Uhlelo lwesine lwe-Investment and Tourism Business Forum (INVESTOUR) lukhulume ngokubambisana namathuba ebhizinisi phakathi kweSpain ne-Afrika. Kugujwe umcimbi weMadrid International Tourism Fair (FITUR), i-INVESTOUR 2013 ihlanganise abameleli abavela emazweni angama-33 ase-Afrika kanye nosomabhizinisi baseSpain abangaphezu kuka-50.
Isinyathelo se UNWTO, i-Madrid Tourism Fair Institution (IFEMA) kanye ne-Casa Africa, INVESTOUR 2013 ebibanjwe ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi “Ukuthuthukiswa Kwezokuvakasha e-Afrika: Izinselelo Namathuba” igqamise ezinye zezindawo ezibalulekile zokuncintisana kwezokuvakasha esifundeni - ukuxhumana emoyeni, ukutshalwa kwezimali, ukufaka uphawu, kanye zokuthuthukisa umkhiqizo. Iseshini ye-b2b, esebenza njengenkundla yebhizinisi yabahlanganyeli, ihehe izinkampani zaseSpain ezingaphezu kuka-50 ukuthi zihlole amathuba azungeze amaphrojekthi wezokuvakasha ase-Afrika angama-200 ezindaweni ezifana nokungenisa izihambi, ezokuthutha, imfundo, ukwazi nengqalasizinda.
"Ukuhlanganisa ndawonye imboni zikahulumeni nezizimele nabangase babe ngabalingani bamazwe ngamazwe, kumelela ithuba eliyingqayizivele lokuqinisa ubudlelwano bebhizinisi phakathi kweSpain ne-Afrika kanye nokuqhubekisela phambili intuthuko esimeme ezwenikazi," kusho. UNWTO UNobhala Jikelele, uTaleb Rifai, evula i-INVESTOUR. Ngokuphikisana nesizinda sokufika kwezivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe okukhule ngo-6% esifundeni ngo-2012, umcimbi wenzeka "esikhathini lapho i-Afrika iqhubeka nokuzabalaza ebalazweni lezokuvakasha," wengeza.
Ukubaluleka kokuhlelwa kwesu okuyilo kwezokuvakasha ukuze kuthuthukiswe i-Afrika kugqanyiswe nguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseBenin, uJean Michel Abimbola. "Ukuhlukahluka komnotho kuwukhiye wokuheha abatshalizimali kanye nokugcina amasiko e-millenarian ngamaphrojekthi afana ne-ecotourism nokuqeqeshwa," esho.
"I-Afrika iyindawo futhi i-Afrika iyimakethe," kusho uNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha eNingizimu Afrika, uMarthinus van Schalkwyk, enanela izinkulumo-mpikiswano ezigcizelela ukuthi esimweni samanje somnotho, izinhlelo ezifana ne-INVESTOUR zingenza umehluko ekuthuthukiseni ezokuvakasha. kanye nokuletha amathuba amasha ezinkampanini zaseYurophu.
Evala umcimbi, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha e-Senegal, u-Youssou N'Dour, ukugcizelele ukuthi i-INVESTOUR “ithuba eliyingqayizivele lamazwe ase-Afrika ukukhombisa amandla awo okuvakasha kubatshalizimali kanye nabalingani baseSpain. Ezokuvakasha ziwumkhakha ongenza umehluko esifundeni sethu, ngakho-ke, sizoqhubeka nokweseka lesi sinyathelo esibalulekile esikhathini esizayo.”
I-Afrika ingesinye sezifunda zezokuvakasha ezikhula ngokushesha emhlabeni. Phakathi kuka-2000 no-2012, abavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe abafikayo bangaphezu kokuphindwe kabili (kusuka ezigidini ezingu-26 kuya kwezingu-52). Ngo-2030, UNWTO ibikezela ukuthi lesi sibalo sizofinyelela ezigidini ezingu-134.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- "I-Afrika iyindawo futhi i-Afrika iyimakethe," kusho uNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha eNingizimu Afrika, uMarthinus van Schalkwyk, enanela izinkulumo-mpikiswano ezigcizelela ukuthi esimweni samanje somnotho, izinhlelo ezifana ne-INVESTOUR zingenza umehluko ekuthuthukiseni ezokuvakasha. kanye nokuletha amathuba amasha ezinkampanini zaseYurophu.
- Against the backdrop of international tourist arrivals growing by 6% in the region in 2012, the event took place “in a moment in which Africa continues to strive in the tourism map,” he added.
- In closing the event, the Minister of Tourism of Senegal, Youssou N'Dour, underscored that INVESTOUR is “a unique opportunity for African countries to showcase their tourism potential to Spanish investors and partners.
