Usuku Lwezokuvakasha lwase-Afrika Luklelisa iGurus Yezokuvakasha Emhlabeni

OwayenguNobhala Jikelele weNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha (UNWTO) UDkt. Taleb Rifai kanye nowayenguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eSeychelles u-Alain St. Ange baphakathi kwaba abantu abavelele emkhakheni wezokuvakasha emhlabeni abazokwabelana ngemibono yabo ngoSuku lokuqala lwase-Afrika Lwezokuvakasha. Ngokubambisana, izingcweti ezimbili zezokuvakasha emhlabeni kulindeleke ukuthi zixoxe ngezinkinga eziphathelene nokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha e-Afrika, izinhlelo, nendlela eya phambili ngekusasa lezokuvakasha e-Afrika ngesikhathi nangemva kobhadane lwe-COVID-19.

Ngaphansi kwengqikimba ethi “Ubhadane Lokuchuma Kokukhula Komntwana,” umcimbi woSuku Lwezokuvakasha e-Afrika uzohlanganisa abantu ababalulekile abavela e-Afrika nangaphandle kwezwekazi ukunikeza imibono yabo ebhekise ekukhuleni okuhle kwezokuvakasha e-Afrika yonkana.

Abanye abantu abaziwayo nezipikha zokujabulisa lo mcimbi nguNxusa Ohola phambili waseTanzania u-Amina Salum Ali, owayengummeleli Ohlala njalo we-African Union (AU) e-United States. Inxusa u-Amina ucebile ngobudlelwano base-Afrika nezinye izindaba zepolitiki nentuthuko ezivela e-Afrika futhi ubelokhu ekhuluma ezingqungqutheleni ezahlukene, emihlanganweni, nasemibuthanweni emele i-Afrika eMelika kusukela ngo-2007 kuze kube ngu-2015. Kusukela ngo-2016 kuze kube ngu-Okthoba walo nyaka, u-Amb. U-Amina wayenguNgqongqoshe Wezohwebo Nezezimboni waseZanzibar.

Phakathi kwabanye abantu abavela emazweni ahlukene ase-Afrika kubalwa uMnuz Moses Vilakati, onguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Kombuso Wase-Eswatini; UDkt. Walter Mzembi, owayenguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseRiphabhulikhi yaseZimbabwe; Hon. Hisham Zaazou, owayenguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eGibhithe; kanye noDkt. Fredson Baca, iPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eRiphabhulikhi yaseMozambique. UDkt. Benson Bana, iKhomishani Ephakeme yaseTanzania eNigeria, ungomunye wezivakashi eziqavile ozohambela futhi akhulume emcimbini we-ATD.

Usihlalo oPhethe weBhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika, uMnu Cuthbert Ncube, kanye no-Abigail Olagbaye, oyiChief Executive Officer (CEO) weDesigo Tourism Development and Facility Management Company Limited, kulindeleke bakhulume kulo mcimbi omibalabala ozobanjelwa e-Abuja eNigeria.

I-Africa Tourism Day ihlelwe futhi yahlelwa yi-Desigo Tourism Development and Facility Management Company Limited ngokubambisana ne Ibhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika (i-ATB) futhi izobanjelwa okokuqala eNigeria ngokushintshana ngokusebenzisa ezinye izifundazwe zase-Afrika minyaka yonke. I-African Tourism Board iyinhlangano ehlonishwa umhlaba wonke ngokusebenza njengesikhuthazi ekuthuthukiseni okuhamba phambili kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha kuya, kusuka, kanye nangaphakathi kwesifunda sase-Afrika.

Lo mcimbi uhehe abaphathi bamabhizinisi abadumile kwezokuvakasha, phakathi kwabo uNks Jillian Blackbeard, isikhulu esiphezulu, iVictoria Falls Regional Association eBotswana; UNksz Angela Martha Diamantino, oyi-CEO, i-KADD Investment nomsunguli we-Angolan Women in Business and Tourism (AWIBT).

UNkk Zainab Ansell waseZara Tours eTanzania ngesinye isikhulumi kulo mcimbi, lapho ezocobelela khona imibono yakhe ngokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha e-Afrika. UZainab Ansell uvotelwe phakathi kwabesifazane abangosomabhizinisi abahamba phambili kwezokuvakasha eTanzania nase-Afrika. Ungomunye wabaholi bamabhizinisi besifazane abambalwa kwezokuvakasha e-Afrika, ophethe futhi ophethe iZara Tours, inkampani ye-safari eTanzania. Ngo-2009, uZainab wethule iZara Charity ngenhloso yokubuyisela emphakathini ngokunikela ngemfundo yamahhala emiphakathini ebandlululwa eTanzania. UZainab Ansell ubephakathi kwabesifazane abayi-100 abahamba phambili e-Afrika, ohlonishwe ngomsebenzi wabo omuhle kwezentuthuko kwezokuvakasha ngesikhathi seMakethe ye-Akwaaba African Travel Market eNigeria.

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