I-Afrika iyindawo eyinkimbinkimbi yezokuvakasha. Kubahambi abajwayele ukuthola iYurophu, i-Asia, ne-United States, ngisho nomqondo wokuhlela iholidi lokuhamba esifundeni sase-Afrika ungaba nzima. Kubavakashi abanolwazi kanye/noma abantu ababiza le ngxenye yomhlaba ngokuthi “ikhaya” - ukuhlela uhambo kulula, hhayi kakhulu kithina sonke.
Ngakho-ke - ngaphezu kokuqopha amahora ambalwa ukuze uhlole yonke into yase-Afrika kuwebhu, ukukhuluma nabangane nomndeni ovakashele izwekazi, futhi uhlole ikhalenda lakho ukuze uthole isiqephu esikhulu sesikhathi sokuhamba, isinyathelo esibaluleke kakhulu sokuguqula amaphupho ase-Afrika. ohambweni lwangempela ukuthola iqembu lochwepheshe abanolwazi nesineke abazosebenzisana nawe ukuhlela uhambo lwakho olufanele.
Ikhono-Setha
Kunamawebhusayithi amaningi abonisa uhambo lwase-Afrika, futhi kunenqwaba yabantu abathi banolwazi lwesifunda; nokho, mancane amathuba okuthi uthole noma ubani onolwazi nolwazi oluthe xaxa kunoRoss Kennedy, i-CEO ye-Africa Albida Tours. Yena kanye nabasebenzi bakhe abangochwepheshe banikeza isiqinisekiso sokuthi abahambi abazibophezele isikhathi, umzamo kanye nezinsiza ukuhlela “uhambo lwempilo yonke,” bazogcina bengabasekamu abajabule.
I-Sagacity noma i-Crystal Ball
Imboni yezokuvakasha eZimbabwe yaqala ukuvela cishe eminyakeni engama-30 edlule lapho uRoss Kennedy exhumene noDave Glynn futhi ebona ukuthambekela kwezikhathi e-USA naseYurophu. Ngaleso sikhathi, umnotho weZimbabwe wawulawulwa nguhulumeni futhi izakhamuzi zazingavunyelwe ukuthola imali yakwamanye amazwe, zinciphisa amathuba okuvakashela ngaphandle kwezwe.
Ngokusho kukaKennedy, omunye wobuhle bemodeli ye-timeshare, kwaba inzuzo yokukwazi ukushintshanisa ubunikazi be-timeshare ezweni elithile ukuze uthole indawo yokuhlala kwelinye, ngokuhlanganyela ne-RCI Worldwide. Uma uhlelo lukaKennedy lwendawo yokungcebeleka ngesikhathi lungagunyazwa nguhulumeni, abantu baseZimbabwe bangashintsha indawo yabo yesikhathi ethengwe endaweni nezindawo zokungcebeleka emhlabeni wonke.
Ephusha Imvilophi
UKennedy wayazi ukuthi inselele yokuthola imodeli ye-timeshare egunyazwe eZimbabwe yayingeke ibe lula. Ucwaningo lwakhe lwaqala eKenya lapho kwakunamagumbi okulala namahhotela angama-27 aphumelele kakhulu. Ethatha imibono engcono kakhulu futhi ayihlunge ngobungcweti bakhe kanye nokuqwashisa ngemboni yamahhotela, ezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha wabuyekeza izinketho zakhe nethimba lakhe.
Isinyathelo sakhe esilandelayo kwaba ukuhlola izakhiwo ezitholakalayo. Wakhetha indawo eseduze (engamakhilomitha angu-3) engenye yezimangaliso ezingu-7 ezinkulu emhlabeni (iVictoria Falls). Lesi siza siphinde saba nesizinda sehlathi semvelo esingamaphesenti angu-100 esiseduze ne-National Park enethafa eliphakeme elibheke umgodi wamanzi onokubuka okungonakalisiwe. I-vista idlulele ngale komkhathizwe futhi i-engeli esentshonalanga ivumela ukushona kwelanga okukhazimulayo kwase-Afrika phezu kwePaki kanye nomgodi wamanzi. UKennedy uthi le ndawo “yayiyisenzo senhlanhla,” kuhlanganiswe “nokuqonda imboni yeSafari entsha.”
Ukuvunyelwa kokugcina
Nakuba ukuthuthukiswa komkhakha ozimele kukhuthazwa, ohulumeni bavame ukuba yingxenye yezingxoxo. Ngesikhathi iziphathamandla eHarare zisethulwa ngohlelo lwe-timeshare baluxwayile ngoba kwakungumbono omutsha. Kuthathe ithimba likaKennedy iminyaka emi-2 ukuthi iphrojekthi ivunyelwe (ukuthengwa komhlaba kanye nokwethulwa komqondo we-timeshare). Ngeshwa, ukugunyazwa kwe-timeshare bekuyiminyaka engama-25 kuphela (hhayi ngokungapheli) - kodwa kwakuyisiqalo.
Imakethe yezohwebo (abasebenzeli bezokuvakasha, abaqhubi bezokuvakasha) kanye nabathengi babengamaqembu alandelayo okwakudingeka “athonywe” ngobuhle bephrojekthi. Ekugcineni, wakwazi ukuncenga, ukukhohlisa futhi ukukholisa imboni zikahulumeni nezizimele ukuthi umqondo we-timeshare wawuthembekile futhi manje wayesedinga ukuxhaswa ngezimali. Esebenzisa ubuhle bakhe, ubuhlakani bakhe, nobuhlakani bakhe, uKennedy waqinisekisa umphakathi wezezimali ukuthi ubambe iqhaza kuphrojekthi yakhe futhi waba nokukhanya okuluhlaza ngokulingana nemalimboleko yokwakha iVictoria Falls Safari Lodge.
Isikhathi Esilungile. Indawo elungile
U-Kennedy nethimba lakhe bavula i-timeshare i-Lokuthula Lodges - i-Victoria Falls ngoJuni 1992 futhi inhloko-dolobha eqoqwe ekuthengisweni kwe-timeshare yanikeza imali yokuqala yokwakha i-Victoria Falls Safari Lodge ngo-1994.
Ukuthengisa Kuqala
Ukuqeqesha iqembu labathengisi ngezindlela ezihlukene ze-timeshare akuwona umsebenzi olula, kodwa ithimba likaKennedy lasukuma lasukuma futhi izimakethe ezihlosiwe zawamukela umqondo ngaphakathi kweZimbabwe kanye nesifunda. Izizalwane zaseZimbabwe eziphuma kwamanye amazwe “ezinemali evinjiwe” (utshalomali lwemali emabhange olungakwazanga ukudluliselwa ngenxa yokulawula okuqinile kwe-Forex kanye nokushoda) babefaneleka kuphrojekthi njengoba impahla yabo manje ingase isetshenziselwe ukuthenga isabelo sesikhathi sasendaweni. Ngokuhwebelana kwe-RCI bangathatha amaholide noma kuphi emhlabeni.
I-Venture Elandelayo
Iqembu likaKennedy ngokulandelayo laqala ukwakha i-Eco Park enezindikimba, iVictoria Falls - enye iphrojekthi engakaze yenziwe e-Afrika. Ukuvulwa okuhleliwe kungonyaka wezi-2020. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amayunithi amabhizinisi akhona eVictoria Falls, eZimbabwe naseChobe, eBotswana afinyelela amazinga amasha kanye nokwaneliseka kwezivakashi okuthuthukisiwe.
Isimo sezombangazwe siyashintsha futhi eZimbabwe, kunesimo esisha esikhanyiselwe kwezepolitiki nezomnotho esikhuthaza ukukhula kwezokuvakasha. U-Kennedy uthola ukuthi “amathuba maningi futhi abatshalizimali bamazwe ngamazwe babheke kanzima…” Ubona ngeso lengqondo ikusasa eliqhakazile neliqhakazile. “Besilokhu sigxilisa isisindo sethu embonini yethu futhi lokho ngeke kushintshe.”
Imiklomelo Yamukelwe
Izakhiwo zikaKennedy ziqashelwe Uhlu Lwegolide Lwezindondo ze-Conde Nast Annual Readers' Choice (Izindawo Zokungcebeleka Eziphezulu ezingama-25 namaSafari Camps e-Afrika). IVictoria Falls Safari Lodge nayo isihlonishwe yiNhlangano Yama-Association of Zimbabwe Travel Agents (AZTA) njenge-Best Safari Lodge. I-Victoria Falls Safari Suites (eyavulwa ngo-2013) ithole ukuqashelwa ngabanikezeli bezokuvakasha kanye nama-travel agents. U-Kennedy uthola ukuthi “Njengendawo nesizwe, sinokuningi esingakunikeza izivakashi kanye nabatshalizimali ngempela...Ngibheke ngabomvu ukudlala indima ne-AAT ukuze kuqinisekiswe ezokuvakasha…”
Ukusekela Ukusimama
I-Africa Albida Tourism (AAT). Lokho Elikushoyo
I-Albida isuselwa esihlahleni i-Acadia Albida (indandatho ye-apula) esitholakala endaweni eyomile e-Afrika. Isihlahla sikhulu futhi siyavumelana nezimo futhi sibusa indawo. Ezingxenyeni eziningi zase-Afrika, ibhekwa njengengcwele ngenxa yezici zayo ezisekela ukuphila nezicebisayo
Umsebenzi we-Kenney uhlanganisa amahhotela, izindawo zokulala, nezindawo zokudlela e-Afrika eseNingizimu ne-Victoria Falls Safari Lodge njengendawo yayo ehamba phambili. Ezinye izakhiwo zihlanganisa: amagumbi angu-20 iVictoria Falls Safari Club, iLoFuthula Lodges (Victoria Falls) kanye neNgoma Safari Lodge (Chobe, Botswana). I-Restaurant Division ihlanganisa i-The Boma - Dinner and Drum Show, kanye ne-MaKuwa-Kuwa Restaurant ezuze indondo.
Le nkampani iyilungu le-Pack for a Purpose, inhlangano evumela abahambi ukuthi babe nomthelela emphakathini ovakashelwayo. Njengobambe iqhaza ku-Green Fund, i-AAT isiza ukugcina iVictoria Falls World Heritage Site ngokunikela nge-$1 kukho konke ukubhuka okwenziwa eVictoria Falls Safari Lodge. Izisebenzi zehhotela zibambe iqhaza kuVictoria Falls Clean-Up Campaigns, ngokukhuthala ukugcina imigwaqo ihlanzekile edolobheni leVictoria Falls. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-AATT isekela izikhulu ezimbili emnyangweni Wamaphoyisa Ezokuvakasha Kwendawo futhi yenza iminikelo eyengeziwe embuthweni. I-AAT iphinde ibambisane neChobe Conservation Trust futhi izibophezele ekusimameni.
Ngemininingwane eyengeziwe, Chofoza lapha.
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