I-DUBAI - Ngemuva kwezibikezelo zokukhula okungapheli kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele yi-World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), u-Jonathan Worsley, umgqugquzeli we-Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC), ucela umkhakha wokwamukela izihambi esifundeni ukuthi ume uqine futhi uhlanganyele.
Ugcizelele ukuthi kuwubuhlakani ukuthi abaholi be-hospitality babambane ngezandla futhi basebenzisane ekulawuleni indawo yonke, hhayi nje amaphrojekthi angaphansi kwabo.
“Sekuyisikhathi futhi sokubheka ukuphathwa kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo njengomzamo wokubambisana hhayi nje endaweni eyodwa noma ukuphathwa kwephrojekthi. Abaholi bemboni badinga ukuxoxa ngesithombe esikhulu futhi babheke ukuthi bangaphatha kanjani ngokuhlanganyela ithrafikhi etholakala ngaphakathi futhi balondoloze amazinga okusebenzisa imali kwabathengi. "
Khonamanjalo, iWorld Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) ibikezela ukwehla kwenani le-GDP yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke libe yiphesenti elilodwa ngonyaka wezi-2009, uma kuqhathaniswa namaphesenti ayishumi ngo-2008.
Nokho, WTTC futhi ilindele ukuthi i-Middle East izowunqoba lo mkhuba, iphakamisa ukuthi ezokuvakasha zesifunda zizokhula ngephesenti elilodwa ngo-2009. Lokhu kuzobeka iMpumalanga Ephakathi njengendawo yesibili yokukhula emhlabeni, ngemuva kwe-Asia.
U-Worsley ukhuthaza imboni ukuthi iqaphe futhi ibambe iqhaza kulesi simo somnotho esikhona egcizelela ukuthi ngaphansi kwezimo ezinjengalezi mancane amathuba okuba namaphutha.
“Abaholi besifunda bezokuvakasha kanye nezivakashi kumele baqaphele ikakhulukazi kulezi zikhathi ezingakaze zibonwe ngaphambili. Njengoba ezokuvakasha sekunesikhathi eside zagxivizwa njengesisusa sokukhula komnotho ezimakethe eziningi zezifunda, umkhakha kumele usheshe uphume futhi ukhombise ukuvuthwa ekusingatheni umjikelezo wamanje,” usho kanje.
U-Worsley uthembise ukuthi i-Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC) ezayo ka-2009 (May 2-4, 2009) izohlinzeka ngenkundla efika ngesikhathi yenkulumo-mpikiswano enjalo.
“Indikimba ye-AHIC yalo nyaka, 'Inselele Yokugcina Ukukhula,' ifaneleka ngesikhathi lapho ukuhlelwa kwemigomo kuyidili elinyakazayo.
"Sisebenzela manje ukuqinisekisa ukuthi i-ajenda ka-2009 ihlelekile kahle ukuze okuqukethwe nezihloko zihambisane nomzuzu nomzuzu futhi zihambisane nokunyakaza kwemakethe ngoMeyi," wathembisa.
U-Edmund O'Sullivan, umdidiyeli womcimbi, uthe isasasa langaphambi kwesikhathi le-AHIC 2009 libukeka liqinile kusukela esifundeni naphesheya kwezilwandle.
“Lesi yisigaba esibucayi ezimakethe zomhlaba, futhi umkhakha wokutshala izimali wezivakashi kumele ukhombise ukuzethemba kanye nobuhlakani embonweni ube ubambelele ekuqhubekeni phambili. I-AHIC ihlelelwe ukuletha inkundla ejabulisayo lapho abaholi bezokwazi ukuxoxa ngezindaba ngokwangempela, futhi ndawonye babe amandla okusekela intuthuko eqhubekayo. "
Ingqungquthela yango-2009 ihlanganisa ingqungquthela yesigamu sosuku egxile eSaudi Arabia, ukwamukelwa kwezokuxhumana, kanye nophiko lokukhuluma olusezingeni lomhlaba okuhlanganisa no-HRH Prince Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, usihlalo webhodi, unobhala jikelele weKhomishini yaseSaudi Ezokuvakasha Nezakudala (SCTA); UDkt. Henry Azzam, oyi-CEO eMpumalanga Ephakathi naseNyakatho Afrika, i-Deutsche Bank AG; Paul Griffiths, isikhulu esiphezulu, Dubai Airports; USarmad Zok, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Kingdom Hotel Investments; USheikh Fawaz Alhokair, usihlalo kanye nomsunguli, iFawaz Alhokair Group; UJohn Defterios, umphathi, i-CNN Marketplace Middle East; kanye noGerald Lawless, usihlalo omkhulu, iJumeirah Group phakathi kwabanye.
I-Arabian Hotel Investment Conference ihlelwe yi-Bench Events kanye ne-MEED. Imininingwane ingatholakala ku-www.arabianconference.com.
