I-Iraq izohambela uhlelo lwalo nyaka lwe-World Travel Market (WTM) eLondon kanye nozakwabo i-Dunira Strategy ukuze baphenye ngamathuba okuthuthukiswa kwezimakethe, kusho izikhulu zezokuvakasha e-Iraq ngoLwesithathu, mhla zizi-4 kuNovemba.
Ngokokukhululwa kweBhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Iraq (i-TIB), ithimba lizophinde libambe iqhaza eNgqungqutheleni Yongqongqoshe Benhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yenhlangano Yomhlaba futhi lihlangane nochwepheshe abaphambili baseBrithani.
"Sinqume ukuza eLondon kulo nyaka, ngoba siyabona ukuthi i-WTM iwumbukiso wezokuvakasha ohamba phambili emhlabeni wonke futhi sesiyazi ukuthi bungakanani ubuchwepheshe obukhona e-UK," kusho usihlalo we-TIB u-Hammoud al-Yaqoubi.
Ezokuvakasha e-Iraq zithi ziyabubona “ubuchwepheshe baseBrithani kulo mkhakha.” Ngokusho kwe-TIB, iBritish Museum sekunesikhathi ihamba phambili ekusekeleni ucwaningo nokuchazwa kwamagugu amasiko ase-Iraq, okuyingxenye esemqoka yomkhiqizo wezokuvakasha osafufusa wezwe. “Amadolobha asendulo aseBabiloni nase-Uri ayizindawo ezibalulekile, kuyilapho iBaghdad yaba inhloko-dolobha yobuhlakani bezwe lamaSulumane amakhulu eminyaka, ihola ngezinkanyezi, izincwadi, izibalo nomculo. Ngokusho kwezinye izazi-mlando, Insimu Yase-Edene ingamakhilomitha angama-50 enyakatho yeBasra, idolobha iSinbad asuka kulo ngomkhumbi eThe Thousand and One Nights. Njengoba ineminyaka engu-5,000 XNUMX yomlando, iMesophothamiya iyisizinda sempucuko.”
"Muva nje i-Iraq ibilokhu isematheni ngenxa yezinye izizathu, kodwa nalapha iBrithani ifaka isandla ekululameni, isiza ekuhumusheni uhla lwezwe olumangalisayo lwamagugu namasiko emvelo lube yinzuzo yezomnotho nethuba lenhlalo ngokuvakasha," kusho i-TIB. "Ukuphela komqhubi wezokuvakasha waseYurophu ohlinzeka ngohlelo oluphelele lwe-Iraqi uzinze eYorkshire, eNgilandi."
Umqondisi ophethe we-Hinterland Travel uGeoff Hann, umuntu obalulekile ekusunguleni ukubuyiselwa kwezokuvakasha e-Iraq, uthe: “Ezokuvakasha seziqalwa yizinkinga zeminyaka yakamuva, kodwa iziza kufanele zibonwe futhi kulapho impucuko yaqala khona”. Ngemva kohambo lwakhe lwakamuva ngenyanga edlule, uphawule wathi: “Isimo sengqondo e-Iraq sasijabule, sinempilo futhi sithuthuka nsuku zonke. Isimo sezokuphepha saqinisekisa ukuthi singabona cishe zonke izingosi ezibalulekile, kodwa ngekusasa elibonakalayo zonke izivakashi kufanele zibeke ukubekezela nokuvumelana nezimo.”
Njengoba amahhotela amaningi ezwe angu-784 esesimweni esimpofu, i-TIB ithe izimisele ukukhuluma nabatshalizimali abanombono ofanayo nezifiso zayo futhi iphinde ifune usizo lokwamukela izihambi nokunye ukuqeqeshwa.
Kwengeza u-Benjamin Carey we-Dunira Strategy: “Ezokuphepha ziseyinselelo enkulu kunazo zonke, kodwa ezokuvakasha e-Iraq zinamandla okuletha uguquko, zibe nomthelela ekwazisweni kobuzwe, zisize ekwakheni kabusha ukuzethemba kanye nokubhekana nezinye zezibazi zehlelo nokudala amathuba ahlala njalo ezenhlalo nezomnotho, ikakhulukazi. eyabase-Iraqis abasha. Yize i-Iraq izoba ngeyabantu abangochwepheshe nabahambi abanesibindi isikhathi eside, iyindawo elinde ukutholwa abavakashi kanye nabavakashi ngabanye.”
Ukuba khona kwe-WTM yase-Iraq kuzophawula ukuvakasha kokuqala kwezwe embukisweni wezokuvakasha wase-Europe esikhathini esingaphezu kweminyaka eyishumi.
