IGreen Tourism Active iqoke ngazwi linye isikhulu esiphezulu se-Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO), uMnu. Sirili Akko, njengeNxusa layo Lokuhleleka eMpumalanga Afrika, elindizela phezulu ifulegi laseTanzania.
IGreen Tourism Active (GTA) yinhlangano yomhlaba wonke yokuhlola ukusimama kwemiklomelo kanye nemiklomelo, okuyiGlobal Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) ehlonishwayo.
Kule minyaka engu-5 edlule, uMnu. Akko, u-CEO ophumelele nokuqeqeshwa okuqinile emhlabeni jikelele, ubehola i-TATO, i-ejensi ehamba phambili yokukhuthaza kanye neyokumela imboni yezokuvakasha ebiza izigidigidi zamadola emkhakheni wezinsiza zemvelo- izwe elicebile, Tanzania.
“Kungijabulisa kakhulu ukunazisa ukuthi iBhodi leGreen Tourism Active linqume ukukuqoka njengeNxusa leGoodwill eligxile kakhulu eTanzania nasemazweni e-EAC, kusukela mhla lu-1 kuNtulikazi wezi-2019,” ifundeka kanjalo ingxenye yencwadi yokuqokwa esayinwe ngu. Umphathi Wezokumaketha we-GTA uHans Jurgen-Heuer.
UDkt. Jurgen-Heuer uthe nakuba uMnu Akko agxile kakhulu kuzo kanye nomthelela wakhe ku-EAC bloc, empeleni akagcini nje kuleso sifunda sendawo.
Njengoba ethatha uhambo oluningi, i-GTA ikholelwa ukuthi izowuhambisa umyalezo wayo emhlabeni wonke.
“Egameni lethu sonke, sengathi nginganamukela emkhunjini; sibheke ngabomvu ukusebenzelana okuzuzisa ngokufanayo futhi sibonga kusengaphambili ngokuhlanganyela nathi,” wabhala.
UMnu. Akko uyinhloko yonobhala be-TATO, uphiko oluphezulu lwenhlangano enamalungu angaphezu kuka-300 futhi unomthwalo wemfanelo wokudweba nokusebenzisa amasu okumela imboni yezokuvakasha ngokombono wamalungu ayo.
Phakathi kokunye, ubhekene necala lokuhola izingxoxo nohulumeni nezinye izinhlangano ze-TATO kanye nemboni yonkana.
Njengoba engumuntu ozolile, uchwepheshe osemusha okhanyayo uvamise ukubeka ebusweni bakhe izimfanelo ezinhle zokusebenzelana anazo ezibe nomthelela ekukhuliseni iphrofayili kamuva nje ye-TATO kanye nemboni yezokuvakasha yaseTanzania.
Iholo lezwe lezokuvakasha likhuphuke lafinyelela ku- $ 2.43 billion ngo-2018, lisuka ku- $ 2.19 billion ngo-2017, kanti abafika izivakashi baba yizigidi eziyi-1.49 uma kuqhathaniswa nezigidi eziyi-1.33 ngonyaka owedlule.
Indaba yempumelelo ekukhuleni kwemboni yezokuvakasha ayisoze yaphelela ngaphandle kokubalula uMnu. Akko ngeqhaza lakhe njenge-CEO ye-TATO.
Eyaziwa ngokuma kwayo ngokungaguquki ekusekeleni ukongiwa kwezilwane zasendle, i-CEO ye-TATO iphinde ituswe njengomuntu oqondile, onomthamo ophezulu wezingxoxo cishe kuzo zonke izici zokuphila.
Umqondisi Ophethe weTanzania Rift Valley Tours, uRashid Mtungi, oyilungu le-TATO isikhathi eside, uthe uMnu.
“Ngokusekelwe esikhathini esincane engangimazi ngaso esikhundleni sakhe njengesikhulu esiphezulu se-TATO, ngingasho ukuthi uMnu. Akko unesiphiwo esikhulu sokusungula izindlela zokuzuza ngokufanayo, ngokukhomba ukuhlangana kwezithakazelo,” kuchaza uMnu. Mtungi, enezela, “I. angikhumbuli noma iyiphi inkhulumomphendvulwano ehlulekile ngaphansi kwewashi lakhe.”
Njengoba engavami ukwabelana ngolwazi lomuntu siqu nomphakathi, akwaziwa kangako nge-CEO esencane.
Ngemva kokusebenza kanzima ekhuphuka, amarekhodi atholakalayo afakaza ukuthi uMnu. Akko akazalwanga enempilo eyanikelwa kuye ngoqwembe lwesiliva, kuye kwadingeka ukuthi, ngaphandle kwazo zonke izinkinga, asebenzele indawo yakhe emhlabeni wezokuvakasha kusukela lapho athola khona- hamba.
U-Akko wazalelwa futhi wakhulela eNangwa Village esiFundeni sase-Hanang esifundeni saseManyara enyakatho yeTanzania, uphuma emndenini ovamile othobekile wase-Afrika.
Eminyakeni yakhe yokuqala, kwakudingeka afuyise izimbuzi nezinkomo, umkhuba ovame kakhulu kubafana abakhuliswa kuma-setups asemakhaya.
UMnu. Akko uchithe impilo yakhe esemncane evolontiya ezinhlanganweni ezizimele ezisezingeni eliphansi, okuhlanganisa neLongido Community Integrated Programme ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaDkt. Steven Kiruswa, iLungu lePhalamende elikhona leSifunda SaseLongido.
Kungaleso sikhathi lapho waba nentshisekelo enkulu ekuthuthukisweni kwezindawo zasemakhaya.
Lapho eqeda imfundo yakhe yasesikoleni esiphakeme kanye nethonya lezinhlelo zokuthuthukiswa kwezindawo zasemakhaya ayezikhonza ngesikhathi samaholide, uMnu. Akko wajoyina i-Institute of Accountancy Arusha ukuze athole i-undergraduate program ekuphishekeleni izifundo zokubalwa kwezimali.
Ephoqwe ubizo lwakhe lokuthuthukiswa kwezindawo zasemakhaya, wasebenza ne-NGO yamazwe ngamazwe, i-World Vision Tanzania, iminyaka embalwa ngaphambi kokuba ajoyine i-TATO.
Indawo yokuqala agxila kuyo ku-TATO bekuwukuphakamisa igama lenhlangano ngaphakathi ezweni nangale kwayo, indima okutuswa ukuthi ulenze kahle ngamandla nangomdlandla.
Ngokuqokwa kwamanje njengeNxusa Lokuhleleka, uMnu. Akko uthemba ukufunda okuningi ezinhlobonhlobo zochwepheshe ezitholakala kwa-GTA.
Ulindele ukuthi ukuba khona kwakhe phakathi kwamalungu eqembu le-GTA kuzongeza ezinhlobonhlobo zamasiko nobuchule, okungenye yezithako ezibalulekile zomzimba ezinesimo somhlaba wonke.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Akko is the head of the TATO secretariat, an executive arm of the association with 300-plus members and is virtually responsible for carving out and implementing advocacy strategies for the tourism industry from its members' point of view.
- Akko, an accomplished CEO with solid training in the corporate world, has been at the helm of TATO, a leading lobby and advocacy agency for the multi-billion-dollar tourism industry in the natural-resource-rich country, Tanzania.
- Eyaziwa ngokuma kwayo ngokungaguquki ekusekeleni ukongiwa kwezilwane zasendle, i-CEO ye-TATO iphinde ituswe njengomuntu oqondile, onomthamo ophezulu wezingxoxo cishe kuzo zonke izici zokuphila.
