Umhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi weSeychelles Tourism Board (STB) obubanjwe ngoLwesine, Mashi 28, 2019, eTaj Hotels Resort eColombo ubambe iqhaza kwabamele abangaphezu kwama-70 abavela ku-Travel Agency kufaka nezindlu ezintathu zabezindaba.
Lo mcimbi, ohlelwe ngokuxhaswa yihhovisi likaKhomishani Ophakeme waseSeychelles eSri Lanka, uConrad Mederic, ukwazile ukufinyelela echibini eliqinile labazobakhona.
Umcimbi wakamuva ulandele uhlelo olufanayo oluhlelwe yihhovisi leSeychelles High Commission eSri Lanka ngoSepthemba 2018, obelusekelwa yi-STB.
Umcimbi wango-2018 usudale ukwazisa ngokuya endaweni emakethe yaseSri Lankan, umhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi we-STB walo nyaka uqhubeke nokunyakaza ekubekeni iSeychelles endaweni.
Ithimba le-STB ebeligqugquzela lo mcimbi belinoNkk Amia Jovanovic –Desir, uMqondisi we-India, i-Australia kanye neSouth East Asia noNkk Elsie Sinon, oyi-Senior Marketing Executive kulezi zindawo zombili ezisuka eNdlunkulu.
Enkulumweni yakhe yokuvula ukwethulwa kwalo mcimbi, uKhomishani Ophakeme uConrad Mederic, uthe iSeychelles iyindawo entsha yezithunywa zaseSri Lankan, imakethe inikela ngamathuba ahlukahlukene ezinhlangano ezingabahambela kanye nabasebenza ukuvakasha.
“Ngikuhlonipha kakhulu ukuthi womabili la mazwe anamandla amakhulu ekwandiseni ukuhamba okuphumayo kanye nezokuvakasha phakathi kweSri Lanka neSeychelles. Akukona nje kuphela ukuthi umkhakha wethu wezokuvakasha ungasizakala ngokubambisana okujwayelekile kepha njengabomakhelwane abahlala emanzini afanayo olwandle, kufanele kube nentshisekelo yethu ukuthi sihlolisise isiko lomunye nomunye, ”kusho uKhomishani Omkhulu uConrad Mederic.
UNkk. Jovanovic-Desir uhambe ngendlela ngesethulo, enikeza izethameli umbono jikelele wezinto ezisemqoka zalapho ziya khona.
Isethulo sakhe sigxile ekuqondeni komqondo othembele esiqhingini, izici eziqinile zaseSeychelles, kugcizelelwa kokukhangayo okuhlukahlukene kanye nobubanzi bamahhotela kubakaki abahola imali ehlukene kuzo zonke izingxenye zemakethe yezokuvakasha futhi ekugcineni echaza imininingwane yendawo esiya kuyo ngokuqhathaniswa neyethu izimbangi eziseduze.
Uchaze ukuthi inhloso yalo mhlangano wokusebenzela ukunikeza abalingani baseSri Lanka ukuqonda okungcono kokuthi bangathengisa kanjani iSeychelles futhi kuqedwe umqondo wokuthi iSeychelles iyindawo okunzima ukuyithengisa.
Lo mcimbi uphinde wanikeza inkundla yezindiza iSri Lankan Airline, okuyinkampani yezindiza eyodwa esebenzela imakethe ngezindiza ezintathu masonto onke, ukunikeza umbono omfushane ngecebo labo leSeychelles.
Ngesethulo sakhe uMnu. Pradeep Durairaj, iMenenja Yezindiza eSri Lankan Yezokuhweba kanye Nokusabalalisa Kwezebhizinisi, unikeze ulwazi ngokuhweba ngezinzuzo zokungena emakethe.
Iningi labamele izethameli lizwakalise ukuthi iSeychelles iyindawo entsha abangaya kuyo futhi bazwakalise isifiso esinamandla sokuyifaka ohlwini lwabo lapho beya khona ngemuva kokuthi sebethuthukise ulwazi lwabo.
Ephawula ngempendulo evela kozakwethu bezohwebo, uNkk. Elsie Sinon, uthe le ndawo yokusebenzela iye yaba yindawo yokuqala enhle yokuheha abalingani baseSri Lankan ukuthi bandise ulwazi lwabo lwendawo abaya kuyo.
“Iqembu lisebenzise isikhathi esiningi nemizamo ekwenzeni lo mcimbi ube yimpumelelo, iSeychelles ekubeni yindawo okuyiwa kuyo bekubalulekile kithina ukubekela ozakwethu eSri Lanka lolu hlelo lokuziqeqesha. Kusithathe isikhathi eside ukufeza lo msebenzi; futhi ekupheleni kosuku, konke bekufanele. Manje njengoba ibhola ligingqika, ngithanda ukucela ukuhweba ukuze ngijoyine nathi ukufuna lo makethe. ”
Ukuphothula lolu suku, kuhlelwe umcimbi wokunikeza imiklomelo ukuhlonipha abenzeli ababambe iqhaza kwi-workshop yokuqala ngonyaka ka-2018. I-STB yanikela ngendawo yokuhlala enezinhlanhla eSeychelles yokuhlala kumuntu oyedwa kuhlangene neminye imisebenzi, ngenkathi iSri Lankan Airlines ixhasa ithikithi elilodwa lokubuya. Amanye ama-ejenti amabili anenhlanhla anikezwa ibhodlela leTakamaka Rum.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, omele ngamunye uthole isipho ngomkhiqizo waseSeychelles kanye nezincwajana ezijwayelekile zokuphromotha ezibandakanya ikhophi lohlu lwazo zonke izinkampani zasendaweni, iDestination Management Companies, (DMC) eSeychelles.
Ngemuva komhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi, amanxusa amukelwa emcimbini wokuxhumana lapho abe nenjabulo yokuthatha isampula elincane elenziwe ngeramu lendawo laseSeychelles namabhanana, alandelwa ngumculo opholile womculi othile wakule ndawo.
UNkk. Jovanovic-Desir uzwakalise ukwaneliseka kwakhe ngomphumela omuhle we-workshop yokuqala yendawo. Uveze ukuthi okubaluleke kakhulu ngomsebenzi i-STB ekwazile ukuqeqesha amanxusa angaphezu kwama-70 futhi wabanikeza amathuluzi athile aphambili okuqhubela ukuthengisa nokufuna eSeychelles.
UNks Nithitha Subramanian, oyi-Assistant Tour Manager - Outbound, weTravel Data Tours & Travels futhi obambe iqhaza kulo mcimbi ukuqinisekisile ukuthi iqembu le-STB lisondeze iSeychelles eduze kwabo nangesethulo, babona sengathi basebevele baseSeychelles. Bathembise ukuthi bakushisekele kakhulu ukusebenzisana nokuhweba kwaseSeychelles nokuphokophela ukuthengisa nenzalo.
