BEIRUT - I-Arab World Travel and Tourism Exchange (AWTTE) yabanjwa ngo-Okthoba 16-19, 2008 ngemuva kweminyaka emi-2 ingekho, okwabuyisela iLebanon kumephu yezokuvakasha yamazwe ngamazwe njengendawo yezokuvakasha kanye ne-MICE. Bangaphezu kuka-6,300 abavela emazweni angama-39 abahambele i-AWTTE 2008. Abavakashi abahwebayo babhalise amaphesenti angama-40 yenani eliphelele lezivakashi ngamaphesenti angama-20 avela emazweni aphesheya.
Ngaphansi kosizo lukaMongameli waseLebhanon, uGeneral Michel Sleiman, i-AWTTE 2008 yavula iminyango yayo ngo-Okthoba 16 e-BIEL Centre e-Beirut. Lo mbukiso wezinsuku ezine uhlelwe uMnyango Wezokuvakasha waseLebanon kanye ne-Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Group ngokubambisana ne-Middle East Airlines futhi uxhaswe yi-Investment Development Authority yase-Lebanon (IDAL) njenge-Strategic Partner, i-Rotana njengeHhotela Lokusingatha, kanye neDolobha. Imoto Njengendawo Esemthethweni Yokuqasha Imoto.
U-Pierretta Sfeir, umphathi wezokuvakasha, i-City Car, Official Car Rental uthe, “Ngemuva kweminyaka emi-2 yokungabikho okuyimpoqo, i-AWTTE 2008 yasiza imboni yezokuvakasha yase-Lebanon ukuthi iphinde ibe nokwethembeka emhlabeni jikelele kule makethe. Iphinde yanikeza ithuba lokuxhumana elingenakuqhathaniswa kubo bobabili ababukeli nabathengi abasingathiwe ukuze bakhulume ngemibono emisha futhi bethule imikhiqizo emisha. ”
Lo mcimbi uhehe amapheshana kazwelonke ayi-13 namabhodi kazwelonke ayi-5 abambe iqhaza okokuqala ngqa aqambe iCyprus, France, India, Iran, Jordan, Kurdistan region, Kuwait, Malaysia, Poland, Turkey, Sri Lanka, kanye ne-UAE nezwe elisingatha, iLebanon. I-AWTTE iphinde yabhalisa ababonisi abangu-110 nezinkampani zamazwe ngamazwe ezingamaphesenti angu-54.
UMajeda Behbahani, umqondisi wezokumaketha kanye nobudlelwano bamazwe ngamazwe, umkhakha wezokuvakasha, uMnyango Wezohwebo Nezimboni Kuwait, umbukiso ubeke amazwana, "Ngohlelo lwesihlanu, i-Kuwait ibambe iqhaza ku-AWTTE ibheka ukubaluleka kwayo ukuthuthukisa ubudlelwano phakathi kwamazwe amabili, futhi. njengokweseka umnotho waseLebanon nomkhakha wezokuvakasha.”
U-Hrach Kalsahakian, we-Cyprus Tourism Organisation, uthe, “I-AWTTE inamandla amakhulu okuba umbukiso wezokuvakasha wesifunda, ikakhulukazi ngokuvuselelwa kwendima yeLebanon. Kuyinhloso yethu ukugqamisa ubukhona bethu emakethe yaseLebanon, futhi lo mbukiso uyisango lokungena kwezokuvakasha eLebanon.”
Umcimbi Wokuvula:
Umcimbi wokuvula ubuhanjelwe nguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseLebanon, u-Elie Marouni; u-Joranian uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Nezinto Zasendulo, uMaha Khatib; UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Esifundeni SaseKurdistan u-Yuhana Namrud, usihlalo we-Iraq National Investment Authority, u-Ahmad Rida; Umqondisi-Jikelele woMnyango Wezokuvakasha waseLebhanon, uNada Sardouk; kanye nomphathi jikelele we-Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal, uRaouf Abou Zaki.
UNgqongqoshe uMarouni waphawula ngokugcizelela iqiniso lokuthi isithangami sibanjwe ngempumelelo e-Beirut naphezu kokushuba kwesimo sesifunda kanye nenkinga yezimali emhlabeni, manje esithathwa njengesiyaluyalu esibi kakhulu sezezimali esake sahlasela umhlaba kusukela ekucindezelekeni okukhulu kwango-1929. UMarouni wanezela, “ Lo mcimbi ufakazela ngokungangabazeki amandla eLebanon ukubuyisela indima yayo yangaphambili njengendawo yokuvakasha kanye nomnotho oqinile esifundeni.”
Ungqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eJordani, uMaha Al Khatib uthe, “Selokhu ngaqokwa njengoMongameli woMkhandlu Wongqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wama-Arab emzuliswaneni wawo we-11, ngenze isiqiniseko sokuthi ngithuthukisa ukuxhumana phakathi kwamazwe ama-Arab [ngombono] wokugqamisa kuzo zonke izinto ezinkulu nezihlukile. izinsiza zezokuvakasha kanye namathuba esinawo emazweni ethu. Ngikholelwa ukuthi sinezinsiza ezinkulu, ezingakasetshenziswa kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwezokuvakasha kwamasiko noma ezokuvakasha zokungcebeleka noma ezokuvakasha ezenkolo.” U-Khatib wenze isibonelo ngePetra, eyavotelwa njengenye yezimangaliso eziphezulu emhlabeni futhi ngaleyo ndlela yasiza ukukhulisa ukuhamba kwezokuvakasha kanye nemali engenayo evela kwezokuvakasha ngonyaka ka-2008.
Usihlalo kanye nomphathi jikelele we-IDAL, uNabil Itani, ugcizelele iqiniso lokuthi iLebanon ithathe indawo yesibili ekuhambeni kokutshalwa kwezimali ngesikhathi sika-2005-2007. ILebanon nayo iphume endaweni yeshumi phakathi kwamazwe ayi-10 emhlabeni jikelele. Ngo-141, ukungena kwezimali eLebanon kwakumela amaphesenti angu-2007 esamba se-GDP, futhi lesi yisabelo esikhulu kunazo zonke kuwo wonke amazwe ase-Arab. I-Itani iphethe ngokugcizelela ukuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali emkhakheni wezokuvakasha kufinyelele kumaphesenti angama-11.6 esamba sokutshalwa kwezimali okusingathwe yi-IDAL.
Enkulumweni yakhe yokuvula, imenenja jikelele ye-Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal u-Raouf Abou Zaki ugcizelele ukuthi ukubamba iqhaza emiqhudelwaneni kazwelonke eyi-13 kanye nenani elikhulu lezinkampani nezikhungo ezimele imboni yezokuvakasha kukhombisa ukukhula kokubaluleka kwezokuvakasha njengengxenye enkulu ku-GDPs. amazwe amaningi ama-Arab. UMnu. Abu Zaki uphakamise ukuthi i-AWTTEE idlala indima ebalulekile njengenkundla ehamba phambili yokuqapha izitayela kanye nokuxoxa ngekusasa lemboni yezokuvakasha yama-Arab. U-Abou Zaki waphawula ukuthi izinhlelo zokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha phakathi kwama-Arab azikwazi ukusekelwe ezinyathelweni ezingazodwa ezithathwe amazwe ngamanye kodwa zidinga umzamo ohlanganiswe ngokwesifunda wokukhulula imakethe kanye nokwenza lula ukuhamba kwezokuvakasha phakathi kwezimakethe zesifunda.
Imisebenzi Embukisweni:
Uhlelo lwango-2008 lwe-AWTTE yethula amaphakheji akhethekile ezinkampani ezisebenza eLebanon, njengamahhotela, abahlinzeki bezokuvakasha nezinkampani zezindiza. Lawa maphakheji anikeze izinkampani ezibambe iqhaza eLebanon ithuba lokwethula imikhiqizo yazo, amaphakheji, umeme amakhasimende azo aphezulu kubavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe njengabathengi abasingathiwe futhi amise izikhathi zokuhlangana nabathengi ngekhalenda eliku-inthanethi, elalitholakala kubo bonke ababukisi nabathengi abasingathiwe. . Ngaphezu kwalokho, abahwebi nabavakashi bomphakathi bahlomule emiklomelweni ebalulekile njengamathikithi okuya nokubuya, amaholide, ukuhlala ngezimpelasonto, nokuqashwa kwezimoto. Le miklomelo yethulwe ngamankampani abukisayo ngohlelo lwe-raffle olusakazwa bukhoma emsakazweni.
I-Association of Travel and Tourist Agents in Lebanon (ATTAL) ihlele isemina ye-ISO 90001 eqondiswe kubaqhubi bezokuvakasha basendaweni mayelana nendlela yokuthola isitifiketi se-ISO esifakazela ukuphathwa kwekhwalithi yamasevisi abo. Lolu hlelo lubaluleke kakhulu emkhakheni wezokuvakasha eLebanon futhi luzothuthukisa izinsiza ezihlinzekwa yile mboni kanye nokwethembeka kwayo ezimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuhlela imicimbi enjalo kwenza i-AWTTE ingabi nje kuphela indawo yokuxhumana nokuhlangana nezivakashi zezohwebo zamazwe ngamazwe kanye nabathengi abasingathiwe kodwa futhi inkundla yokuthuthukisa imikhiqizo namasevisi abo.
Abathengi abasingathiwe bebenohlelo olugcwele olunama-aphoyintimenti ahlelelwe ngaphambili phakathi kwabathengi nababukisi ngewebhusayithi ye-AWTTE. Baphinde bathathwa ohambweni lokujwayela ukuya ezindaweni okumele bazibone eLebanon njengeJeitta Grotto, Ruins of Faqra kanye neFaraya kanye neNational Museum. Ukwengeza, uhambo olukhethwayo lokubonisa uhambo lokuqwala izintaba luhlelelwe abaqhubi bezokuvakasha abafisa ukuhlola izindawo ezinhle zezintaba zase-Lebanese futhi benze umsebenzi wangempela njengohambo lwe-FAM.
Imicimbi yezenhlalo yahlelwa nguMnyango Wezokuvakasha wase-Lebanon kanye ne-Rotana, i-AWTTE 2008 Host Hotel. Izimemo ezikhethekile nezikhethekile zesidlo sakusihlwa nezasemini bezisingathwe yiCasino Du Liban ngokubambisana ne-ATTAL, Riviera Hotel, Movenpick Hotel & Resort Beirut kanye ne-InterContinental Mzaar Spa & Resort.
U-Paul Bernhardt, Intatheli kanye nomthwebuli wezithombe, i-Open Media, i-Hosted Press: “I-AWTTE yalo nyaka ibihamba phambili. Njengakuqala, inhlangano yayifana newashi futhi umoya wokungenisa izihambi usezingeni eliphansi. Ngiyibonga kakhulu imizamo yenu, futhi ukugibela intaba bekungenye yezinto ezivelele. Wenze kahle!"
U-Fadi Abou Areish, U-Al Thuraya Travel and Tours, Umbonisi: “I-AWTTE bekuyindawo engafanele yokuhlangana nabo bonke ozakwethu nabangane bethu kulo mkhakha. Siyababonga kakhulu abahleli ngokuseseka nemizamo yabo yokwenza lo mcimbi ube khona.”
Izinsuku zohlelo olulandelayo zizomenyezelwa ngesikhathi se-World Travel Market njengoba i-AWTTE izothuthukiswa e-Lebanese National Pavilion.
