DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) – Ngokusebenzisa ithuba lokuvakashela kukaMongameli waseMelika uGeorge Bush e-Afrika maphakathi nale nyanga, ababambiqhaza bebhizinisi lezivakashi babona elinye ithuba lokumaketha izwekazi lase-Afrika e-United States ngokusebenzisa izixhumanisi ezibalulekile zabezindaba zomhlaba.
ITanzania, engenye yezindawo ezivakashelwa e-Afrika ezokwamukela umongameli waseMelika, kulindeleke ukuthi ihlomule ekusakazweni kweziteshi zethelevishini zase-US neminye imithombo yezindaba.
I-Afrika izohlomula ohambweni lukaBush lwezinsuku ezinhlanu eMpumalanga naseNtshonalanga Afrika ngokumemezela uhambo lwakhe emazweni awavakashele, kusho abathintekayo kwezokuvakasha eTanzania.
Njengoba iphakama njengendawo entsha nezayo, i-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara akuyona indawo ekahle yokukhethwa abantu baseMelika abaningi uma kuqhathaniswa nezifunda zaseNyakatho Afrika kanye neNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia.
Inxusa laseMelika eTanzania uMark Green uthe ukuvakasha kukaMengameli Bush eTanzania kuzothuthukisa ukutshalwa kwezimali kubantu baseMelika. Ngaphansi kobudlelwano obusha bezomnotho baseTanzania, ezokuvakasha zisezingeni eliphezulu lokutshala izimali.
Nakuba ukuvakasha kukaBush eTanzania nakwamanye amazwe amane ase-Afrika kungalubandakanyi uhlelo lwezokuvakasha, u-Ambassador Green uthe lolu hambo luzongeza inzuzo kubantu baseMelika abazothatha uhambo lukamengameli wabo ukuze bahlole kabanzi ngamathuba okutshala izimali e-Afrika. Ezokuvakasha zihamba phambili emathubeni amabhizinisi ase-Afrika, zivuna ezintweni eziheha izivakashi zemvelo ezinothile zaleli zwekazi.
I-Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) ibilokhu ihlela izinkambo ezehlukene zokukhangisa ezokuvakasha e-US ukuze imakethe iTanzania kubantu baseMelika, futhi manje iTanzania isikhangisa ngezindawo zayo ezihehayo nge-CNN America emkhankasweni wokuheha abantu baseMelika abengeziwe.
Njengoba isimo sezombangazwe esiqhubekayo esishubile eKenya, ababambiqhaza bezokuvakasha eTanzania bamukela ukuvakasha kukaBush okuzosiza ukumaketha iTanzania njengendawo eyodwa yokuya kuyo esikhundleni sephakheji yokuya ehlanganisa iKenya.
Bathatha ukuvakasha kukaBush njengesiqalo sokuthi ezokuvakasha zaseTanzania zaziwe e-US ngezinkulungwane zemithombo yezindaba kulandela uhlelo lukaMongameli. Amanye amazwe ohambweni lwakhe lwase-Afrika lwezinsuku eziyisithupha yiRwanda, Ghana, Benin neLiberia.
ITanzania isingethe izingqungquthela ezimbili ezibalulekile ezinohlelo lwezokuvakasha ngoMeyi nangoJuni kulo nyaka lapho iningi lababambe iqhaza liqhamuka e-United States. Ingqungquthela Yesishiyagalombili kaLeon Sullivan izoba sedolobheni lezivakashi elisenyakatho yeTanzania i-Arusha ekuqaleni kukaJuni kanti kulindeleke ukuthi kuhehwe ababambiqhaza ababalelwa ku-4,000 abavela e-US nase-Afrika.
Ingqungquthela ye-33rd Africa Travel Association (ATA) ihlelelwe ukuthi iqhubeke kusukela mhla ziyi-19 kuya zingama-23 kubahlanganyeli bayo ababalulekile abathathwe e-African Diaspora e-US phakathi kwabanye abantu baseMelika.
I-Tanzania yaziwa kakhulu ngezindawo zayo ezihehayo ezicebile nezimangalisayo ezakhiwe amapaki ezilwane zasendle adumile ase-Afrika i-Serengeti, i-Ngorongoro, i-Selous ne-Tarangire ene-Mount Kilimanjaro ekhangayo - isiqongo esiphakeme kunazo zonke e-Afrika.
