U-Alain St.Ange, uNgqongqoshe waseSeychelles obhekele ezokuvakasha namaSiko, unxuse abamele ezokuvakasha abavela e-Afrika naseziqhingini zase-Indian Ocean ukuthi basebenzise isikhathi sabo eSeychelles kuma-World Travel Awards ka-2015 ukuze baxhumane futhi bahlole ama-synergies amasha akusasa hhayi yekelani ithuba lamasu amasha njengoba lezi kuyimbewu yempumelelo yangomuso.
Ungqongqoshe waseSeychelles ubekhuluma emcimbini wezindondo obukulo nyaka obuseKempinski Resort eSeychelles. UNgqongqoshe u-Alain St.Ange, obeyisivakashi esihlonishwayo emcimbini walo nyaka wezindondo, uthe ngesikhathi eqala inkulumo yakhe wathi “izokuvakasha zaseSeychelles zihamba phambili.”
UNgqongqoshe u-St.Ange uqhube wathi namuhla iSeychelles isibonakala kakhulu kunanini ngaphambili. “Kungakho sibona ama-World Travel Awards ekhetha i-Seychelles ukuthi isingathe Imicimbi Yabo Yemiklomelo ka-2015, yingakho sibona imicimbi emikhulu namaqembu akhuthazayo ekhetha i-Seychelles njengendawo ayikhethayo. Sibonakala kakhulu selokhu saqala ukwenza imicimbi eminingi yamasiko efinyelele umvuthwandaba ngokuthi izinhlangano zabezindaba zamazwe ngamazwe eziyi-109 zilibangise eSeychelles ohlelweni lwalo nyaka lwe-Carnaval International de Victoria. Uma sibonakala, sihlala sibalulekile emhlabeni wezokuvakasha kanye nabakhi bamaholide noma abahleli bemicimbi efana nama-World Travel Awards asikhethe ngaphezu kwezinye izindawo.
“Namuhla nginelungelo lokwamukela bonke abantu esibavakashele. Egameni leSeychelles iyonke, nginifisela ukuhlala okujabulisayo eSeychelles futhi ngethemba ukuthi nonke nizokwenza isikhathi sokuvakashela iziqhingi zethu. Namuhla kusihlwa, ngeke ngikutshele ngamabhishi ethu anesihlabathi esimhlophe amahle naphelele, ngoba lokhu nonke niyakwazi, ukuthi iSeychelles inamanye amabhishi angcono kakhulu. Akudingekile futhi ukuthi ngikutshele mayelana nolwandle lwethu oluluhlaza olucwebile noluhlanzekile olufudumele unyaka wonke, ngoba nalokhu uyazi, ukuthi iSeychelles ibusiswe ngendawo yokuthengisa eyingqayizivele. Kunalokho ngifuna ukukhuluma ngokuhlukahlukana okwenza iSeychelles ibe yilokhu eyikho namuhla, futhi lapha ngizoqala ngabantu baseSeychelles ababizwa ngeSeychelles nje.
“Namuhla singamaCreole aziqhenyayo avela emigqeni emihlanu ehlukene okungukuthi iFrance, i-Afrika, i-UK, iChina neNdiya. Namuhla, lokhu kwehluka okusenza sibe abantu abaziqhenyayo esiyikho futhi kusinika isiko eliyingqayizivele ngayo yonke indlela yalo. Siqhubekisele phambili imboni yethu yezokuvakasha sikhumbula ukuthi ukuze kube nozinzo lwesikhathi eside, kwakudingeka sibeke isiko lethu esikhungweni sentuthuko yethu yezokuvakasha, futhi lokhu kuqinisekise ukuthi abantu baseSeychelles bahlala bephakathi kwentuthuko yezwe lethu, ” kusho uNgqongqoshe u-Alain St.Ange.
UNgqongqoshe waseSeychelles obekhuluma ngokusuka enhliziyweni nangaphandle kwentambo, wabe esekhuluma ngesidingo sokuthuthukisa ubudlelwano uma ezokuvakasha zizoqiniswa isikhathi eside. “Ngiye ngasho kaningi ukuthi emhlabeni wanamuhla, akukho ngisho isiqhingi esingakwazi ukuba yisiqhingi saso nokuthi ukubambisana nokuhlangana kuletha indlela engcono kakhulu eya phambili, okusivumela ukuthi siqhubekele phambili ndawonye lapho kungase kube nzima noma kungenzeki khona ukuqhubeka sisodwa. Esifundeni esiseNtshonalanga ye-Indian Ocean sikubonile lokhu futhi sakhe iziqhingi zeVanilla ezinobulungu beSeychelles, Mauritius, La Reunion, Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte, kanye neMaldives ukuze sikwazi ukuhlanganisa futhi sibonise izimfanelo zethu ngokulandelana kwazo ngaphansi kwesambulela esisodwa. Lokhu kulethe uhlobo olulodwa oluhlanganisayo olusenza sikwazi ukuzimaketha ngokuphumelelayo futhi siphinde sisebenze nengqalasizinda edingekayo ukuze sivumele uhambo olukhulu noluphumelelayo phakathi kweziqhingi zethu.
“Kuyenzeka okufanayo phakathi kweNingizimu Afrika KwaZulu Natal, uMbuso waseSwazini, eMozambique, naseSeychelles ngomqondo we-East3Route. Namuhla, i-Afrika njengezwekazi ithola ngaphansi kwama-5% emakethe yezokuvakasha yomhlaba, futhi lokhu ngisho noma sazi sonke ukuthi izwekazi lase-Afrika liyindawo evundile yokuthuthukisa okwengeziwe, ukusebenzisana ngokubambisana nezinhlangano. Lokhu kuzosivumela ukuthi sikhulise isikhalo sethu njengendawo yezokuvakasha esigabeni esigcwele kakhulu sezokuvakasha emhlabeni. Emkhakheni wezokuvakasha oqhudelana kakhulu, ngiqiniseka kakhulu kunanini ngaphambili ukuthi thina kulesi sifunda sinemikhiqizo yezokuvakasha ehluke kakhulu. Ukuvakasha kwami okuningi e-Afrika nakuso sonke isifunda sase-Indian Ocean kuye kwangibonisa kaningi ukuthi imikhiqizo yethu yezokuvakasha inokwehlukahlukana okukhulu, ubuqiniso, kanye nokunyakazisa futhi iyakwazi ukuma ihlombe nehlombe nabaphambili emhlabeni,” uNgqongqoshe u-Alain St. Kusho u-Ange waseSeychelles.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- We have moved our tourism industry forward bearing in mind that for long-term stability, we needed to place our culture at the center of our tourism development, and this has ensured that the people of Seychelles remain always at the center of our country’s development,”.
- Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture, appealed to tourism representatives coming from Africa and from the Indian Ocean Islands to use their time in Seychelles for the 2015 World Travel Awards to also network and explore new synergies for tomorrow and not pass up the opportunity for new strategies as these are the seeds of future prosperity.
- “I have often said that in today’s world, not even an island can afford to be an island unto itself and that partnerships and synergies present the best way forward, allowing us to advance together where it might be difficult or impossible to advance alone.
