Rwanda - Lokhu kuqagela kuza ngesikhathi lapho izwe libalwa phakathi kwezindawo ezihamba phambili ezingu-10 ngumqondisi wezokuvakasha i-Lonely Planet, okungenzeka kubangele izivakashi eziningi ezivakashela leli lizwe. Lokhu kuzofaka ingcindezi eyengeziwe kumahhotela angu-163 asebenzayo njengamanje.
URosette Chantal Rugamba, iphini lika-CEO ophethe ezokuvakasha nezokongiwa kwemvelo kwa-RDB, engxoxweni yocingo uthe kudingeka okungenani amakamelo ayi-6,000 eminyakeni emithathu ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nenani elandayo lezivakashi. Njengamanje, amagumbi angu-3,552 ayatholakala.
URugamba uzwakalise ukudumala kwakhe ngezindawo eziningi zokulala ezikhona, ethi amahhotela amaningi awekho ezingeni; ngokusho kwakhe, abanazo izinto eziyisisekelo ezidingwa isivakashi samazwe ngamazwe ukuze sizizwe sikhululekile ukulala ehhotela.
"Amanye amahhotela anezindlu zangasese ezingaphandle kuphela," uRugamba uchaze isimo esibi sezinye izindawo zokuhlala ezweni.
Inhlolovo encane eyenziwe yi-Focus kwamanye amahhotela e-Kigali ithole ukuthi iningi lezisebenzi alikwazi ukukhuluma isiNgisi, okushiya inani elandayo labavakashi abakhuluma isiNgisi lisesimweni esikahle.
“Kudingeke ukuthi ngithuthe eHotel La Palisse eNyandugu ngiye eMille Collines, ngoba bengingakwazi ukuxhumana nabasebenzi,” kusho uJoan Bella, ongowase-Uganda osebenza njengomcwaningi mabhuku eRwanda.
Ngesikhathi socwaningo oluncane, sithole ukuthi e-Kigali Serena Hotel kuphela nase-Top-Tower Hotel e-Kacyiru abasebenzi bayakwazi ukukhuluma isiFulentshi, isiNgisi nezilimi zendawo zaseMpumalanga Afrika. Ehhotela i-Novotel, ezinye zezisebenzi ziyasiqonda isiNgisi kodwa ngokuvamile zingama-francophone.
Nokho, amanye amahhotela enza imizamo yokulungisa le nkinga. "Sesiqalile ukuqasha abasebenzi abakhuluma isiSwahili, isiNgisi nesiFulentshi ngoJanuwari," kusho umphathi e-Alpha Palace eRemera. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ihhotela seliqhubekele phambili futhi laqasha abaqeqeshi bolimi lwesiNgisi ukuthi baqhube ukuqeqeshwa kwangaphakathi.
Akulona ulimi kuphela oludala izinkinga. Amahhotela amaningi anikeza isevisi embi, enama-oda athatha isikhathi eside ngokungadingekile ukulethwa, umkhuba ocasula izivakashi. Futhi, kukhona amahhotela ambalwa kuphela amukela inkokhelo ngamakhadi okuthenga ngesikweletu aphesheya njengeVisa.
"Angu-72 kuphela amahhotela ahlangabezana nezindinganiso zamazwe ngamazwe," kusho uRosette Chantal Rugamba.
Umcimbi wokuqanjwa kwegorilla iKwita Izina uzoba ngoJuni 20.
Amahhotela nezindawo zokudlela ziqala kangcono ukuthatha izinyathelo, ngoba inani labavakashi eRwanda liyakhula, okwenza ezokuvakasha manje zibe yinombolo yokuqala engenisa imali yangaphandle futhi zisekele izinkulungwane zabantu baseRwanda ngokuhlinzeka ngemisebenzi.
Ngonyaka odlule, iRwanda yaheha izivakashi eziyizi-980,577 uma kuqhathaniswa neziyizi-826,374 ngo-2007.
Ngokusho kwe-RDB, iningi lezivakashi liza ukuzobona ama-gorilla asezintabeni kanye nezitshalo nezilwane eziyingqayizivele eziqiwini zakhe ezintathu.
Ukuduma kwamagorila kungenzeka kuphinde kudlondlobale emcimbini olandelayo waminyaka yonke wokuqanjwa kwegorilla, iKwita Izina, ozoba ngoJuni 20.
“Lona sekuwumcimbi wezokuvakasha ohamba phambili eRwanda osedonse izinkulungwane zezivakashi, osaziwayo, abezindaba bamazwe ngamazwe kanye nabantu abavela kuzo zonke izigaba zempilo,” kusho isitatimende se-RDB.
Kulo nyaka, ama-gorilla ayishumi nanye azonikezwa amagama. Inzuzo evela emcimbini izofakwa kumaphrojekthi womphakathi.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Rosette Chantal Rugamba, deputy CEO in charge of Tourism and Conservation at RDB, said in a telephone interview that at least 6,000 rooms are needed in three years time to accommodate the increasing number of tourists.
- Inhlolovo encane eyenziwe yi-Focus kwamanye amahhotela e-Kigali ithole ukuthi iningi lezisebenzi alikwazi ukukhuluma isiNgisi, okushiya inani elandayo labavakashi abakhuluma isiNgisi lisesimweni esikahle.
- During the mini-survey, we found that only at Kigali Serena Hotel and Top-Tower Hotel in Kacyiru staff is conversant in French, English and local East African languages.
