Sibheke ukumaketha ezokuvakasha eMpumalanga Afrika, ithimba lezikhulu ezinhlanu ezivela ekomkhulu le-East African Community (EAC) libambe iqhaza kwi-International Tourism Fair (ITB) eBerlin kuleli sonto.
Izikhulu ze-EAC zizokhangisa ngezindawo eziheha ezokuvakasha eMpumalanga Afrika ngesikhathi kuqhubeka i-ITB naphezu kwezithiyo eziningi zezombusazwe amazwe ayisithupha abhekene nazo.
UNobhala Jikelele we-EAC uLiberat Mfumukeko uthe uNobhala we-EAC wenze ngokubambisana ukukhangisa ezokuvakasha embukisweni omkhulu wezokuvakasha wamazwe ngamazwe eBerlin naseLondon ukuze kwandiswe ukubonakala kwe-EAC njengendawo eyodwa yezokuvakasha, kanye nokuqhakambisa ezokuvakasha ezifundeni kanye nokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha. ukusebenzisana phakathi kwabadlali bezokuvakasha esifundeni.
I-Mount Kilimanjaro eTanzania, ama-gorilla asezintabeni e-Rwanda nase-Uganda yizona zindawo eziheha izivakashi ezingatholakali kwamanye amazwe angamalungu. Izindawo ezimbili ezidumile ezihehayo yizithombe zezivakashi Zomphakathi WaseMpumalanga Afrika ezidonsa izivakashi ezisezingeni eliphezulu kulesi sifunda.
Ngaphansi kwamasu okumaketha okuhlangene, amazwe e-EAC asebenzisa uhlelo oluhlanganyelwe lokuhlukaniswa kwamahhotela ezivakashi nezinye izikhungo zokulala emazweni amahlanu angamalungu eKenya, iTanzania, i-Uganda, iRwanda neBurundi.
Umsebenzi wokuhlukanisa amahhotela ngezigaba uqalwe ngamalungu e-EAC emizamweni yokuthuthukisa izinsiza zezokuvakasha kanye nomkhakha wezokuvakasha esifundeni kanye nokugqugquzela ukuncintisana ekulethweni kwezidingo, ukusebenza kahle, kanye nesibopho phakathi kohulumeni nababambiqhaza bamabhizinisi emikhakheni yezokuvakasha neyokuvakasha.
Ukubuyekezwa Kwemibandela Yokuhlukaniswa Kwezindawo Zokulala Nezindawo Zokudlela Ezokuvakasha kuqale ngo-Agasti 2018. Ukubuyekezwa kuhloswe ukucabangela izitayela zezokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe kanye nezindlela ezihamba phambili ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi isifunda sithuthukisa ukuncintisana kwaso futhi sizibeke ngendlela efanele emakethe yezokuvakasha yomhlaba wonke. .
Ecebile ngezinsiza zemvelo, ikakhulukazi izilwane zasendle, izici zendawo kanye nemvelo, amazwe aseMpumalanga Afrika abheke ukwenza ezokuvakasha zibe umthombo ohamba phambili wenzuzo yemali yangaphandle.
Izinkinga zezombangazwe, izintela ezinobutha, ingqalasizinda embi, ukuntuleka kwamakhono nezinkampani zezindiza ezikwazi ukuxhuma ngokushesha kuyizithiyo ezimbalwa ezibambezela ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha eMpumalanga Afrika.
Amabhizinisi ezivakashi abheke ukususwa kwezithiyo nezithiyo ezibhekene nomkhakha wezokuvakasha esifundeni se-EAC.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The EAC Secretary General Liberat Mfumukeko had earlier said that the EAC Secretariat had undertaken joint tourism promotions at the major international tourism trade fairs in Berlin and London to increase the visibility of EAC as a single tourism destination, and to promote intra-regional tourism and enhance co-operation among tourism players within the region.
- Umsebenzi wokuhlukanisa amahhotela ngezigaba uqalwe ngamalungu e-EAC emizamweni yokuthuthukisa izinsiza zezokuvakasha kanye nomkhakha wezokuvakasha esifundeni kanye nokugqugquzela ukuncintisana ekulethweni kwezidingo, ukusebenza kahle, kanye nesibopho phakathi kohulumeni nababambiqhaza bamabhizinisi emikhakheni yezokuvakasha neyokuvakasha.
- The review is aimed at taking into account the international tourism trends and best practices in order to ensure that the region enhances its competitiveness and position itself adequately in the global tourism market.
