INGXOXO NOTHILE: I-eTN ikhuluma noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eNdiya

Imboni yezokuvakasha eNdiya ikhula ngokushesha. I-World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) ibala ukuthi ezokuvakasha zithole ama-trillion angu-6.4 noma u-6.6% wesamba somkhiqizo wezwe (GDP) ngo-2012, zasekela imisebenzi engu-39.5 million, u-7.7% wesamba semisebenzi. Ukwengeza, ukukhula kulindeleke kuwo wonke umkhakha ngesilinganiso sonyaka esingama-7.9% kusukela ngo-2013 kuya ku-2023. Lokhu kunikeza i-India indawo yesithathu phakathi kwamazwe anezimboni zezokuvakasha ezikhula ngokushesha kakhulu kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo.

Lokhu kukhula komnotho okuqhubekayo ezikhathini zobuchwepheshe kulethe uhulumeni esinqumweni sokubuyekeza inethiwekhi enkulu yezakhiwo ze-India Tourism ezisebenza emicabangweni ephelelwe yisikhathi. Ngakho-ke, lokhu kuholele ekusetshenzisweni kwamasu amasha okumaketha ahloselwe imodeli yokuphatha evuna ukuncishiswa kwezindleko ngaphandle kokujezisa ukusebenza kahle kanye nesithombe senkampani.

Ngenxa yalokho, i-Indian Tourism Authority isebenzise lawa maqhinga okusebenza kwezimakethe ngokuvala izindawo ezahlukahlukene eYurophu (hhayi kuphela) ingena esigabeni esisha sokusebenza se-epochal.

Incazelo ngokuqhubekayo yacelwa kuNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseNdiya, u-Alphons Joseph Kannanthanam (Alphons JK), ukuze kuqedwe izimpawu zombuzo amalungu ohwebo lokuhamba e-Italy aqala ukuwenza ngezimpawu zokuqala zokuvalwa kwendawo yase-Italy. ihhovisi eMilan.

Ngesikhathi somhlangano wokuqala nongqongqoshe emagcekeni akamuva e-Kerala Travel Mart obubanjelwe e-Cochin, ukuqokwa kwenhlolokhono kwavunyelwana nongqongqoshe okwakuzoba sehhovisi lakhe eDelhi lapho uMhlonishwa uMhlonishwa. U-Alphons JK wazenza watholakala, ephendula yonke imibuzo ngokuzithandela.

Lapha, eTurboNews Inxusa lase-Italy, uMario Masciullo, wabelana ngengxoxo:

eTN: Mayelana nokuvalwa kwamahhovisi e-India Tourism e-Europe, i-Italy ingelinye lawo, yini eyenze uhulumeni wakho wathatha lesi sinqumo?

Ungqongqoshe: Esikhathini sethu sobuchwepheshe, sigcina isidingo esiphelelwe yisikhathi sokuhlinzeka izimakethe ezithile ngokuba khona kwabasebenzi. Izinsizakalo zewebhusayithi zibonakale zisebenza kahle futhi ziyashesha. Asidingi ngempela ukuba khona ngokomzimba yonke indawo, futhi singasebenzisa uhlelo cishe yonke indawo emhlabeni.

Izinhlelo zethu zibona kusengaphambili ukuthi ukusetshenzelwa kwamazwe “angaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi” kuzohlanganiswa izikhulu eziphezulu ezinolwazi oluhle ezizinze eFrankfurt, eJalimane, indlunkulu yaseYurophu ebhekele izimakethe zase-Italy nezinye zase-Europe. Empumalanga, sinehhovisi eSingapore. Siphinde sibe nehhovisi e-China, imakethe enkulu ephumayo. Lokhu kuzoba kuhle ngokwanele.

eTN: Njengoba wazi, omele i-India Tourism wokugcina eMilan, uMnu. Gangadhar, wenze umsebenzi omkhulu ngempela ekuthuthukiseni isithunzi se-India e-Italy phakathi nomsebenzi wakhe weminyaka emi-4. Sibona sengathi ukuvalwa kwehhovisi kuzodala ukukhohlwa okuthile ngokuhweba kwezokuvakasha kanye nomthengi. AmaNtaliyane akhethekile, anomuzwa wokuthi kufanele akhulume nothile futhi ezwe ukusondela.

Ungqongqoshe: Yebo, ngiyayazi imizwa yabantu. Sizobanika amathuba anele nesikhathi sokuthinta nokuzwa. Okokuqala nje, ngizoya embukisweni wemigwaqo e-Italy. Ngizoba se-Roman naseMilan ngasekupheleni kuka-Okthoba, ithuba lokuhlangana nabantu futhi ngibonise ukusondela kwethu okuqhubekayo.

eTN: Ungasho kabanzi ngezindondo zezwe eziyisi-9 uKerala ahlomule kuzo kulo nyaka?

Ungqongqoshe: I-Kerala ibilokhu iphambili kwezokuvakasha yize ingaqali ngokwezibalo. Emalini engenayo benza kahle kakhulu. Mayelana nemibono emisha nemibono, iKerala iyinhlangano enhle, icishe iqhutshwe yizinkampani ezizimele, yilokhu okufanele kube yiyo. Uhulumeni unikeza isikhuthazo sokwenza lokho kwenzeke bese umkhakha ozimele uqhubeka ngamandla kakhulu.

Manje uma sibheka emuva ezikhukhuleni zeziphepho, phakathi nenyanga, zonke izindawo eziya kuzo sezibuyele emsebenzini futhi zisebenza kahle kakhulu, sezilungele ngokuphelele.
Lona omunye wemiklomelo ehambisana neKerala Tourism, yonke esekelwe ekusebenzeni kahle nasekukhiqizeni.

I-eTN: Yiziphi izindawo eziyi-9 okufanele uzibone ezakhiwe e-Asia ozishilo nguwe ngesikhathi uvula inkulumo yakho ye-KTM futhi ezihlobene nokuvulwa okusha kweSikhumulo Sezindiza i-Malabar Kamur?

Ungqongqoshe: Wonke umuntu ukhuluma nge-Taj Mahal, kodwa sinezindawo ezimangalisayo njenge-Kajurhao - inkimbinkimbi yamathempeli angama-82 futhi amaningi awo asaphelele futhi anezakhiwo ezimangalisayo. Futhi Imigede Yase-Allanta nase-Allora, e-Sarna – indawo yokuqala lapho u-Buddha asho khona intshumayelo yakhe yokuqala, ukuqina kwezintaba, kanye ne-adventure, i-ayurveda, ne-yoga. IThempeli Lelanga liyi-architecture emnandi engihlala ngicabanga ngayo ukuthi bayenze kanjani.

Kunezinqaba ze-300 e-Maharastra, ezinye zazo zisolwandle, bese kuba izigodlo zaseRajastan, amahhotela okunethezeka - izigodlo eziguqulwa zibe amahhotela okunethezeka e-Rajastan, uhambo lwesitimela, isibonelo, i-Palace on Wheels kanye nesitimela saseMaharastra. Sinezitimela ezi-5 zalezi ezikhanga izindawo eziphezulu zase-India ezithatha iviki elilodwa ukuzihlola. Izindawo ezihlukene okuyiwa kuzo, kanye nokuhamba komhlaba kanye nezintaba kuwuhambo olumnandi kakhulu umuntu angake alucabange, nokunye!

I-eTN: Ngenyanga ezayo ngoNovemba, ithimba labaqhubi bamafilimu aqophayo abavela kwa-Italian RAI/TV Corp. lizosingathwa yi-Kerala Tourism ukuze lithwebule ezindaweni ezithakaselwayo futhi lethule ifilimu yedokhumentari ohlelweni lokuvakasha lwangeSonto lwe-Kilimangiaro RAI. Ingabe kungaba yithuba lokunweba ukuthwebula kufinyelele ezindaweni ezengeziwe?

Ungqongqoshe: Noma ngabe yiluphi usizo oludingayo ukuze ulungeze ezindaweni ezintsha, sizokusiza.
eTN: Mayelana nendaba yezindaba emaphephandabeni aseNdiya mayelana nesiphakamiso sikahulumeni sokunikeza ikhadi le-ID kuma-transgender aseNdiya, ucabanga ukuthi lokhu kungathathwa njengokucwaswa yinhlangano yomhlaba ye-LGBT, kuyilapho umthetho wakamuva waseNdiya we-LGBT usebenza ngokusemthethweni? ukuphuma kwalesi sigaba sesakhamuzi?

Ungqongqoshe: I-India ayinankinga namuntu. Ngike ngasho phambilini eKTM asibuki ubulili babanye. Mabeze bonke futhi babe nesikhathi esimnandi eNdiya. Izindaba ezidalulwe kakhulu eNdiya futhi zahamba emhlabeni wonke ukuthi samukela noma ngubani. Uhulumeni ubheka ilungelo labantu lokuphila ngesithunzi futhi kumenyezelwa ukuthi uvulelekile ukubamba bonke. Akukho nhlobo ukucwasa - siyabeseka.

eTN: Ziningi izinkulumo ezisabalele e-Italy mayelana nokuhlangana kwe-Air India noma ukuvala ngenxa yomnotho wayo okuthiwa mubi; liyini iqiniso ngalokhu?

Ungqongqoshe: Izindaba ezingamanga lezi. I-Italy iyindawo enhle kithi. Ukusebenza kwe-Air India kuya e-Italy kukhona ukuhlala!

U-Alphons Joseph Kannanthanam (owazalwa ngo-Agasti 8, 1953) uyisikhulu sikahulumeni waseNdiya, ummeli kanye nepolitiki. Njengamanje usebenza njengoNgqongqoshe Wezwe Wezobuxhakaxhaka Bama-elekthronikhi kanye Nobuchwepheshe Bolwazi, Amasiko, Nezokuvakasha, futhi usesikhundleni kusukela ngoSepthemba 3, 2017 ngaphansi kukaHulumeni we-BJP kaNarendra Modi, okungelinye lamaqembu amabili amakhulu ezepolitiki eNdiya.