U-HE Paul Kagame, uMongameli, i-United Republic of Rwanda, uzohlonishwa nge-The World Tourism Award 2017 for Visionary Leadership ngoNovemba 6, 2017, ngosuku lokuvula lweWorld Travel Market London, e-Excel Centre. UZOhlonishwa u-HE Kagame emcimbini waminyaka yonke wokuklomelisa ama-World Tourism Awards, kugujwa i-Anniversary yama-20, exhaswe ngabakwa-Corinthia Hotels, The New York Times, kanye ne-Reed Travel Exhibitions. UPeter Greenberg, Umhleli Wezokuvakasha Wezindaba we-CBS kanye nochwepheshe wezokuvakasha odume umhlaba wonke, bazosingatha ukwethulwa kwe-Award.
I-World Tourism Award for Visionary Leadership yethulwa kuMongameli we-HE uPaul Kagame “ngokuhlonipha ubuholi buka HE Paul Kagame ngenqubomgomo yokubuyisana, ezokuvakasha ezizinzile, ukongiwa kwezilwane zasendle, kanye nentuthuko yezomnotho okuheha utshalomali olukhulu lwamahhotela, okuholele ekuguqukeni okumangazayo kuholele ekwenyukeni kweRwanda njengenye yezindawo ezihamba phambili kwezokuvakasha e-Afrika namuhla. ”
Ngaphansi kobuholi obunombono kaMongameli we-HE uPaul Kagame, iRwanda ithole impumelelo emangalisayo yezokuvakasha futhi isungulwe ezingeni lomhlaba njengendawo ehamba phambili kwezokuvakasha e-Afrika namuhla.
Ezokuvakasha, okuyiyona ehamba phambili eRwanda engenisa imali yangaphandle, ibambe iqhaza elibalulekile ekuthuthukisweni kwezwe. Imali engenayo evela kwezokuvakasha iphindeke kabili isuka ezigidini ezingama-US$200 ngowezi-2010 yafinyelela ezigidini ezingama-US$404 ngowezi-2016 okubonisa ukukhula okumaphakathi konyaka ngo-10%, kweqa i-National Export Strategy II okuhloswe ngayo ngowezi-2016 ngama-13%. Abavakashi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.3 bavakashele eRwanda ngo-2016. Ukufika kwezivakashi ngesikhathi esifanayo (2010-2016) kukhuphuke ngo-12% ngonyaka uma kuqhathaniswa nesizinda sezwe. UNWTO abafikayo ezimakethe ezisafufusa zomhlaba wonke ezimakwe ku-3.3% ngesikhathi esifanayo. Umkhakha wezokuvakasha eRwanda kulindeleke ukuthi ukhule ngo-15% ngonyaka.
Njengendawo ekhethwayo yokutshala imali, iRwanda isungule izinhlelo eziningi zokuqinisekisa indawo evumayo yebhizinisi. Kuze kube manje, iRwanda ibhekwa njengendawo yesibili yokuncintisana kwezamabhizinisi e-Afrika ngokusho kombiko we-2 WEF Global Competitiveness Report, futhi lokhu kukhuthaze utshalomali lwangaphandle olwengeziwe emkhakheni wezokuvakasha.
Ukubeka phambili ukuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda emkhakheni wezokuvakasha kanye nezokuvakasha ngemali engaphezulu kwe- $ 1Billion efakwe kubanikeli abalulekile njengeRwandAir, okuyenza ikwazi ukunweba imizila yayo emhlabeni wonke iye ezindaweni ezingama-23 kanye nokukhulisa amandla ayo okundiza ngezindiza ezimbili ezintsha ze-A330 Airbus. Intuthuko enkulu elandelayo kulo mkhakha ukuqala kwesikhumulo sezindiza esisha saseBugesera.
Ukwakhiwa kweKigali Convention Centre manje kubeka iRwanda njengenkomfa yomhlaba kanye nemihlangano. Ukwengezwa kwamagama angaphezu kwama-1,600 amazwe omhlaba anezinkanyezi ezine namakamelo amahhotela, kubandakanya iMarriott, iRadisson Blu, iBisate yiWilderness Safaris kanye ne-One & Only Nyungwe House, Ubumwe Grande etholwe yiDouble Tree nguHilton kuholele ekudalweni yemisebenzi engaphezu kwe-90,000 embonini yonke yezivakashi.
Ukusimama kubaluleke kakhulu kunqubomgomo yezokuvakasha ezwakalayo kanti iRwanda iqinisekise ukuthi u-10% wayo yonke imali engenayo yezokuvakasha ibuyiselwa emiphakathini ezungeze amapaki amane ezwe. Le mali isetshenziselwa ukuxhasa amaphrojekthi asezingeni eliphakeme njengezikole, izikhungo zezempilo kanye namabhizinisi akhuthaza ukusimama okuzuzisa izinkulungwane zabantu baseRwanda.
Imizamo yokongiwa kwemvelo yaseRwanda ibe nomthelela omkhulu ekukhuleni kwenani lama-gorilla asezintabeni emhlabeni ngama-26.3% selokhu kubalwa abantu okokugcina ngo-2010. IVolcanoes National Park eseRwanda manje seyikhaya lama-gorilla asezintabeni angama-305 abamba ngaphezu kwengxenye yabantu eVirunga Massif.
Ezinye izigigaba zokongiwa kwemvelo eRwanda zenzeka e-Akagera National Park, lapho ukubiya kwepaki kwaholela ekwehliseni ukungqubuzana kwabantu nezilwane zasendle. Futhi e-Akagera, kube nokuvuselelwa kabusha kwamabhubesi nobhejane muva nje. Kukhona nokwehla okuphawulekayo kokuzingelwa ngokungemthetho ezweni lonke, ngokwesibonelo ngo-2013, kwaqoqwa izingibe ezingaphezu kuka-2000 epaki kanti ngo-2017, kwaqoqwa isicupho esisodwa kuphela. Ngokufanayo, ngo-1, akukaze kuboshwe muntu uma kuqhathaniswa nangemuva ngonyaka we-2017 lapho kwaboshwa khona abazingeli abangaphezu kuka-2013.
Enye impumelelo enkulu yokongiwa kwemvelo ukumenyezelwa kweGishwati Mukura National Park okwenza inani eliphelele lamapaki kazwelonke afike kwamane ngomhlaba ongu-9% manje osuphethwe njengamapaki kazwelonke avikelwe.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The World Tourism Award for Visionary Leadership is being presented to HE President Paul Kagame “in recognition of HE Paul Kagame's visionary leadership through a policy of reconciliation, sustainable tourism, wildlife conservation, and economic development attracting major hotel investment, resulting in the remarkable turnaround that has led to Rwanda's rise as one of the leading tourism destinations in Africa today.
- Ngaphansi kobuholi obunombono kaMongameli we-HE uPaul Kagame, iRwanda ithole impumelelo emangalisayo yezokuvakasha futhi isungulwe ezingeni lomhlaba njengendawo ehamba phambili kwezokuvakasha e-Afrika namuhla.
- To date, Rwanda is considered as the 2nd competitive destination for business in Africa according the 2017 WEF Global Competitiveness Report, and this has encouraged even more foreign investment in the tourism sector.
