Bekungekuphelanga konyaka omude Wokuqwashisa Ngezokuvakasha (TAC) kodwa kwaba ukuqala kwekusasa eliqhakazile kubafundi bezikole zamabanga aphansi eGrenada njengamaNxusa Ezokuvakasha. Lokho kushiwo uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Nezokundiza Komphakathi uMhlonishwa. UDkt. Clarice Modeste-Curwen obekhuluma emcimbini wokuphina osemthethweni obuse-Spice Basket ngoLwesibili, zingama-20 kuLwezi, 2018.
Abafundi bezikole eziningi zamabanga aphansi ezweni lonke kanye nothisha babo bahlanganyele ndawonye esikhungweni senkomfa ukuze basho Isithembiso Sokuvakasha futhi bathole izikhonkwane nezitifiketi zabo zeNxusa Lezokuvakasha ngemva kokuqeda i-'Tourism and Me Booklet' yeGrenada Tourism Authority, eyethulwa ngonyaka odlule.
Abafundi abaningana bakhulume ngezinzuzo zencwajana yeTourism & Me abayifunde kulo nyaka nokuthi bakwazi kanjani kangcono ukukhangisa izwe labo kubavakashi. Omunye umfundi omele i-First Choice Junior School uthe, “Ngamela iGrenada emqhudelwaneni Wokubhukuda we-OECS futhi ngatshela abangani bami baseCaribbean ukuthi bavakashele iGrenada edumile iGrand Anse Beach” kuyilapho umfundi waseGrace Lutheran School ethi, “Into engangiyithanda kakhulu ngayo. le ncwadi yilapho izivakashi zivakashela eGrenada. Izindawo engifuna ukuya kuzo i-zip lining, i-Underwater Sculpture Park kanye ne-Seven Sisters Waterfall.
Ithimba le-Grenada Tourism Authority beliphume ngobuningi balo lididiyela umsebenzi ohlanganisa namazwi okwamukela avela ku-CEO we-GTA, u-Patricia Maher, amazwi aphawulwe nguMhlonishwa. UClarice Modeste-Curwen, inkondlo ephindaphindwayo evela kumfundi kanye ne-mascot enomusa, elungele izingane "Nutasha". UNutasha ungumlingiswa oyinhloko encwajaneni futhi omele i-Pure Grenada, i-Spice of the Caribbean ebonakala ngezimpawu zezokuvakasha, izikhonkwane, kanye nesibambiso.
U-Patricia Maher ukhokhise abafundi abasebasha ukuthi bangalithathi kalula izwe labo elihle, bahambisane nezinguquko kwezokuVakasha mayelana nezobuchwepheshe, izitayela kanye nokuncintisana, bacabangele ngaphandle kwebhokisi lemisebenzi futhi bathuthukise umdlalo wabo ekulethweni kwezidingo.
UNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha uModeste Curwen naye unxuse izingane ukuthi ziqhubekisele phambili ifa laseGrenada lemfudumalo nobungane. Wathi, “Singabantu abafudumele nabanobungane. Sibheke ngabomvu ukumamatheka kwenu okuhle okufudumeza izinhliziyo zezivakashi zethu kanye nezakhamuzi esikanye nazo njengoba nizama ngakho konke enu ukuba wusizo nokuba nomusa.”
UNgqongqoshe uqhube wathi, “Isifungo sakho sokuqala simayelana nendawo okuyo. Iziqhingi zethu zinhle futhi sifuna ukuzigcina zinjalo. Usufundile ukulahla kahle udoti wakho futhi ngifuna uqhubeke ufundisa abangani bakho, umndeni nezakhamuzi ukunakekela imvelo.”
USihlalo we-GTA, uNkk. Brenda Hood, ubekhona ezosiza ekusabalaliseni izikhonkwane nezitifiketi kubafundi abanekhono, abasebasha abamandla nomdlandla wabo ngekusasa leTourism ubezwakala.
Ngesonto eledlule, abafundi baseCarriacou kanye noPetite Martinique baba ngabokuqala ukuthatha isifungo futhi bathola izikhonkwane zabo zenxusa lezokuvakasha kuNgqongqoshe weCarriacou kanye nePetite Martinique Affairs uMhlonishwa. Kindra Mathurine Stewart. Umcimbi ubuse-Carriacou Health Services Centre Conference Room.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- One student representing the First Choice Junior School said, “I represented Grenada at the OECS Swimming Competition and I told my Caribbean friends to visit Grenada's famous Grand Anse Beach” while a student of the Grace Lutheran School said, “The thing I liked most about the book is where the tourists visit in Grenada.
- U-Patricia Maher ukhokhise abafundi abasebasha ukuthi bangalithathi kalula izwe labo elihle, bahambisane nezinguquko kwezokuVakasha mayelana nezobuchwepheshe, izitayela kanye nokuncintisana, bacabangele ngaphandle kwebhokisi lemisebenzi futhi bathuthukise umdlalo wabo ekulethweni kwezidingo.
- Nutasha is the main character in the booklet and the representative of Pure Grenada, the Spice of the Caribbean which is reflected on tourism signage, pins, and collateral.
