USepthemba yiNyanga Yezokuvakasha futhi isikhathi esihle sonyaka sokujabulela ukuhlola kanye nokuzwa iJoburg kukho konke ukunyakazisa nokwehlukahlukana kwalo. Isikhathi sasentwasahlobo singenile Johannesburg inikeza ikhalenda elimangalisayo lamafestivali, ama-carnival, imicimbi yebhizinisi kanye nendlela yokuphila, ebonisa idolobha ngokungcono kakhulu kwalo ngombono wezobuciko nezokungcebeleka.
Inyanga yezokuvakasha iwumgubho oqhakambisa ukubaluleka kwezokuvakasha kanye negalelo layo elibalulekile emnothweni waseNingizimu Afrika, okugcine ngokuthi UNWTO Usuku Lwezokuvakasha ngomhla zingama-27 kuMandulo.
IDolobha laseGoli selithole imicimbi eminingi yakuleli neyamazwe ngamazwe ezoqinisa isithunzi salo njengendawo yokugcina yemicimbi yezamabhizinisi – okuhlanganisa neSecond Urban Agri-Summit eqala zingama-25 – 26 Septemba.
Uhlu lwemicimbi yesiginesha yaminyaka yonke idolobha eliyisekelayo, kanye nenqwaba yemicimbi yokungcebeleka kanye nendlela yokuphila ememezela intwasahlobo edolobheni ihlanganisa:
• I-Soweto Wine Festival (1 – 2 September), i-Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication e-Kliptown
• Ceramic Southern Africa (1-26 September) Museum Africa
• Cirque Infernal SA (6-23 Septhemba) Joburg Theatre
• Umkhosi Wobumbano Wamagugu (15 September) Mary Fitzgerlad Square, Newtown
• I-Colour Run South Africa Carnival Tour (16 Septemba) e-Roosevelt High e-Roosevelt Park
• Alex Cultural Festival (22 September) Eastbank Hall, Alexandra
• I-Great Braai Day Market (23 September), Emdeni Sports Facility eSoweto
• I-Standard Bay Joy ye-Jazz & Jazzy Night Market (27 - 29 September) Isikhungo Sengqungquthela saseSandton
• I-The Nutcracker yeJoburg Ballet (5 – 14 Okthoba) eJoburg Theatre
• I-Snow White Pantomime ka-Janice Honeyman e-Joburg Theatre (3 Novemba kuya zingama-23 kuZibandlela)
Uhlelo lwama-21 lwe-Standard Bank Joy of Jazz lubungaza ukuvela kokuhlukahluka ngochungechunge lwezihlabani ezihlola amasiko ahlukahlukene omculo avela emhlabeni wonke. Le festiveli izoqala ngesethi yobusuku obubodwa kuphela yabaculi abavelele abahlangene ndawonye ukuhlonipha u-Hugh Masekela esiteji seDinaledi.
Yiziphi izindawo zokuvakasha ezidume kakhulu eGoli?
I-Apartheid Museum, i-Sandton Square/Sandton City kanye nokuvakasha kwase-Soweto kuphakathi kwezindawo ezikhangayo eziphezulu ezingu-20 nezindawo ezivakashelwe eNingizimu Afrika.
IGoli linezindawo ezithandwa kakhulu ngamagugu, ezobuciko namasiko ezinikeza ulwazi oluhlukahlukene ezivakashini zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe ngokufanayo. Vakashela i-Maboneng Precinct ukuze uthole ubusuku obumnandi befilimu e-Bioscope, ku-Vilakazi Street e-Soweto ukuze uthole amazwibela esikhathi esedlule saseGoli noma eNewtown nase-Braamfontein ngokuzingela okunenzuzo kanye nezimakethe ezimangalisayo zezindawo oya kuzo.
Phakathi kwezinto eziningi ezithakazelisayo ongayenza:
• Vakashela i-Apartheid Museum kanye ne-Constitutional Hill.
• Thatha uhambo lokuhamba ngezinyawo noma ngebhayisikili eSoweto noma edolobheni laseGoli.
• Ziphumulele esiFundeni saseMaboneng naseBraamfontein lapho uzothola khona izixuku zaseGoli ezihlola amagalari, amathiyetha, izitolo zezincwadi, izimakethe zokudla, amabha, izitolo ezikhethekile nokunye.
• Ojaha be-adventure bathanda ukugxuma nge-bungee e-Orlando Towers e-Soweto, umugqa weziphu eMelrose kanye ne-go-karting ku-Kyalami Race Track.
• I-City Sightseeing Red City Tour hop-on-hop off ibhasi ihambisa izivakashi kwezinye zezindawo ezikhangayo zaseGoli futhi kuwuhambo okufanele ulwenze kunoma yisiphi isivakashi saseJoburg.
Uma iqhathaniswa namanye amadolobha omhlaba, iGoli lingelinye lamazwe athengeka kakhulu ukuvakashelwa yizivakashi zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi likhokhela ezokuthutha nendawo yokuhlala, ukungena ezindaweni eziningi zedolobha eziheha izivakashi, ukuyothenga, noma ukujabulela izindawo zokudlela ezinhle kakhulu, izindawo zokudlela zasebusuku kanye namasiko. ezikhangayo.
Zibaluleke kangakanani ezokuvakasha eDolobheni naseDolobheni?
Ezokuvakasha ziwumkhakha wezomnotho obalulekile waseGoli, onomthelela omuhle kulo lonke uchungechunge lwenani lezokuvakasha kusukela kubahlinzeki bezindawo zokuhlala kuya ezindaweni zokudlela, izinkampani zezokuthutha, abaqondisi bezivakashi kanye nezitolo ze-curio.
Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi siyiDolobha Elivakashelwe Kakhulu E-Afrika kusukela ngo-2013 (ngokohlelo lwaminyaka yonke lwe-Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index), kodwa futhi singezinye zezindawo zokuvakashelwa ezinobuhlakani, ezintsha nezikhuthazayo emhlabeni.
Sithanda ukukhumbuza abavakashi ukuthi Kukhona Okuningi EGoli KuneBhizinisi nokuthi iGoli Lingaphezu KweSitobha - nokusebenzisa leli thuba ukugqamisa izindawo zethu zokungcebeleka ezihlukene, sikhuthaze bonke ukuthi bahlole, bazibonele futhi bajabulele iJoburg ngenkathi bevakashele uhlu lwezehlakalo. Thatha ithuba lokuhamba ezinyathelweni zengqalabutho yethu yomzabalazo uNelson Mandela; yizwa impilo njengomuntu wasendaweni e-Soweto noma uzitike ngokwelapha okudayisa ezindaweni zethu zokuthenga ezimangalisayo nezimakethe ezimibalabala.
Kuhlale kunokuthile ongakuthokozela ukubungaza eGoli futhi idolobha lisanda kuqinisa isikhundla salo njengendawo enkulu yezivakashi emhlabeni jikelele lapho liqanjwa njengeDolobha Elipholile Kunazo Zonke eNingizimu Nenkabazwe yi-GQ Magazine (UK). Njengoba lokhu kuncoma kubonisa, nakanjani kuningi eGoli kunezamabhizinisi futhi idolobha lethu liphezulu lapho elihamba phambili, emhlabeni jikelele!
Izivakashi zaseGoli zoniwa ngenqwaba yenhlalo, ezemidlalo, ezokuzijabulisa namasiko ezinikezwayo. Njengoba kunamahhotela angaphezu kuka-9300, ukuxhumana kahle kwezamabhizinisi, ukufinyeleleka okuphakeme ngomgwaqo, ujantshi kanye nomoya - nezinkampani zezindiza ezingu-55 ezixhumanisa iGoli nezwe lonke, izwekazi kanye nomhlaba, iDolobha Legolide liwumnikelo omningi wezimanga, amandla kanye ubuhle.
