Abaholi bemboni yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke bashiye inhloko-dolobha yase-Saudi i-Riyadh futhi enkulu kunazo zonke ezake zaba khona I-World Travel & Tourism Council Summit izolo ebusuku ngomuzwa wethemba ovuselelwe, izinhloso zesikhathi esizayo ezabiwe kanye nokuzibophezela okuqinile kumaqhinga okusebenzisana awela imingcele ukuze kuqhutshekwe nekusasa eliyimpumelelo lomkhakha.
Le ngqungquthela yezinsuku ezintathu ihehe abenzi bezinqumo abavela kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba njengoba izwe elizosingatha iSaudi Arabia libambe oNgqongqoshe bakaHulumeni abangama-55, izikhulu eziphezulu zezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha ezingama-250 kanye namanxusa angama-60 abephakathi kwezithunywa ezicishe zibe ngu-3000 ezivela emazweni ayi-140. Ingumbuthano omkhulu kunawo wonke wabaholi bezokuvakasha kanye nezingcweti ezike zasingathwa yiNgqungquthela.
I-Riyadh Summit yayinesibalo esiphindwe kabili sezithunywa njengeNgqungquthela yokugcina enkulu yangaphambi kwe-Covid eSeville futhi cishe amazwe amaningi amelwe aphindwe kathathu enayi-140 uma kuqhathaniswa nangaphezu kwama-50 eSeville ngo-2019.
Evala Ingqungquthela, u-HE Ahmed Al Khateeb, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, uMbuso waseSaudi Arabia uthe:
“Lo mcimbi ube yisibonelo esihle sokusebenzisana, sezingxoxo ezinhle eziholele esenzweni esiphusile. Ngethemba ukuthi nonke niyibonile incazelo yangempela yokwamukela izihambi kwaseSaudi. EMbusweni sibiza ukungenisa izihambi ngokuthi Hafawah. Siyaqonda ukuthi ukungenisa izihambi kunamandla okuvula ulwazi oluyiqiniso olusenza sihluke.”
Sibonga isizwe esiphethe, uJulia Simpson, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO, Umkhandlu Wezwe Wokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha, “Intshiseko, abantu, umoya wokungenisa izihambi esibe nawo ube yinto emangalisayo lapha eSaudi Arabia. Lo mkhakha uyakhula – futhi uzokhula lapha. Leli zwe lizogcina linezivakashi eziningi kune-USA.”
Phakathi kwezindikimba eziningi zale Ngqungquthela kwaba nomthelela omuhle amasu asimeme angaba nawo ekukhiqizeni imisebenzi, impumelelo kanye nentuthuko esimeme yemiphakathi ebalulekile ekusaseni eliqhakazile kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha.
Okunye okugqamile osukwini lokugcina lweNgqungquthela kwaba ukubonakala okukhethekile komlingisi kanye nesazi sokuphilisa u-Edward Norton owayexoxa noFahd Hamidaddin, oyi-CEO kanye neLungu Lebhodi, iSaudi Tourism Authority.
Eminyakeni engu-15 edlule uMnu. Norton ubeyinxusa le-UN lezinto eziphilayo ezihlukahlukene futhi enguMongameli weMaasi Wilderness Conservation Trust, Watshela izihambeli: “Sisezweni okuzoliwa kulo izimpi ngenxa yamanzi. Lesi ngesinye sezinsiza ezibalulekile zokuphepha kuzwelonke emhlabeni wonke futhi sizoba namandla kakhulu. Ngeke sibe nezimboni zezokuvakasha ezingabheki ukuthi ziwathola kanjani amanzi.
“Ukuqeqeshwa kwangempela kwasendaweni kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwamakhono kuwukuntuleka okukhulu ezindaweni eziningi engike ngaya kuzo. Babeka abantu bendawo phambi kwendlu futhi ababaqeqeshi ngempela. Kudingeka ukuzibophezela okujulile ekuqeqeshweni kwendawo nasekuqashweni kwangempela kwendawo.”
U-Paul Griffiths uyi-CEO ye-Dubai Airports International futhi wathi: “Sibhekene neqiniso elisha elinesidingo esiphuthumayo sokushumeka izinqubo zokusimama kukho konke esikwenzayo. Umkhiqizo okufanele sonke sizame ukuwufinyelela uwukuthokozela kwekhasimende, okuvame ukutholwa ngokuqinisekisa ukuthi ukuxhumana nemikhiqizo yethu kufushane ngangokunokwenzeka.”
Ukubaluleka kwemvelo ezindaweni zasemadolobheni kwaxoxwa naye noMhlonishwa. UMitsuaki Hoshino, iPhini likaKhomishana, i-Japan Tourism Authority uyachaza: “Lapho siklama amadolobha esikhathi esizayo sibheka ugqozi lwendalo; iyaqhubeka nokusifundisa okuningi okwazisa ukuhlelwa kwethu kwedolobha.”
Njengemakethe yezokuvakasha ekhula ngokushesha kakhulu emhlabeni namazinga amakhulu okutshalwa kwezimali, izihambeli zahlatshwa umxhwele umbono futhi zaba nethuba lokufunda okwengeziwe kubaholi bomkhakha okhula ngokushesha woMbuso.
UCarolyn Turnbull, uMqondisi Ophethe, iTourism Western Australia waphawula: “Sisonke singavumelana ukuthi ulwazi lwethu lapha e-Riyadh lube olungavamile; ukuzwa ngombono okhona lapha kuyamangaza. Ngizohamba namuhla ukuze ngiqinisekise ukuthi iWestern Australia icabanga ukuthi inkulu njengeRiyadh ngoba iyamangalisa. ”
Ngokombono wesizwe esisingatha leli zwe, kusho uFahd Hamidaddin, oyi-CEO kanye neLungu Lebhodi e-Saudi Tourism Authority. “Umthelela wasekhaya kanye WTTC ukuzibophezela ku-$10.5bn nakanjani kuwukuwina okucacile kokubili kweSaudi kanye nalawa mabhizinisi afuna amathuba okukhula emhlabeni jikelele”
UQusai Al Fakhri, oyiChief Executive Officer, Tourism Development Fund wengeze wathi: “Enye yezinhloso ezinkulu zokugxila kwethu kwezokuvakasha ukudala amathuba emisebenzi kanye nokuthuthukisa i-GDP. Kufika ku-60% wamaSaudi aneminyaka engaphansi kuka-35. Ngokwemvelo yawo angabantu bomdabu basedijithali ngakho-ke kunengqondo ukuthuthukisa amaphrojekthi anomkhakha ocacile wezobuchwepheshe.”
UJerry Inzerillo, uMongameli kanye noMphathi Omkhulu, i-Diriyah Gate Development Authority uphethe ngokuthi: “Kuwo wonke amadolobha amakhulu emhlabeni, into eyodwa abafana ngayo ukuthi bayagubha. Bangase bangabelani ngezilimi ezifanayo, amasiko, noma amasiko kodwa babungaza ukuhlukahluka, ubunikazi kanye nomuzwa owabiwe wobuntu. Leyo yinto uRiyadh ayenza kahle kakhulu futhi into uDiriyah azoyenza, futhi”
Le Ngqungquthela yabona uchungechunge lwama-MOU nezivumelwano ezisayinwe ngesikhathi seNgqungquthela kanye nokumenyezelwa kwemiklomelo emisha. Enye yaleyo bekuyimiklomelo emisha ye-Hafawa, noma i-Hospitality eyamenyezelwa nguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Saudi Arabia u-HE Ahmed Al-Khateeb. Ohloniphekile futhi wasayina ama-MOUs asemthethweni ne-Djibouti Spain Costa Rica kanye ne-Bahamas ukuze aqhubeke nokuqinisa ubudlelwano obukhulayo be-Saudi Arabia nokusebenzisana kwamazwe ngamazwe.
Iqoqo le-Bicester liphinde lethule “Umklomelo Wakhe Wekusasa” eNgqungqutheleni ngohlelo lokuqala olwenzeka esifundeni se-MENA ngo-2023 ukuklomelisa kanye nokunika amandla osomabhizinisi besifazane abanomthelela emphakathini. Umuntu ngamunye kwabathathu abawinile uzothola isibonelelo sebhizinisi esingafika ku-US$100,000.
Le Ngqungquthela ibe nomthelela emhlabeni jikelele ngokusakazwa bukhoma kwezinkulumo eziyisihluthulelo ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-7, izingxoxo zephaneli nezethulo futhi ibe umbuthano onomthelela omkhulu wabaholi bezokuvakasha nabathatha izinqumo emhlabeni wonke kulo nyaka.
