Njengoba izibikezelo zomhlaba jikelele zibeka ezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha njengendlela ehamba phambili yokukhula komnotho wase-Afrika kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo, JamaicaUngqongqoshe we Ezokuvakasha, UMhlonishwa. Edmund Bartlett, uye wagqamisa ukubaluleka kwamasu kweCaribbean ekubandakanyeni amalungu e-African Diaspora ahlala emazweni aseMelika ukuze akhe ubudlelwano obuqinile phakathi kwezifunda zombili futhi azuze kulo mkhondo othembisayo.
Ekhuluma ekuqaleni kwanamuhla e-Africa Diaspora Travel and Tourism Summit lapho ethule khona inkulumo yosuku, u UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseJamaica uthe, “Ngonyaka wezi-2018, izivakashi ezifika ezindaweni zase-Afrika zikhule ngo-5.6 %, obekungokwesibili izinga lokukhula ngokushesha kuzo zonke izifunda futhi linamandla kunesilinganiso sokukhula komhlaba wonke esingu-3.9%. Ngokwezibikezelo zeWorld Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), i-GDP yezokuvakasha izokhula ngesilinganiso esingu-6.8% ngonyaka phakathi kuka-2022-2032, okungaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kwezinga lokukhula elingu-3.3% lomnotho wonkana wesifunda.”
Mayelana nalokhu, uMnster Bartlett wachaza ukuthi iCaribbean, ehlanganisa ikakhulukazi abantu bokhokho base-Afrika futhi iphakathi kwezifunda ezithembele kakhulu kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni, ibe nethuba eliyingqayizivele lokuxhumana ne-African Diaspora futhi yakhe ukuxhumana okunengqondo kwezokuvakasha okuhloselwe ukuthuthukisa intuthuko kuwo wonke amazwe. imingcele.
Ephawula intsha yezwekazi kanye noshintsho oluhle kwezombusazwe emazweni ase-Afrika, uNgqongqoshe uBartlett wengeza”
"I-Afrika inamandla amakhulu okuba nomthelela omkhulu kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele."
"Izindawo zase-Afrika nazo zinenzuzo yokuncintisana phakathi kwentshisekelo ekhulayo yomhlaba wonke kwezokuvakasha kokuhlangenwe nakho, ikakhulukazi amasiko, amagugu kanye nokuzijabulisa."
“Sekucacile ukuthi amazwe amaningi ase-Afrika athembisa ukuthi kuzoba noma ukuqhubeka nokuhlala abavakashi, abatshalizimali kanye nosomabhizinisi, okungadala ukuqashwa kwabasebenzi abangenamakhono aphansi kanye nokufakwa kwezomnotho kwabesifazane nentsha,” wengeza.
Yize kunjalo, ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha ukugcizelele ukuthi izithiyo zokuxoxisana ngempumelelo kwabakwa-diaspora kumele kuliwe nazo. Ngaso leso sikhathi, ugqugquzele ukuthi kwenziwe imizamo emikhulu ngababambe iqhaza abahlukene ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukubamba iqhaza okwandisiwe kwama-diasporas ase-Afrika ekuguquleni umnotho wezwekazi futhi waphonsela inselelo abaholi ukuthi basebenzise izinsiza zediaspora ngokugqugquzela uhwebo, ukutshalwa kwezimali, ucwaningo. , ukuqamba okusha, nolwazi nokudluliselwa kobuchwepheshe.
“Kudingeka futhi kugcizelelwe kakhulu ekuqinisweni kwemigomo nezinhlelo zokuxoxisana nabantu base-Afrika abahlakazekile ezingeni lesifunda njengase-African Union. Yize kumele kunconywe imizamo yamazwe athile ase-Afrika abelandela imigomo yokuthuthukisa ukuxhumana nama-Afrika aphesheya, ukubakhuthaza ukuthi babuye noma basebenzise amakhono abo, ulwazi noma imali yabo ukuze kuthuthukiswe intuthuko yase-Afrika, kuningi okunye. indawo yokwenza ngcono,” kuphawula uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
