Abasebenzi bezokuvakasha esifundeni esiseningizimu yeCasamance eSenegal bathi ukungavikeleki, intela ephezulu, kanye nenkinga yezomnotho emhlabeni wonke kulimaza osomabhizinisi abaningi abancane.
Abadansi bendawo babungaza izivakashi zaseYurophu kwelinye lamahhotela amakhulu ngasogwini oluseningizimu yeSenegal. Ngenkathi inkinga yomnotho emhlabeni ibambezele amabhizinisi lapho, kube nzima kakhulu ezindlini zezivakashi ezincane, ezisezindaweni ezikude maphakathi nezwe lapho ukuvukela uhulumeni e-Dakar kusize ukunika i-Casamance igama elibi.
U-Bakary Denis Sane ungusihlalo wenhlangano yabaqhubi bamahhotela abancane e-Casamance.
Eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-20 selokhu kwaqala inkinga yezokuphepha eyabangelwa ukuhlubuka, uSane uthi amahhotela amaningi amancane eCasamance ehlile. Abaningi babo bashisiwe. Eziningi zazo zilahliwe.
Naphezu kwesivumelwano sokuthula ngo-2004, imigwaqo eminingi kule ngxenye eseningizimu yeSenegal isalokhu ingaphephile, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokugetshengwa okungahlobene ngokuqondile nokuvukela umbuso kaDioula.
USane uthi izinsizwa nezintokazi eziningi ebezisebenza ezindaweni ezihlala izivakashi sezihambile zilibangise enhlokodolobha ziyofuna imisebenzi.
U-Angele Diagne uhola inhlangano yabasebenzi basehhotela i-Casamance.
Uma amahhotela evalwa, uthi omama nobaba abaningi balahlekelwa imisebenzi. Lokho kwandisa isibalo sabantu abampofu njengoba abesifazane abebedayisela izivakashi izinto zezandla belahlekelwa amakhasimende abo. UDiagne ufuna uhulumeni andise isikhathi sezivakashi futhi akhuthaze abantu baseSenegal ukuthi bavakashele le ndawo uma izivakashi zaseYurophu zingekho.
U-Augustin Diatta ungumnikazi wenkampani yezokuvakasha edolobheni laseZiguinchor. Uthi uhulumeni akasebenzisi imali eyanele ukuthuthukisa amahhotela amancane.
Iyini intuthuko yangempela, kubuza uDiatta. Intuthuko yangempela isezindaweni ezikhethwa yizindawo lapho amakhabethe akhiwa khona abantu basemakhaya futhi izinzuzo zabelwana phakathi kwabantu basemakhaya.
Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili ezama ukukhuthaza ezokuvakasha ezinkomponi zamadolobhana, uthi amanye amanxusa angaphandle eSenegal abenqabela izakhamizi zawo ukuya eCasamance. Manje uthi lokho kushintsha kancane kancane.
UDiatta uthi ezokuvakasha eCasamace akulula ngoba kufanele uthole ukuthi yimiphi imigwaqo ephephile. Futhi kufanele uthole izivakashi eziyithanda ngempela iCasamance futhi ayinandaba nokuthi amaphephandaba namanxusa athini. Kuphinde kube nenkinga yentengo ngoba ukuvakasha okuningi kuyabiza ngenxa yentela ephezulu yaseSenegal.
UChristian Jackot ungumnikazi wehhotela eCasamance. Uthi intela yesivakashi ngasinye yama-Euro angu-372, engaphezudlwana kuka-$500, yenza iSenegal indawo engathandeki.
UJako uthi uma uqhathanisa lokho nezinye izindawo ezifana neMorocco, lapho intela ingu-75 euros noma i-Ivory Coast lapho intela ingu-120 euros, iSenegal ibiza kakhulu. Njengamanye amabhizinisi, abanikazi bamahhotela eSenegal bakhokha intela ye-value added engamaphesenti angu-18, kuyilapho izimbangi zabo eMorocco naseTunisia zikhokha intela engamaphesenti angu-5.5.
Abavakashi namuhla banesabelomali. Baqhathanisa izindawo ezahlukene. Uma ungachitha izinsuku eziyi-15 eSeychelles noma eTunisia ngentengo efanayo naleyo ongachitha isonto elilodwa eSenegal, uJackot uthi izivakashi zizoya eSeychelles, Tunisia, Antilles, noma iGambia engumakhelwane.
U-Luca D'Ottavio ufuna uhlobo oluhlukile lwesivakashi. Isikhungo sakhe se-Health Travel sithuthukisa ezokuvakasha ezinomthwalo wemfanelo emphakathini lapho abantu behlala ezindaweni zokulala ezilungele imvelo futhi basize ngamaphrojekthi okuthuthukisa wendawo e-Casamance.
U-D'Ottavio uthi abezindaba basekhaya nabakwamanye amazwe benza lokho kube nzima ngokugxila kuphela ezenzweni zokugebenga ngezikhathi ezithile.
“Inkinga eCasamance ukuthi akukho zindaba ezisakazwa ngobuningi bazo zonke izenzakalo ezimnandi ezenzekayo. Sikhuluma ngama-carnivals. Sikhuluma ngemikhosi yokudansa. Sikhuluma ngemikhosi yakudala efana neHlathi Elingcwele eliheha izinkulungwane zabantu minyaka yonke,” kusho uD’Ottavio.
U-D'Ottavio uthi abaqhubi bezokuvakasha bagcina amakhasimende abo ekude nezindawo ezingaphephile.
“Kuyafana nokuthi umuntu ohlala eNew York ubengathathi umngani wakhe eBronx ngo-5:00 ekuseni ngoba kungase kube nezinkinga. Amandla ethu amakhulu wukuthi bonke laba bantu babuyele emazweni abo bakhulume ezingosini zezokuvakasha, bakhulume nabangani babo ngokuphepha kwalesi sifunda,” usho kanje.
U-D'Ottavio uphinde asebenze ezinhlelweni zokushintshana kwabafundi lapho abantu abasha abavela eYurophu nase-United States beza eCasamance ngamaphrojekthi wokusiza umphakathi.
