Umqhubi we-US Tour Izinkambo Zokungcebeleka zaseNtshonalanga, inkampani yezokuvakasha ezinze e-Utah. IWestern Leisure manje isilungele ukuthengisa uhambo oluya eZimbabwe futhi, ngemuva kokuthi umnikazi uNicole Doherty ethathe uhambo oludumile lokuya eningizimu ye-Afrika, engena ephuma esikhumulweni sezindiza esisha iVictoria Falls entshonalanga neZimbabwe.

Ngenkathi esezimpophomeni, wathatha uhambo olude lokuhamba ngezinyawo, wagibela uhambo lokushona kwelanga futhi wagijimela ohambweni lwendiza enophephela emhlane ukuze aqonde ngokugcwele "intuthu edumayo," njengoba baziwa kanjalo, ngemuva kwegama lomdabu lesiLozi.

UDoherty, waseMidvale, e-Utah, kungenzeka ukuthi ubenganakile, kepha ubesebenzisa isihlenga semikhankaso yomphakathi kanye nezizimele, kanye nesikhumulo sezindiza, okunikeza iZimbabwe ithemba lendlela yokuphuma enkingeni yezomnotho, kanye nomuthi wokuthambisa idumela elibi.

Yize ibhekene nokwenyuka kwamandla emali okungamaphesenti angama-300, iZimbabwe ngonyaka odlule yaqopha izinyanga zayo eziwu-12 ezihamba phambili kwezokuvakasha eVictoria Falls - okuyindawo enamamaki amakhulu - kanye nasezifundeni zayo ezisentshonalanga kabanzi. Ngo-2018, izivakashi zichithe ubusuku obungu-250,000 sebuphelele emahhotela ayi-10 eVictoria Falls ahlolwe umbiko we-Living Living Africa, okunyuke ngamaphesenti angama-30 kusukela ngonyaka wezi-2015. Igumbi lesitokisi kuleli dolobha seliphindaphindwe kabili eminyakeni emihlanu. Ngemuva kwezimayini nezolimo, ezokuvakasha zinomthelela omkhulu emnothweni wezwe. I-Lonely Planet yanikeza iZimbabwe ivoti lokuzethemba, wayibeka phakathi kwamazwe ayi-10 azowavakashela ngo-2019 - naphezu kwenkinga yasekhaya.

Zonke lezi zinhlelo zisiza iZimbabwe ukuthi ibuye ithole lokho okwake kwaba umkhakha wezokuvakasha ochumayo.

Isikhumulo sezindiza iVictoria Falls International esikwi- $ 150 million - esikhokhelwe yimalimboleko evela eChina futhi enesibalo sabavakashi abayizigidi eziyi-1.5 ngonyaka - yisona sisekelo secebo leZimbabwe. Ivulwe ngoDisemba 2015 futhi manje inezindiza eziqonde ngqo e-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), eNairobi (Kenya), eWindhoek (Namibia) naseGaborone (eBotswana) kaningana ngesonto, kanye nezinsizakalo zansuku zonke eKapa naseGoli (South Africa) naseHarare nase Bulawayo (Zimbabwe). Lokhu kuvumele abezokuvakasha ukuthi baklame izindlela zokuhamba ezihlanganisa izindawo ezinamathikithi amakhulu ezwenikazi ngenkathi kugcinwa izikhathi zokuhamba zifushane. Izwe selizinciphisile nezidingo ze-visa.

Amahhotela, izindawo zokulala kanye nezindawo zokudlela kuhlomule kwizivumelwano ezinikezwe nguMongameli Emmerson Mnangagwa. Ngenkathi, ngoMashi nonyaka, uhulumeni evimbela amabhizinisi aseZimbabwe ukuthi akhokhise amadola aseMelika, wakhulula imboni yezokuvakasha (yamakhasimende angaphandle). Uhulumeni futhi unikeza isaphulelo somsebenzi wesikhashana ezimpahleni ezinkulu ezingenisiwe ukuze zisetshenziswe ebhizinisini lezokuvakasha.

UShelley Cox wase-Victoria Falls ozinze e-Africa Conservation Travel uthi okungenani amahhotela amasha angama-28 nezindawo zokulala asebenzise ithuba lesaphulelo entshonalanga yeZimbabwe kusukela ngo-2016. Isaphulelo besilokhu “simangalisa,” kusho uBlessing Munyenyiwa, njengoba isisindisile inkampani yakhe yezokuvakasha, Uthando nge-Afrika, "izigidi zamadola" ekwakhiweni kwezindawo zokulala eminyakeni emibili edlule. Khonamanjalo, uRoss Kennedy we-Afrika i-Albida Tourism uthi lesi saphulelo sikhuthaze ukwenziwa ngcono "okungapheli" kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe wamahhotela nezindawo zokudlela eVictoria Falls. Lokhu kuqhuma kwemboni yezokuvakasha esentshonalanga neZimbabwe kuguqula lesi sifunda sibe yisizinda sokuqashwa kwabantu ezweni. Ifemu kaMunyenyiwa, isibonelo, ingeze imisebenzi eyi-160 unomphela ngonyaka odlule.

Ukuhamba emgwaqeni sekutholile futhi. Ngenkathi uMnangagwa eqala ukubusa ngoNovemba 2017, kwaba nokuma cishe ngokushesha kulokho uMunyenyiwa akuchaza njengezivimbamgwaqo zamaphoyisa “ezingenanjongo” ezangena endleleni yezokuvakasha ezifuywayo futhi zadikibalisa bonke ngaphandle kwabahambi bamazwe angaphandle abafa kanzima ukuba bangene ezweni. . Eminye imigwaqo emikhulu nayo ithuthukisiwe, yize abahlaziyi bezimboni bethi kuningi okusamele kwenziwe.

Ama-visa wezokuvakasha atholakala kalula, kusho uMunyenyiwa. Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, izakhamizi zamanye amazwe angama-32, kufaka phakathi i-India ne-China, zanikezwa ilungelo lokufaka izicelo zama-visa lapho zifika, kanti izwe lisemkhankasweni wokukhipha uhlelo lwe-e-visa oluzonciphisa izintambo zezindiza.

Zonke lezi zinhlelo zisiza iZimbabwe ukuthi ivuselele okwake kwaba umkhakha wezokuvakasha ochumayo. Ukusebenzisana phakathi kweziphathimandla zendawo, amabhizinisi nezinhlangano ezingekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni, kuchaza uCox, sekwenze izwe lakwazi “ukugcina izindawo zalo zasendle zasendle nezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo” naphezu “kwezinselelo zeminyaka.” Futhi izinkombandlela ze-safari zaleli zwe zihlala ziphakathi kwezinto ezihamba phambili ebhizinisini ngenxa yenqubo eqinile yokuthola iziqu yeminyaka emine ebandakanya izivivinyo ezinqala kanye nokufunda isikhathi eside.

Izinselelo eziningi ziyaqhubeka nokusongela lokhu kuzuza eZimbabwe, okwabekwa endaweni eyi-127 emazweni ayi-141 embikweni wakamuva we-Global Economic Competitiveness weWorld Economic Forum. Inkohlakalo idlangile - izwe lishelele ezindaweni ezintathu laya emazweni ayi-160 kwayi-180 kwiTransparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index. Ukusikeka kwamandla sekube yingxenye yempilo yansuku zonke. Futhi uma unikezwa umlando wezwe wezinguquko ezingazelelwe, zokuzamazama komhlaba kunqubomgomo ye-macroeconomic - kusuka ekubuyiseni imali ezimele kulo nyaka ngemuva kokusebenzisa idola laseMelika iminyaka eyishumi kuya ekuvinjelweni kokwamukela amadola - kunzima ukusho ngokuzethemba ukuthi izinqubomgomo zamanje ezilungele ezokuvakasha zinde kangakanani izoqhubeka.

Noma kunjalo, okwamanje, labo abasembonini babonakala benethemba. UKennedy uthi yize ukunqanyulwa kukagesi kuyinkinga enkulu, “izivakashi zakhe azinalo ulwazi lokuthi ugesi uphelile” ngoba “sinezinhlelo esizibekile.” Okwamanje, lezo zinhlelo zibandakanya ugesi odonsa ngodizili, kepha inkampani yakhe ibheke ukusebenzisa ngokunenzuzo isaphulelo sentengo ukufaka isitshalo selanga esingu-500 kVA (ithegi yentengo: $ 600,000) ezohlangabezana nazo zonke izidingo zayo zamandla futhi ize iphinde ithengise amandla igridi kazwelonke. Inkohlakalo, ukuncintisana kanye nomnotho kuzoba nzima ukulungisa, kodwa uhulumeni usekubonile, kusho uMunyenyiwa, ukuthi ezokuvakasha "ziyindlela esheshayo yokwakha imisebenzi nokuletha imali yakwamanye amazwe."

IVictoria Falls - ephindwe kabili ukuphakama namamitha angu-500 ububanzi kuneNiagara Falls, nebhonasi eyengeziwe yezindlovu namabhubesi azulazula osebeni lwayo - kufakazela lokho.

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When Mnangagwa came to power in November 2017, there was an almost immediate stop to what Munyenyiwa describes as the “pointless” police roadblocks that got in the way of domestic tourism and discouraged all but the most die-hard foreign overland travelers from entering the country.
Earlier this year, citizens of 32 more countries, including India and China, were granted the right to apply for visas on arrival, and the country is in the process of rolling out an e-visa system that will reduce airport lines.
While at the falls, she took a hike, went on a sunset cruise and splurged on a helicopter trip to fully appreciate “the smoke that thunders,” as they're known, after the indigenous Lozi name.