Lona unyaka wokululama kwangempela embonini yezokuvakasha eTunisia. IMoevenpick Hotels and Resorts namhlanje ithe iqinisa inqaba yayo eTunisia ngokuthatha kwehhotela lesimanje edolobheni elisogwini iSfax. Inkampani yezokungenisa izihambi yaseSwitzerland isayine isivumelwano ne-Société Touristique du Sud yokuphatha i-Plaza Sfax & Spa Hotel, okuyindawo esezingeni eliphezulu enkabeni yedolobha eRue Khalid Ibn Walid, eduze neMedina yomlando. Ihhotela elihamba ibanga elifushane ukuya esikhungweni somhlangano, esinye isibonakaliso futhi iMICE, imboni yomhlangano kanye nezimboni kulindeleke ukuthi iphinde ibheke iTunisia.
Kubonakala sengathi imboni yezokuvakasha yaseTunisia ekugcineni isivukile futhi. Ngemuva kokuhlaselwa kaningi okwethusayo ezikhungweni zezivakashi leliZwe laseNyakatho Afrika lizama kanzima ukuphinde libe yindawo eyintandokazi kubantu baseYurophu. Esikhathini esedlule amaJalimane namaFulentshi ayebusa izinombolo zezivakashi kuleli zwe laseMedithera.
"Kunokuthuthuka okukhulu," kusho uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha uSelma Elloumi Rekik etshela abezindaba ze-AFP ngesonto eledlule. Izinombolo zezivakashi zaba ngaphezu kwezinyanga ezinhlanu zokuqala zonyaka wezi-2014, ikakhulu ngenxa yokwanda kwabafika eRussia naseChina.
Ukuhlaselwa kwe-jihadist ngonyaka ka-2015 kwacekela phansi imboni yezokuvakasha eTunisia. Ukuhlaselwa emnyuziyamu iNational Bardo eTunis kanti okunye okubhekiswe ezindaweni zokungcebeleka olwandle eSousse ndawonye kubulale izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ezingama-59 nonogada waseTunisia.
Kodwa abafikayo abavakashi kulo nyaka bafinyelele ezigidini ezingama-2.3, ukwanda okungaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-20 kusuka esikhathini esifanayo ngonyaka odlule namaphesenti angu-5.7 ngaphezulu kunangesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2010.
"Lona unyaka wokululama kwangempela," kusho u-Elloumi.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ihhotela liwuhambo olufushane oluya esikhungweni somhlangano, olunye uphawu futhi IMICE, umhlangano kanye nemboni yokukhuthaza kulindeleke ukuthi iphinde ibheke eTunisia.
- IMoevenpick Hotels and Resorts namuhla nje ithe izoqinisa isizinda sayo eTunisia ngokuthatha ihhotela lesimanje edolobheni elisogwini iSfax.
- Ukuhlasela kumnyuziyamu ka-National Bardo e-Tunis kanye nokunye okubhekiswe endaweni yokuphumula ebhishi e-Sousse ndawonye kubulale izivakashi ezingama-59 zakwamanye amazwe kanye nonogada baseTunisia.