Eminyakeni emihlanu eyedlule ngo-2017 umqondo webhodi lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika waqala kude ne-Afrika. Kwaqala enkabeni ye-Micronesia maphakathi ne-Pacific Ocean, lapho i-African Tourism Marketing Corporation ibhaliswa e-Honolulu, e-Hawaii, e-USA.
Kuthathe cishe iminyaka emibili yokusebenza kanzima kanye nokuxhumana ngesikhathi i-African Tourism Board yethulwa ngokusemthethweni embukisweni I-World Travel Market eCapetown ngo-Ephreli 2019.
Lokhu kulandele iseshini yokucebisana ngengqondo ephumelele kakhulu e-World Travel Market e-London ngoNovemba 2018.
E-World Travel Market 2018 eLondon, e-Hawaii-based eTurboNews bahlanganisa abaholi bezokuvakasha kanye nezokuvakasha abavela kulo lonke izwekazi lase-Afrika ukuze babelane ngephupho labo elifanayo lokuhlanganisa izwekazi ngezokuvakasha kanye nokusungula Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika.
Ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha uDkt. Memunatu Pratt eSierra Leone, ubengomunye wabaholi bezokuvakasha abaningi abebehambele iseshini yokucobelelana ngolwazi ye-eTN. Wasukuma futhi wajabulisa izethameli ekamelweni eligcwele phama e-Excel eLondon: “Asihlanganeni sisekele uJuergen futhi senze Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika lihambe.”
Ukuhlanganyela izandla kwezokukhangisa, ukuhlala ngokungachemi futhi kungekho politiki kwakuyisikhalazo eTurboNews Umshicileli kanye nosihlalo ongumsunguli weBhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika, u-Juergen Steinmetz, wayecele noma ubani owayebuza mayelana nokuthi i-ATB izokhuluma ngani.
Ngaphambi kokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni kwe-ATB eKapa, angaphezu kuka-1000 eTurboNews abafundi abavela emazweni ase-Afrika bajoyine le nhlangano entsha nabangane abangamakhulu ambalwa abavela e-Afrika eYurophu, eNyakatho Melika nakwamanye amazwe.
On April 11, 2019, kusukela ngo-1530-1730 amahora, ithimba lamazwe ngamazwe lochwepheshe likwenze kwaba ngokusemthethweni. Ibhodi lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika lasungulwa ngokusemthethweni. Omunye wabasekeli bakuqala, obefuna ukuphatheka kulo nguCuthbert Ncube, umkhokheli owaziwayo kunhlanganiso ye African Tourism kanye leWorld Tourism Organisation.
Ekhuluma emcimbini wokwethulwa kwe-ATB eKapa kubalwa uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha ohloniphekile uMoses Vilakati wase-Eswatini, uLilluy Ajarova, oyi-CEO ye-Uganda Tourism, uLucky George, oyinhloko yamanje ye- I-Africa Travel Commission, uFrancoise Diele ovela e-Cameroon Travel Centre, uDkt. Peter Tarlow, I-Safer Tourism, i-CEO yokuqala esanda kuqokwa ye-ATB Doris Woerfel, eTurboNews VP Dmytro Makarov, kanye nosihlalo owasungula uJuergen Steinmetz.
UTony Smyth ovela ku-I Free Group e-Hong Kong, e-SAR China waba ngumxhasi wokuqala we-ATB, umphathi wesidlo sokwethulwa kwesidlo sakusihlwa e-CapeTown, futhi unikeze amakhulukhulu ama-SIM card amahhala kubahlanganyeli.
Kuthathe izinsuku ezimbalwa kuphela ngaphambi kwebhodi lesigungu sokuqala, u-Juergen Steinmetz, u-Alain St. Ange, uDkt. Peter Tarlow, uNgqongqoshe oHloniphekile wase-Eswatini, UMoses Vilakati, uvumile esidlweni sasemini eWestin Hotel eKapa ukwamukela isipho sikaCuthbert Ncube sokuba ngusihlalo wokuqala wenhlangano entsha.
Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika lalisemthethweni futhi lisezandleni zase-Afrika.
Lamuhla uNcube watshela eTurboNews: “Ngesikhathi ngivuma ukuba ngusihlalo we-African Tourism Board, akekho kithi owayengazicabanga izinselelo esasizobhekana nazo. Ngokuqondile, ngokugqashuka kwe-COVID, inhloso yethu bekuwukuba i-Afrika ihlale njengenye futhi ihlale iqinile - futhi sikwenzile. ”
Ngaphansi kobuholi bukaMnu. Ncube, le nhlangano ibe wuhlelo lwezokuvakasha olunomthelela omkhulu kwezokuvakasha kanye nezokuvakasha e-Afrika.
Abanye bajoyina ibhodi ye-ATB ukwenza i-African Tourism Board iphumelele, okuhlanganisa nowayenguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eZimbabwe, uDkt Walter Mzembi, kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha e-Jamaica, uMhlonishwa. Edmund Bartlett, uDkt. Taleb Rifai, owayengunobhala-jikelele we UNWTO, ukubalula nje abathile.
Amalungu azinikele e-ATB akha ithimba lamanxusa ezokuvakasha kulo lonke izwekazi. eTurboNews usize ngenqwaba yemihlangano yokusondeza kanye namakhulu ezindatshana ukuhlanganisa i-Afrika futhi kuboniswe izwekazi emhlabeni ngesikhathi sodlame lwe-COVID.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kwasungulwa abangani abaphumelelayo beqembu labezindaba ukuze bandise ukufinyelela.
Njengoba uMnu. Bartlett eba ngomunye wamalungu ebhodi lokuqala le-ATB ngo-2018, ukuxhumana kwe-Afrika neCaribbean kanye neMelika kwenziwa. Kwahlanganisa abakwa-diaspora.
Ngasohlangothini lombukiso wezohwebo we-ITB Berlin owakhanselwa ngoMashi 2020 Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika, kanye ne-PATA kanye ne-Nepal Tourism Board, baqala ukwakha kabusha ingxoxo.
Lokhu kwaholela ekwakhekeni kwe- World Tourism Network ngoJanuwari 1, 2021.
Ibhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika futhi World Tourism Network ehlangene inamalungu nokusekelwa emazweni angu-130 futhi akhula ngamandla.
Ingqungquthela yokuqala yomhlaba wonke ye World Tourism Network, Isikhathi sika-2023, izoba se-Bali, e-Indonesia, futhi i-Afrika izoba nendima eqinile.
KwaWTM eKapa ngesonto elizayo, uSihlalo we-ATB uCuthbert Ncube kanye noMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett wase-Jamaica kulindeleke ukuthi agcizelele ukuzibophezela kwabo ekuhlanganyeleni ne-African Tourism Board kanye ne-African Tourism Board World Tourism Network engqungqutheleni ezayo ye-Time 2023.
Ukuqina, ukutshalwa kwezimali, ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, ukuvakasha kwezokwelapha, ezokuvakasha zangaphakathi neziphumayo zizogxila kakhulu TIME 2023 ingqungquthela eBali.
The World Tourism Network, kanye neBhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika, lihlale ligxile ekunikeni izwi kubadlali abancane nabasezingeni eliphakathi embonini yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha.
ATB kanye WTN Umsunguli uJuergen Steinmetz akakwazi ukuzihambela mathupha eWorld Travel Market eCapetown ngesonto elizayo.
Uthe: “Ngiyaziqhenya ngokubona lezi zinhlangano ezimbili zihlangene eKapa. Phela kwaqala lapho. I-World Travel Market iyohlale inencazelo ekhethekile kithi.”
“Okutholayo WTN futhi i-ATB abantu abalungile abanombono wokuhlangana ndawonye njengabangane, bahlanganyele izandla, futhi bahlale bezimisele futhi beqinile. Ezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke sezibuyile ebhizinisini, futhi i-Afrika idlala indima ekhethekile nebalulekile.”
Umsekeli we-ATB uDkt. Taleb Rifai wayevame ukuchazela Amalungu Ezokuvakasha ase-Afrika: “I-Afrika yilapho kwaqala khona.”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- E-World Travel Market 2018 eLondon, e-Hawaii-based eTurboNews bahlanganisa abaholi bezokuvakasha kanye nezokuvakasha abavela kulo lonke izwekazi lase-Afrika ukuze babelane ngephupho labo elifanayo lokuhlanganisa izwekazi ngezokuvakasha kanye nokusungula Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika.
- Ekhuluma ngesikhathi kwethulwa i-ATB eKapa kubalwa ungqongqoshe ohloniphekile wezokuvakasha uMoses Vilakati wase-Eswatini, uLilluy Ajarova, oyi-CEO ye-Uganda Tourism, uLucky George, inhloko yamanje ye-Africa Travel Commission, uFrancoise Diele ovela e-Cameroon Travel Centre, uDkt.
- U-Peter Tarlow, uNgqongqoshe oHloniphekile wase-Eswatini, uMoses Vilakati, uvumile esidlweni sasemini e-Westin Hotel eKapa ukwamukela isipho sikaCuthbert Ncube sokuba usihlalo wokuqala wenhlangano entsha.