Ngokuvuselelwa Kwezokuvakasha e-Afrika, iSaudi Arabia Tourism Revolution iyaqhubeka

1. I-World Tourism idinga usizo kanti iSaudi Arabia ikhona futhi edlala indima engekho ku I-United States Yezokuvakasha, ekuphakamiseni ifulegi laseSaudi phezulu futhi ligqame.
2. ISaudi Arabia isendleleni to ukuthuthela kwenye indawo UNWTO ukusuka eMadrid ukuya eRiyadh ukuba ngumethuli wekomkhulu elisha leNhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba (UNWTO), kodwa isivele ingusokhaya we UMkhandlu Wezokuvakasha Nokuvakasha Womhlaba (WTTC) ihhovisi lesifunda kanye nezinye izinhlelo eziningi zomhlaba.
3. IKenya imeme izithunywa engqungqutheleni ezoba se-African Tourism Recovery ngoLwesihlanu kuleli lizwe laseMpumalanga ne-Afrika. Izithunywa eziningi azikwazi ukulinda ukuhlangana noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseSaudi Arabia u-Ahmed Al Khateeb, okungenzeka abe yinkanyezi ebaluleke kunazo zonke emcimbini.

UNobhala Wezokuvakasha eKenya, uNajib Balala, naye ungumholi womhlaba wonke obambe iqhaza ezinhlelweni eziningi zomhlaba, kufaka phakathi i- eTurboNews-xhaswe World Tourism Network futhi Ibhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika. Ngokubambisana noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseJamaica, uMhlonishwa. Edmund Bartlett, Balala wenziwa a IQhawe Lezokuvakasha by WTN ngonyaka odlule.

UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseJamaica uBartlett usanda kufika eKenya kanti uzobe ekhuluma engqungqutheleni ngokwesikhundla sakhe njengomholi ohlonishwayo womhlaba wonke mayelana nokuqiniswa kwezokuvakasha kanye nokululama. Uzobe ethula inkulumo yakhe yosuku engqungqutheleni yase-Afrika.

Ngenkathi eseKenya, uNgqongqoshe waseJamaica uzosayina i-MOU ngeSathelayithi iGlobal Tourism Resilience & Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) eKenyatta University ngemuva kohambo ngoLwesine.

UMengameli waseKenya uKenyatta usebenza njengoSihlalo we-Honorary Co (omele i-Afrika) we-GTRCMC kanye noNdunankulu waseJamaica u-Andrew Holness noMarie-Louise Coleiro Preca, owayenguMongameli waseMalta.

Ukugqama kokuvakasha kukaBartlett eKenya kungenzeka kube ukuqhubeka kwezingxoxo zokutshalwa kwezimali noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eSaudi Arabia, u-Ahmed Al-Khateeb, oqale ngokusemthethweni ngoJuni ngenkathi ingqungquthela yokuqala yamazwe amabili eJamaica neSaudi Arabia igxile kutshalomali lwangaphakathi ukukhuthaza ukukhula komnotho nokwakhiwa kwemisebenzi emisha yasendaweni yezwe lakhe laseCaribbean.

Ngenkathi uBartlett no-Al Khateeb bebonakala njengeqembu lezinguquko, bekucaca ukuthi iSaudi Arabia isishintshile futhi iyaqhubeka nokushintsha ngokushesha - ngezigidigidi ezisekela le nguquko.

Ngaleso sikhathi, uNgqongqoshe u-Al Khateeb wahola ithimba eliphezulu ngesikhathi evakashele eJamaica muva nje, kubandakanya nababekhona, u-Abdurahman Bakir, Iphini Likamongameli Wezokuheha Nentuthuko eMnyangweni Wezotshalomali eSaudi Arabia, naseHammad Al-Balawi, Jikelele Umphathi Wezokuphathwa Kwezimali kanye Nokwengamela eMnyangweni Wezokuvakasha eSaudi.

I-Balala, iBartlett, ne-Al Khateeb kungaba yinhlanganisela yokuwina yabaholi bendawo abanendlela yomhlaba yokuletha ithemba elithile embonini yase-Afrika yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha.

Cuthbert Ncube, Usihlalo we Ibhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika, kanye nomgqugquzeli we-Project Hope ngaphansi kokuqondiswa kwabangaphambili UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele uDkt. Taleb Rifai, uthe: “Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika limile futhi likulungele ukusiza nokudidiyela noma yiluphi uhlelo olungase luqhamuke engxoxweni ebalulekile ezayo mayelana nokuvuselelwa kwe-African Tourism. Ukuzinza akubalulekile nje kuphela ukuthuthukisa kabusha imboni yezokuvakasha neyokuvakasha ebidingeka kabi ezwenikazi lethu, kodwa nokuzinza nokuvikeleka kwamazwe ethu amaningi.”

UNgqongqoshe waseSaudi Arabia u-Al Khateeb, onguSihlalo wesikhwama sezentuthuko esinamandla sama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-US, uzwakalise umbono wokuvuselela ukunwetshwa kwamabhizinisi aseSaudi Arabia emhlabeni.

Ingqungquthela Yezokubuyiselwa Kwezokuvakasha ibibanjelwe eRiyadh, eSaudia Arabia, ngoMeyi walo nyaka. Igxile enkathini entsha umkhakha wezokuvakasha wawungena ngayo futhi wahlola izindlela zokwakha kabusha umkhakha wezokuvakasha wase-Afrika othintwe kabi ubhadane lwe-COVID-19.

Ingqungquthela yaseKenya kulindeleke ukuthi ihlolisise ithuba lobudlelwano obuqinile phakathi kwamazwe ase-Afrika kanye ne-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kanye nokunciphisa imiphumela yalolu bhubhane kanye nokuqinisa ukuzinza.