I-Rwanda yaziwa njengendawo yezivakashi ethuthukayo nekhula ngokushesha eMpumalanga Afrika, eheha abavakashi bezinga eliphezulu abavela e-China, Europe, nase-United States.
Eyaziwa ngokuthi “izwe lamagquma ayinkulungwane,” iRwanda imi njengendawo ehamba phambili nekhangayo yezivakashi, iqhudelana neKenya, okuyindawo yokuphehla izivakashi eMpumalanga Afrika.
I-Gorilla trekking safaris, amasiko acebile abantu baseRwanda, indawo ezungezile, kanye nendawo enobungane yokutshala imali yezivakashi etholakala eRwanda konke kwenze lesi sizwe sase-Afrika sibe esinye sezindawo ezihamba phambili neziheha kakhulu kubavakashi bomhlaba.
I-Rwanda iyeza futhi iyisizwe esihamba phambili eMpumalanga Afrika, iheha izingqungquthela zesifunda nezomhlaba wonke enhloko-dolobha yayo iKigali. Izingqungquthela zesifunda nezamazwe ngamazwe ezingaphezu kuka-30 zihlelelwe ukuba zibe eKigali phakathi nezinyanga ezisele zonyaka.
I-Africa Travel Association (ATA) World Congress ingomunye wemihlangano eminingi ebalulekile, yezokuvakasha yomhlaba wonke ezoba seKigali kulo nyaka. Kulindeleke ukuthi ihehe abenzi benqubomgomo yezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke nabaholi bemboni yezokuvakasha abangaphezu kuka-300, i-ATA Congress izoba ngo-August walo nyaka okokuqala ngqa eRwanda kusukela yasungulwa ngo-1975.
I-Africa Hotel Investments Forum (AHIF) ingomunye umbuthano wezokuvakasha ohlelelwe eKigali ngo-Okthoba walo nyaka.
I-China, imakethe yezokuvakasha yomhlaba esafufusa iphinde iqondise iRwanda njengendawo yayo ye-safari ephumayo. Amafemu aseShayina aseSifundazweni saseJiangsu azwakalise intshisekelo emkhakheni wezokuvakasha nokwamukela izihambi waseRwanda.
UGao Yan, umqondisi wezangaphandle esifundazweni saseJiangsu, uthe izinkampani zesifundazwe zibheke ukutshala imali emahhotela, ukwakhiwa kwemigwaqo kanye nomkhakha wezokundiza, okuyizinto ezibalulekile ekukhuleni kwemboni yezokuvakasha kanye nezokuvakasha.
“Sifuna ukugxila kwezokuvakasha kanye nemikhakha ehlobene nayo, ngoba iRwanda iyindawo ehamba phambili esifundeni. Lokhu kusinikeza amathuba amakhulu okutshala imali, ikakhulukazi ukumisa amahhotela eziqiwini ezifana ne-Akagera neNyungwe anesipiliyoni esiyingqayizivele,” kusho uGao.
Phambilini uGao ubengunobhala kanye nekhansela lesibili ehhovisi leNxusa laseChina eRwanda, lapho ahlala khona iminyaka emithathu. Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi ezokuvakasha ngomunye wemiklamo uMongameli waseChina uXi Jinping athembisa ukuyisekela eRwanda.
Imboni yezokuvakasha iyona ehamba phambili engenisa imali yangaphandle eRwanda, futhi uhulumeni ubebeka izwe njengendawo okufanele ivakashelwe nezingqungquthela esifundeni.
I-Rwanda kuhloswe ngayo ukuthi izuze amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-400 kwezokuvakasha ngonyaka odlule (2016), isuka ku-$318 million ngo-2015. Izwe lalilindele ukuthi izinombolo zezivakashi nezivakashi zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-4 ngonyaka odlule, zisuka ezigidini ezingu-1.3 ezaqoshwa ngo-2015.
Itholakala empumalanga yeChina, iSifundazwe saseJiangsu siyindawo enezimboni enikela ngamaphesenti ayishumi ku-GDP yaseChina. I-GDP yesifundazwe ngomuntu ngamunye imi ku-$10.
Amafemu aseSifundazweni saseJiangsu njengamanje akha amahhotela ezinkanyezi ezi-5 nezindawo zasogwini eMauritius naseMadagascar, ngokusho kukaGao.
"Abantu bakithi baya ngokuya behambela e-Afrika, futhi iRwanda kufanele kube indawo yabo ekahle," esho. Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi izinkampani eziphuma esifundazweni ziyakhuthazwa ukuthi zingenele umkhakha wezinsiza, ushintshe umkhakha wezokukhiqiza nezimayini.
