UMongameli we I-ATB, UMhlonishwa. Cuthbert Ncube, basayine iMemorandum of Understanding (I-MOU) no-HE Albert Muchanga, uKhomishana we-AU Wezokuthuthukiswa Komnotho, Ezokuvakasha, Ezohwebo, Izimboni, Nezezimayini (ETTIM), namuhla eSheraton Hotel e-Addis Ababa, e-Ethiopia.
I-African Tourism Board iyinhlangano ehlonishwa umhlaba wonke ngokusebenza njengesikhuthazi sokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha ukuya, kusuka, nangaphakathi Isifunda sase-Afrika. Omunye obekhona ukuzozibonela ukusayinwa nguMnu. Silesh Girma, uNgqongqoshe Wezwe woMnyango Wezokuvakasha wase-Ethiopia.
U-ATB Patron Uhlanganyela Imicabango Yakhe
Umxhasi weBhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika uDkt. Taleb Rifai, owake waba UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele, uzwakalise ukwazisa kwakhe ngokusayinwa kwe-MOU.
“Ezokuvakasha seziwumsebenzi obaluleke kakhulu namuhla. Akumangalisi ukuthi i-African Union isayina le memo ne-African Tourism Board. Namuhla, ezokuvakasha akuwona nje umkhakha wezomnotho obalulekile, futhi ziwumakhi omangalisayo wokuthula. Ihlanganisa wonke umuntu futhi idiliza yonke imigoqo. Umuntu akasoze athwala noma yimiphi imizwa yokucasuka noma ukukhuluma ngemibono engemihle kunoma yisiphi isizwe ngemva kokuba esivakashele, edle isidlo sasemini noma isidlo sakusihlwa nomuntu othile ezweni elisingathayo, elalele izindaba zabo.
“Kungabantu abathintana nabantu, iyona ndlela engcono kakhulu yokuqeda zonke izinkolelo-ze futhi kukhuthaze ukuthula emhlabeni.
“Kubaluleke kakhulu e-Afrika, lapho iningi labantu emhlabeni namuhla lingayazi i-Afrika, kubalulekile ukuthi uma befika bafunde kithina, bazi ukuthi bonke abantu bomhlaba baphuma e-Afrika, empumalanga. I-Afrika ikakhulukazi ngaphandle kokungabaza iyindawo yokuzalwa kwesintu; lokhu kufakazelwa yiwo wonke umuntu. Bheka uhlelo lwe-BBC "Uhambo Lomuntu" - lusho ngokucacile.
"Ezokuvakasha namuhla ziyilokho okudingwa umhlaba wonke hhayi nje ngokudala amathuba emisebenzi kanye nokuhlinzeka imindeni eminingi ngemali engenayo uma ilawulwa kahle, yingakho i-ATB ibalulekile."
“Lolu wusuku oluyingqophamlando – lubhekelele lokho okubizwa nge-Sustainable Development Tourism e-Afrika Ukusimama akugcini nje ngemvelo, kubaluleke kakhulu, kumayelana nokusimama kwezenhlalo nezomnotho ngaphezu kwalokho.
“I-ATB yinhlangano yomhlaba wonke eyenza lokho e-Afrika. Yingakho leli kuyithuba elibaluleke kakhulu kubo bonke. Ngifisa sengathi ngabe ngikhona mathupha, kodwa impilo yami ivimbe ukuthi ngibe nawe e-Addis Ababa engiyithandayo, lapho siphuma khona sonke. Ngikufisela konke okuhle ngesikhathi kanye nokuthi 'Uphile i-Afrika isikhathi eside?'”
Mayelana ne-African Tourism Board
Yasungulwa ngo-2018, i-African Tourism Board (ATB) yinhlangano ehlonishwa umhlaba wonke ngokusebenza njengomgqugquzeli wokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha ukuya, ukusuka, kanye nangaphakathi kwesifunda sase-Afrika. Inhlangano ihlinzeka ngokumela okuhambisanayo, ucwaningo olunobuhlakani, kanye nemicimbi emisha kumalungu ayo. Ngokubambisana namalungu emboni ezimele nekahulumeni, Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika lithuthukisa ukukhula okusimeme, inani, kanye nekhwalithi yokuvakasha nezokuvakasha e-Afrika. I-Association ihlinzeka ngobuholi kanye nezeluleko kumuntu ngamunye nangeqoqo ezinhlanganweni ezingamalungu ayo. I-ATB inweba emathubeni okumaketha, ubudlelwano bomphakathi, ukutshalwa kwezimali, ukufaka uphawu, ukukhangisa, kanye nokusungula izimakethe ze-niche.
