuma ba a faɗi cewa tafiye-tafiye a cikin wannan lokacin, musamman zuwa wurare masu ban sha'awa irin su Siam, ya kasance don yawon shakatawa ne kawai. masu farin ciki kaɗan an ajiye shi.
Kyakkyawan tabbaci na amincin da kamfanin ya gina shi ne cewa tun kafin barkewar yakin duniya na farko, an karɓi bauchi na otal ɗin Thomas Cook - magabata na Travelers Checks - ba tare da yin ido ba a duk mafi kyawun otal. Daga cikin Raffles a Singapore game da shi Hotel des Indes a Batavia har zuwa Oriental Hotel in Bangkok. A cikin lokacin tsaka-tsakin, Thomas Cook ya sami ikon mallaka na zahiri a Asiya saboda babban matsayinsa akan tsarin tafiye-tafiye. Dubban 'yan Burtaniya - wadanda har yanzu suna da babban kasuwancin na kamfanin - haɗe ziyarar zuwa Malaysia, Singapore ko Burma tare da tafiya zuwa Siam. A iya sanina, Thomas Cook shine kamfani na farko na waje da ya ba da ziyarar rugujewar Ayutthaya tare da hawan giwa daga farkon shekarun 1928. A cikin XNUMX kamfanin ya fadada sosai lokacin da kamfanin Belgium ya karbe shi, wanda ya mayar da hankali kan balaguron jirgin kasa na kasa da kasa. Kamfanin Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits wanda ke aiki, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, Orient Express. Za su tabbatar da cewa Thomas Cook zai iya fadada ayyukansa daga Bangkok zuwa Indochina na Faransa (Vietnam, Cambodia da Laos). kamfani a cikin Far East.
Tallar Thomas Cook daga 1927
Daga ƙarshen 1989s da farkon 20.000s, mutane sun sami ƙarin lokacin kyauta kuma an buɗe kasuwar balaguro kuma ta zama duniya. An haifi yawon shakatawa na jama'a kuma Thomas Cook, a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasa, zai sami fa'ida. A cikin 1997, Thomas Cook ya buɗe ofis a Bangkok kuma ya yi aiki tuƙuru tare da Jamusanci Neckermann. Wannan ba abin mamaki ba ne da gaske domin kamfanin na baya ya kasance mai rinjaye a kasuwannin Asiya tun shekarun XNUMX kuma a karshen shekarun XNUMX ya riga ya kawo matsakaitan masu yawon bude ido XNUMX - galibi Jamusawa da Scandinavian - zuwa Thailand a kowace shekara. Haka kuma Neckermann ita ce hukumar balaguro ta Turai ta farko da ta fara jigilar jirage masu saukar ungulu zuwa manyan wuraren hutu daban-daban. Da farko zuwa Pattaya sannan daga baya zuwa Phuket, Krabi da Khao Lak. Cook da Neckermann, tare da rahusa masu arha, ko a hade tare da hutun otal masu arha daidai da arha, za su taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen wargaza kasuwannin yawon bude ido a Thailand. A cikin XNUMX, Condor (Lufthansa) da Neckermann sun kafa C&N. Wannan rukunin tafiya ya sayi Thomas Cook bayan shekaru hudu. A cikin fayil ɗin, Thomas Cook AG ya ci gaba da aiki a matsayin mahaɗan mutum saboda ƙaƙƙarfan sunansa mai tarihi.
Duk da haka, ɗaukakawar kamfanin ya zama tarihi. Sakamakon babban gyare-gyare a cikin 2005, Swiss Thomas Maurer mai tushen Thai ya sayi duk hannun jarin da ke da alaƙa da ayyukan Asiya kuma ya sake fasalin wannan ɓangaren kamfanin zuwa Cibiyar Balaguro ta Asiya Ltd. Rukunin Thomas Cook, ko a ƙarƙashin sunansa, a zahiri yana aiki ne kawai a cikin Burtaniya (Tafiya ta), Netherlands (Neckermann, Vrij Uit) da Belgium (Neckermann, Pegase).