IPearl of Africa Tourism Expo Ivula “Ukukhuthaza Ukuhambela Kwangaphakathi Kwe-Afrika”

Unyaka wesi-5 I-Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) I-2020 ivulwe namuhla, ngoFebhuwari 4,2020, XNUMX, iqala izinsuku ezintathu zokusebenzisana kwebhizinisi nebhizinisi kanye nebhizinisi nekhasimende phakathi kwabadlali ababalulekile bezokuvakasha base-Uganda nabesifunda nabathengisi bezitolo abakhethiwe abavela e-Afrika nakwezinye izimakethe zezokuvakasha zaphesheya kwezilwandle.

I-POATE, eyenzeka eSpeke Resort eMunyonyo ogwini lweLake Victoria, isihehe abathengi abangaphezu kuka-57 abasingathwa ngamazwe ngamazwe kanye nabaqhubi bezokuvakasha basekhaya nabasekhaya abangu-140, kanye nabezindaba bamazwe ngamazwe nabasekhaya.

Lo mbukiso uqhutshwa ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi, “Ukuthuthukisa Ukuhamba Kwamazwe Aphakathi Kwamazwe Ase-Afrika” emzamweni wokuqwashisa abantu ngamakhono angasetshenziswa alethwe izimakethe zezokuvakasha zase-Afrika ezisafufusa.

Umcimbi uvulwe ngokusemthethweni namhlanje, nguRt. UMhlonishwa. General (Rtd.) Moses Ali, iPhini likaNdunankulu Lokuqala kanye nePhini Lomholi Wezamabhizinisi Kahulumeni ePhalamende, egameni likaMongameli u-Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.

Enkulumeni ayifundelwe nguRt. UMhlonishwa. UMoses Ali, uMengameli u-Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ubonge i-Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) ngokuhlela iPearl of Africa Tourism Expo, wathi izosiza kakhulu “ekwandiseni amathuba ebhizinisi ezweni. umkhakha wezokuvakasha e-Uganda kanye nesifunda sonke saseMpumalanga Afrika.”

UMongameli uMuseveni utshele izihambeli zombukiso ukuthi i-Uganda itshale izimali ezinkulu ekudaleni “ukuthula nokuzinza, imigwaqo emihle, ugesi owanele, amanethiwekhi angcono ezokuxhumana kanye ne-inthanethi” futhi lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali kuzokwenza umkhakha wezokuvakasha wase-Uganda ukwazi ukuncintisana.

"Ngaphandle kokutshalwa kwezimali kule ngqalasizinda ebalulekile, ezokuvakasha ngeke zichume," esho, enezela, "uhulumeni usebuyisele i-Uganda Airlines ukuze ihehe izivakashi e-Uganda, ngoba [ngendlela] eminingi eqondile ehleliwe eya e-Uganda, izivakashi kanye nosomabhizinisi bazoba uhambo olusheshayo nolungabizi kakhulu oluya e-Uganda, okusenza sibe indawo yokuncintisana.”

UMongameli uMuseveni uphinde wancoma i-UTB ngombono wangaphakathi kwe-Afrika wathi njengoba uhulumeni wase-Uganda “uzuze inqubekelaphambili encomekayo ekubhekaneni nezinye zezinkinga zamasu” ezivimbe ukuchuma kwe-Uganda, sekuyisikhathi sokugxila emabhizinisini aphakathi kwe-Afrika.

"I-Afrika inemakethe enkulu yabantu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.2 okufanele sibaxhaphaze ukuze sizuze ngokukhulisa ukuhweba phakathi kwethu kanye nokuhamba phakathi kwethu," esho. Uqambe amathuba angapheli - iphothifoliyo ecebile ehehayo, inani lemali, kanye nenzuzo ephezulu ekutshalweni kwezimali.

Ekhuluma emcimbini wokuvula, uLilly Ajarova, oyiSikhulu Esiphezulu seBhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Uganda, utshele izihambeli zombukiso wePearl of Africa Tourism Expo ukuthi i-Uganda igcwele insada yamathuba ezokuvakasha abonakala ngephothifoliyo ecebe kakhulu yezokuvakasha kanye nenani elingcono kakhulu lemali abatshalizimali kanye nezivakashi ngokufanayo, ngakho-ke, inzuzo enempilo ekutshalweni kwezimali.

“Sinohlu olucebe kakhulu noluhlukahlukene kakhulu lwezindawo ezikhangayo zabantu, zemvelo, zamasiko, zenkolo, nezomlando ezihambisana nesimo sezulu esifudumele sasezindaweni ezishisayo, abantu abafudumele, izindawo zokuhlala ezinhle nokudla okuhle,” kusho yena.

U-Ajarova utshele abaholi bamabhizinisi ezokuvakasha abangaphezu kuka-200 abavela emazweni angaphezu kuka-20 kanye namazwekazi amane ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi i-Uganda “inezindawo ezikhangayo kakhulu endaweni encane” lapho “izivakashi zithola okuningi kancane, futhi kukhona okuthile kwawo wonke umuntu,” njenge indawo, "I-Uganda inikeza inani elingcono kakhulu lemali."

Uphinde wathi ukukhula kahle kwezivakashi ezifikayo okuhambisana nenqwaba yezimpahla zezokuvakasha kuveza inzuzo enkulu ekutshalweni kwezimali kwezokuvakasha nokuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali kukahulumeni kwakamuva kwengqalasizinda yezokuthutha kwenze izwe lafinyeleleka kalula ngaphandle nangaphakathi ezweni.

“Sekulula manje ukungena e-Uganda ngendiza noma yikuphi emhlabeni jikelele [ngezindiza] ezingu-32,735 ezingena noma eziphuma e-Uganda onyakeni wezimali ka-2019. Nge-Uganda Airlines, kuzoba nemizila eqondile esheshayo nelula ikakhulukazi esuka e-Afrika. Namuhla, kulula nokuhamba ngendiza, umgwaqo namanzi,” kusho yena.

Echaza ngendikimba yombukiso wezokuvakasha iPearl of Africa Tourism Expo nokugxile kakhulu e-Afrika, u-Ajarova uthe umnotho wase-Afrika uya ngokuya ukhula futhi leli zwekazi livela njengenye yezimakethe zezokuvakasha ezikhula ngokushesha ngemuva kwe-Asia nePacific enabantu abaphuma ngaphandle. sifinyelele ezigidini ezingama-42 ngo-2018.

“Indikimba ikhombisa isu lethu lokulinganisa kabusha nokuhlukanisa iphothifoliyo yethu yezokuvakasha ibe yizigaba ezi-4 ezibalulekile, okuyilezi: izimakethe ezikhona phesheya kwezilwandle, izimakethe ezikhulayo zaphesheya kwezilwandle, imakethe yesifunda/yase-Afrika, kanye nemakethe yasekhaya yase-Uganda,” kusho yena.

Ekhuluma nabathengi abebesingethe ukuthi kungani kufanele bakubeke eqhulwini ukuthengisa i-Destination Uganda, u-Ajarova uthe: “Ningajabuli ngenqwaba yezinto ezihehayo lapho i-Uganda inganikeza wena namakhasimende akho ingadi yezinto ezihehayo namathuba angapheli ebhizinisi lakho!”

UCol. (Rtd.) Tom Butime, uNgqongqoshe omusha Wezokuvakasha, Izilwane Zasendle Nezakudala, naye wamema izithunywa ukuthi zizohlola amandla amakhulu ethulwa yi-Destination Uganda. “Izinombolo aziqambi amanga,” kusho yena. Utshele abasebenza ngezokuvakasha, "Sinikeza cishe inani elingcono kakhulu lemali ngedola ngalinye elisetshenzisiwe, futhi kukhona okuthile kwawo wonke umuntu kungakhathalekile iminyaka, ubulili, isabelomali, nokuthandwa."

UMnu. Buttime, uthe ngaphezu kwezinombolo zezivakashi ezinempilo kanye nephothifoliyo ecebe kakhulu yezindawo ezikhangayo ezwenikazi, i-Uganda inikeze enye yezinhlelo eziningi zokukhuthaza ukutshalwa kwezimali emkhakheni wezokuvakasha.

UMhlonishwa. Kiwanda Godfrey Ssuubi, uNgqongqoshe Wombuso Wezokuvakasha Nezakudala; Umfundisi uFr. Simon Lokodo, uNgqongqoshe Wezimiso Zokuziphatha Nobuqotho; kanye namalungu eBhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Uganda, kanye namalungu amaningana ephalamende, amanxusa, nabadlali bezinkampani ezizimele bathamele umcimbi wokwethulwa.

Ekhulumela izinkampani ezizimele, uNkk. Pearl Hoareau Kakooza, uMongameli we-Uganda Tourism Association (UTA) ubonge abaphathi abasha be-UTB ngokuhlela i-POATE 2020 futhi wacela uhulumeni ukuthi atshale imali eningi ekuthuthukiseni amakhono embonini, ekuthuthukisweni kwemikhiqizo emisha, ekutshaleni imali. , kanye nokwenza lula ukufinyelela kwezimali ezithengekayo.

“Amazinga enzalo esukela ku-18-25% emabhange okuhweba ayakwenqabela ukutshalwa kwezimali ngqo ezinkampanini ezizimele. Amalungu e-UTA angafisa ukuthola uxhaso lwezimali olufinyelelekayo lwalo mkhakha,” esho, enezela ukuthi ukufinyeleleka kwezimali ezingabizi kakhulu zomkhakha “kuzohumushela intela ebanzi futhi ngokwandiswa, imali yentela eyengeziwe.”

I-UTA iyinhlangano esambulela ehlanganisa zonke izinhlangano zezokuvakasha e-Uganda ezimele ochwepheshe bezokuvakasha abangu-7,000, abahlanganisa abavakashi, ama-travel agents, izindawo zokuhlala, abaqondisi bezivakashi, izinhlangano ezisekelwe emphakathini, namaqembu ezobuciko nemisebenzi yezandla.

U-Alain St. Ange, uMongameli weBhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika, uncome i-Uganda ngokudala ukuthula nokuzinza waphinde waphonsela izwekazi lase-Afrika inselelo yokuthi lisukume likhulume indaba yalo eyakhayo.

"I-Uganda inokuthile amazwe ambalwa e-Afrika angakhuluma ngayo - uzinzo, ukuphepha," egcizelela ukuthi izindaba ezinhle njengalezi zidinga ukutshelwa nge-Afrika. “I-Afrika kumele isebenzisane ukuze ibhale kabusha eyayo indaba. Ngeke ikwazi ukuqhubeka nokudedela umhlaba ugibele emhlane we-Afrika, ibhale lokho abakufunayo, futhi ngokuvamile, ibheka wonke amaphutha, wonke amaphutha, nakho konke okunye okungekuhle nge-Afrika. Impumelelo yethu ayibhalwanga. Lokhu yinto okumele i-Afrika iyenzele i-Afrika,” usho kanje.