Le nkampani yaziswe ukuthi ikhiqize izithombe zekhwalithi ephezulu ze-360° VR nokuvakasha okubonakalayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe isiko le-VR. Seychelles kanye nezokuvakasha endaweni oya kuyo.
I-MOU yasayinwa ngu-Sherin Francis, uNobhala Omkhulu wezokuVakasha e-Seychelles, kanye no-James South, umsunguli we-Gecko Digital, e-Digital Tourism Fair ngo-Septhemba 28 - edlalwa njengengxenye yomhlangano. Tourism Festival of the Seychelles, indikimba yayo ethi 'Ukuvala Inkathi Eyedlule Nekusasa Lethu'. Lo mcimbi ubuhanjelwe nguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseSeychelles, uMnu. Sylvestre Radegonde, kanye noNobhala Omkhulu, Abaqondisi-Jikelele, abalingani bezohwebo, nezinye izihambeli ezihloniphekile.
Njengomhlinzeki wokuqukethwe we-VR okhethwayo wezokuvakasha e-Seychelles, i-Gecko Digital izoletha izithombe ezingokoqobo zekhwalithi ephezulu ze-HD 360° kanye nevidiyo eMnyangweni futhi yenze izinsizakalo zayo zitholakale kubabambiqhaza nabahlinzeki ngendawo yokuhlala.
Ubambiswano luzobona i-Gecko Digital idala isigaba esizinikele esithi “Seychelles in 360” kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni yezokuvakasha ye-Seychelles, Seychelles Travel, imephu futhi ibonise amaphuzu avelele endawo nezindawo ezithakaselwayo ngokuqukethwe okuphambili kwe-panospheric 360 VR. Abasebenzisi bazophathwa ngendlela egxile ngempela kanye nomthombo omusha nomusha wogqozi lokuhamba. Izindawo eziningi 'okufanele uzivakashele' ezizokhonjiswa zihlanganisa i-Côte D'Or; I-La Digue, i-Victoria, i-Praslin, i-Lazio Praslin, ne-Moyenne Island, engabukwa kuqala nge-VR kuzixhumanisi ezilapha.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuzibophezela ngokubambisana phakathi kwe-Gecko Digital kanye ne-Seychelles Tourism kuzohlanganisa ukuhlonza amahhotela nezindawo zokungcebeleka ukuze kusekelwe ukunikezwa okuqhubekayo kokuqukethwe kwe-VR kwekhwalithi ephezulu okuzosetshenziselwa ukuthuthukisa i-Seychelles emhlabeni wonke.
Ukwenza lokhu kube lula futhi kuqhubeke nokubonisa ukujula kokubambisana, i-Gecko Digital ihlose ukudala uhlelo lokuqeqeshwa kwe-VR lokuthwebula izithombe kubasebenzi baseSeychelles Tourism ngenhloso yokuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe bendawo kule ndawo, ngokuqhubekayo ukusekela imboni yendawo yamahhotela kanye nezokuvakasha.
UJames South, Umsunguli we-Gecko Digital, uthe mayelana nobambiswano: “Ukuvela kwe-'Destination VR' kuphawula ukushintsha kwepharadigm ekukhangiseni kwezokuvakasha. Uthando lwethu ngobuchwepheshe bokucwiliswa kanye neqiniso elibonakalayo eliphambili kuhloswe ngalo ukuthutha abasebenzisi endaweni okuyiwa kuyo, kunikeze ugqozi lokugcina lokuhamba kanye nethuluzi elingenakuqhathaniswa lokuhlela uhambo lwabo. Izibalo zethu, ezithathwe kwa-Google, zisitshela ukuthi amaphesenti angu-70 abantu ababuka ukuvakasha okubonakalayo ku-inthanethi bayachofoza, kanti amaphesenti angu-35 aqhubeka nokubhukha ngokuqondile.”
"Ngokusebenzisa intuthuko ye-VR yesimanjemanje, izivakashi zingathatha izinyathelo zazo zokuqala ekutholeni indawo emangalisayo yaseSeychelles, ukusuka ekuhambeni amabhishi ayo nokuvakashela izindawo zayo zomlando nezimangaliso zemvelo kuye ekuhloleni amahhotela ayo amahle."
Umqondisi Jikelele Wezokukhangisa Kwezokuvakasha Seychelles, uBernadette Willemin, wengeze wathi, “Sijabule kakhulu ngalobu budlelwano, obuzosebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bamuva kakhulu ukusisiza ukuthi silethe umlingo waseSeychelles kubavakashi emhlabeni wonke. Izobanikeza ithuba lokuthola ukunambitheka okujulile kokuhlukahluka kwezwe lethu elihle, kanye nokuhlola ngedijithali konke okunikezwa yi-Seychelles Islands. Sifuna ukubakhuthaza ukuthi bavakashele futhi bazizwele bona amanzi ethu acwebile, izitshalo nezilwane ezinhle, amasiko ethu, amagugu, nakho konke okwenza iziQhingi zaseSeychelles zibe indawo emangalisayo oya kuyo.”
Ubambiswano lulandela impumelelo yokusebenzelana kwakamuva kwe-Gecko Digital ne-Cape Town Tourism, okwakhiwe ukuletha izindlela ezintsha nezintsha zokukhuthaza abangaba abavakashi ukuthi bakhethe indawo okuyiwa kuyo.
