UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseNingizimu Afrika: Ukumaka okokuqala kwiNgqungquthela Yewayini Nokudla

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Isithombe sikaLinda Hohnholz
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Ngokokuqala ngqa, ungqongqoshe kahulumeni kazwelonke uzohambela lo mcimbi waminyaka yonke Inkomfa Yezokuvakasha Yewayini Nokudla, lapho uNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha eNingizimu Afrika uMmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane ethula umcimbi wokuqala Iwayini Nezokuvakasha Zokudla Imiklomelo eSpier eduze kwaseStellenbosch ngoSepthemba 18, 2019.

Umgqugquzeli wengqungquthela u-Margi Biggs uthe ukuvela kukaNgqongqoshe Kubayi-Ngubane okuhleliwe engqungqutheleni kukhombisa ukubaluleka komkhakha wezokuvakasha wewayini nokudla okhula ngokushesha. “Ngeke ibe khona enye indlela ephoqelelayo yokuba abahambi bafinyelele inhliziyo nomoya wesifunda, izici zaso zemvelo, isiko laso, nezifiso zaso, kunokusebenzisa iwayini nokudla kwaso. Umthelela, nokho, ufinyelela kude kakhulu. Kuletha imisebenzi, kwakha amakhono, futhi kukhuphule amathuba nezinga lempilo yemiphakathi yasemakhaya enganakwanga.”

NgokweWorld Travel & Tourism Council, zonke ezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha eNingizimu Afrika zibe negalelo lemisebenzi eyi-1.5 million kanye nezigidigidi ezingama-R425.8 emnothweni ngowezi-2018, nokumele u-8.6% wayo yonke imisebenzi yezomnotho.

UBiggs uthe imiklomelo ezokwethulwa engqungqutheleni kuhloswe ngayo ukugubha izindlela eziqanjiwe nezikhangayo abahlinzeki bezindawo zewayini kanye ne-gastro tourism abasabela ngayo ezinguqukweni zomhlaba jikelele zendlela yokuphila yabahambi, izindinganiso zabo, nezinto eziza kuqala ekuphileni kwabo. “Laba ngabashintshi abagcina imboni yethu inokuncintisana, ifaneleka, futhi iseqophelweni eliphezulu phakathi kwabahambi. Bakha okuhlangenwe nakho okuhle kakhulu okukhumbulekayo ngenkathi bebhekana nokukhathazeka kwabathengi mayelana nemvelo nokusimama komphakathi, izimiso zokuziphatha, ezempilo, nokuphila kahle.

“Ukuhlanganyela kukaNgqongqoshe Kubayi-Ngubane engqungqutheleni kuwubufakazi bomsebenzi wabo. Uyilungu le-World Economic Forum isinyathelo esisungulwe ukuze siqhubekisele phambili uguquko lwesine lwezimboni ngokusebenzisa uMkhandlu Wezobunhloli Okwenziwayo. Ngakho-ke, sithemba ukuthi sizofunda ekuqondeni kwakhe ezinye zezindlela i-AI nokufunda ngomshini okusanda kuqala ngayo ukusifundisa ngokuziphatha kwabathengi kanye nezintandokazi ukuze sazise kangcono futhi sithuthukise ububanzi nekhwalithi yewayini lendawo kanye neminikelo yezokuvakasha yokudla. "

Ephawula nge-United Nations World Travel Organisation (UNWTO) izibikezelo zokuthi ukukhula kwamazwe ngamazwe kuzo zonke izinhlobo zohambo kwabikezelwa ukuthi kuzokhuphuka ngo-3 kuya ku-4% ngo-2019 uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule, uthe: "Isizathu esikhulu ukufinyeleleka okukhulu kwezindiza. Futhi, okunye ukukhula kungabalelwa enanini elikhulu labahambi basekhaya nabakwamanye amazwe abafuna ubusha bokunambitheka nesipiliyoni futhi bathole kokubili ngobuningi, ikakhulukazi emazweni asafufusa. Ukwaziwa kweNingizimu Afrika ngokubaluleka nokuhlukahluka kuyenza ibe indawo ekhanga kakhulu futhi ichaza ukuthi kungani isalokhu ingumnotho wezokuvakasha omkhulukazi e-Afrika.

“Abahlinzeki bendawo bezokuvakasha bewayini bakhombisa ukusungula izinto ezintsha futhi bayasabela endleleni abanakekela ngayo abathandi bewayini bendabuko nabajwayelekile kanye nokudla, kanye nalabo abanentshisekelo yokwazi ukuziphatha, okusimeme, kwamasiko, ezempilo, kanye nezemidlalo. Kusukela kubuciko kuya ekungokoqobo okungathandwa kwabathelisi esikubona, abantu baseNingizimu Afrika banekhono elimangalisayo ekwenzeni imfashini nasekulungiseni ulwazi olusezingeni lomhlaba kanye nemicimbi evuma amasiko esikhathi eside ehambisana nesimanje kakhulu kwezobuchwepheshe. Akumangalisi-ke ukuthi sibe nempendulo ekhuthazayo ngale miklomelo ngokuqokwa okuningi kwangempela nokujabulisayo.”

Imiklomelo Yezokuvakasha Yewayini Nokudla izokwethulwa emikhakheni emi-3: I-Innovation, Service Excellence, kanye ne-Authentic South African Experience. Amaphaneli ochwepheshe ngabanye asungulwe ukuze ahlulele wonke ama-3.

 

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