IKenya iqinise ukunxenxa abantu ukuba bawine isicelo sokusingatha uhlelo lwama-24 lweNhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yezizwe Ezihlangene (UNWTO) I-General Assembly ngo-2021, kusho izikhulu kuleli sonto.
Ezokuvakasha zaseKenya UNgqongqoshe uNajib Balala ukusho lokho Kenya uzofaka icala eliqinile lokusingatha umcimbi ophambili lapho ehlangana naye UNWTO amalungu emhlanganweni wawo waminyaka yonke eSt. Petersburg, eRussia.
“Sizokwenza udaba oluqinile lokuthi iKenya isingathe umhla zingama-24 UNWTO Umhlangano weGeneral Assembly ngo-2021 njengezwe lokuqala eMpumalanga Afrika ukwenza lokho,” kusho uBalala.
"Sizokwakhela empumelelweni yemicimbi esezingeni eliphezulu esanda kusingathwa eseKenya njengesizathu esinamandla sokuthi kungani iKenya kufanele ivotelwe njengomphathi womhlangano ozayo futhi nginethemba lokuthola ukunqoba," engeza.
IKenya izobe iqhudelana nePhilippines kanye neMorocco emzamweni wayo wokusingatha umhlangano wezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele lapho ongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha abavela UNWTO amazwe angamalungu avote ngesikhathi somhlangano wawo eRussia kuleli sonto.
“Ukunqoba ukusingatha lo mcimbi kuzothuthukisa kakhulu iphrofayili yaseKenya hhayi nje njengendawo yokuvakasha ekhethwayo e-Afrika, kodwa futhi nendawo okungakhethwa kuyo imihlangano nemibukiso okuwumngcele olandelayo wezokuvakasha esifuna ukuwazisa ngaphezu kwebhishi lendabuko kanye nesiphakamiso se-safari, ”kusho uBhala.
Umnyango wezokuvakasha eKenya uzothuthukisa ulwazi lwawo lwangaphambili lokusingatha imicimbi esezingeni lomhlaba ukuze unxenxe izithunywa ezingaphezu kuka-1,000 ezivela kwabangu-130. UNWTO amazwe angamalungu emcimbini obanjwa kabili ngonyaka.
Imi njengendawo ehamba phambili ye-safari eMpumalanga Afrika, izithunywa zaseKenya e UNWTO umhlangano uzokhombisa izikhungo zengqungquthela zesimanjemanje, izindawo ezikhangayo, nengqalasizinda yedijithali ethuthukisiwe ukuze kutholakale ithuba lokusingatha umhlangano wezokuvakasha womhlaba.
Ukusingatha i UNWTO I-General Assembly ihambisana nesifiso saseKenya sokuhlukanisa imikhiqizo yezokuvakasha kanye nokukhulisa imali etholwayo ngemali yangaphandle, kusho izikhulu.
IKenya ngoLwesibili iqokwe njengelungu le-United Nations World Tourism Organisation elimele i-Afrika emhlanganweni osanda kuphela we-62nd Commission for Africa (CAF) UNWTO umhlangano omkhulu eSt. Petersburg, eRussia.
Izwe laseMpumalanga Afrika lizomela lonke izwekazi lase-Afrika kuze kube unyaka we-2023 engqungqutheleni yezokuvakasha yomhlaba.
Ithimba laseKenya linxuse ukuthi libambe umhla zingama-24 UNWTO 2021 General Assembly eKenya emgwaqeni wokwenza iKenya ibe isikhungo esihamba phambili seMihlangano, Izikhuthazo, Inkomfa Nemibukiso (MICE).
Inhloso enkulu yokuhlangana kwamazwe ase-Afrika ku UNWTO I-CAF yama-62 izokwakhela “ku-Ajenda yesi-4 yase-Afrika” ezochaza izinyathelo okufanele zithathwe ukuze kufezekiswe ezokuvakasha ezisimeme kulo lonke izwekazi phakathi kwezikhathi ezimisiwe.
U-Balala uthe izithunywa zaseKenya zizofaka icala eliqinile lokuthi iKenya isingathe umhla zingama-24 UNWTO Umhlangano we-General Assembly ngo-2021 njengezwe lokuqala laseMpumalanga Afrika ukusingatha umhlangano we-UN wezokuvakasha osezingeni eliphezulu.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- U-Balala uthe izithunywa zaseKenya zizofaka icala eliqinile lokuthi iKenya isingathe umhla zingama-24 UNWTO Umhlangano we-General Assembly ngo-2021 njengezwe lokuqala laseMpumalanga Afrika ukusingatha umhlangano we-UN wezokuvakasha osezingeni eliphezulu.
- “A win to host the event will greatly enhance Kenya’s profile not only as the preferred travel destination in Africa, but also the choice destination for meetings and exhibitions which is the next frontier of tourism that we want to create awareness in addition to the traditional beach and safari proposition,”.
- Inhloso enkulu yokuhlangana kwamazwe ase-Afrika ku UNWTO I-CAF yama-62 izokwakhela “ku-Ajenda yesi-4 yase-Afrika” ezochaza izinyathelo okufanele zithathwe ukuze kufezekiswe ezokuvakasha ezisimeme kulo lonke izwekazi phakathi kwezikhathi ezimisiwe.
