UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Wokuqala WoMbuso WaseSaudi Arabia ngu-HE Ahmed Al Khateeb.
Umnyango Wezokuvakasha wasungulwa e-Saudi Arabia kuphela ngoFebhuwari 25, 2020, ngemva kokuguqula Ikhomishana yaseSaudi Yezokuvakasha kanye Nezamagugu Kazwelonke yaba inkonzo ezimele.
Lo ngqongqoshe wezokuvakasha ukwazile ukubeka iSaudi Arabia isuka endaweni engaziwa kakhulu nentsha yokuvakasha kanye neyokuvakasha ingene enkabeni yezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele.
Yakheka ekuqaleni kobhubhane lwe-COVID, uMnyango Wezokuvakasha waseSaudi Arabia wawuhlala usebenza endaweni engashiyiwe.
Ngenkathi amazwe amaningi kanye nongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha asebenesikhathi eside basungulwa emhlabeni bebezabalaza ukugcina ezokuvakasha zibalulekile, iSaudi Arabia iqophe umlando ngokuhlanganisa umhlaba. I-Saudi Arabia ibeka umkhuba omusha ngemva komunye, futhi ngokumema umkhakha ozimele ukuthi ubambe iqhaza elibalulekile enqubweni yezombangazwe.
ISaudi Arabia yakwazi ukuhola lapho abanye bebhekene nokukhungatheka. Njengoba kunezigidigidi zemali esezilungele ukusetshenziswa ekusungulweni kwayo kwezokuvakasha, izigidigidi ezengeziwe zenziwa zatholakala ukuze kuzuzwe ezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke.
Kusukela kumuntu wokuqala ongaziwa, u-HE Hon. U-Ahmed Al Khateeb uqhamuke njengongqongqoshe wezokuvakasha odume kakhulu futhi ohamba phambili emhlabeni. Kanye nabanye abaholi bomhlaba okuhlanganisa noMnu. U-Edmund Bartlett waseJamaica, kanye noNobhala uNajib Balala waseKenya, eSaudi Arabia bahole amazwe amaningi ngendlela efanayo ngokudabula le nkinga.
Inguquko yezokuvakasha isitayela sikaBob Marley kungenzeka senze umlingo. Inkathi entsha yethuba lezokuvakasha isanda kuqala e-Jamaica ngoJuni 2021 lapho uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha WoMbuso Wase-Saudi Arabia u-HE Ahmed Al Khateeb ebonwa nomsakazi wakhe, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica, u-HE Edmund Bartlett. Bobabili ongqongqoshe babegqoke izigqoko ze-baseball ezibonisa “Inguquko.”
"Senza umlando namuhla!” Lona bekungumbiko wenkanyezi ekhanyayo embonini yezokuvakasha kanye nezokungcebeleka eTurboNews eshicilelwe ngo-Okthoba 6 ngonyaka odlule.
UNWTO amazwe adinga ukutakulwa, futhi iSaudi Arabia yasabela ocingweni oluphuthumayo ngezigidigidi. Owesifazane onamandla kunabo bonke kwezokuvakasha, owangaphambili WTTC Isikhulu esiphezulu, uGloria Guevara, uqashwe njengomunye wabeluleki abaphezulu bakaNgqongqoshe u-Ahmed Al Khateeb, kanye nabanye abeluleki abaphezulu bomkhiqizo.
Ngasekuqaleni kwaleli sonto eManila eNgqungqutheleni ebambezelekile yango-2021, WTTC imemezele indawo yengqungquthela yayo yango-2022: iSaudi Arabia.
Umhlaba usulungele ukuphuma emikhawulweni ye-COVID. Ingqungquthela elandelayo yeWorld Travel and Tourism Council e-Riyadh, inhloko-dolobha yoMbuso waseSaudi Arabia, kusukela ngoNovemba 29 kuya kuDisemba 2 kulo nyaka, futhi ngokungangabazeki iyoba enkulu kunazo zonke futhi ekhanga kakhulu.
Njengoba uNgqongqoshe u-Ahmed Al Khateeb ebeke izinsiza zakhe kanye nesithunzi sakhe kule ngqungquthela, akungabazeki ukuthi umhlaba uzoba nempumelelo emhlabeni oguqukela embonini yezokuvakasha neyokuvakasha engaphansi kwethonya laseSaudi.
Okwamanje, iSaudi Arabia ivulela izivakashi amasango ayo ezikhukhula. Umhlaba wabahambi ulungiselela ukuzwa isiko, amabhishi, nabantu boMbuso waseSaudi.
U-90% wamaSaudi ugonywe ngokugcwele, futhi izidingo zokungena zikhululekile ezivakashini.
Ubani lo ngqongqoshe omkhulu?
Umhlonishwa uMnu. Ahmed Al Khateeb unguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Saudi Arabia. Uneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-25 yesipiliyoni sokutshalwa kwezimali kanye nezinsizakalo zezezimali, lapho asungula, waphatha, futhi wahlela kabusha inqwaba yezikhungo zikahulumeni nezinkampani. Waziwa ngekhono lakhe lokuhola uguquko lwesikhungo nokuzuza imibono yesikhathi esizayo ngendlela ephumelelayo nangempumelelo.
- U-HE Ahmed Al Khateeb une-BA in Business Administration ayithola I-King Saud University
- Diploma in Wealth Management kusuka IDalhousie University eCanada
Ungqongqoshe udinga ukuthembela eqenjini elihle nelithembekile emsebenzini wakhe. Imithwalo yakhe yemfanelo ingaphezu kwalokho umuntu oyedwa ayengabhekana nakho.
Izikhundla zamanje zika-HE Ahmed Al Khateeb zifaka:
- USihlalo Webhodi Labaqondisi be-Saudi Tourism Authority
- USihlalo Webhodi Labaqondisi BeSikhwama Sokuthuthukiswa Kwezokuvakasha
- Ungqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha
- Usihlalo weKomidi Lezinhlelo Zokuphila
- USihlalo Webhodi Labaqondisi beSaudi Fund for Development
- USihlalo Webhodi Labaqondisi Be-Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI)
- UNobhala Jikelele kanye neLungu leBhodi labaPhathimandla noma iDiriyah Gate Development Authority
- UNobhala Jikelele kanye nePhini likaSihlalo weBhodi Yabaqondisi baseNew Jeddah Downtown
U-HE Ahmed Al Khateeb naye uyilungu labalandelayo:
- Ilungu Lebhodi Yabaqondisi Yesikhwama Sotshalomali Lomphakathi.
- Ilungu leBhodi labaqondisi leNhlangano Jikelele Yezimboni Zezempi.
- Ilungu loMkhandlu Wezomnotho Nentuthuko.
- Ilungu leBhodi labaqondisi beNeom Company.
- Ilungu leBhodi Yabaqondisi yeThe Red Sea Development Company.
- Ilungu Lebhodi Yabaqondisi Yesikhwama Sentuthuko Kazwelonke.
HE Ahmed Al Khateeb izikhundla ezedlule:
- Ungqongqoshe Wezempilo.
- Umeluleki ka-HRH Inkosana Yobukhosi eNkantolo Yasebukhosini.
- Umsunguli we-Jadwa Investment Company.
- Umsunguli woMnyango Wokutshalwa Kwezimali Kwabathengi- Riyadh Bank.
- Umsunguli we-Islamic Banking (Amana) – SABB Bank.
- IMenenja Jikelele Yezinkonzo Ezizimele – SABB Bank.
- Umeluleki we-General Secretariat yoMkhandlu Wongqongqoshe.
Indoda eyodwa enombono womhlaba wezokuvakasha
Umhlaba wezokuvakasha ububheke eSaudi Arabia, futhi ngenxa yendoda eyodwa kanye nesifiso sayo, ezokuvakasha zisesikhaleni esihle esilungele ukuphuma enkingeni enkulu umhlaba wonke obubhekene nayo.
Nokho, i-wild card, iseyimpi e-Ukraine. Njengomholi omusha futhi ongenambangi emhlabeni jikelele kwezokuvakasha zomhlaba, iSaudi Arabia ingasiza kanjani ukwehlisa umthelela kwezokuvakasha njengoba iRussia isongela umhlaba? Lona kuzoba umbuzo wezigidigidi zama-euro.
Yebo izingxoxo zemali, nemali enkulu izokwenza kwenzeke, kodwa iSaudi Arabia nayo yavela njengomqeqeshi eqenjini labadlali bamazwe ngamazwe ngezikhathi lapho umhlaba udinga ezokuvakasha ukuze uhlale ubalulekile. Uma bekukhona iqhawe leqiniso lezokuvakasha, u-HE Ahmed Al Khateeb kufanele engeze lokhu emiklomelweni yakhe.
The World Tourism Network ukulungele ukubona lolu hlobo lobuholi njenge iqhawe lezokuvakasha futhi ayinikeze uMhlonishwa. Umklomelo Weqhawe uhlala umahhala, ngisho nakuNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Wombuso waseSaudi Arabia.
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- Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Tourism AuthorityChairman of Board of Directors of the Tourism Development FundMinister of TourismChairman of the Committee of Quality of Life ProgramThe Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Saudi Fund for DevelopmentThe Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI)Secretary General….
- The next summit for the World Travel and Tourism Council in Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is from November 29 to December 2 this year, and it will without a doubt be the biggest and most glamorous one.
