VakashelaBritain namuhla imemezele ukuthi umcimbi wayo wokuhweba waminyaka yonke wezokuvakasha othi 'Explore Great Britain (GB) kanye neNorthern Ireland' uzoba seBelfast, Northern Ireland ngoMeyi 2020.
Umcimbi, umcimbi omkhulu waminyaka yonke we-VisitBritain wokuhwebelana ngezokuvakasha, ngonyaka ozayo ubanjelwe e-International Convention Centre (ICC) Belfast kusukela mhla ziyi-18 kuya zingama-20 kuNhlaba. Izobona amakhulukhulu wabathengi bamazwe ngamazwe behlangana nabahlinzeki bemboni yezokuvakasha abavela kulo lonke elase-UK ukuze benze ibhizinisi.
Abathengi nezintatheli ezivela ezimakethe ezinkulu zezivakashi ezingena ngaphakathi e-UK ezihlanganisa i-Australia, i-France, iJalimane ne-US kulindeleke ukuthi zibe khona kanye nezivela eBrazil, Canada, China, India kanye nezimakethe ze-GCC.
UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha e-UK uHelen Whately uthe:
“Imboni yezokuvakasha ingelinye lamandla amakhulu esizweni sethu futhi izinzuzo zayo zizwakala kwezomnotho nangokwenhlalo kuwo wonke amagumbi e-UK.
“I-Belfast iyidolobha elihle futhi inikeza izivakashi ezivela emhlabeni wonke izinto eziningi ezingenziwa futhi zibonwe. Ngiyajabula ngokuthi umcimbi omkhulu we-VisitBritain uzosingathwa e-ICC Belfast ukuze kuboniswe idolobha ne-UK emhlabeni wonke.”
Isikhulu esiphezulu se-VistoryBritish Sally Balcombe uthe:
“Sijabule ngokuletha umcimbi wethu wokuhwebelana ohamba phambili eBelfast ngo-2020. Kusukela kumamnyuziyamu asezingeni lomhlaba, umlando wasolwandle odumile kanye namapaki amangalisayo kuya kwezobuciko obuphumelelayo, umculo nezindawo zokudlela, iBelfast iyindawo enhle yokugqamisa ububanzi kanye izinga lokunikezwa kwethu kwezokuvakasha kubathengi bamazwe ngamazwe.
“Ezokuvakasha zingenye yezimboni ezibaluleke kakhulu zokuthekelisa e-UK futhi ingenye yezincintisana kakhulu emhlabeni, yingakho i-ExploreGB neNorthern Ireland iyithuluzi lebhizinisi elibaluleke kangaka. Inikeza abahlinzeki bezokuvakasha nezindawo ithuba lokwethula imikhiqizo yabo kubathengi abaphezulu bomhlaba wonke, bakha ukuxhumana namabhizinisi ngamazwe futhi ekugcineni kukhuthaze izivakashi eziningi ukuthi zibhukhe uhambo lokuya e-UK, kuthuthukise umnotho wendawo.”
Isikhulu esiphezulu seTourism Northern Ireland uJohn McGrillen uthe:
“Ukuwina lesi sicelo esihlonishwayo sokusingatha umcimbi wezokuvakasha ophambili we-VisitBritain kunikeza ithuba elikhulu eNyakatho Ireland futhi siyaziqhenya ngokuthi iBelfast iqokwe ohlwini oluqhudelanayo lwamadolobha e-UK yonkana.
“Bangaphezu kuka-200 abathengi bamazwe ngamazwe abanethonya elikhulu abavela emazweni angaphezu kuka-30 bazojabulela ezokuvakasha nezivakashi zaseNyakatho Ireland ngoMeyi ozayo futhi bathole mathupha ukuthi le ndawo izobanikeza izivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe.”
Umcimbi wangonyaka ozayo uzosingatha abathengi bamazwe ngamazwe nezintatheli ezizohlangana futhi zenze ibhizinisi nabahlinzeki bemboni yezokuvakasha abavela kulo lonke elase-England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland kanye ne-Republic of Ireland.
Kanye nezinsuku ezimbili zokuqokwa okuhleliwe kwebhizinisi elilodwa kuya kwelinye, abathengi nezintatheli zamazwe ngamazwe bazophinde bahambele amasemina, ama-workshops kanye nemicimbi yokuxhumana ukuze bakhulise ulwazi lwabo lwe-UK njengendawo yokuvakashela izivakashi. Izithunywa zizozibonela mathupha imikhiqizo nezinsizakalo zezokuvakasha ngohambo lokufundisa lwangaphambi komcimbi ezindaweni okuyiwa kuzo ezweni lonke.
Izindawo zangaphambilini zokusingatha umcimbi, obanjwa minyaka yonke kusukela ngo-2014, zifaka i-Harrogate, i-NewcastleGateshead, i-Brighton, i-Liverpool ne-Ascot.
Ezokuvakasha zibiza ngaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama-£127 emnothweni wase-UK, zakha amathuba emisebenzi futhi zithuthukisa ukukhula komnotho ezizweni nasezifundeni.
