Cuthbert Ncube, onguSihlalo we Ibhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika, izwa lobu budlelwano ne-Caribbean futhi.
Ubudlelwano beCaribbean ne-Afrika buyajula. Zisekelwe emlandweni owabiwe, isiko, kanye nomuzwa wobuntu obufanayo obakhiwe yi- ukuhweba ngezigqila. I-African Diaspora e-Caribbean ikhona yonke indawo.
UMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett, ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha e-Jamaica wenze lesi sivumelwano, esiza namathuba amahle emkhakheni wezokuvakasha kanye nezokuvakasha.
U-Bartlett wayengumuntu ungqongqoshe wokuqala wezokuvakasha ongeyena owase-Afrika ukujoyina i-ATB njengelungu lebhodi ngemva kokuhlangana wubaba owasungula i-ATB eceleni kwe-World Travel Market 2018 eLondon.
I-ATB njengamanje ikomkhulu layo eMbusweni wase-Eswatini, tsibonga uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Eswatini uMoses Vilakati.
Ngakho-ke kunesizathu esikhethekile sokuba u-Bartlett ameme uCuthbert Ncube, e-Jamaica ukuzothamela ingqungquthela eyingqophamlando ye-African Caribbean Tourism ngoFebhuwari 16 eKingston. Kuzobe kungokokuqala uNcube evakashela eJamaica.
Ngo-2021 uNgqongqoshe oHloniphekile u-Edmund Bartlett wase-Jamaica waba nesandla ekunikezeni amathuba e-Afrika lapho ehlangana noMhlonishwa u-Ahmed Al Khateeb, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Saudi Arabia eNgqungqutheleni Yokubuyiselwa Kwezokuvakasha E-Afrika Yongqongqoshe Bezokuvakasha base-Afrika eyayiseNairobi ngoJulayi 2021.
Ngaleso sikhathi ngesikhathi sokuvalwa kwe-COVID-19, tumhlaba wezokuvakasha wawubheke eSaudi Arabia ukuze bahlengwe, futhi uMbuso wasabela ngendlela enkulu.
Namuhla ophethe umhlangano we-Afrika, owayenguNobhala Wezokuvakasha eKenya Nu-ajib Balala wesula esikhundleni sakhe ngoSepthemba 2022 futhi isizoqala ukusebenza eSaudi Arabia.
Okwamanje uyahlanganyela I-FITUR eMadrid, uNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett wayenomyalezo weBhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika.
UMhlonishwa. UNgqongqoshe uBartlett wathi:
I-GTRCMC kanye noMnyango Wezokuvakasha kanye nozakwethu base-Caribbean bajabule kakhulu ngokubambisana okuzayo kweBhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika engqungqutheleni eyingqophamlando yezokuvakasha yase-African Caribbean ngo-February 16, 2023, e-Kingston Jamaica.
Njengomsunguli nosihlalo obambisene naye weSikhungo kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, kuzoba udumo kimi ukwamukela abafowethu nodadewethu base-Afrika eCaribbean naseJamaica!
Amazwi kaBartlett abephendula lesi sitatimende esisemthethweni esikhishwe yibhodi lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika.
Isitatimende se-ATB sifundeka kanje:
Siyajabula ukuzwakalisa ukubonga kweBhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika njengoba samukela futhi sincoma ukuhlonishwa okuhlonishwayo emzamweni wethu futhi silwela ukugqugquzela ukusimama nokusimama kwezokuvakasha.
Kwaba yintokozo enkulu ngempela ukuhlangana noNgqongqoshe Ohloniphekile u-Edmund Bartlett futhi sixoxe ngoMkhosi Wengqungquthela Yase-Afri-Caribbean ngesikhathi seNgqungquthela ye-CHOGMA eKigali.
Njengoba kuxoxwe ngobude, i-ATB ngemuva kokubhunga nokuqonda umbono nokuzibophezela, nokuzinikela kukaNgqongqoshe uBartlett kanye nohulumeni waseJamaica mayelana nezokuVakasha eCaribbean nangale kweJamaica kanye nase-Afrika ikakhulukazi.
I-ATB iyakuthokozela ukugunyaza ngokusemthethweni iNgqungquthela Yezokuvakasha yase-Afri-Caribbean ezayo ezoba se-Jamaica ngoFebhuwari 2023.
Sazi kahle ukuthi yini engenziwa ukubambisana phakathi kweCaribbean ne-Afrika ekuthuthukiseni i-Economic spinoffs, ikakhulukazi endabeni yezokuVakasha, yingakho sifuna ukwakha ubudlelwano obuqhubekayo emizamweni yethu eyahlukene ekwakheni amasu azoqinisa Imboni Yezokuvakasha Izwekazi lethu kanye Nomphakathi waseCaribbean.
Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika liqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kwalo ekuvumelaneni nasekusekeleni lesi sinyathelo esihle sokuletha i-Afrika e-Caribbean.
Sinxusa bonke ababambiqhaza ukuthi bahlangane futhi bazizwele Amasiko WaseCaribbean, ukudla okudliwayo, Umculo, Ukungenisa Izihambi, kanye namathuba eBhizinisi, anongwe ngokuthinta okunamandla kwe-Afrika. ingxubevange yokuhlangana kweZwekazi elihle ndawonye ngesikhathi esifanayo njengoba sithuthukisa ukuhlukahluka okwenza amazwekazi ethu ahluke kangaka.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Sazi kahle ukuthi yini engenziwa ukubambisana phakathi kweCaribbean ne-Afrika ekuthuthukiseni i-Economic spinoffs, ikakhulukazi endabeni yezokuVakasha, yingakho sifuna ukwakha ubudlelwano obuqhubekayo emizamweni yethu eyahlukene ekwakheni amasu azoqinisa Imboni Yezokuvakasha Izwekazi lethu kanye Nomphakathi waseCaribbean.
- Ngo-2021 uNgqongqoshe oHloniphekile u-Edmund Bartlett wase-Jamaica waba nesandla ekunikezeni amathuba e-Afrika lapho ehlangana noMhlonishwa u-Ahmed Al Khateeb, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Saudi Arabia eNgqungqutheleni Yokubuyiselwa Kwezokuvakasha E-Afrika Yongqongqoshe Bezokuvakasha base-Afrika eyayiseNairobi ngoJulayi 2021.
- UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha uNajib Balala nozakwabo wase-Jamaica u-Edmund Bartlett (R) ngesikhathi kusayinwa Isivumelwano Sokusebenzisana phakathi kwalawa mazwe womabili ngemali engu-Sh 10 million ye-Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre engqungqutheleni yokubuyiselwa kwezivakashi eVilla Rosa Kempinski Julayi 16, 2021.