I-Saudi iqinise ubukhona bayo e-India ngombukiso wayo wakamuva wokuhweba ngabantu, uxoxisana nabalingani ababalulekile ezweni lonke emicimbini e-Bangalore, Kochi, Hyderabad, naseNew Delhi. Ikhaya langempela lase-Arabia, iSaudi muva nje ithathe uhambo lwayo lwezokuvakasha olushukumisayo nombukiso wayo wokuqala wokuhweba wokuvakasha e-India, oxhuma abalingani ababalulekile nababambiqhaza. Umbukiso wemigwaqo ulandele ukubamba iqhaza kweSaudi okokuqala ngqa ku-OTM, isango eliya ezimakethe zokuhamba zaseNdiya.
Selokhu yavula ezokuvakasha zokungcebeleka ngo-2019, iSaudi yakha umnikelo wokuncintisana ogxile esikweni langempela lama-Arabia, amagugu acebile, izindawo eziyingqayizivele kanye nokuzijabulisa okukhula ngokushesha kanye nendlela yokuphila. Ngesikhathi sombukiso wemigwaqo wamadolobha amaningi, bangaphezu kuka-500 abadlali abahamba phambili abahweba ngezokuvakasha e-India bakhuthazwe ububanzi nokwehlukahlukana komkhiqizo wezwe ohlinzekwayo njengendawo okufanele ivakashelwe emhlabeni jikelele yezokuvakasha. Lolu hambo oluthatha isonto lonke luphinde lwasayinwa ama-MoU's ayi-14 nabanye ababambisene nabo besifunda abahamba phambili be-India.
I-Saudi isivele isungule ukuba khona e-India namahhovisi amele indawo eNew Delhi nase-Mumbai futhi izibophezele ekwakheni amandla kanye nesidingo ngoxhumano oluthuthukisiwe, izivumelwano zamasu nozakwethu ababalulekile, nokuvulwa kwama-DMC aqondene nezwe elithile.
"Ubuhle beSaudi bulele ezinhlobonhlobo, ubuqiniso kanye nokungenisa izihambi okufudumele kwabantu baseSaudi," kusho u-Alhasan Aldabbagh, uMongameli - APAC Markets, Saudi Tourism Authority.
"Njengoba sisebenzela ukufeza izinhloso zethu zezokuvakasha, sizibophezele ekwakheni nasekuqiniseni ubudlelwano nozakwethu ababalulekile ukuze basisize sivule izimakethe zemithombo ebalulekile futhi siqhubekisele phambili umthamo nokukhula."
“Ukusingathwa kombukiso wethu wokuqala wama-Indian roadshow emadolobheni amane nokubamba iqhaza kwe-OTM kudale ithuba lokuthi ozakwethu bezohwebo bahlangane ukuze bathole ukwehlukahlukana kwe-ecosystem yezokuvakasha yase-Saudi, ukuze sikwazi futhi sibanike amandla okunikeza indawo entsha ethokozisayo kubahambi baseNdiya.”
Ikhaya lezindawo ze-6 ze-UNESCO zamagugu omhlaba kanye nezindawo zemivubukulo ezingaphezu kuka-10,000, kanye nesifunda sezintaba sase-Asir - okubandakanya i-Rijal Almaa, ivotele UNWTO 'idolobhana elihamba phambili lezokuvakasha' ngo-2021 - kanye nesikhungo sobuciko namasiko saseJeddah, i-ecosystem yezokuvakasha yaseSaudi iyaqhubeka nokuguquka futhi iguquke.
Iqondise izivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-70 ngo-2022, iSaudi yakha empumelelweni yayo ka-2021, imboni yayo yezokuvakasha ifakaza ukululama okungama-121% emazingeni angaphambi kobhubhane. Ngo-2022, ukuzibophezela kwezwe ekuthuthukiseni ezokuvakasha kwaqashelwa yi-World Economic Forum's Travel and Tourism Development Index (TTDI), lapho iSaudi yazuza khona izindawo eziyi-10 ezingeni lomhlaba.
I-Saudi Tourism Authority (STA), eyethulwe ngoJuni 2020, inesibopho sokumaketha izindawo zokuvakasha zaseSaudi Arabia emhlabeni wonke kanye nokuthuthukisa ukunikezwa koMbuso ngezinhlelo, amaphakheji nokusekelwa kwebhizinisi. Igunya layo lisukela ekuthuthukiseni izimpahla nezindawo eziyingqayizivele zezwe, kuye ekusingatheni nokubamba iqhaza emicimbini yezimboni, nasekuthuthukiseni uhlobo lwezokuvakasha lwase-Saudi Arabia kuleli naphesheya kwezilwandle.
