Ushintsho emoyeni embonini yezokuvakasha yaseKenya?

Kuvela izindaba ezivela eNairobi zokuthi isilinganiso sesabelomali, okugcizelelwa ISILINGANISO sesabelomali, sokuqhakambisa ezokuvakasha ezweni lonyaka wezimali wezi-2015/2016 senyuswe ngokuphindwe kasithupha sisuka kosheleni waseKenya oyibhiliyoni eli-1.1 saya kusheleni baseKenya abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa.

Lezi zindaba zimangaze abaningi ababambiqhaza bezokuvakasha okukhulunywe nabo kusukela izolo ntambama futhi kukhombisa ukusabela kokuqala okunqala kwezicelo zemboni ngesinyathelo esithile sikahulumeni esizimisele nesiqinile sokusiza ukuvuselela umkhakha ohlabayo.

Imali engenayo kusukela ngo-2012, okwakuwunyaka ongcono kakhulu embonini yezokuvakasha yaseKenya, yehla isuka ku-100 billion Shillings yaya kumabhiliyoni angama-86 kuphela ngonyaka odlule futhi lo mkhuba uyaqhubeka nango-2015 ngaphandle kokuhlehla kwenhlanhla okwamanje.

Ukufika kwekota yokuqala yalo nyaka kwehle ngokulinganayo kwaba irekhodi eliphansi elingakaze libonwe emashumini eminyaka, ikakhulukazi esikhumulweni sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe eMombasa.

I-Tourism Recovery Task Force ngoNdasa (March) yethule umbiko onemininingwane kuNobhala weKhabhinethi ophethe ezoVakasha kodwa kuze kwavela izindaba zokunyuka okukhulu kwesabelomali sokumaketha ezweni bezimbalwa uma kunezimpawu ezivela emibuthanweni kahulumeni ukuthi impendulo ingakanani. uhlu lwezincomo ezibanzi nezimfuno kungaba. Nokho, uhlu oluvela embikweni lude futhi enye inkomba ebalulekile yokuthi uhulumeni uzithathele phezulu izinkinga zemboni ekugcineni kuzoba ukususwa kwe-VAT ezinsizeni zezokuvakasha, wona lowo hulumeni awuqaphelayo njengempahla engaphandle engabonakali.

Izeluleko ezingezinhle ezimelene nokuvakasha, ezishayelwa iKenya yiBrithani kanye namanye amadlelandawonye ajwayelekile e-UK ekushayeni i-Afrika, kuholele ekutheni kudonswe wonke amaketango amasheya, okushiya izindawo zokungcebeleka ezisogwini zinyakaziswa umthelela wezinombolo eziphansi zezivakashi, kanti ngenkathi abaseKenya nabaseMpumalanga Afrika kusobala ukuthi. ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi emabhishi manje kunangaphambili lokhu kukhawulelwe kuzimpelaviki ezinde, amaholide ezwe kanye nezikhathi zamaholide esikole futhi kufezwe ngesaphulelo esithile esijulile ukwenza amaholide anjalo akwazi ukuthengeka. Eqinisweni amanye amahhotela aphule umhlabathi omusha, njengamahhotela Amagugu, lapho ethula amaphakheji ahlanganisa nohambo lwebhasi olusuka eNairobi ngisho nasemaphandleni ukuya ogwini, lapho amakhasimende abe esethathwa esikhumulweni samabhasi adluliselwa eVoyager Resort. Abanye baqhubekile nokukhuthaza ukundiza ngamaphakeji ebhange labo abangaba izihambeli ukuze babhukhe isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukuze bathole amanani aphansi ngeJambojet, okwamanje asethwe ku-2.950 Kenya Shillings ngendlela eyodwa kanti abanye basathole izivumelwano ne-Kenya Airways Holidays ukuze bakhuthaze amaholide asogwini njengoba kude nase-Uganda, eRwanda nangale kwayo. Kodwa-ke, yonke le mizamo ayikwazi ukubuyisela ukulahleka kwezimakethe ezibalulekile njenge-UK kanye nezingxenye ze-Europe kanye noxhaso olukhona, lapho futhi UMA selukhishwe ngokugcwele - iphalamende laseKenya kuzofanele livume isabelomali kuqala - lizosiza yethula imizamo emikhulu yokumaketha kabusha ezimakethe zangaphambili eziwumgogodla ngenkathi isebenza kanzima nezimakethe ezintsha nezisafufusa. Njengoba kushiwo kwenye i-athikili izolo ebusuku, ingabe i-Kenya Tourism Board kanye nozakwethu basekhaya kuzofanele baxhumane nezindiza zangaphandle nezasekhaya ngokufanayo ukuze nabo bajoyine imizamo enjalo yokumaketha ukuze basebenzise izindiza ezihleliwe eziya eMombasa. Ukuvula isibhakabhaka saseKenya kuzoletha umfutho owengeziwe kodwa okwamanje akukho okubonisa ukuthi i-KCAA isawuqonda ngokugcwele umthelela wokwakha udonga lwezindiza lwaseBerlin ezweni lonke kanye nokubiyela izithakazelo zezindiza zendawo phezu kwezintshisekelo zezwe.

Lezi zindaba, uma zinembile ngempela - umthombo akwaziwa ukuthi wenze ihaba noma udukisa - kuzoba isethi yokuqala enkulu yezindaba ezinhle ababambiqhaza bezokuvakasha eKenya abazobe bezitholile eminyakeni emibili yalo hulumeni okhona futhi kungathenjwa kuphela ukuthi owengeziwe uxhaso lusetshenziswa ngendlela engcono kakhulu ukwenza iKenya iphinde ikhanye phesheya.

Ngasekuqaleni kwesonto inhlangano yezokuvakasha yasogwini lwaseKenya izwakalise ukukhungatheka kwayo ngokwehliswa kwesabelomali sokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha nguhulumeni Wesifunda saseMombasa nayo ebikwe lapha. Isikhathi sokubuka lesi sikhala sokuthola ukuthi lokhu kuzohamba kanjani nokuthi ukukhushulwa kwezimali kwisabelomali sokumaketha kungahumusheka ekuqiniseni ukuzethemba futhi kuvuselele intshiseko abezokuvakasha baseKenya abakade bekhangisa ngayo izwe e-INDABA esanda kuphela eThekwini. emasontweni amabili edlule eWorld Travel Market Africa eKapa.