I-Kenya isimi ngomumo njengendawo entsha ye- UNWTO I-General Assembly 2021

• UNWTO ilinde kuze kube uMgqibelo ukuze azise amalungu. Umhlangano Omkhulu ozayo wasuswa eMorocco wayiswa eSpain.
• NgeSonto uMhlonishwa. UNajib Balala, uNobhala Wezokuvakasha eKenya umeme iWorld Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) kanye namalungu alo azobamba i-General Assembly ezayo eKenya.
• IMorocco bekuyindawo yokuqala futhi isanda kukhanselwa ngesonto eledlule ngenxa yezinkinga ze-COVID.

I-Kenya ibilokhu ingumholi wezokuvakasha e-Afrika, nangale kwayo uma kukhulunywa ngokubeka ithoni nezitayela zezwekazi nangale kwayo.

NgoMgqibelo uMhlonishwa. Najib Balala, uNobhala Wezokuvakasha kuleli zwe laseMpumalanga Afrika waziswe ngu UNWTO mayelana okulindelwe isikhathi eside UNWTO I-General Assembly ikhanseliwe eMorocco ngenxa yezinkinga zokuphepha ze-COVID futhi yathuthela eSpain, indlunkulu yenhlangano.

Lapho UNWTO I-Sekretariat iqhamuke nokumangala ngempelasonto, i-WhatsApp isiphenduke inkundla ematasa yongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha nabaholi bezokuvakasha ukuze baxhumane.

Ithimba labasekeli lahlanganiswa ngempukane. Akuzange kufuneke ukukholisa uNajib Balala, unobhala osenesikhathi eside wezokuvakasha eKenya ukuba abe ngumnikazi wale nkinga.

Lapho iMorocco iqokwa njengendawo yomhlangano UNWTO I-General Assembly eSt. Petersburg, eRussia yaqhudelana neKenya kanye nePhilippines.

IQhawe Lezokuvakasha Lomhlaba uNajib Balala ukulungele ukwamukela izithunywa zoMhlangano Jikelele wama-24 weNhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba wonke ozoya eKenya kusukela mhla zingama-30 kuLwezi kuya kuZibandlela 3, 2021.

NgeSonto ebusuku kakhulu, kusho uNgqongqoshe uBalala ongalele eTurboNews: “Ngisanda kubhala incwadi ngimema UNWTO ukubamba uMhlangano Jikelele wama-24 lapha eMagical Kenya.”

Ngomzuzu lokhu kwenza imizuliswano, lesi sinyathelo saziswa emhlabeni jikelele.

UCuthbert Ncube, usihlalo we-African Tourism Board uphawule ngalesi sigameko, okwesibili asithinta eGoli endizeni ye-Ethiopian Airlines ngemuva kohambo lwakhe lwakamuva oluya e-Ethiopia.

“U-Ai-frican Tourism Board isekela ngokugcwele lesi sinyathelo ngenhliziyo egcwele.
UMhlonishwa. U-Najib Balala ungumngane omkhulu we-ATB kanye nomholi wezokuvakasha ongenambangi e-Afrika nangale kwayo. Ngithanda ukuhalalisela uMnu. Balala ngombono wakhe futhi nginxusa uMhlonishwa uMhlonishwa. UNWTO Unobhala uZurab Pololikashvili ukweseka lesi sicelo somusa, ukuze iKenya, yonke i-Afrika, kanye nomhlaba wonke basebenze ndawonye ukwenza iseshini yama-24 UNWTO I-General Assembly imihlangano engcono kakhulu eyake yaba khona. Ibaluleke kakhulu ikusasa lezokuvakasha. Sonke siyabudinga ubuholi futhi sivumelane ngokuthi singaphuma kanjani kule nkinga sibuyise umkhakha.”

The World Tourism Network elimele izinhlangano zezokuvakasha emazweni angaphezu kuka-128 likweseka ngokuqinile ukusingatha kweKenya uMhlangano Jikelele Wenhlangano Yezizwe Yezokuvakasha Yezizwe Ezihlangene.

UDkt. Peter Tarlow, njengomongameli we- World Tourism Network, yaphawula ukubaluleka kokuhlanganisa ezokuvakasha kanye ne-pan-globalism futhi yathi ukusingatha kweKenya umhlangano omkhulu onjalo kubonisa isigaba esisha nesikhiqizayo sezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke.

Njengenhlangano yamazwe ngamazwe, kubalulekile ukuthi imihlangano yezokuvakasha ibanjwe emhlabeni wonke futhi ukusingatha okunjalo kuzogqamisa Izwekazi lase-Afrika, ikakhulukazi iMpumalanga Afrika, futhi kunikeze umfutho owengeziwe wokuthuthukiswa komnotho ngokuvakasha e-Afrika yonkana.

The World Tourism Network iwusekela ngokuqinile umbono wokuthi izizwe emhlabeni wonke kufanele zibe namathuba alinganayo okusingatha izingqungquthela ezinkulu. Le ndlela yomhlaba wonke ihumusha imibono yeNhlangano Yezizwe ibe ngamaqiniso asebenzayo.

Ngenkathi iMorocco yenza isinqumo ngo-Okthoba 15 sokukhansela umcimbi, i- UNWTO amalungu aziswe kahle zingakapheli izinsuku ezi-3 ngo-Okthoba 18 mayelana noMhlangano Jikelele uzokwenzeka eMadrid, i UNWTO indlunkulu.

Ngokunikela kweKenya ngomusa, izohlonipha umzamo iMorocco eyenze kulo mcimbi futhi ivumele uMhlangano Jikelele ukuthi uhlale e-Afrika njengoba bekuhlosiwe.

Kufanele kuqashelwe, ukuthi uMkhandlu oPhethe wabeka ithoni ye-GA umhlangano wokugcina wawuseMadrid. Indawo yale micimbi emibili yayingakaze ibe sedolobheni elilodwa phambilini.

Umphakathi usubuka i UNWTO ubuholi bugunyaza isicelo saseKenya ngaphandle kokulibala.