Njengepharadesi e-Indian Ocean, iSeychelles iqhudelana nezinye izizwe eziningi eziyiziqhingi emhlabeni wonke, kusukela eSouth East Asia kuya eCaribbean, kanye namazwe aseduze. Noma kunjalo, ukwazile ukuzibeka njengomunye wezindawo ezihamba phambili zokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele. Yiziphi izinzuzo ezincintisanayo neziqhathaniswayo ezehlukanisa leli zwe kubaqhudelana nalo abakhulu?
Ngaphakathi kwe-Indian Ocean uqobo, ngicabanga ukuthi iSeychelles ihlanganisa iziqhingi ezihamba phambili. Ngakolunye uhlangothi sineMauritius okuyisiqhingi esikhudlwana esinamahhotela amahle, ngakolunye sineMaldives eneziqhingi eziningi ezincane nezindawo zokungcebeleka ezimangalisayo. Kepha akekho kubo onokuhlukahluka iSeychelles enakho. Ngicabanga ukuthi uma uya e-Mauritius, uyozithokozisa ehhotela futhi uma uya eMaldives kuwukuzithokozisa okwengeziwe. Kepha iSeychelles ngokubona kwami iyona kuphela ezibolekayo ukuletha okuhlangenwe nakho kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo ngempela.
Sinezinhlobonhlobo zemikhiqizo lapha, kusukela ezindlini zezivakashi, izikhungo ze-3 ne-4 Stars, amahhotela aphambili anegama elithi 5 Stars ukuya eziqhingini ezizimele anikezwayo. Kodwa okuhlanganisa wonke umuntu kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukusiphi isabelomali, noma ihhotela ohlala kulo, ukuhlukahluka kwabantu neziqhingi. Isibonelo, e-Mahe, ethatha imoto futhi eshayela ezungeza amagalari, ebona umdobi wendawo ebuya nezinhlanzi zabo, ethatha isampula yezindawo zokudlela zendawo kanye nokuvakasha phakathi kweziqhingi noma ukuya ePraslin, La Digue nakwezinye izindawo ezizimele. iziqhingi. Leyo yikhwalithi eyingqayizivele yaseSeychelles, ngicabanga ukuthi yilokhu okusenza sihluke kwabancintisana nabomakhelwane bethu.
Kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke, siyisibalo sabantu abangaphezu kuka-90,000, ngakho-ke sipholile futhi sikhululekile futhi abantu lapha ngokuvamile banobungane kakhulu. Asilona isiko elidala; uma ubheka emhlabeni wonke asinawo isiko lamazwe ase-Asia kodwa ngakolunye uhlangothi, asinazo izixuku noma ukungcola. Njengesiqhingi, ngicabanga ukuthi sinalokho kubalekela impilo yasesiqhingini futhi usondela kulokho okwenzeka lapha kunanoma iyiphi enye indawo.
I-Mason's Travel iyiNkampani Yokuphathwa Kwendawo Yomndeni ephethwe umndeni eyasungulwa ngo-1972 futhi namuhla iyinkampani ephatha umhlabathi enamandla kakhulu futhi entsha eSeychelles. Ungasitshela ukuthi inkampani yakho ishintshe kanjani ngokuhamba kwesikhathi nokuthi yini eholele lezi zinguquko?
Hhayi-ke, amakhono asemqoka enkampani ahlala engashintshi. Ngokuyinhloko, leli bhizinisi laqalwa ngumama futhi cishe waziwa njengomunye wamavulandlela amakhulu kwezokuvakasha eSeychelles. Ukuqala kohambo lukaMason kwaqondana nokuvulwa ngokusemthethweni kweSikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe SaseSeychelles ngaleyo ndlela ukukhula kwangempela kwezokuvakasha eSeychelles. Saqala ngokusiza ngokubhuka okumbalwa kwamahhotela, singamaphayona aqala uhambo oluthile ikakhulukazi epaki yasolwandle ngaleso sikhathi. Ngaleso sikhathi iMahe yayiyisiqhingi esikhulu esakha amahhotela okuqala, kuyilapho iPraslin neLa Digue zazinezindlu ezimbalwa zezivakashi futhi zingathuthukisiwe futhi zifinyeleleka kalula; sikwazile ukunikela ngohambo lokuya ePraslin naseLa Digue futhi ibhizinisi likhule lisuka kulokho.
Sesiphenduke ochwepheshe kwezokusebenza kwe-island hopping. Mayelana nokuhlela ukubhukha kwehhotela ekuhleleni uhambo lwalo, ukuphatha phansi uma iklayenti selifikile, ukudluliselwa ngesikhathi lihlala, isevisi yamakhasimende, ngokuyisisekelo iqinisekisa ukuthi konke kwenzeka ngokushelela, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi basuka kwesinye isiqhingi baye kwesinye.
Namuhla sinamahhovisi kuzo zonke iziqhingi ezintathu ezinkulu kanye nabasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-300. Ekugcineni, sichitha isikhathi sethu esiningi sihamba futhi simaketha indawo okungenye yezindima zethu ezibalulekile. Sisiza ama-ejensi wezokuvakasha kanye nabaqhubi bezokuvakasha ngokuqeqeshwa, ukuhlonza imikhiqizo efanele amaklayenti abo futhi siwasize lapho kudingeka khona. Siyabasiza baqondanise amakhasimende namahhotela athile ngoba akuwona wonke umuntu onamakhasimende afanayo. Sisebenza kakhulu namahhotela asezingeni eliphezulu njengoba senza ngezindlu zezivakashi ezincane. Ukukhula eminyakeni edlule kube kuhle kakhulu, kuqala ngedlanzana labasebenzi, kodwa impumelelo yethu incike ekungaguquguquki nasekuzibophezeleni esinakho, umkhankaso wethu wokubambisana wokubeka iSeychelles kuqala.
I-Mason's Travel imenyezelwe njenge-tour operator ehamba phambili e-Seychelles yi-Luxury Travel Guide 2017. Nizihlukanisa kanjani kwezinye izinkampani ezinkulu lapha, njenge-Creole Travel Services?
I-Creole Travel Services iyinkampani enkulu, ineqembu elihle nengqalasizinda eqinile. Nokho, ngicabanga ukuthi umehluko wethu omkhulu ngabasebenzi bethu. Abaningi babo sebeneminyaka engu-20 neminyaka engaba ngu-40. Ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kuwukubonakaliswa kwenani esilibeke eqenjini lethu kanye nokuzibophezela kulokho esikubiza ngokuthi “ukuba ne-touch of the Mason”. Sonke sinengqalasizinda ekahle, izinhlelo zesimanje ze-IT, amabhasi nezikebhe zohambo, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi ekugcineni zehlela kubantu nakumugqa wethegi wethu mayelana nesipiliyoni se-Living the Seychelles.
Waziwa kakhulu eSeychelles njengenye yezinkampani eziphumelela kakhulu, kodwa liyini isu lakho lokumaketha lamazwe ngamazwe, ikakhulukazi kulezi zinsuku ngokuvela kwama-Online Travel Agencies? Ubhekana kanjani nomncintiswano wamazwe ngamazwe?
Lona umdlalo ohluke ngokuphelele ngokwawo. Asikwazi ukuncintisana ne-expedia.com noma i-booking.com: bayimidondoshiya yomhlaba manje, kodwa i-Seychelles ibilokhu yehlukile. Ezimakethe zethu zomthombo, siyindawo yohambo olude. Ayiyi eLondon noma eParis futhi ingena ku-booking.com nokuthola ihhotela. Ngikholelwa ukuthi ekhasimendeni, i-Seychelles iwutshalomali ngezindlela ezimbili: ngokwezimali, kude kakhulu nokufika ngezindiza ezibizayo okufanele zizithathe; futhi nangokomzwelo ngoba kubantu abaningi kuyiholide elikhetheke kakhulu, ukuba ne-honeymoon noma isikhumbuzo; ngakho-ke kuningi okulindelwe.
Asilona ibhizinisi kumthengi kodwa ngokuyinhloko siyibhizinisi ebhizinisini futhi ozakwethu bangabathengisi bezitolo, abaqhubi bezokuvakasha. Sisebenza nabathengisi bezitolo okuthe bona bahlanganisa izincwajana bese bedayisa amaphakheji. Sisebenza nama-ejenti amaningi okudayisa futhi senza ukuqeqeshwa okuningi kwabasebenzi.
Sisaqhubeka nokukholelwa ekutheni abantu abaqeqeshiwe kanye nongoti ezindaweni okuyiwa kuzo. Kuyindawo engathengiswa kalula ngokungalungile. Njengoba kushiwo ekuqaleni, uya eMauritius futhi ukhetha ihhotela ngokuvumelana nesabelomali sakho. Uma ufuna ukuba neholide elilungile le-Seychelles, kumayelana nokuba nochwepheshe abanolwazi lokuthi ungahlangabezana kanjani ne-Seychelles.
Kuningi okukhulunywayo mayelana nomthamo wezwe wokuthwala kanye nombono wokuthi isibalo sisonke sabavakashi abezayo asikwazi ukuqhubeka nokwanda. Uhlela kanjani ukuzivumelanisa nezinombolo zezokuvakasha ezikhuphukayo, ukuze uzivumelanise nesu likahulumeni?
Ngicabanga ukuthi ukukhula kwethu ezinambeni zezokuvakasha kube yinto ephilayo. Asiyona indawo yabantu abaningi futhi asikasondeli ngisho nokuba lapho. Besihlezi sizibeka njengemakethe ye-niche esikhundleni semakethe enkulu.
Sonke siyazi futhi sonke siyavuma ukuthi asifuni ukuba indawo yobuningi. Kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi kunocwaningo oluningi nokuqonda okudingekayo mayelana nendlela engcono kakhulu yokuya phambili, ukuze sikwazi ukubeka izinhloso ezifanele, futhi sihlele ngempumelelo ngokwale migomo.
Kufanele sicabangele ukuthi singabantu abambalwa abajwayele izinga elithile lokuphila; imfundo yamahhala, impilo yamahhala, futhi lokhu kuza ngezindleko. Sesishilo ukuthi sesifinyelele umkhawulo ngokuphelele mayelana nokuqashwa, ngakho-ke noma iyiphi intuthuko entsha eSeychelles izosho abasebenzi abaningi abavela kwamanye amazwe, okuhle uma sifuna ukugcina izinombolo ezikhulayo futhi sisekele imboni kodwa ngasikhathi sinye, ingxenye ukukhula nokuqashwa kumele kube nenzuzo yezwe kwezomnotho. Uma ukukhula kwabasebenzi kuphuma kwamanye amazwe, imali engenayo ishiya izwe.
Ukusimama wudaba olubalulekile oluthinta yonke imikhakha yesu likahulumeni. Ngabe usebenzisa ngaziphi izindlela lokhu okuseqhulwini kuzwelonke?
Ibhizinisi lethu ligxile kakhulu kubasebenzi, ngokungafani nehhotela elisebenzisa ama-solar panel. Sashintsha isitayela sohambo lwethu eminyakeni eyishumi edlule. Iningi lemikhumbi yethu yaphansi manje seliphokophele ezinjinini ezisebenza kahle kakhulu. Ngasohlangothini lwasolwandle, sishintshele kuma-catamaran ohambo lwasemini ohambweni lwethu. Sisebenzise uphethiloli omncane kakhulu ngemva kokushintsha izikebhe ezinkulu ezinezinjini ezinamandla ezibonisa ukonga uphethiloli emisebenzini yethu yansuku zonke.
Njengeqembu, sinophiko lwamahhotela lapho siye safinyelela ohlelweni oluphelele lwamanzi agaywe kabusha ikakhulukazi ehhotela lethu elisha e-Mahe, ihhotela lolwandle i-cabana elivulwe ngonyaka odlule. Isibonelo, amanzi ahlanzekile aphuma ohlelweni abuyela ezindlini zangasese ukuze singawashali amanzi ahlanzekile uma kusetshenziswa izindlu zangasese. Sinohlelo lokuqoqa amanzi oluqoqa namanzi emvuleni. E-Denis Island, sinepulazi lapho namuhla ngingasho ukuthi cishe amaphesenti angama-80 emikhiqizo esetshenziswa ehhotela noma endaweni yokudlela itshalwa lapho, kusukela obisini olusha kuye emaqandeni, izithelo, imifino, izinkukhu, ingulube noma ngisho nenyama yenkomo kukhiqizwa kuyo. isiqhingi.
Ngaphezu kokuhamba kukaMason, kukhona iMason's Air kanye neMason's Exchange, kodwa futhi kunezindawo ezikwezinye iziqhingi. Uzikhetha kanjani ukuthi yiziphi izindawo ongahlukanisa kuzo nokuthi ungatshala kuphi lapha eSeychelles?
Ekugcineni, singochwepheshe bezokuvakasha futhi i-Mason's Travel ibilokhu iwumgogodla wesu lethu lebhizinisi. Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, kuguqukele kuhambo lwe-Mason's Air futhi siyi-GSA yezindiza ezithile. Ezinsukwini zokuqala, bekunesidingo sokuthuthukisa izinsiza zokuhamba eziphumayo ngokusiza okwengeziwe ngokubhuka nezindiza. IMason Air Travel empeleni ibiyisikhungo esiphuma ngaphandle sabahlali namabhizinisi.
Kamuva, lapho sinezingqinamba zokushintshisana ngemali yangaphandle ezweni ngo-2008, uhulumeni wayebheke ukukhuthaza izitolo ezengeziwe ze-“Bureau de change” ukugcina amabhange ethembeke kakhulu ngamanani okushintshanisa imali, futhi yilapho sethula khona iMason’s Exchange. Asibona kuphela inkampani yokushintshisana lapha kodwa sikwazile ukudala indawo enokuncintisana kakhulu futhi ngicabanga ukuthi namuhla ikhasimende lithola idili elingcono kakhulu lokuthenga nokudayiswa kwemali. Okunye ukutshalwa kwezimali ku-hospitality kufaka phakathi izakhiwo zamahhotela eziwutshalomali lwengqalasizinda yesikhathi eside.
I-Mason's Travel isanda kuhlanganyela emhlanganweni wokucobelelana ngolwazi we-STB okuhloswe ngawo ukunikeza amaqembu endawo ithuba lokuthuthukisa nokwandisa iziphakamiso zawo ezinikezwa amaklayenti e-Reunion island futhi ngokuphambene nalokho. Ungakwazi ukuchaza kabanzi ngale workshop kanye namathuba owabona e-Reunion?
Senza ama-workshops amaningi. Ngicabanga ukuthi i-La Reunion ingeyesifunda, kodwa ngokuvamile yilokho esikwenzayo ezimakethe zethu ezibalulekile. Senza ukuhweba okuningi kanye nokuchayeka kubasebenzeli bezokuvakasha. E-La Reunion, kwakuwumkhuba ofanayo.
Lokhu bekusebenzisana nabaphathi bethu abakhulu lapho futhi umhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi wenziwa emadolobheni amakhulu nabasebenza kwezokuvakasha. Isibonelo, ekuseni i-STB ibiyobe yenze isethulo ngendawo okuyiwa kuyo, ngabe sesingene ngemininingwane eminingi maqondana neziqhingi ezahlukahlukene. Besiyochaza ukuthi uhambo lwesiqhingi lusebenza kanjani, isibonelo ukugibela isikebhe noma ukugibela indiza ukuze uzuze leyo nhlanganisela yesiqhingi.
Siphinde saba nezihambeli ezithile ezibambe iqhaza njengamahhotela nabamele izindlu zezivakashi bebukisa ngeminye yemikhiqizo yabo. Ukwengeza, sibe namavawusha futhi sakhipha imiklomelo ye-raffles e-Seychelles futhi sakha isimo esihle phakathi kwababekhona ngokubuza imibuzo ehlobene ne-Seychelles. Ithimba lethu lezentengiso lisebenzisana ne-STB ezimakethe zethu ezinkulu kule misebenzi ehlanganyelwe. Kwesinye isikhathi sizenzela ngokwethu nozakwethu ukuze sinikele ngokuqhubekayo futhi sisize ukuqwashisa ngendawo okuyiwa kuyo.
Kuwebhusayithi yakho, unikeza Ihabhu Lozakwethu. Ungakwazi yini ukuchaza ukuthi ihlanganisani, nokuthi kungani uyethule?
Ihabhu Yozakwethu inikeza ukufinyelela kozakwethu esinenkontileka nalo lonke ulwazi oludingekayo, njengezindaba ezifanele nemihlahlandlela eya e-Seychelles. Kufana nesizindalwazi esinolwazi kuzo zonke izigaba zamahhotela ezinezincazelo zezindawo zawo. Ngokuvamile, kuyinkundla yebhizinisi eya kumakhasimende ebhizinisi ukuwasiza ukuthi afunde kakhulu futhi azethembe lapho esezinhlelweni zokuthengisa indawo okuyiwa kuyo.
I-Mason's Travel ixhumeke ngaphakathi kulokho iziqhingi zaseSeychelles eziyikho, nokuthi yini okufanele zinikeze yona. Njengamanje kunomzamo kazwelonke wokusebenza kuleso sipho ngokuhlukanisa umnotho. Njengenkampani yaseSeychellois ekhona emhlabeni jikelele, ingabe uyasiza ekuvezeni iSeychelles njengendawo yokuvakasha?
Ngokusobala, sonke singama-Seychellois aziqhenyayo futhi sihlangana nabantu abavame ukubuza ngamathuba okutshalwa kwezimali kodwa ekugcineni okukhethekile kwethu ukufaka uphawu lwe-Seychelles ngombono wokuhlangenwe nakho kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo.
Ungomunye wosomabhizinisi ababaluleke kakhulu eSeychelles. Ingabe unomyalezo wosomabhizinisi abasebasha baseSeychellois, kanye nosomabhizinisi bakwamanye amazwe abasafufusa kwezomnotho mayelana nendlela yokuphumelela njengawe?
Kithina, isikhathi sidlale ingxenye enkulu yakho, kodwa ekugcineni impumelelo ye-Mason's kanye nalapho sikhona namuhla imayelana nokuba nothando. Kufanele ukholwe ngempela kokwenzayo futhi ube nomdlandla ngakho. Inhlanhla yakho izofika kodwa wenza leyo nhlanhla ngokubamba lawo mathuba uma evela futhi yilokho esiyikho.
