NAIROBI, Kenya (eTN) – Imboni yezokuvakasha ekhungethwe yizinkinga eKenya isiqale uhlelo lokubeka amasu okuthi ithole isikhundla sayo njengezwe elihamba phambili kwezokuvakasha eMpumalanga Afrika.
Naphezu kokwamukela irekhodi lezivakashi eziyizigidi ezimbili ngonyaka odlule, izwe libone ingcebo yezokuvakasha incipha njengoba izivakashi ezikhathazekile zibalekela izwe ngemuva kodlame oluqubuke kulandela ingxabano yokhetho lukaMongameli olwalungoDisemba 2 ngonyaka odlule.
Umqondisi ophethe i-Kenya Tourist Board u-Ongong'a Achieng ulindele ukuthi ikota yokuqala ka-2008 iqophe isilinganiso sabantu abafikayo abayizi-9,000 ngenyanga, ngaleyo ndlela ikhiqize isamba esingu-27,000 okusho ukuthi ukwehla okukhulu kwerekhodi ngamaphesenti angama-91.4 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo sika-2007.
“Njengoba siqala umsebenzi omkhulukazi wokubuyisa indawo elahlekile kanye nokwakha kabusha isithombe sendawo, sizobe sibheke kwabezindaba, izimboni, uHulumeni kanye nozakwethu bentuthuko ukuthi baseseke kakhulu kunangaphambili,” kusho u-Achieng.
Noma kunjalo, izinkulungwane ezimbalwa zezivakashi zikuleli zwe, ziqeda ukwesaba ngokuphepha kwazo ngemva kokuthola ukuthi zonke izindawo zokungcebeleka zezivakashi azikaze zisongelwa nakancane.
Amahhotela aseNairobi, amapaki nezindawo zokulondoloza izilwane zasendle kanye nezindawo zokungcebeleka ezisogwini azikaze zibe nezinkinga nakancane phakathi naso sonke isikhathi sale nkinga yangemva kokhetho.
“Lapha phansi eNairobi, ku-safari nasezindaweni zokungcebeleka zasogwini, isimo sihluke kakhulu kulokho okuboniswa kumabonakude,” kusho uJake Grieves-Cook, umqondisi ophethe weGamewatchers Safaris, ongomunye wabahamba phambili kwezokuvakasha. I-East Africa, kusho ephephandabeni eliya kumakhasimende akhe kanye nemboni yonkana.
Zonke izikhumulo zezindiza zamazwe ngamazwe eNairobi naseMombasa bezivuliwe futhi zisebenza njengokujwayelekile kulo lonke, kunezindiza zansuku zonke zamazwe ngamazwe. Imigwaqo emikhulu ephakathi kwezikhumulo zezindiza namahhotela omhlaba wonke ibivuliwe njengenjwayelo futhi izinkulungwane zezivakashi ezingamakhulu ezimoto bezishayelwa kule mizila nsuku zonke ngaphandle kwenkinga.
“Sonke kwaGamewatchers Safaris kanye nasezinkambini zethu ezine zase-Porini sikwazile ukuqhubeka nempilo yethu njengenjwayelo, samukela amakhasimende ethu ohambeni njengenjwayelo futhi sathola ukuphawula okuhle okuvela kuzo zonke izihambeli zethu ebezilapha emasontweni ambalwa edlule, ” kusho uGrieves-Cook.
Iningi lodlame oluqubuka ngezikhathi ezithile, ikakhulukazi e-Rift Valley naseWestern Kenya, lwehlile emasontweni amathathu edlule. Okungakakuchazi kahle abezindaba zamazwe ngamazwe ukuthi udlame oluqale ngemuva kokhetho oluyizingxabano lugcineke kakhulu endaweni esentshonalanga yeKenya ezindaweni ezizungeze iKisumu, Kericho kanye ne-Eldoret kanye nasemijondolo nasezindaweni eziminyene kakhulu ngaphandle. INairobi, okuyizindawo lapho izivakashi zingavamisile ukuya khona.
Abaholi bezombangazwe kanye nabahlali (amaKenya avamile) balinde imiphumela yezingxoxo zokulamula eziqhubekayo eziholwa owayenguNobhala Jikelele we-UN, u-HE Koffi Anan.
Uhulumeni kanye namaqembu aphikisayo banxuse abalandeli babo ukuthi bagweme udlame futhi babuyise ukuthula ngakho siyethemba ukuthi maduze sizoqala ukubona ukuphela kodlame.
Izigcawu ezikhonjiswe kumabonakude wamazwe ngamazwe (nezinye zezigcawu ezifanayo emasontweni amane edlule ziphinde zavezwa sengathi zisenzeka) zaqoshwa izisebenzi zethelevishini zamazwe ngamazwe entshonalanga yeKenya noma emijondolo kodwa umbono uyanikezwa. ukuthi lesi yisigameko ezweni lonke, okungelona iqiniso.
"Obekwenzeka ezindaweni ezizungeze iKisumu, Kericho kanye ne-Eldoret kubuhlungu kakhulu kuleli zwe futhi abantu baseKenya abavela kuzo zonke izigaba zomphakathi bebelokhu befuna ukuthula kuqedwe udlame ezindaweni ezithintekile," kuphawula uGrieves-Cook.
I-Kenya Tourist Board (KTB) ilindele ukulahlekelwa yimboni nge-Ksh5.5 billion (US$100 million) ngokwesilinganiso ngenyanga kwikota yokuqala. Ukwehla kwemali engenayo ekupheleni kwekota kulinganiselwa kumaphesenti angama-78.1.
Ukuhlaziywa kwemboni ye-KTB kukhombisa izimo ezimbili zokuvuselela kabusha–Uma isixazululo sezepolitiki sitholakala ngokushesha futhi uhulumeni egcina indlela yakhe yamanje yezindleko zokumaketha ezokuvakasha, lo mkhakha uzosimama ngo-2009, futhi, ngesixazululo sezepolitiki nokungenelela kukahulumeni ngokwenyuka kwezindleko ezifinyelela ku- I-Ksh1.5 billion (US$21.5 million) ukuze ibuyiselwe, lo mkhakha ungase uthole ukululama ngokushesha ngo-Okthoba. Nokho, lokhu kudinga ukuthi izindleko zibe sezitholakala ekupheleni kwale kota.
Indlela eya phambili
Selokhu kuqale izingxabano zangemva kokhetho, ikomiti elilawula izinkinga zezokuvakasha belisebenza ngokuzikhandla ukuze linikeze izibuyekezo ezinembile zansuku zonke mayelana nesimo sokuhambela ezohwebo nabezindaba ezimakethe zemithombo kanye nokusebenzisana nabezindaba bakuleli nabakwamanye amazwe ukuze kuliwe nokukhulunywa kabi emphakathini. abezindaba zomhlaba.
Umkhankaso wokubuyisela ezokuvakasha eKenya uzoqalwa ngezigaba ezimbili, ngokusho komqondisi ophethe i-KTB u-Achieng. Isigaba sokuqala sizobandakanya ukwakha kabusha isithombe sendawo kanye nokwakha ukuzethemba kumthengi ngokusebenzisa i-PR. Uhlangothi oluhle lwalo mkhankaso ukuthi sinomoya omuhle nokusekelwa yizo zonke izinkampani zezindiza ezindiza ngaphakathi nangaphakathi kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo, abanikazi bamahhotela nabavakashi, kanye nabahlinzeki kanye nemithombo yezindaba yokuhweba kwezokuvakasha ezimakethe zemithombo.
Ngaphansi kwesigaba sokuqala, i-KTB isebenzisana nabezindaba basendaweni ukuze iveze obala kahle ngendawo okuyiwa kuyo futhi ilethe inqwaba yezintatheli ezivela ezimakethe zendabuko nezintsha njenge-China, India, Japan kanye ne-Eastern Europe ukuze zizizwele indawo okuyiwa kuyo mathupha futhi zibikele izethameli zazo. emuva ekhaya esimweni, ngaleyo ndlela kwakha ukuzethemba kwendawo ekuyiwa kuyo kubathengi nakwezohwebo.
Lokhu kuzolandelwa ukuvakasha okuhlosiwe kwemboni kanye nezithunywa zikahulumeni kubahlinzeki, abezindaba kanye nabathengi ezimakethe zomthombo ukuze kufakwe ukuzethemba. Futhi sihlose ukuletha osaziwayo abavela ezimakethe zomthombo ukuze sithole izincomo ezibanzi futhi sisize ukupholisha isithombe sethu.
Isigaba sesibili sokusimama siyingxenye yomkhankaso wokumaketha obanzi ngokuhlanganyela ngokugcwele kwemboni. “Silindele ukuthi ihlanganise nezinxephezelo ezivela embonini, kuhulumeni kanye nokubambisana nabasebenza ngezokuvakasha phesheya,” kusho u-Achieng.
