Umsebenzi wezokuvakasha, uNkereuwem Onung, uMongameli, iNational Association of Nigeria Tour Operators (NATOP), kanye noMqondisi Ophethe, iRemlords Tours, uthe sekuwukusha okusha komkhakha wezokuvakasha eNigeria njengoba kungekho mizamo ezosinda ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi ukukhishwa kwemininingwane yezokuvakasha kufakwa kusishisi sokuqala.
U-Onung wenze lesi simemezelo engxoxweni ekhethekile noLucky Onoriode George muva nje.
NjengePhini likaMongameli Kazwelonke wokuqala osanda kukhethwa weFederal of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN), futhi osebenza ngezamabhange esephenduke umhambeli wezokuvakasha, wathi ukungalungi komkhakha wezokuvakasha kanye nokunganakwa kukahulumeni kungukushoda kwendlala yemininingwane yokufakazela ukuthi ezokuvakasha zinikela kakhulu eMkhiqizo Omkhulu Wasekhaya (i-GDP).
Ngokusho kwakhe: “Kunobufakazi obanele ngokwasemzimbeni obutholakala kuwo wonke amadolobha kanye nasemadolobhaneni ethu ukufakazela ngaphandle kokungabaza ukuthi ezokuvakasha zingumkhakha okufanele uthathwe ngokungathi sína ngenxa yamanani amabhizinisi ezivakashi akuzo. Abantu basebenza kulawo mahhotela, abahlinzeki baletha nsuku zonke ezindaweni zokudlela, amabhange athola imali evela kokuthengisa nsuku zonke, futhi [okubaluleke kakhulu], intela ikhokhwa kuhulumeni kuwo wonke amazinga nyangazonke. ”
Yize isikhundla sika-Onung singeyona intuthuko nokwamukela abahlaziyi abaningi bemboni, izinhlaka ezinjengeNational Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), kanye neNigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), kuzodingeka baphoqelelwe ngaphezu komkhawulo wabo ukuze baqhubeke nomsebenzi wokuqoqa idatha edingeka kakhulu yezokuvakasha ukuze uhulumeni ahlele futhi abe nesizathu sokukholelwa kulo mkhakha.
Ngokusho kwe-United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), ezokuvakasha zibe nokukhula okuqhubekayo kanye nokujula kwezinhlobonhlobo ukuze zibe ngomunye wemikhakha yezomnotho ekhula ngokushesha emhlabeni. Ezokuvakasha zesimanje zixhumene kakhulu nentuthuko, futhi zihlanganisa inani elikhulayo lezindawo ezintsha, futhi seziphenduke umshayeli oyinhloko wenqubekelaphambili yenhlalakahle yezomnotho emazweni amaningi.
Namuhla, umthamo webhizinisi lezokuvakasha ulingana noma udlula owokuthunyelwa kukawoyela, imikhiqizo yokudla, noma yezimoto futhi ube ngomunye wabadlali abakhulu kwezentengiselwano zamazwe omhlaba, futhi umele ngasikhathi sinye njengomthombo omkhulu wemali engenayo yabaningi amazwe asafufusa. Lokhu kukhula kuhambisana nokwanda kokwehlukahlukana nokuncintisana phakathi kwezindawo.
Lokhu kusakazeka komhlaba wonke kwezokuvakasha emazweni asezimboni nasethuthukile kukhiqize izinzuzo zomnotho nezokuqashwa emikhakheni eminingi ehlobene - kusuka ekwakhiweni kuya kwezolimo noma kwezokuxhumana ngocingo.Umnikelo wezokuvakasha enhlalakahleni yezomnotho uncike kwikhwalithi kanye nemali engenayo okunikezwayo kwezokuvakasha. Kodwa-ke, emnothweni ongahlukahlukene, futhi obekuncike emashumini eminyaka emnothweni womkhiqizo ofana nowoyela, akunakwa kakhulu ezokuvakasha eNigeria.
Ngaphandle kwesimo sikahulumeni sokungabi nandaba nomkhakha, umkhakha ohleliwe wezokuvakasha ozimele eminyakeni edlule nawo awukwazanga ukuzihlanganisa ukuze ube nomthelela odingekayo kuziphathimandla kuhulumeni, kuhulumeni kanye nasendaweni ngenhloso yokuqinisekisa imigomo evumayo umkhakha wezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha.
Abaningi basola ukwehluleka kwemikhakha ezimele ukufeza lokhu okushiwo ngenhla ngenxa yokungatholakali kwemininingwane evela kubo bobabili abasebenza kanye nezinhlangano ezifanele zikahulumeni, njengeNigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), i-ejensi ephezulu yezokuvakasha kahulumeni, iCentral Bank yaseNigeria, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu , iNational Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
I-FTAN ngoJuni 29, 2017 yakhetha abaphathi abasha abazocwaninga izindaba zomzimba eminyakeni emibili ezayo. Lo mcimbi obubanjelwe e-Abuja, ubone uRabo Saleh Karim weNational Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA), evela njengoMengameli. UNkereuwem Onung wakhethwa njengePhini likaMongameli wokuqala Kazwelonke; U-Abiodun Odusanwo njengePhini likaMongameli Likazwelonke lesibili; kanye no-Ayo Olumoko njengePhini Likamongameli, eNingizimu Ntshonalanga.
Abanye abakhethiwe nguNura Kangiwa, iPhini likaMongameli, eNyakatho-mpumalanga; Ngozika Ngoka, Iphini Likamongameli, eSouth East; UBadaki Aliyu, Iphini Likamongameli, Federal Capital Territory; U-Eugene Nwauzi, Iphini Likamongameli, Indawo eseNingizimu-Ningizimu; noJohn A. Adzer, Iphini Likamongameli, North Central. Abanye abakhethiwe kwakungu-Ime Udo, uNobhala Wobulungu; UJohn-Likita M. Best; U-Emeka Anokwuru, uNobhala Wobulungu; Okorie Uguru, Unobhala Wokuqala Wokukhangisa; noJoseph Karim, uNobhala Wokukhangisa.
Ngalolu khetho, umhlaziyi waphawula ukuthi umgwamanda womkhakha ozimele wezokuvakasha, i-FTAN, okokuqala ngqa, ubuholi obuqhutshwa ulwazi futhi obungafani nesikhathi esedlule, ithonya lokuhlangana nje nezikhulu zomphakathi lalibaluleke kakhulu kubo kunangempela izindaba zezokuvakasha.
Emyalezweni wakhe wokuthakazelelwa, uSihlalo, iBhodi yeTrasti ye-FTAN, uSamuel Alabi, uthe isikhathi se-ejensi kahulumeni olawula noma eqondisa ezokuvakasha asisekho. U-Alabi uthe ngaphandle kokuthi kunesichibiyelo somthethosisekelo sokufaka ezokuvakasha ngaphansi kohlu olukhethekile noma oluhambisanayo lomthethosisekelo we-1999 njengoba uchitshiyelwe, kungaba nzima ukuthi i-federal agency ilawule ngokugcwele ezokuvakasha ezweni lonke.
Uqhubeke wathi: “Ukuthi i-Federal Attorney General isazosebenzisa isigaba 215 somthethosisekelo ka-1999, umthetho we-NTDC okhubazeke kakhulu kusangimangaza.”
Futhi yena, uMengameli we-FTAN owedlule, uTomi Akingbogun, enkulumweni yakhe ye-valedictory, uthe le nhlangano isebenzisane kakhulu nomkhakha womphakathi, futhi isungule nohlelo lokukhuthaza ukutshalwa kwezimali kwezokuvakasha - i-Nigerian Tourism Investors Forum yaminyaka yonke kanye ne-Exhibition (NTIFE).
USaleh Karim, enkulumweni yakhe yokwamukela, ucele ubumbano olukhulu phakathi kwezinhlangano ezingamalungu ukuboleka izandla. Uthembise ukuthi uzosebenzisana nethimba lakhe ukwenza lula ezokuvakasha zasekhaya nezangenayo eNigeria.
ISITHOMBE: UNkereuwem Onung, uMongameli, iNational Association of Nigeria Tour Operators (NATOP)
