(eTN ) - UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseKenya uNajib Balala uqoke u-Jake Grieves-Cook njengosihlalo we-Kenya Tourist Board (KTF) ihlandla lesibili lokubusa.
UGrieves-Cook wasungula i-Eco-Tourism Society of Kenya ngeminyaka yawo-90, ayiphatha iminyaka ethile, ngaphambi kokuba aqokwe njengosihlalo we-Kenya Tourism Federation (KTF), inhlangano ezimele yezokuvakasha yaseKenya, ehambisana ne-Uganda Tourism. Inhlangano kanye neNhlangano Yezokuvakasha yaseTanzania.
Uke wasebenza njengosihlalo we-KTB iminyaka emithathu edlule futhi ekanye naye ephethe i-Kenya yenza inqubekelaphambili enkulu ekuthuthukisweni kwezokuvakasha kanye nasekufikeni kwezivakashi, okube ngaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili ngonyaka odlule.
Udlame lwangemva kokhetho, nokho, lwashanela okuningi impumelelo eyenziwe eminyakeni yakamuva futhi u-Jake uzodinga wonke amakhono akhe amakhulu nokuxhumana emhlabeni wonke ukuze abuyisele ezokuvakasha eKenya enkazimulweni yayo yangaphambili.
Phakathi nezinyanga zikaJanuwari, February noMarch Jake wasebenza njengomkhulumeli osemthethweni we-KTF futhi waqinisekisa mathupha ukuthi imibiko enembile nefike ngesikhathi ngesimo sangempela esikhona ifinyelela ezindlini zabezindaba ezifanele eMpumalanga Afrika nasemhlabeni wonke nsuku zonke. nokuthi noma yikuphi ukubikwa okungeyikho kwaphendulwa ngokushesha ngamaqiniso alungile.
Akekho noyedwa umvakashi owalimala ngalezo zinyanga eziyinhlekelele eKenya ezizosiza ekwakheni kabusha imboni yezokuvakasha ezinyangeni ezizayo. Lokhu kwakungenxa yemizamo emikhulu yethimba lezimo eziphuthumayo le-KTF, ngokubambisana nabezokuphepha bezwe, ababegcina ulwazi kuzo zonke intuthuko futhi beluleka abavakashi nabasebenzisa i-safari kanye nezindawo zokulala, izindawo zokungcebeleka namahhotela ngezimo ezishintshayo.
Engxoxweni ekhethekile abe nayo nabakwa-eTN, uGrieves-Cook uthe: “Kuzoba yilungelo ukuphinde ngithathe isikhundla sokuba nguSihlalo we-KTB nokusebenzisana nohulumeni nezinye izinhlaka ezithintekayo ukuze kuvuselelwe imboni yethu yezokuvakasha ebithinteke kakhulu. umphumela wezibhelu zomphakathi kanye nodlame phakathi nenhlekelele yakamuva yangemva kokhetho.”
Ngokusho kwakhe, uhulumeni omusha waseKenya “weGrand Coalition” uveze ukuthi izinto ezibalulekile eqhulwini wukubuyisela kabusha abantu baseKenya abadingisiwe abahlala ezinkanjini zababaleki; ukuqinisekisa ukuthi umnotho ubuyela esimeni ukuze ufinyelele amazinga okukhula aqagelwe kanye nokudala amathuba emisebenzi, ikakhulukazi entsheni engasebenzi; kanye nokugxila kwezolimo ngesikhathi lapho amanani okudla esanda kunyuka futhi kunokukhathazeka mayelana nokushoda kokudla okungenzeka kwesikhashana. "Uma singakwazi ukubuyisela ezokuvakasha ngokushesha, lokhu kuzosiza kakhulu ekufukuleni umnotho nokudala izinkulungwane zemisebenzi eyengeziwe nokuziphilisa kwabantu baseKenya."
"Kuzodingeka sigxile emkhankasweni osheshayo wokumaketha kulezo zimakethe zethu ezibalulekile ezinamandla okukhiqiza izivakashi ezifikayo emahhotela ethu engxenyeni yesibili yalo nyaka," engeza. “Lokhu kusho ukugcizelela ukukhangisa emithonjeni yezindaba yamazwe ngamazwe kanye nokuphromotha okuhlanganyelwe nabahwebi bezokuvakasha phesheya kanye nokunikeza izikhuthazo zokukhuthaza ukwesekwa kwezinkampani zezindiza kanye nabaqhubi abakhulu bezokuvakasha bamazwe ngamazwe.”
UGrieves-Cook unomsebenzi omude ovelele embonini yezokuvakasha yaseKenya, ethathe iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu nesigamu, lapho asebenza khona ezikhundleni eziphezulu zokuphatha ngaphambi kokusungula inkampani yakhe, i-Gamewatchers Kenya kanye ne-Porini Safari Camps.
