ARUSHA, Tanzania (eTN) – I-Africa Travel Association (ATA) 33rd Congress ivulwe lapha edolobheni lezivakashi elisenyakatho yeTanzania i-Arusha ngoMsombuluko kugcizelelwa ukuqhakambisa ezokuvakasha zase-Afrika ezimakethe ezincintisanayo zomhlaba.
UMengameli waseTanzania u-Jakaya Kikwete utshele izithunywa ze-ATA ezingaba ngu-300 ukuthi i-Afrika isashoda ngezabelo zezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke ngenxa yezinsiza ezingezinhle ezabelwa amazwe ase-Afrika.
Uthe ingxenye ye-Afrika ebhizinisini lezokuvakasha emhlabeni incane nakuba izwekazi libusiswe ngenqwaba yezindawo eziheha izivakashi.
I-Afrika ilindele ukwamukela izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingama-47 ngo-2010 okulindelwe ukuqopha izivakashi ezibalelwa ezigidini ezingama-77 ngo-2020, kodwa isibalo sincane kakhulu uma siqhathaniswa nenqwaba yezindawo ezihehayo nezingenakunqotshwa, kusho umongameli etshela izithunywa.
Uma kuqhathaniswa, i-Afrika ishoda ngemuva uma iqhathaniswa nesabelo somhlaba wonke sabavakashi abayizigidigidi eziyi-1 kanye nezigidigidi eziyi-1.6 ngesikhathi esifanayo.
I-Afrika nayo isale emuva ekuthuthukisweni kwezokuvakasha ngenxa yezinsizakusebenza ezimbi kanye nengqalasizinda engathuthukisiwe, okwathi amashumi eminyaka kukhinyabeza ukuhamba ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwezwekazi.
Uthe i-Afrika yayidinga kakhulu ingqalasizinda ethuthukisiwe kanye nokufinyeleleka ezimakethe zezokuvakasha zomhlaba wonke, ikakhulukazi izimakethe zaseMelika nezaseYurophu.
Ukuxhumana kwezindiza e-Afrika kube yisithiyo esibuyisela emuva unomphela ekuthuthukisweni kwezokuvakasha phakathi kwamazwe. "Ukusuka kwesinye isizwe sase-Afrika kuya kwesinye kunzima ukuthi kungase kudingeke ukuthi umuntu aye e-Europe ukuze axhumane nendiza kwelinye izwe elingaphakathi kwemingcele yezwekazi," uMnu. Kikwete etshela izithunywa ze-ATA.
Isithombe esingesihle semithombo yezindaba nge-Afrika njengezwekazi elilahlwe izifo, izimpi, ubumpofu nokungazi sesenze abavakashi bangase bangakwazi ukuvakashela leli zwekazi.
Enikeza ithemba e-Afrika, umqondisi we-ATA u-Eddie Bergman uthe inhlangano yakhe isazimisele ngokugcwele ukukhangisa izindawo ezivakashelwa yi-Afrika.
Uthe leli zwekazi likhombisa izitayela ezinhle ekuthuthukisweni kwezokuvakasha futhi kunezibophezelo ezikhuthazayo ezivela kohulumeni base-Afrika ekuthuthukiseni ezokuvakasha kanye nokweseka abatshalizimali bakwamanye amazwe.
I-ATA isisungule amasu okuseka amazwe ase-Afrika akhe ezokuvakasha ngezindlela ezahlukene okubalwa kuzo abezindaba nezokuxhumana, kusho u-Eddie etshela izithunywa zengqungquthela.
