ILODDON (eTN) – Le sizini isiphenduke isizini yokushiya kwezikhulu eziphezulu zezinhlangano zezokuvakasha. Owakamuva ukungena ezinhlwini zikanobhala jikelele weNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha, uFrancesco Frangialli kanye nowake waba yi-Pacific Asia Travel Association u-Peter de Jong nguTom Wright wase-United Kingdom, oyisikhulu esiphezulu se-VisitBritain.
Esimemezelweni esenziwa izolo, u-Wright ukuqinisekisile ukuthi uyashiya ukuze athathe indima entsha njengesikhulu esiphezulu senhlangano entsha esiza abantulayo ezokwakhiwa kusukela ekuhlanganisweni kwe-Age Concern England kanye ne-Help the Aged ngonyaka ozayo. Inhlangano entsha esiza abantulayo izobe isihlanganise imali engenayo engaphezu kuka-£150 million (cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-300), futhi ngobudlelwano bayo bozakwethu obubalulekile, izoletha ukukhulumela, inqubomgomo, izinsizakalo ezivelele, kanye nemikhiqizo kulo mkhakha.
Kodwa-ke, ngokungafani noFrangialli no-de Jong bobabili abacele ukushiya izikhundla zabo ngaphambi kokuhamba kwabo obekuhleliwe, u-Wright uthe uzoyishiya i-VisitBritain ngemuva kwesikhathi esifanele sokunikeza, futhi sekuqalile ukuthungathwa ozongena esikhundleni sakhe.
“Kube yintokozo enkulu kanye nodumo ukuhola i-VisitBritain ezikhathini ezijabulisayo neziyinselele, futhi ngikholwa ukuthi sineqembu elisebenza kahle nelihlonishwayo elizohola i-VisitBritain kanye ne-VisitEngland ethubeni elikhulu lika-2012 kanye nokubhekana nesimo samanje. ukwehla komnotho,” kusho uWright.
Wengeze ngokuthi, “Lolu hlaka olusha luzophinde luholele endleleni esebenza ngempumelelo nenempumelelo yokuthi zonke izinhlaka zezokuvakasha zisebenzisana kanjani. Ngithanda ukubonga uChristopher nabo bonke engisebenza nabo ngokuzikhandla kanye nomdlandla wabo kule minyaka edlule, futhi ngibafisela impumelelo esikhathini esizayo.”
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uChristopher Rodrigues, usihlalo we-VisitBritain, uthe, “UTom ube yisikhulu esiphezulu se-VisitBritain, futhi sizomkhumbula. Uqondise le nhlangano iminyaka ecishe ibe yisikhombisa futhi wethule inzuzo enkulu emnothweni wezivakashi.
“Njengoba sesifinyelela ekuphothuleni iTourism Framework Review futhi silungiselela ukuhlelwa kabusha kwe-VisitBritain ukuze ihlukanise i-VisitEngland ne-CEO yayo, kanye ne-VisitBritain ehlelekile, ngiyasiqonda isifiso sakhe senselelo entsha futhi, ngokomuntu siqu, ngiyajabula ngokuthi ukhethe ukwamukela indima enjalo eyinselele nehloniphekile.”
I-VisitBritain iyinhlangano yezokuvakasha kazwelonke yaseBrithani, ebhekele ukumaketha iBrithani emhlabeni wonke kanye nokuthuthukisa umnotho wezivakashi wezwe.
