I-DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) – ITanzania ingabona imboni yayo yezokuvakasha isima ngenxa yeziyaluyalu zemali emhlabeni, kubonisiwe ucwaningo olwenziwe yiTanzania Tourist Board (TTB) embukisweni wezokuvakasha ophambili emhlabeni osanda kuphela eBerlin, eJalimane.
I-Tanzania Tourist Board ithe ekwelulekeni kwayo kwabezindaba kwa-eTN ukuthi kube yimpumelelo embukisweni walo nyaka we-International Tourism Fair (ITB) osanda kuphela eBerlin ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto.
“Njengoba kunezinkampani zikahulumeni nezizimele ezingaphezu kuka-63 ephepheni laseTanzania umphumela wabavakashi abahwebayo udlule konke obekulindelwe. Ezinsukwini ezinhlanu ze-ITB, ababambiqhaza bezivakashi abavela eTanzania bebematasa behambela imibuzo yezivakashi, kusukela kwezezilwane zasendle, i-safaris, ukuqwala izintaba, amaholide olwandle, uhambo lokuhamba ngezinyawo, ezokuvakasha kwamasiko kanye neZanzibar,” kusho i-TTB.
“Naphezu kwenkinga yezimali emhlabeni wonke, abavakashi ephepheni laseTanzania bakhombise intshisekelo ekhulayo yokuvakashela izindawo zezivakashi eziseNingizimu neNtshonalanga yeTanzania okuhlanganisa namapaki afana neSelous, iRuaha, iKatavi neMikumi. Baphinde baba nentshisekelo yokuvakashela izindawo zomlando zaseBagamoyo, eKilwa kanye naseziqiwini zasolwandle zaseMafia Island, ePemba naseMsimbati ogwini lolwandle i-Indian Ocean,” kusho isikhulu sezokukhangisa se-TTB.
Uma kuqhathaniswa neminyaka edlule, isidingo salo nyaka solwazi ngomlando ocebile waseTanzania, amasiko kanye nemikhiqizo yezokuvakasha sinyukile. Ingxenye yalesi sidingo ibe wumphumela wokumenyezelwa kweziteshi zikamabonakude zaseJalimane ngezinhlelo ezinjengokusakazwa bukhoma eMount Kilimanjaro yi-WDR Television kanye ne-ARD Morgen Magazine eyenzeka ngo-August 2008 kanye nokusakazwa bukhoma yiZDF Television on Tourism. Ukuthuthukiswa eTanzania ngoMashi 2009.
Okuhambisana nalokhu kukhula kwesidingo wukwanda kwenani lezihlalo eziya eTanzania yizinkampani zezindiza ezinkulu ezifana ne-KLM, manje esesebenzisa indiza ebanzi i-Boeing 777-400. I-Swiss International, i-Qatar Airways, i-Emirates, i-Ethiopian Airlines kanye ne-Condor bonke babambe leli thuba ngokufunwa kwemakethe yaseTanzania.
Lokhu kukhula kwesidingo sezihlalo kube nomthelela omubi emakamelweni amahhotela, ikakhulukazi eminyakeni emithathu ezayo, lapho iTanzania ilindele izivakashi eziyisigidi. Iningi labasebenzi bezokuvakasha linxuse uHulumeni ukuthi akhuthaze ukutshalwa kwezimali okwengeziwe ezindaweni zasemadolobheni, amabhishi kanye eduze namapaki Kazwelonke, ngaphandle kokucekelwa phansi kwemvelo, okuyinkinga ethandwa izivakashi.
Ngomoya ofanayo, ama-ejenti aphesheya acebise ozakwabo baseTanzania ukuthi banikeze isevisi ebiza izindleko engakhiphi inani lemali yamaphakheji okuvakasha.
Isidingo sokuvakashela eTanzania siqhubekile nokunwetshwa emikhawulweni yamazwe akhuluma isiJalimane kuya ezimakethe ezisafufusa zaseMpumalanga Yurophu zasePoland, eCzech Republic, eHungary naseRussia, manje esifuna ukumaketha okunolaka yiTanzania Tourist Board kanye nezinkampani ezizimele. Ukukhula kwesigaba esiphakathi kulawa mazwe ase-Europe adidiyelwe kubangele ukwanda kwesidingo sokuvakashela eTanzania.
ITanzania iphakathi kwamazwe angu-33 ase-Afrika aseke abukisa e-ITB Berlin, osekuhehe abantu abangaphezu kuka-11,098 abavela emazweni angu-187 emhlabeni jikelele.
Izibalo zesikhashana zezivakashi ezihambele i-ITB kulo nyaka kubikwe ukuthi zingaphezu kuka-120,000. Imboni yezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke ibhekene neminyaka emibili enzima njengoba yehla ngo-2009 futhi yakhula kancane ngo-2010, ngokusho kweWorld Travel & Tourism Council.
I-Economic Impact Research ka-2009, eyakhishwa kwa-ITB, ibikezela ukuthi ukwehla ngamaphesenti angu-3.6 ngo-2009 kuzolandelwa ukunyuka okungaphansi kwamaphesenti angu-0.3 ngonyaka ozayo, lapho iminotho ekhulayo ihamba phambili.
Ephawula ngokubamba iqhaza kwe-Team Tanzania ku-ITB 2009, uDkt. Ladislaus Komba, unobhala ngokugcwele, uMnyango Wezemvelo Nezokuvakasha, uthe, “I-ITB ibe yimpumelelo enkulu naphezu kwezinkinga zomnotho emhlabeni wonke. Ngiyethemba ukuthi abahambi baseJalimane bazoqhubeka nesiko labo lokubeka phambili uhambo lokuya eTanzania njengengxenye yesabelomali sabo sokuvakasha. ”
Ithimba laseTanzania e-ITB Berlin laliholwa nguDkt. Ezinye izikhulu bezivela eTanzania Tourist Board, Zanzibar Commission for Tourism, Tanzania National Parks, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority, inxusa laseTanzania eJalimane kanye nezinkampani ezizimele ezingama-55.
