Okuhehayo okuheha izivakashi, ubukhulu obuhlukile bamanxusa kanye nenkampani yezindiza echumayo ibeke i-Ethiopia, Land of Origins, phezulu emhlabeni uma kukhulunywa ngokukhula kwezokuvakasha.
Ngokusho kweWorld Travel & Tourism Council's (WTTC) ukubuyekezwa konyaka, izwe libone ukukhula okuphezulu kakhulu kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni (48.6%), okudlula isilinganiso sokukhula kwesilinganiso somhlaba esingu-3.9% kanye nesilinganiso sase-Afrika esingu-5.6%. Ngaleso sikhathi, lo mkhakha usekele imisebenzi eyizigidi ezingu-2.2 futhi wanikela ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-7.4 emnothweni wase-Ethiopia, okuwukunyuka kwama-US$2.2bn ngo-2017.
Ubuhle obungaphelelwa yisikhathi bokuheha izivakashi okungokwemvelo, kwamasiko nangokomlando e-Ethiopia bekulokhu kungenisa ukuthutheleka kwezivakashi ezivela ezindaweni ezikude. Njengomhlaba lapho isintu, ikhofi neBlue Nile zilandelela khona, i-Ethiopia ibilokhu iyindawo ehehayo kubavakashi.
Izifa ezibhaliswe yi-UNESCO zezwe kubalwa namatshe amakhulu ase-Axum, amasonto aqoshwe ngamatshe aseLalibela kanye nedolobha lomlando elibiyelwe laseHarar, phakathi kokunye, ahlala ehlala omazibuthe bezivakashi, edonsela izivakashi ngobuningi. Futhi engeza kulokhu ubuhle obubabazekayo nengcebo ehlukile yezilwane zasendle, ezinye zazo ezitholakala ezweni kuphela.
Njengoba imihlangano ye-Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing & Exhibitions (MICE) iqhakaza emhlabeni wonke, i-Ethiopia nayo ibekwe ngokukhethekile ekuzuzeni izinzuzo, ngenxa yendawo yayo ehlukile ezweni lobuzwe lase-Afrika. I-Ethiopia namuhla idolobha limi phakathi kwezinhloko-dolobha eziphezulu emhlabeni, liba nezingqungquthela ezinkulu zesifunda nezomhlaba jikelele.
Njengesizinda esikhulu sezinkampani ze-Pan-African carriers, i-Ethiopian Airlines, i-Ethiopia nayo ithokozela ukuxhumeka komoya okulula nezindawo eziningi e-Afrika nasemhlabeni wonke, okwenza kube lula ukuya ezweni kunakuqala. Izinketho zokuxhuma izindiza ezinikeza abahambi yenze i-Ethiopia yatholakala kalula emhlabeni wonke, futhi yenza kwaba lula ukungena kwabavakashi.
Indima yezindiza yezindiza ayikaze ibe nomthelela omkhulu, ikakhulukazi ekukhuthazeni ezokuvakasha, njengoba kukhonjwe nguGloria Guevara, uMongameli kanye noMphathi Omkhulu weWorld Travel & Tourism Council maqondana nokukhula okuyingqayizivele kwezokuvakasha e-Ethiopia. "Ukuqhakaza kweTopiya nezokuVakasha kwaba ngenye yezindaba ezinhle kakhulu zempumelelo zango-2018. Sekwedlule ukuqhathanisa komkhakha wethu womhlaba wonke nowesifunda ukuqopha izinga eliphezulu lokukhula kwanoma yiliphi izwe ngo-2018", kuphawula uGloria Guevara. "Lokhu kuqhutshwa ukusebenza ngamandla kwezindiza ezweni kanye nokwakhiwa kwe-Addis Ababa njengendawo ekhulayo futhi ekhulayo yesifunda." Isithwali esikhulu kunazo zonke e-Afrika namuhla selula amaphiko aso sifinyelela ezindaweni eziyi-120 emhlabeni wonke, nengxenye yezindawo ezise-Afrika. Ngenxa yendawo ye-Addis Ababa enkabeni yomzila waseMpumalanga-Ntshonalanga kanye nensizakalo ekhula njalo ye-Ethiopian Airlines, leli dolobha seliphume njengesango elikhulu lokungena e-Afrika elidlula iDubai.
Ngaphandle kokuxhumeka kwayo okubanzi kanye nezinsizakalo zokuwina zemiklomelo eminingi, ubuchwepheshe bokuthwala ifulegi ubuchwepheshe bengeza into ecacile eyenza ukuthutheleka kwezivakashi kunambithe ubuhle besizwe futhi kuqoke izwe lasempumalanga ye-Afrika njengekhaya elikude nekhaya ! I-Ethiopian Mobile App inika amandla abahambi bamazwe aphesheya ukuthi bavikele i-eVisa kungakapheli amahora ama-4 futhi ikhuphule izihambi ezingeni eliphakeme lokwenza ngezifiso futhi iphele ukuqeda isipiliyoni sohambo ngamadivayisi eselula.
Abagibeli bomhlaba wonke bangafaka i-e-Visa futhi babhukhe izindiza zabo, bakhokhe ku-inthanethi besebenzisa amakhadi wesikweletu noma ama-debit, imali yeselula, i-e- Wallet nokudluliswa kwebhange. Bangangena futhi bakhiphe ukudlula kokugibela kanye nebhodi lokuzimela. Iphasiphothi kanye ne-App yaseTopiya kwanele kuyo yonke indlela ukuzwa ukuhamba okungenamthungo kuya nokubuya e-Ethiopia. Ukuvelela kweTopiya kuyabonakala futhi ekungeniseni izihambi nasekuhlinzekeni ngemiklomelo. Isithwali siqinisekiswe ngabakwaSKYTRAX njenge-Four Star Global Airline.
Ngenkathi i-Ethiopia iqhubeka nokusebenzisa umkhawulo wayo njengendawo yokuzikhethela kubavakashi, futhi njengoba i-Addis Ababa iqhubeka nokwengeza indawo yayo njengenhlokodolobha yase-Afrika kanye nenhlangano echumayo ye-Ethiopian Airlines, isibhakabhaka sizoba umkhawulo ekukhuleni kwayo kwezokuvakasha eminyakeni ukuza.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ngenkathi i-Ethiopia iqhubeka nokusebenzisa umkhawulo wayo njengendawo yokuzikhethela kubavakashi, futhi njengoba i-Addis Ababa iqhubeka nokwengeza indawo yayo njengenhlokodolobha yase-Afrika kanye nenhlangano echumayo ye-Ethiopian Airlines, isibhakabhaka sizoba umkhawulo ekukhuleni kwayo kwezokuvakasha eminyakeni ukuza.
- Besides its wide connectivity and multi-award winning signature services, the flag carrier's cutting –edge technologies are adding a definite wow factor that is enabling the influx of tourists savor the beauty of the nation and designate the east Africa's nation as a home away from home.
- As the main hub of the Pan-African carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopia also enjoys convenient air connectivity with multiple destinations in Africa and the rest of the world, making travel to the country easier than ever before.
