Lokhu kwafezwa ngesikhathi somhlangano I-United States Tour Operators Association Conference (USTOA) okwenzeka e-Austin, eTexas, e-USA, kusukela ngoNovemba 28 - Disemba 2, 2022.
I-USTOA iyinhlangano ehamba phambili yabaqhubi bezokuvakasha, izindiza, amahhotela nezindawo zokungcebeleka, kanye namabhodi ezokuvakasha emakethe yomthombo waseNyakatho Melika. Amandla okuthenga ale nhlangano alinganiselwa ku-US$19 billion wezimpahla zokuhamba ezihlanganisa abahambi abayizigidi eziyisi-9.8 kanye no-$12.8 billion wezimpahla nezinsiza ezithengiwe. Iminyaka engama-50, i-USTOA iphinde yaziwa ngokumela kanye nemfundo ngamalungu ayo asebenzayo nahambisana nawo.
Phakathi nengqungquthela yalo nyaka. Indawo eya e-UgandaIzinqubo zezokuvakasha ezinomthwalo wemfanelo zaqashelwa ngohlelo lwe-USTOA Future Lights. UMnu. Denis Nyambworo, umxhumanisi we-philanthropy wase-Uganda, waqashelwa ngokuzibophezela kwakhe okufudumele nokunozwela ekuthuthukisweni komphakathi ngezokuvakasha. Phakathi nokubusa kwakhe, kwaqoqwa izimali zokuhlinzeka ngamanzi ahlanzekile, ukudla okushisayo nokwakhiwa kwesikole samabanga aphansi endaweni yaseBwindi Conservation Area edume ngama-gorilla asezintabeni asengozini yokushabalala.
UNksz Yogi Birigwa, oyilungu leBhodi le-UTB, engqungqutheleni wagqamisa ukubaluleka kwemakethe yaseNyakatho Melika njengomthombo oyinhloko wemakethe ye-Uganda. Uphinde wagcizelela iqhaza lezinhlangano ezihweba ngezokuvakasha ekunxenxeni ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele. Wachaza ukuthi iBhodi liyaqhubeka nokuxhumana nabahamba phambili kwezokuvakasha kanye nabahwebi bezokuvakasha emakethe ukugqamisa i-Uganda njengendawo ekhethwayo yokuvakasha.
“Ukusimama komkhakha wezokuvakasha emhlabeni bekuku-60% kanti kulindeleke ukuthi kuphindeke kabusha ngo-2023/2024,” esho.
"Imizamo eminingi idinga ukugxilwa ekukhangiseni i-Uganda ukuze izwe lihlomule engxenyeni yalo yomhlaba wonke yezivakashi ezivakashela izwe."
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Uganda Tourism Board yaxhasa isithangami sabezindaba esizimele. Lesi sithangami besiholwa yisikhulu esiphezulu se-UTB, uLilly Ajarova, ehambisana nabadlali bezinkampani ezizimele zase-Uganda. Ingxoxo yabezindaba esezingeni eliphezulu yayiyithuba lokuthi i-Uganda yabelane ngezibuyekezo zayo zakamuva mayelana nokuthuthukiswa komkhiqizo kanye nendawo okuyiwa kuyo.
I-UTB ixhase i-USTOA All Members Night Cap ngoDisemba 2, 2022, ehlanganisa abavakashi abangaphezu kuka-800 ngobusuku obunetimu ethi “Explore Uganda” ukuze kugqanyiswe indlela yokuphila yaleyo ndawo nokuvakasha kokuzijabulisa.
Ekhuluma nabezindaba eceleni kwe-USTOA, u-Ajarova wachaza ukuthi i-Uganda yenze intuthuko enkulu ekukhuthazeni izinqubo zokuvakasha ezinomthwalo wemfanelo nezisimeme endaweni yase-Uganda. Wengeze ngokuthi uhlelo lwe-USTOA lwe-Future Lights olwaqaphela uMnu. Nyambworo Dennis wase-Abercrombie & Kent luwukubonakaliswa okucacile kwezokuvakasha ezinomthwalo wemfanelo kanye negalelo lazo emiphakathini esingethe.
Ithimba le-UTB liphinde lasebenzisana nabangase babe ngabatshalizimali bezokuvakasha, abalingani bezohwebo kwezokuvakasha, nama-ejenti abezindaba ukuze babeke i-Uganda kahle emakethe yemithombo eyinhloko phakathi nengqungquthela yezinsuku ezi-4 nendawo yemakethe.
