Amazwe angamalungu Omphakathi WaseMpumalanga Afrika ahlela ukugqugquzela kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha kwesifunda, okuhloswe ngawo ukukhulisa isibalo sabavakashi kanye nokuthuthukiswa komnotho wesifunda.
The I-East African Community (EAC) Ihhovisi likaNobhala liqaphele ukuthi ezokuvakasha zifaka isandla cishe ngamaphesenti ayishumi kwi-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) yesifunda lapho amaphesenti angu-10 ehola imali yangaphandle kanti cishe amaphesenti ayisikhombisa yiwona okubaliwe ukuthi aqashwe emisebenzini eyahlukene yezokuvakasha.
Umqondisi Wemikhakha Ekhiqizayo ku-EAC, uMnu. Jean Baptiste Havugimana ukuqinisekisile lokho ngesikhathi sombukiso osanda kuphela we-Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo obuse-Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort e-Uganda.
IPearl of Africa Tourism Expo ebikhonjiswa ngasekupheleni kukaMbasa kulo nyaka, ibihlanganise iHhovisi likaNobhala we-EAC, wonke amabhodi abambisene nezifundazwe Ibhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika (i-ATB).
Lo mcimbi wezinsuku ezine uvulwe ngokusemthethweni nguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, Izilwane Zendle Nezakudala e-Uganda, uColonel Tom Buttime.
IPearl of Africa Tourism Expo umcimbi wezokuvakasha ohlelwa yi-Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) minyaka yonke.
Lo mbukiso ubuhlanganise ababambiqhaza kwezokuvakasha kanye nabanye abahlinzeki bezinsizakalo kwezokuvakasha, uhlose ukuhlangana namakhasimende amasha, ukuxhumana nokuxoxisana ngezivumelwano zebhizinisi nalabo abangase babe abathengi bezifunda nabamazwe ngamazwe.
Uhlelo lwesikhombisa lwe-Pearl of Expo luhehe ababukisi abangaphezu kuka-150 nabathengi nabezindaba abangaphezu kwe-100 abavela ezimakethe ezihlukene zemithombo yezivakashi, okuhlanganisa i-US, UK, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Poland, South Africa, Egypt kanye neNigeria phakathi kwezinye.
Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika belimelwe nguSihlalo walo Omkhulu uMnu. Cuthbert Ncube naye, owabamba iqhaza emicimbini eyahlukene kanye nemisebenzi ngesikhathi soMbukiso.
Ehlangene namanxusa e-ATB, uMnu. Ncube bavakashele izindawo ezahlukene ezikhanga izivakashi e-Uganda okuhlanganisa neChimpanzee Island eLake Victoria.
I-ATB ibisebenzisana nezifundazwe zesifunda saseMpumalanga Afrika ekuthuthukisweni nasekukhuthazeni ezokuvakasha ngokubamba iqhaza emicimbini ebalulekile eMpumalanga Afrika futhi manje osekuyisifunda esizayo esiyindawo yokuvakasha yangaphakathi kwe-Afrika.
Ihhovisi likaNobhala le-EAC likhuthaze amazwe abambisene nawo ukuthi abambe iqhaza emicimbini yokukhangisa ezokuvakasha ehlelwa yizwe ngalinye elinguzakwethu.
I-ATB ibambe iqhaza elikhulu kuMbukiso ngamunye wezokuvakasha kuzwelonke nakwizifunda ngoSihlalo wayo, uMnu. Ncube phakathi kwamanye amanxusa ayo.
Emazwini akhe okuvula i-Pearl of Africa Expo, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Uganda uColonel Bute (Owathatha Umhlalaphansi) uzwakalise ukubonga kwakhe egameni likahulumeni nabantu base-Uganda kubo bonke abakhangisi kanjalo nabathengi abasingethwe kanye nabezindaba ngokuhambela lo mcimbi.
Uthe i-Uganda inikezwe izindawo ezikhangayo ezihlukile nezihlukene eziheha abavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe, bezifunda kanye nabasekhaya.
Isikhulu Esiphezulu Sebhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Uganda, uDkt. Lily Ajarova, uthe i-Uganda nezinye izifundazwe ezisebenzisana ne-EAC zizimisele ngokugqugquzela ezokuvakasha ezisimeme nezinesibopho.
UMqondisi Wemikhakha Ekhiqizayo ku-EAC, uMnu Jean Baptiste Havugimana ubonge uhulumeni wase-Uganda ngokumema i-EAC Secretariat kanye nazo zonke izifunda ezibambisene naye ukuba zibambe iqhaza embukisweni ngomoya wokuhlanganiswa kwe-EAC.
UMnu. Havugimana udalule ukuthi i-EAC Secretariat kanye namaBhodi Ezokuvakasha Kazwelonke asekelwe ukuba abambe iqhaza eMbukisweni ngokugqugquzela izithunywa zezifunda ezingabambisene nokuthengwa kwamadokodo ombukiso.
I-German International Cooperation Agency, i-GIZ, nayo isekele uMbukiso ngephakethe Loxhaso Lwegolide.
Uthe iSivumelwano se-EAC sibheka kakhulu umkhakha wezokuvakasha ngenxa yeqhaza esilibambayo ekuthuthukisweni komnotho wesifunda.
UMnu. Havugimana wazise ababebambe iqhaza ukuthi i-EAC njengamanje isebenzisa i-EAC Tourism Marketing Strategy 2021 kuya ku-2025 ngokusekelwa yi-GIZ ngokusebenzisa ukungenelela okuhlukahlukene okuhlanganisa ukukhuthazwa kwezokuvakasha ngokuhlanganyela.
Umkhankaso wesifunda se-EAC wezokuvakasha obizwa ngokuthi “Tembea Nyumbani” noma “Visit Your Home” uhlose ukuthuthukisa umkhankaso wezokuvakasha wesifunda ozoheha izakhamizi zaseMpumalanga Afrika ukuthi zivakashele izwe ngalinye ngaphakathi kwesifunda.
IHhovisi likaNobhala le-EAC nalo, lithuthukisa amazinga amancane kubahlinzeki bemisebenzi yezokuvakasha ikakhulukazi abaqhubi bezokuvakasha, ama-travel agents kanye nabaqondisi bezivakashi kanye nenqubo yokuhlukanisa amahhotela ezivakashi esifunda.
"Okwamanje, uhlelo lokuthuthukisa i-Regional Tourism Destination Brand ye-EAC njengendawo eyodwa yezokuvakasha seluqalile futhi kulindeleke ukuthi luphothulwe ekupheleni kwalo nyaka", kusho uMnu. Havugimana.
Ukuqaliswa kwazo zonke lezo zinyathelo zokungenelela kuzokwenza ukuthi isifunda sidlule izivakashi ezifika emhlabeni wonke eziyizigidi ezingu-7.2 ezaqoshwa ngo-2019 ngaphambi kobhubhane lwe-COVID-19, esho.
UMqondisi Wezwe we-GIZ e-Uganda, uMnu. James Macbeth Forbes, ukuqinisekisile ukuzibophezela kukahulumeni waseJalimane ukuqhubeka nokweseka izinhlelo zokuhlanganisa i-EAC okuhlanganisa nokugqugquzela ezokuvakasha ngokuhlanganyela.
UMnu. Forbes uthe ukususwa kwezithiyo ekuhwebeni nasekutshaleni imali esifundeni se-EAC kuzoba yingxenye ebalulekile ohlelweni lokuhlanganisa.
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