I-eTN ibambene noWalter Mzembi, onguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha eZimbabwe, emhlanganweni osanda kuphothulwa we-United Nations World Tourism Organisation, obuse-Astana, eKazakhstan. UNgqongqoshe uMzembi ukhuluma ngesimo esikhona eZimbabwe mayelana nemboni yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha kuleliya lizwe.
eTN: Sinjani isimo eZimbabwe mayelana nezokuvakasha?
Walter Mzembi: 2008, ngenxa yokuthi bekungunyaka wokugcina, ngemuva kokhetho, umnikelo we-GDP wezokuvakasha wehla wafinyelela kumaphesenti angu-6.5, futhi lesi yisiqalo sethu. Kodwa ukuya phambili sithi ngo-2012, ezokuvakasha kufanele zibe negalelo elingamaphesenti ali-15 emalini yomkhiqizo wasekhaya. Iwona wodwa umkhakha osekuhlonzwe njengomkhakha okhulayo ngisho umnotho udlondlobala ngenxa yokuwohloka komnotho, usakhula. Ngisho noma sibhekene nesikhathi esinzima, yilapho siqophe khona izibalo zabafikayo ezingu-2.5 million. Silindele izigidi ezi-3 kuya kwezi-3.5 ngonyaka ozayo ngemuva kweNdebe Yomhlaba ka-2010 lapho silindele khona ukugcwala kwabantu abaningi. Futhi oyedwa kwabayi-12 kubantu bakithi eZimbabwe uqashwe kwezokuvakasha, futhi imboni eqhutshwa umphakathi Inqwaba yezindawo ezivakashelwa abavakashi eZimbabwe zitholakala esifundeni saseVctoria Falls, nasezindaweni eziphathelene nezilwane zasendle. I-Afrika iyindawo enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni yezilwane zasendle. Kodwa ikakhulukazi, iZimbabwe ngokwayo iyiziko lezilwane zasendle. Sibuka ukubekwa kanye nokubekwa kabusha kweZimbabwe njengento esiyibambele emhlabeni wonke.
eTN: Injani ingqalasizinda kwezokuvakasha emuva kokuba izwe lakho libe nezinkinga?
Mzembi: Kusenjalo impela; ingqalasizinda isaphelele kakhulu. Okudingayo imali encane ukuze ithuthuke, isebenze kabusha. Umkhiqizo ukhathele. Ayikaze ivuselelwe iminyaka eyi-10 edlule. Kodwa ingqalasizinda, i-mainframe, ayiguquki. Esikudingayo wukusebenzisa imali ukuze siyiqale futhi.
eTN: Izolo angazi noma ubukhona yini kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi uke wayizwa inkulumo kaGeoffrey Lipman mayelana ne-Roadmap for Recovery. Lokhu kungasifaka njani isicelo eZimbabwe njalo iZimbabwe ingazuza njani?
Mzembi: Ukululama uProfessor Lipman akhuluma ngakho [akusebenzi] ngempela kithina njengamanje. Sesivele sisezingeni eliphansi kakhulu. Sisesimweni lapho sesivele sinquma ezethu izixazululo ngenxa yezimo zethu ezikhethekile. Kodwa-ke, esikwenzile noSolwazi Lipman kanye nethimba ukubamema eZimbabwe ukuba beze bazosho uhlobo oluthile lohlelo lweZimbabwe, abalwenzile, futhi silandela umhlahlandlela othile njengoba unqunywe udokotela UNWTO. Sikujabulele kakhulu ukungenelela, kodwa incazelo yomhlaba wonke ku-Roadmap to Recovery ayilingani neze nezwe lethu, ngoba [sesivele] sisendleleni, ngenxa yenswinyo yezomnotho kanye nangemuva kokuhlukaniswa kwethu ngabanye. ngenxa yokuxabana kwethu nemiphakathi ngayinye. Ngakho-ke sebedokotela banika uhlelo oluthile lweZimbabwe olwaqedwa kumaviki ambalwa edluleyo, siyakulandela lokho.
eTN: Kuhle kakhulu. Ngiyazi ukuthi yizwe elihle. Ngavakashela eminyakeni eminingi edlule kuma-80s, futhi ngahlabeka umxhwele kakhulu, kufanele ngisho.
Mzembi: Ngiyabonga. Senzeka ukuthi sibe sesimweni senhlanhla lapho sinesinye sezimpawu zomhlaba kwezokuvakasha - i-Victoria Falls - enye yezimangaliso ezimbili zemvelo zomhlaba kanye nezingadi ze-Hanging of Babylon, kodwa enye yezimangaliso eziyisikhombisa ze Umhlaba. Lokho kusibeka endaweni ehluke kakhulu mayelana nendlela esizikhangisa ngayo. Futhi kithina kuwukuhlukumeza umthetho uma kukhona umuntu ovinjwa ithuba lokuza azobuka iVictoria Falls ngemuva kwezepolitiki. Kuyenzeka sibambe iVictoria Falls, kodwa kufanele kube wuhambo lomuntu wonke lokuvakashela iVictoria Falls.
eTN: Ngiyazi ngesikhathi ngiya eVictoria Falls, kwavele kwathuthukiswa ngasohlangothini lwaseZimbabwe. Ngempela ngahamba ngebhayisikili ngaya eLivingston eZambia, futhi kwakungekho lutho. Futhi manje i-Livingston, vele, isithuthukisiwe, futhi iZambia itshale imali eningi kwezokuvakasha.
Mzembi: Basizakala ngokuhlala kwethu sodwa iminyaka engu-10, baphinde bakubhebhezela. Kodwa asijabulile ngalokho, sijabule kakhulu - kuyancomeka. Esikubonayo ukuthi zingasemuva, thina singaphambili, futhi ngokubambisana senza isamba sonke.
eTN: Isitatimende esihle leso. Sicela usazise uma kukhona intuthuko. Siyithakasela kakhulu iZimbabwe, futhi lokhu kuyinto umhlaba okufanele uyazi ngayo. Ngiyazi ukuthi unomkhiqizo omuhle kakhulu.
Mzembi: Sinomkhiqizo oncomekayo. BengiseWashington muva nje. Ngahlangana noMadame Clinton noJohn Kerry, idlanzana lezisebenzi zenu zekhongolose, futhi ngathi kubo, ngicela ningaziphiki ithuba lokuphinde nivakashele i-Victoria Falls futhi. Banezinkumbulo ezimbi ngeZimbabwe, mayelana nokuxoxisana kwabo ngisho nomongameli wabo, futhi bafuna ukubuya. Ngase ngithi, cha, ngiyakucela, ngizokwenza lula futhi ngiqinisekise ukuthi [kuyenzeka]. Banethuba lokubona umphakathi wethu womhlaba wonke waseVictoria Falls. Kamuva sahlangana noGordon Brown, uNdunankulu wase-Great Britain, futhi ngadlulisela umyalezo ofanayo - ungavimbeli izakhamuzi zakho ithuba lokuyibona, futhi ngaveza ukuthi (iVictoria Falls) ibizwa ngisho nangeNdlovukazi yakho. - Indlovukazi uVictoria.
eTN: I-Queen Victoria Hotel - ngahlala khona.
Mzembi: Impela. Ngakho-ke kuningi okuhle okuvela emphakathini wamazwe ngamazwe, futhi siyalwazisa usizo.
eTN: Kuhle lokho. Ngicabanga ngokuphatha kuka-Obama eNyakatho Melika, kuhle, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi kuzoba namathuba amaningi.
Mzembi: Sethemba kanjalo. Sibheke ngabomvu ubudlelwano obubandakanya kakhulu.
eTN: Empeleni omunye umsebenzi wami awuhlangene nawo eTurboNews. Ngisebenza noMnyango Wezohwebo wase-US. Ngiyinhloko yeKomidi lezokuVakasha kulolu hlelo olusha okumele sigcine siqale uMnyango wezokuVakasha, ngoba i-US ayilona ilungu le UNWTO.
Mzembi: Umyalezo wami izolo ngesikhathi ngilalele ukungenelela ngemuva kwenkulumompikiswano mayelana ne-Roadmap for Recovery ukuthi ipolitiki akumele nakancane iphazamise ezokuvakasha. Uma ukubusa okubili kungaphumeleli ngenxa yezinye izinkinga, lokho akufanele neze kuphazamise ezokuvakasha - lelo bhuloho lihlinzekwa ezokuvakasha. Khathesi-ke, ngemva kokuphakamisa loludaba, ngithi kini njalo ngiyalincenga ngalokhu kuxoxisana ukuthi iziphathamandla zeMelika kumele zehlise imithelela yaledatha, yezixwayiso [zalezi] zohambo, ezabekwa eZimbabwe ngesikhathi siphezulu. Iwa. Kufanele siqale uhlelo lokulungisa kabusha lokho ukuze sivumele abantu bakithi bazibandakanye ngendlela enokuthula nebandakanyayo. Kumele ngiphinde ngithi, ipolitiki akumele ize uma kubhekwa ezokuvakasha. Kufanele sisuse ipolitiki kulo mkhakha ukuze sivumele abantu bakithi ukuthi baziphathe futhi bathintane futhi baphile ngendlela yamazwe ngamazwe.
eTN: Kodwa uma ngibheka phambili, ukhulume ngomcimbi webhola lomhlaba eNingizimu Afrika. Ingabe usebenzisana ne-South Africa Tourism?
Mzembi: Sisebenzisana neNingizimu Afrika. Siyaqaphela ukuthi lo mcimbi uza eNingizimu Afrika ngo-2010. INingizimu Afrika izoba yinkundla, i-Afrika ibe yimidlalo yeshashalazi. Ngokuzayo lo mcimbi ongase ube se-Afrika kuzobe kuwu-2024, futhi uzobe ungekho eNingizimu Afrika, uzobe useNyakatho ne-Afrika. Ngakho-ke sibona lokhu njengomcimbi wamazwe ngamazwe okufanele usetshenziswe ngokunenzuzo okukhulu. Simi ngomumo ukubamba iqhaza ekuhlinzekweni kwezindawo zokulala, ekuhlinzekweni kwezinsiza, kanye nokwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi labo abafuna ukuba nezithelo, imikhiqizo yezokuvakasha, bathola ithuba ngenkathi besesifundeni, ukuze babuke neZimbabwe njengento yokunambitha. base-Afrika lapho besesifundeni ngaleso sikhathi.
