I-DAR ES SALAAM, eTanzania – iTanzania yazuza u-$1.8 billion kwezokuvakasha ngo-2013, nokungeyokuqala emlandweni wezokuvakasha eTanzania.
UNgqongqoshe wezeMvelo nezokuVakasha, uLazaro Nyalandu, ubekhuluma e-Dar es Salaam ngeledlule eceleni kombukiso osanda kuphela wezokuvakasha wamazwe ngamazwe.
Ibhodi lezokuvakasha laseTanzania (TTB) lisungule uMbukiso omusha Wezokuvakasha Wamazwe Ngamazwe obizwa ngokuthi iSwahili International Tourism Expo (S!TE) ukuze kuvulwe izimakethe zezokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe ezikhungweni zezokuvakasha zendawo.
UNyandu uthe lesi yisinyathelo esihle somkhakha wezokuvakasha wezwe, uma kubhekwa ukungaqiniseki kwezomnotho okukhona njengamanje, “imboni yezokuvakasha ingenye yemikhakha embalwa yezomnotho eTanzania ekhula kakhulu, kuyilapho iqhuba inqubekelaphambili yezomnotho ezweni lethu.”
NgokukaNyalandu, phakathi kuka-2002 no-2013, iTanzania ibhalise ukukhula okungaphezu kwama-50% kwabavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe.
Uthe ngo-2013, iTanzania yathola izivakashi ezingu-1,135,884, ezizuzele izwe u-$1.81 billion.
ITanzania ibusiswe ngezindawo ezikhangayo zemvelo namasiko ezihlukile kodwa ungqongqoshe uNyalandu uthe: “Ngeke sithembele kuphela ezindaweni eziningi ezikhanga izivakashi.
“Kubalulekile ukuthi sisebenze ngokuzikhandla kakhulu kunakuqala ukuze sisebenzise ukuqwashisa 'okuphezulu emiqondweni' imizamo yethu yangaphambilini eyenzele izwe. Njengesizwe, sidinga ukwenza imizamo ehlangene ngamasu okukhangisa izindawo zethu ezihehayo.”
NgoFebhuwari 2013, i-TTB yangena ebudlelwaneni nePure Grit Project and Exhibition Management LTD ukuze kusungulwe uMbukiso Wezokuvakasha Wamazwe Ngamazwe eTanzania, owaziwa ngeSwahili International Tourism Expo (S!TE), ozoqala ukusebenza kusukela ngo-Okthoba, 2014.
I-Pure Grit Project and Exhibition Management LTD yinkampani ephethe i-INDABA Tourism Fair, omunye wemicimbi emikhulu yokumaketha ezokuvakasha ekhalendeni lase-Afrika futhi ungomunye wemicimbi emithathu ephezulu 'okumelwe ivakashelwe' yohlobo lwayo ekhalendeni lomhlaba.
Ibamba loMqondisi Ophethe we-TTB, u-Devota Mdachi uthe umzamo wokusungula i-S!TE ngaphezu kokukhangisa iTanzania njengendawo ethandwa izivakashi kuhloswe ngayo ukuxhumanisa Amabhizinisi Amancane Namaphakathi Ezokuvakasha (ama-SME) nemakethe Yezokuvakasha yamazwe ngamazwe.
“Kuyiqiniso ukuthi izikhungo eziningi zezokuvakasha zaseTanzania zingamabhizinisi amancane, anemali elinganiselwe namandla okufinyelela ezimakethe zezokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe,” kusho uMdachi.
Uthe i-S!TE futhi ikakhulukazi uhlelo lwabathengi olusingathiwe luzosiza ukubhekana nale nselelo.
UMdachi, unxuse zonke izinkampani zezokuvakasha ukuthi zilisebenzise leli thuba elizobenza baxhumanise amabhizinisi abo ezokuvakasha nezimakethe zezokuvakasha zezifunda nezamazwe ngamazwe.
I-S!TE, i-International Tourism Expo yokuqala ngqa eTanzania, izoba minyaka yonke ngo-Okthoba eMlimani City Convention Centre e-Dar-es-Salaam futhi igxile ohambeni olungenayo noma oluphumayo oluya e-Afrika futhi ithatha indlela yombukiso wezokuvakasha nokuhweba ingxenye yengqungquthela egxile kwezokuvakasha okuyizihloko, ukusimama, ukongiwa kwemvelo kanye nezinye izindaba ezihlobene nezimakethe.
I-Dar es Salaam iqokwe ngendlela efanelekile njengendawo yokubungaza lo mbukiso ngenxa yezindawo ezikuyo, ukungena komoya okwanele; 'isimo sobuciko' esikhona kanye nengqalasizinda etholakala kalula nezinsiza ezifanele ukusungula umbukiso wezokuvakasha wamazwe ngamazwe.
