Inhlangano Entsha Yezokuvakasha Yethulwe Ngokusekelwe Kumanani Aqhubekayo

Ngomhla zingama-24 kuNdasa, 2022, kwasungulwa inhlangano entsha yezokuvakasha ehhotela i-Latitude 0° eMakindye Kampala, e-Uganda, esekelwe emigomeni yokusimama. I-Exclusive Sustainable Tour Operators Association (ESTOA) - akufanele iphanjaniswe ne-ESTOA: Abaholi Ekulethweni Kwephrojekthi - iza ngendlela yezokuvakasha egxile kakhulu ekudaleni umkhakha wezokuvakasha oqaphe ngokuqhubekayo kukho konke okwenziwayo.

Ngendikimba enombono wabo wokuba “umkhakha wezokuvakasha ophumelelayo osekelwe kumagugu esimeme, okwethula ukuhluka kwezwe emhlabeni wonke,” indawo yehhotela iLatitude ikhethwe ngokucophelela njengoba yenza ezokuvakasha ezisimeme ngaphandle kokusebenzisa ipulasitiki engenalutho ihhotela.

Ukwethulwa kwengamele uJimmy Kigozi, Isikhulu Esiyinhloko Sezokuvakasha eMnyangweni Wezokuvakasha Kwezilwane Zezilwane Nezakudala. Ekhulumela uNgqongqoshe, uMhlonishwa uTom Butiime Kigozi uthe: “Impela yisikhathi esifanele sokwethula i-ESTOA, njengoba ezokuvakasha ziyaphuma ezweni. Ukushaqeka kwe-COVID-19, abadlali bomkhakha/bemikhakha badinga ukuhlonyiswa ngolwazi namakhono ukuze kube lula ukusimama kwenkampani nokuphila ukuze isebenze ngokuzibophezela futhi ikwazi ukuchumisa ukuze kuzuze imiphakathi ezoba khona kanye nokusimama. Ngokuvumelana nomgomo wethu kanye nombono wethu njengomnyango obhekele ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha, sikulungele ukusekela i-ESTOA ukuze ifeze izinjongo zayo ukuze ilungise umkhakha ozimele kanye nemboni yezokuvakasha e-Uganda ebophezelekile. Njengoba kungenzeka uyazi, eminyakeni embalwa edlule, umqondo wokusimama ube yingxenye ebalulekile yokuhlela nokuthuthukisa noma iyiphi indawo oya kuyo.

“I-ESTOA ibonise umoya wobunye.”

“Nokulungela ukubambisana nezinhlaka zikahulumeni, ababambisene nentuthuko, ezinye izinhlangano, imiphakathi, nabo bonke ababambiqhaza njengenye yezimiso zabo ezibalulekile ukuze kugcinwe futhi kuvikelwe izinsiza zezwe ukuze izizukulwane ezizayo zizijabulele.”

Njengenye yezinhlelo zabo ezizayo ezizayo, i-ESTOA ihlela ukwenza umkhankaso wokutshala izihlahla ezweni lonke, futhi kulokhu, izozama ukukhuthaza amaklayenti ukuthi avakashele e-Uganda ngaphandle kokuzizwa enecala ngoba lokhu kuzonakekela isinxephezelo sonyawo lwabo lwekhabhoni ikakhulukazi labo abasebenzisa izindiza ezithatha isikhathi eside ezingagwemeki okwamanje.

“Lokhu kuhambisana kahle kakhulu neqembu uhlobo olusha olwethulwe yi-UTB [Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Uganda]. Ngiyajabula ukwazi ukuthi i-ESTOA isilungele ukusebenza ne-UTB ukuze isekele futhi ikhuthaze isithombe esisha somkhiqizo. Isikhathi esifanele sokukhuphula i-ajenda yokusimama e-Uganda njengoba umhlaba uvuleka kanye neqiniso lokuthi amakhasimende azwela kakhulu maqondana neqhaza lawo futhi ancamela ukuvakashela izindawo ezisimeme,” kwengeza uKigozi ngesikhathi ehalalisela inhlangano entsha ngalokhu okulandelayo. amazwi acashunwe ku-Paul Polma – 'Ukubheka umhlaba nge-lens yokusimama akusizi nje kuphela 'ubufakazi besikhathi esizayo' uchungechunge lwethu lokuhlinzeka, kuphinde kubhebhethekise ukuqamba okusha futhi kuqhubekisele phambili ukukhula komkhiqizo.'”

Abaphathi be-ESTOA bahlanganisa uBonifence Byamukama, uSihlalo; Ntale Robert, iPhini likaSihlalo; katarina Betram, unobhala; noYvonne Higendorf, uMgcinimafa; kanye noManda Innocent, ilungu; kanye noNtale Benedict, ilungu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, zonke izikhulu zingamalungu e-Association of Uganda Tour Operators (AUTO) okuhlanganisa nowayeyi-CEO ye-AUTO, u-Gloria Tumwesigye, ongumqeqeshi oqinisekisiwe weSustainable Tourism Development Trainer kumabhalane ngokwezwi langempela lokusimama.

UBonifence useke wasebenza njengoMongameli wenhlangano yezokuvakasha, i-Uganda Tour Operators Association (UTOA), njengosihlalo we-Association of Uganda Tour Operators Association (AUTO), njengoMongameli we-East African Tourism Platform, kanye namanye amabhodi amaningana.

Kule minyaka embalwa edlule kube nobufakazi bokuvela kwezinhlangano eziningi okubalwa kuzo iYoung Tour Operators Association, Women in Tourism, Uganda Guides Association, kanye neTourism Federation okuqhamuke umusi ngemuva nje kokuthi kuzwakale ngayo okokuqala ngoWhatsApp, okuhlanganisa kakhulu osopolitiki ababephila ngesabatha. .

I-Bonifence igcizelela ukuthi i-ESTOA ayiyona indlela yokuhlukana ne-AUTO futhi ivule ubulungu kunoma yimuphi umuntu noma inkampani enombono ofanayo.

Kodwa-ke, uma kubhekwa ingxabano yakamuva phakathi kobuholi be-AUTO kanye neBhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Uganda mayelana nokwethulwa kohlobo lwe-Explore Uganda lapho ubuholi be-AUTO beduba ukwethulwa ngezinsolo zokuthi ibekwe eceleni ngesikhathi kuthuthukiswa uhlobo lomkhiqizo, i-ESTOA isithathe umugqa wokubuyisana, kunkomba efihliwe. ku-AUTO, esho ngesikhathi kwethulwa: “I-ESTOA ithembise ukusebenzisana eduze namabhizinisi ezokuvakasha abhalisiwe futhi anikezwe amalayisense [i-Uganda] Tourism Board alungele ukubambana ngezandla ukuze akhuthaze i-Uganda njengendawo esimeme ngendlela yobungcweti.”

I-AUTO isalokhu iyinhlangano endala kunazo zonke e-Uganda yabakhiqizi bezokuvakasha futhi ingumkhulumeli oholayo wezinkampani ezizimele ngokumelwa e-Uganda Tourism Board nasezikhungweni ezizimele. Kuyinto edumile ukugubha iminyaka engu-20 e 2015.

Njengoba ijubili lesiliva lathuliswa ngokuphelele ngo-2020 ngokusobala ngenxa yokuvalwa kobhubhane lwe-COVID-19, mhlawumbe i-ESTOA iyisikhumbuzo sokukhumbula i-Uganda futhi siphinde sithole amalungelo okuziqhayisa kwezokuvakasha okusimeme.

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