I-RIU Hotels & Resorts chain imemezele ukuthengwa kwesiza esingamahektare angama-25 endaweni yasePointe Sarène ogwini olusentshonalanga yeSenegal, okuyipharadesi eliphakathi kwenqubo yokuthuthukisa izivakashi. Ngalo, leli chungechunge liqinisa ukuzibophezela kwalo ezwenikazi i-Afrika, lapho selivele linamahhotela ayisithupha (amahlanu eCape Verde nelilodwa eTanzania) futhi liqhuba amanye amahhotela amahlanu eMorocco.
Ukutshalwa kwemali okuhleliwe kufinyelela kuma-euro ayizigidi eziyi-150, okubandakanya ukuthengwa kwesiza nokwakhiwa kwamahhotela angakusasa lapho uya khona. Ubungako besiza buzovumela ukuthi kwakhiwe izakhiwo ezimbili, futhi kuyathengwa ngaphansi kohlaka lobambiswano lwamaketanga neSAPCO (Society for the Development and Promotion of the Senegal Coast and Tourist Zone). Basebenza ngokubambisana okukhulu ukwenza lo msebenzi, okumanje usesigabeni sokuhlelwa okusalungiswa futhi okufanele uqaliswe ngoNovemba.
Iphrojekthi ye-RIU eSenegal izoba nezigaba ezimbili: kwesokuqala, kuzovulwa ihhotela elisezingeni elijwayelekile, elinamakamelo angama-500; kanti elesibili, leli chungechunge lihlose ukwakha ihhotela ebangeni leRiu Palace, elinamandla okuvakasha ababalelwa ku-800.
Inhloso yeziphathimandla zasekhaya nezabavakashi zokukhuthaza indawo okuyiwa kuyo yabonakala ekuphothulweni kwesikhumulo sezindiza samazwe omhlaba iBlaise-Diagne ngonyaka wezi-2017, okuyibanga elingu-35 km ukusuka endaweni etholwe yi-RIU, kanye nomgwaqo omkhulu oxhumanisa nedolobha laseDakar. Ukugcwalisa lowo mgwaqo omkhulu nephrojekthi yamaketanga ehhotela, ukwakhiwa kwendlela edlula ngakhona okuzoxhumanisa umgwaqo omkhulu oya endaweni entsha esakhiwa.
Kanye nokuqasha kanye nokuqeqesha abasebenzi bokwakhiwa kwamahhotela, ngokulandela intuthuko yabo i-RIU izodala amathuba emisebenzi angama-300 okuvulwa kwempahla ngayinye, okubandakanya ingqikithi yamathuba emisebenzi ayi-600 esewonke lapho amahhotela eseqalile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengengxenye yokuzibophezela kwayo ekuthuthukisweni okusimeme ezakhiweni ezintsha, leli chungechunge selivele lihlele ukwakhiwa okuhle kwebhilidi lokuqala lapho liya khona.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Inhloso yeziphathimandla zendawo nezokuvakashela indawo yokukhangisa indawo yabonakala ekuphothulweni kwesikhumulo sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe i-Blaise-Diagne ngo-2017, esingamakhilomitha angu-35 ukusuka endaweni etholwe yi-RIU, kanye nomgwaqo omkhulu oxhumanisa nedolobha laseDakar.
- Ubukhulu besiza buzovumela ukuthi kwakhiwe izakhiwo ezimbili, futhi sithengwa ngaphakathi kohlaka lobudlelwano bochungechunge neSAPCO (Society for the Development and Promotion of the Senegal Coast and Tourism Zone).
- Ukwengeza, njengengxenye yokuzibophezela kwayo ekuthuthukisweni okusimeme ezikhungweni ezintsha, lolu chungechunge seluvele luhlele ukwakhiwa okuphumelelayo kwesakhiwo sokuqala endaweni okuyiwa kuyo.
