The Ibhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika (i-ATB) kuyamjabulisa ukumemezela ukuthi ihlathi laseMacolline eNyakatho-mpumalanga yeMadagascar selijoyine i-ATB njengelungu.
IMacolline ihlathi lendawo elingamahektare angama-25 esifundeni saseNyakatho-mpumalanga yeMadagascar esungulwe nguMarie-Helene Kam Hyo. Isekelwe ku-2001, UMacolline ivulekele ukwamukela izivakashi, abafundi nososayensi. Ngosuku olugcwele lokuzijabulisa, isiza siqukethe umzila wokuhamba ngezinyawo, isikebhe esihamba ngesikebhe (umgodi wokugwedla) ohamba emasimini elayisi nehlathi lemvula kanye nasendaweni yezitini bese uqeda usuku ngepikiniki emnandi ebheke e-Indian Ocean.
Le ndawo ibhekane nokucekelwa phansi okukhulu isikhathi esingaphezu kwekhulu leminyaka, kanti iMacolline izibophezele ekuvikeleni nasekutshaleni kabusha izinhlobo zezinhlobo zemvelo zaseMadagascar ngokuya ngemigomo ephambili ye-UNESCO yokongiwa kwemvelo. Ukugcinwa kweMacolline kunikeza abantu abaningi basemakhaya imisebenzi, ngakho-ke noma iyiphi imali eqoqelwe iMacolline isiza ukuxhasa (i-CALA) iComité d'Aide aux Lépreux d'Antalaha (iLeprosy Relief Committee of Antalaha).
Umsunguli weMacolline, uMarie-Helene Kam Hyo, uthe:
“Ngaphezu kokusebenza kwendabuko kwepaki lezivakashi, lesi siza sifuna ukukhulisa ukuqwashisa ngezinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zehlathi laseMadagascar njengezitshalo zokwelapha nokusetshenziswa kwazo. Isiza sibuye sivumele isivakashi ngasinye ukuthi sitshale isihlahla futhi ngaleyo ndlela sibe nomthelela ekulondolozweni kwalesi siza kanye nezinhlobo ezisongelayo futhi sineqhaza ekubuyiseleni amahlathi kabusha. Lokhu kuyadingeka ikakhulukazi lapha ogwini olusempumalanga yeMadagascar lapho amahlathi esongelwa kakhulu. ”
IMacolline iyinhlanganisela yokulondolozwa kwemvelo, ukuvikelwa kanye nokwenza ngcono imvelo yaseMalagasy. Isayithi lifaka igquma lamahektare ayi-10 eliqukethe izinhlobo zehlathi lokuqala (lokuqala), izihlahla zezithelo nezinhlobo zezentengiselwano. Ngasemfuleni futhi ubheke oLwandlekazi i-Indian, amakhilomitha ama-3 ukusuka edolobheni lase-Antalaha, iMacolline yisiza esingajwayelekile sabathandi bemvelo, abafundi, ososayensi nezazi zezitshalo.
UJuergen Steinmetz, oyilungu le-African Tourism Board Steering Committee futhi onguSihlalo we-International Coalition of Tourism Partners owaziwa nge-ICTP, uthe:
“I-Afrika idinga izwi layo embonini yezokuvakasha kanye nezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele. Ngamazwe angama-54, amasiko amaningi, kanye nokuheha okuningi, kuseyizwekazi ukutholakala. Umbono wethu ukuthi i-ATB isekelwe kuzindawo zonke eziyilungu nakuzo zonke izimakethe zomthombo. Lokhu kuzokwakha inethiwekhi yomhlaba wonke ye-Afrika futhi kuvumele zonke izisekelo ukuthi zisebenzisane.
“Simema ababambiqhaza ukuthi babe nekheli le-imeyili noma iwebhusayithi kwi-platform yethu. Lokhu kuzokhuphula ukuzethemba kubathengi futhi kunikeze ithuba amabhizinisi amancane naphakathi e-Afrika ukuthi enze ibhizinisi ezimakethe ezingumthombo.
“Ezokuvakasha zisho izibophezelo nokusimama, kanti ezokuvakasha zisho ibhizinisi, ukutshalwa kwezimali, futhi kufanele kusho impumelelo. Futhi yilapho iBhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika ingasiza kakhulu. Njengoba ikomidi lethu eliholayo selakhiwe, inhloso yeBhodi Yezokuvakasha e-Afrika ukuguqula lolu hlelo lube yinhlangano ezimele ngo-Ephreli 2019.
Isungulwe ngonyaka we-2018, i-African Tourism Board iyinhlangano ehlonishwa umhlaba wonke ngokusebenza njengesikhuthazi ekuthuthukiseni okuhamba phambili kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha kuye, kusuka, nangaphakathi kwesifunda sase-Afrika.
I-African Tourism Board iyingxenye ye- I-International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP).
Inhlangano ihlinzeka ngokukhuthaza okuhambisanayo, ucwaningo olunokuqonda, kanye nemicimbi emisha kumalungu ayo.
Ngokubambisana namalungu omkhakha wangasese nakahulumeni, iBhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika ithuthukisa ukukhula okuzinzile, inani, kanye nekhwalithi yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha kuye, kusuka, nangaphakathi kwe-Afrika.
Inhlangano inikela ngobuholi kanye nezeluleko ngazodwana futhi ngokuhlanganyela ezinhlanganweni ezingamalungu ayo.
Inhlangano yandisa amathuba okukhangisa, ezobudlelwano nomphakathi, ezotshalo-mali, ukufaka uphawu lwentengiso, ukukhuthaza, nokusungula izimakethe ze-niche.
Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi, Chofoza lapha.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Isungulwe ngonyaka we-2018, i-African Tourism Board iyinhlangano ehlonishwa umhlaba wonke ngokusebenza njengesikhuthazi ekuthuthukiseni okuhamba phambili kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha kuye, kusuka, nangaphakathi kwesifunda sase-Afrika.
- For an entertaining full day, the site features a walking trail, a pirogue (dugout canoe) ride through rice fields and rainforest and a brickyard and end the day with a delicious picnic facing the Indian Ocean.
- The site also allows each visitor to plant a tree and thus contributing to the preservation of the site and threatened species and also contributing to reforestation.
