I-Tanzania igubha uSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha

Kugujwa uSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha lwaminyaka yonke, izikhulu zezokuvakasha zaseTanzania kanye nababambiqhaza bagubhe lo mcimbi ngokuzibophezela ukubambisana namanye amazwe ase-Afrika nasemhlabeni jikelele.

Umcimbi woSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha luka-2023 ubusedolobheni lezivakashi elisenyakatho yeTanzania i-Arusha e-Gran Melia Hotel lapho ongoti bezokuvakasha, ababambisene bemboni yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha babehlangene khona ukuzothamela uchungechunge lwezingxoxo neNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene YezokuvakashaUNWTO) ochwepheshe.

Lo mbuthano osezingeni eliphezulu udonse abaphathi bezokuvakasha ababalulekile abangaphezu kuka-400 nabalingani bezokuvakasha abavela e-Afrika kanye nezimakethe zezivakashi ezibalulekile emhlabeni wonke ukuze kuxoxwe ngekusasa lezokuvakasha ngokutshalwa kwezimali okunengqondo kanye nezixazululo zokusungula ukukhula komnotho kanye nokukhiqiza.

Umgubho woSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha lowezi-2023 wenzeke ngomhla zingama-27 no-28 kuMandulo enhlokodolobha yezokuvakasha yaseTanzania ukuze uhambisane namanye amazwe emhlabeni kanye nomphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe ekukhulumeni ngesu elisha lokutshalwa kwezimali kwezokuvakasha.

Ihlose ukukhuthaza ukusebenzisana nabalingani bamazwe ngamazwe ekuthuthukiseni nasekuthuthukiseni ezokuvakasha, iTanzania iphinde yabamba iqhaza emgubhweni woSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha owawubanjwe ngo. I-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

UNgqongqoshe Wezemvelo kanye Nezokuvakasha waseTanzania uNksz Angellah Kairuki uhole ithimba lezikhulu eziphezulu zezokuvakasha eMbusweni wase-Saudi Arabia ukuyohlanganyela nabanye abaphathi bezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke ngoSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha.

Ngenkathi eseRiyadh, ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha waseTanzania wabe esebambe izingxoxo nozakwabo wongqongqoshe bakwa-Israel, Indonesia, Myanmar, Honduras, Senegal kanye neSierra Leone phakathi kwabanye ongqongqoshe abangama-45 ababebambe iqhaza kulo mcimbi eSaudi Arabia.

Ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha waseTanzania ubekhona futhi emcimbini wokwethulwa kwesikole esinezigidigidi eziyisi-1 sezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha eRiyadh, eSaudi Arabia.

Njengoba ihlelelwe ukuvulwa ngo-2027, i-Riyadh School for Tourism and Hospitality iyingxenye yombono omuhle wase-Saudi Arabia wokuhlukanisa umnotho wayo futhi kukhuliswe umkhakha wezokuvakasha.

Ungqongqoshe uthe iTanzania izimisele ukusebenzisana noMbuso waseSaudi Arabia ekuqeqesheni abasebenzi baseTanzania kwezokuvakasha kanye nezivakashi futhi izobamba izingxoxo noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseSaudi Arabia ukuze bahlole ukuthi amaTanzania angazuza kanjani esikoleni saseSaudi's Tourism and Hospitality.

Uphinde ahlangane nabatshalizimali abahlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa nabanikazi bamahhotela base bebaheha ukuthi batshale imali eTanzania ukuze kwandiswe indawo yayo yokuhlala ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nenani elikhulayo lezivakashi okulindeleke ukuthi lifinyelele ezigidini ezinhlanu eminyakeni emibili ezayo.

UNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha eSaudi Arabia, uMnu. Ahmed Al Khateeb, umemezele phakathi naleli sonto, ukwethulwa ngokusemthethweni kwesikole i-Riyadh School for Tourism and Hospitality ngesikhathi sokugubha uSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha luka-2023.

Iphrojekthi yeSikole sase-Riyadh izobiza ngaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1 zamaRandi futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ivulwe ngo-2027 ekamelweni layo elisha e-Qiddiya, iphrojekthi enkulu yokuzijabulisa e-Riyadh isakhiwo sayo saqala ngo-2019. Kuzovulelwa wonke umuntu ukuba ajabulele ukuqeqeshwa okuhle kakhulu kwezokuvakasha nokungenisa izihambi, UMnu Al Khateeb utshele izithunywa zoSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha.

U-Al Khateeb uphinde waveza isasasa elikhulu loMbuso futhi wathi isikole sezokuvakasha esiphambili “siyisipho esivela eMbusweni waseSaudi Arabia esiya emhlabeni wonke,” njengoba “sizovulelwa wonke umuntu ukuze ajabulele ukuqeqeshwa okuhle kakhulu kwezokuvakasha nokwamukela izihambi.”

ISaudi Arabia njengamanje yenza utshalomali olukhulu olungaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama-U$800 ekuthuthukisweni komkhakha wezokuvakasha nezivakashi ihlose ukukhiqiza imisebenzi eyisigidi kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo ukuze kulindelwe abafika bamazwe ngamazwe okulindeleke ukuthi baphindeke kabili ngonyaka wezi-2032.

ITanzania njengamanje ibheke ukukhuthaza amathuba ezohwebo, ukutshalwa kwezimali kanye nezokuvakasha eMbusweni waseSaudi Arabia, ikhuluma ngenzuzo yobudlelwano obuhle phakathi kwalezi zifundazwe ezimbili ezinobungani.

Izindiza ezine eziqondile ze-Saudia Airline ngesonto phakathi kweTanzania ne-Saudi Arabia phakathi kwe-Julius Nyerere International Airport eTanzania kanye ne-Jeddah International Airport bese ihehe futhi yandisa ukugeleza kwezivakashi nabahambi bebhizinisi phakathi koMbuso waseSaudi Arabia neTanzania.

ISaudi Arabia ibilokhu idlulisela ukwesekwa kwayo eTanzania ngeKing Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre ngokusebenzisa izinsiza zezempilo esikhungweni senhliziyo iJakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI).

Ithimba lodokotela benhliziyo abangu-33 abavela eSaudi Arabia ngaphansi kweSikhungo Sosizo Lwesintu SeNkosi uSalman kanye Nesikhungo Sosizo savakashela eTanzania ngo-August no-September ngonyaka odlule futhi benza ngempumelelo ukuhlinzwa kwenhliziyo okuvulekile ezinganeni ezingu-74 esibhedlela se-Cardiac.

Ibanjwe e-Riyadh, e-Saudi Arabia, imigubho esemthethweni yoSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha lwango-2023 ihehe oNgqongqoshe Bezokuvakasha abangaphezu kuka-50 kanye namakhulu ezithunywa ezisezingeni eliphezulu ezivela emikhakheni kahulumeni nezimele emhlabeni jikelele.

Lolu suku lwalunamaphaneli aholwa ochwepheshe ayegxile ezihlokweni ezibalulekile ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi “Tourism and Green Investments”, anezinhlelo ezisekelwa izenzo ezibambekayo kanye nezinhlelo ezintsha ezibalulekile eziklanywe UNWTO unobhala.