Ngendikimba ethi “Ukucabanga Kabusha Ezokuvakasha Kwezokuthuthukiswa Komnotho Wezenhlalakahle Emphakathini WaseMpumalanga Afrika,” uhlelo lwesibili oluthathe isonto lonke i-East African Regional Tourism Expo (EARTE) luhehe ababukisi abangaphezu kuka-250 abavela emazweni angaphezu kwe-10 ase-Afrika, ama-ejenti ezokuhamba amazwe angu-120 namazwe ngamazwe, kanye abathengi abanezivakashi zohwebo ezingaba ngu-2,500.
Yethulwe ngonyaka odlule ngabakwa I-East African Community (EAC) Ihhovisi likanobhala eTanzania, inhloso enkulu yenkundla yokumaketha ezokuvakasha yesifunda ukukhuthaza amazwe angamalungu e-EAC njengendawo eyodwa yokuvakasha.
Uhlelo lwesibili lwe-EARTE luqale ngokubhaliswa kwababukisi kanye nomcimbi wokuxhumana ngoSepthemba 23, 2022, ozolandelwa yizinsuku ezintathu zemibukiso, izingqungquthela, kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali okuzothathwa kusukela ngoSepthemba 24 kuya ku-26 ezinkundleni zaseCercle Hippique de Bujumbura futhi Umgubho woSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha (WTD) ngoSepthemba 27.
Abathengi abasingathiwe abahlanganisa ama-ejenti ezokuhamba amazwe ngamazwe kanye nabalingani bezokuvakasha bazobamba iqhaza ohambweni lokujwayelana nezindawo zezivakashi ezihlukene e-Burundi kusukela zingama-27 kuya kumhla zingama-30 ngaphambi kokuphela komcimbi.
I-EAC Secretariat ithe ngesitatimende sayo esivela ekomkhulu layo eTanzania ukuthi Uhlelo Lwesibili lwe-EARTE lwavulwa ngokusemthethweni yiPhini likaMongameli waseBurundi u-Prosper Bazombanza egameni likaMongameli waseBurundi u-Evariste Ndayishimiye
Inhloso eyinhloko ye-EARTE ukukhuthaza i-EAC njengendawo eyodwa yezokuvakasha, ukuhlinzeka ngenkundla yokuxoxisana kwabahlinzeki bezokuvakasha kwebhizinisi kuya kwebhizinisi (B2B), ukuqwashisa ngamathuba okutshalwa kwezimali kwezokuvakasha kanye nokubhekana nezinselelo ezithinta imikhakha yezokuvakasha nezilwane zasendle isifunda.
Indikimba yalo nyaka ithi “Ukucabanga Kabusha Ezokuvakasha Kwezokuthuthukiswa Komnotho Wezenhlalakahle Emphakathini WaseMpumalanga Afrika”, ehambisana nokuzibophezela koSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha LweZizwe Ezihlangene lokukhankasela izindawo zokuvakasha.
Kulo nyaka UNWTO Usuku luphinde lukhuthaze ababambiqhaza emhlabeni wonke ukuthi balungise kabusha ezokuvakasha kulandela umthelela omubi wobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 obuthinte kabi umkhakha wezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele.
Bangaphezu kuka-20 abakhangisi abavela eTanzania ababambe iqhaza ku-EARTE eBujumbura.
Abakhangisi bahlanganisa izikhungo zikahulumeni ezihlanganisa iTanzania Tourist Board (TTB), i-Arusha International Conference Centre (AICC), iTanzania Ports Authority (TPA), i-Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) kanye noMnyango Wezangaphandle Nokubambisana kwe-East Africa.
Inhloso enkulu yaminyaka yonke ye-EARTE ukukhuthaza i-EAC bloc njengendawo eyodwa yezokuvakasha.
Lo mbukiso wezokuvakasha bekuhloswe ngawo futhi ukuhlinzeka ngenkundla yokuxoxisana kwabahlinzeki bemisebenzi yezokuvakasha ibhizinisi nebhizinisi, ukuqwashisa ngamathuba okutshalwa kwezimali kwezokuvakasha kanye nokubhekana nezinselelo ezithinta imboni yezokuvakasha nezilwane zasendle esifundeni, ngokusho kwesitatimende.
I-Tanzania ibe yizwe lokuqala eliyilungu le-EAC ukusingatha uhlelo lokuqala lwe-EARTE e-Arusha, ikomkhulu le-EAC ngonyaka odlule.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Main objective of the EARTE is to promote EAC as a single tourism destination, provide a platform for tourism service providers' business-to-business (B2B) engagements, create awareness on tourism investment opportunities and address the challenges affecting the tourism and wildlife sectors in the region.
- The tourism expo was also aimed at providing a platform for tourism service providers' business-to-business engagements, creating awareness of tourism investment opportunities and addressing challenges affecting the tourism and wildlife sectors in the region, according to the statement.
- Launched last year by the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat in Tanzania, the main objective of the regional tourism marketing and promotional platform is to promote EAC member countries as a single tourism destination.
