IBurundi izoba yisipho sezokuvakasha saseMpumalanga Afrika.
Lena yindlela uDkt. Marina Novelli, uthisha omkhulu nochwepheshe kwezokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha waseNyuvesi yaseBrighton, e-UK abona kusengaphambili ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha ezweni. Ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwakhe, uhlole ngokushesha isimo sezokuvakasha kanye nentuthuko engaba khona.
"Isizwe esinemvelo engapheli, amasiko kanye nezinsiza zabantu kanye nokuvikeleka okukhulayo ngeke siphuthelwe yithuba lokubheka ezokuvakasha njengendlela yokwehlukanisa umnotho waso nokusebenzisa izinsiza zaso ngempumelelo," kusho u-Novelli.
Emenywe ababili babafundi bakhe bakudala, uJustine Kizwera noCarmen Nibigira, abasanda kubuyela eBurundi ukuzosebenza emkhakheni wezinsizakalo kanye nebhizinisi elisebenza ngezokuvakasha, uDkt. Novelli uchithe amasonto amabili eBurundi eyokwenza ucwaningo lwamathuba okuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha.
Ugxile ekuhlolweni kwezindawo ezikhona nezingase zibe izivakashi, umthamo wezinsiza zabantu kanye nezindlela zokwakha iketango elisimeme lenani lezokuvakasha elizuzisa umphakathi wonkana.
Umkhakha okhona njengamanje ugqame kakhulu kwezokuvakasha kwezamabhizinisi, ezokuvakasha zokungcebeleka zixhunywe kakhulu nokukhula kwemakethe yasekhaya, izivakashi ezivela esifundeni saseMpumalanga Afrika kanye nomphakathi ohlala kwamanye amazwe.
Njengamanje, umkhiqizo omkhulu wezokuvakasha ugu lweLake Tanganyika oluhlonyiswa ngokwandayo ngengqalasizinda yokwamukela izihambi nezinye izinsiza ukuze kufezwe isidingo esandayo sokungcebeleka echibini.
Imakethe yamazwe ngamazwe isaguquguquka futhi ngezindlela eziningi ibukelwa phansi izeluleko ezingezinhle zokuvakasha ezishicilelwe yizikhungo zezokuvakasha zangaphandle.
U-Novelli wayezothola isimanga esijabulisayo lapho efika kuleli zwe elincane kodwa elihlakaniphile. Ukuphila kwasebusuku okunempilo okunamakhefi amasha, izindawo zokudlela, icinema, akukho lutho uma kuqhathaniswa nalokhu ayekulindele kanti kwezinye izindawo zase-Afrika wayevame ukuphoqeleka ukuba ashiye igumbi lakhe lasehhotela ngenxa yezizathu zokuphepha.
Ngesikhathi evakashele ezweni, uthole izingosi ezahlukahlukene ezimenze wachaza le ndawo 'njengesizwe samathuba anempilo'.
Ipulazi lokwenza ushizi, i-Fromagerie Saint Ferdinand eduze kwaseNgozi; umfelandawonye wokwenza uju, uGrenier de Miel; indawo yokushaya izigubhu, eGishors eduze kwaseGitega; indawo yokusebenzela yokwenza izikebhe zezinkuni, uLazar Rurerekama; ukubukela izinyoni esifundeni esisenyakatho yechibi - Lac Aux Oiseaux; iziphethu ezishisayo namanzi awela eduze kwaseRutana; indawo yokuhlala yasekhaya kanye nokudla okwenziwe ekhaya eGitega; amadolobhana asebenzayo kanye nezindawo zasemakhaya; ukubala ezimbalwa nje, beziphakathi kwezindawo ezikhanga kakhulu ezivakashelwe. U-Novelli uhlonzwe njengezibalulekile ezibalulekile zokuguqula i-Burundi ibe yindaba yezokuvakasha eyimpumelelo ukuthuthukiswa okusheshayo kwezinhlelo zokuqeqesha ukuze kuphendule umkhakha okhulayo wokungenisa izihambi nowokuvakasha; ukuthuthukiswa komkhakha kuhambisana nesu lokuphatha umhlaba esimeme; ukongiwa kwemvelo kanye neqhaza elibalulekile okumele libanjwe imiphakathi yasemakhaya.
Esimeni lapho ezokuvakasha ziwumkhakha onokuncintisana kakhulu, noma iyiphi indawo entsha ezayo idinga ukunikeza izivakashi inzuzo enhle kakhulu ngokulethwa kwezinsizakalo ezinhle kakhulu kanye nephothifoliyo ehlukahlukene yemisebenzi; futhi lokhu ngeke kusenzeka ngaphandle kwezinzuzo zasendaweni ezisobala.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- In a context where tourism is an extremely competitive sector, any new upcoming destination needs to offer excellent value to visitors through the delivery of excellent services and a diversified portfolio of activities.
- Novelli identified as the key priorities to turn Burundi into a successful tourism story the immediate development of training programmes to respond to a growing hospitality and tourism sector.
- Ugxile ekuhlolweni kwezindawo ezikhona nezingase zibe izivakashi, umthamo wezinsiza zabantu kanye nezindlela zokwakha iketango elisimeme lenani lezokuvakasha elizuzisa umphakathi wonkana.
