Ekugubheni Isonto Lezokuvakasha lesiNgisi, i-Virgin Trains namuhla (23 March) yembule umbukiso okhethekile wesitimela saseNyakatho ukukhuthaza abantu abaningi ukuthi baye enyakatho kuleli hlobo.
Isitimela esinegama sizosetshenziswa kuwo wonke umzila we-Virgin Trains East Coast okhuphukela e-Edinburgh kusukela mhla zingama-23 kuNdasa kuya zingama-9 kuMandulo, impelasonto yokuvala yoMbukiso Omkhulu WaseNyakatho.
Umbukiso Omkhulu WaseNyakatho uzosingathwa eNewcastleGateshead, egameni leNyakatho yeNgilandi, futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ufinyelele izethameli zabantu abayizigidi ezintathu, okuhlanganisa nezivakashi ezingaphezu kwesigidi ezisuka ngaphesheya kwe-UK naphesheya kwezilwandle.
Izitimela Eziyintombi zimenyezelwe njengozakwethu KaNdunankulu Wombukiso Osekelwa Uhulumeni, ozogubha ubuciko obuhle namasiko, ukwakheka kanye nokuqanjwa okusha okuvela kulo lonke elaseNyakatho yeNgilandi.
U-David Horne, Umqondisi Ophethe we-Virgin Trains emzileni wayo osogwini olusempumalanga, uthe: “Siyajabula ukwembula uMbukiso wethu Omkhulu wesitimela saseNyakatho nokusekela lo mgubho omuhle wokuklama nokusungula izinto ezintsha. Kuyajabulisa ukubona umcimbi usuqala ukwakheka njengoba silungiselela ukwethula uxhaxha lwethu olusha lwezitimela ze-Azuma ezizoshintsha ukuhamba kwezitimela kulo lonke elase-UK, ziqhubeke zixhumanisa abantu baseNyakatho neLondon neScotland.”
UCarol Bell, uMqondisi Omkhulu weGreat Exhibition of the North, uthe: “Njengenye yezinkampani ezihamba phambili zase-UK, sijabule kakhulu ngokubambisana ne-Virgin Trains ukuze sibe nombukiso okhethekile we-Great Exhibition of the North ogwini lwabo oludumile lwase-East. umzila wesitimela.
“Sizobe samukela izivakashi ezivela ezindaweni ezikude ngakho sithemba ukuthi kuzosiza ukuletha injabulo nokulindela kubavakashi behla benyuka nezwe futhi kukhuthaze abantu abaningi ngokwengeziwe ukuthi baye eNyakatho kuleli hlobo!”
Isonto Lezokuvakasha laseNgilandi, eliqala mhla ziyi-17 kuya zingama-25 kuNdasa, liwumkhosi waminyaka yonke. Lo mcimbi ungomunye weminingi egqamisa ukubaluleka kanye nezinga lezokuvakasha e-England.
Umqondisi we-VisitEngland, u-Andrew Stokes, uthe: “I-English Tourism Week imayelana nokugubha ukubaluleka kanye nekhwalithi yezokuvakasha e-England, futhi kunezizathu eziningi ezinhle zokuhlola ukuthi yini eseduze kwakho. Izinhlobonhlobo zemisebenzi kusukela emaphandleni ethu athule futhi athokomele kuya emadolobheni ethu abhongayo futhi anempilo kunikeza isizwe sakithi ukuvutha okungajwayelekile ongazabalaza ukukuthola kwenye indawo emhlabeni. Futhi konke kucwile efa lethu elicebile nelimangalisayo. Imboni yonke ihlangana ndawonye ngeviki lesiNgisi lezokuvakasha ukuze kukhangise ngemikhiqizo yezokuvakasha ehlukahlukene ezweni lonke eheha abantu bendawo futhi ibakhuthaze ukuthi babe izivakashi endaweni yabo.”
I-Great Exhibition of the North izoba umcimbi omkhulu kunazo zonke e-England kulo nyaka. Kumahhala ukuba khona futhi kuzoxoxa indaba ekhuthazayo yaseNyakatho yeNgilandi nokuthi abasunguli bayo, amabhizinisi, abaculi nabaklami basilolonge kanjani isikhathi sethu samanje futhi balikhuthaza kanjani ikusasa lethu.
Izivakashi zizoqala uhambo lwazo kwenye yezindawo ezintathu ezivelele - i-Great North Museum, i-BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art kanye ne-Sage Gateshead - ngaphambi kokujoyina imizila emithathu exhumene ngokusebenzisa izindawo ezingu-30 ezisezingeni lomhlaba kanye nezikhala zomphakathi nhlangothi zombili zoMfula iTyne ezigubha iNyakatho. impumelelo kwezobuciko namasiko, ukuklama, kanye nokusungula izinto ezintsha.
Lo mbukiso kulindeleke ukuthi ulethe imali eyizigidi ezingu-£184 eNyakatho East, okubonisa ukuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali kwamasiko kungazuzisa kanjani futhi kukhuthaze imiphakathi yonke.
