The Inhlangano yabasebenza e-Uganda Tour Operators (AUTO) ubambe iqhaza ekuhlanganyeleni kwekomidi lezobuchwepheshe lesifunda le-The Great Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (GVTC) njengengxenye yomkhankaso wokubambisana wenhlangano. Ithimba lahlangana eRwanda kusukela ngoMashi 17-20, 2022, ukuze lixoxe ngokusebenzisana phakathi kweDemocratic Republic of Congo, iRwanda, ne-Uganda mayelana nebhizinisi lezokuvakasha.
I-Great Virunga ihlanganisa izindawo zase-Uganda, e-Rwanda, nase-Congo ezithakasela kakhulu abavakashi kuwo wonke amazwe ashiwo. I-AUTO iyilungu eliphelele lala makomiti njengababambe iqhaza ababalulekile kwezokuvakasha ku-Great Virunga Landscape.
Omele Inhlangano, u-CEO, u-Albert Kasozi, uzwakalise ukukhathazeka kwabavakashi base-Uganda abazobhekelelwa ohlelweni lwe-GVTC lwesifunda lokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha olusazokwethulwa. I-CEO iphinde yathola imihlangano nababambiqhaza ababalulekile kwezokuvakasha eRwanda okuhlanganisa nokuxoxisana neRwanda Chamber of Tourism kanye ne-East African Tourism Platform, ephelezelwa yi-GVTC kanye (ne-Uganda Wildlife Authority) izikhulu ze-UWA.
Izindawo ezisemqoka zokuxoxisana zigxile esidingweni sokusebenzisana eduze nezinkampani ezizimele zaseRwanda.
Izindawo ezikhathazayo ukukhangisa ngezokuvakasha okuhlanganyelwe; ukuhlanganyela kombukiso wohwebo kanye nenhlangano; imibukiso yemigwaqo ehlanganyelwe, okungukuthi, esifundeni nakwamanye amazwe; kanye nocwaningo oluhlanganyelwe lwezokuvakasha phakathi kokunye. Kwavunyelwana ngokuthi kumele kwenziwe uhlaka olusebenzayo (iSivumelwano Sokusebenzisana) ukuze kuzuzwe lezi zinhloso ezishiwo nokuthi amaqembu ahlanganise imibono nge-MOU futhi ahlonze imikhakha angathanda ukuyikhuluma njengemboni ezimele. Bavumelana ngezikhathi okuzofezwa ngazo lokho okuxoxiwe.
I-AUTO iphinde yaxoxisana noMnyango Wezokuvakasha we-Rwanda Development Board (RDB) endlunkulu yebhodi kanye neNxusa leNxusa lase-Uganda e-Kigali ngoMashi 21, 2022. E-RDB, izinhlangothi zixoxisane ngezimfuneko nezinqubo zokuwela umngcele nezivakashi nokuthi i-RDB ingasiza kanjani. ukunyakaza kwabavakashi base-Uganda eRwanda, izimiso ze-COVID-19 zokungena eziqiwini zikazwelonke eRwanda, kanye nokusungulwa kobambiswano nobudlelwano bokusebenzisana phakathi kwe-AUTO ne-RDB ngeRwanda Chamber of Tourism (uhlaka olwambulela umkhakha ozimele wezokuvakasha eRwanda) .
Okunye okwaxoxwa ngakho kwaba wukuthola izimvume zama-gorilla nezinye izinsiza zezokuvakasha eRwanda. I-AUTO icele i-RDB ukuthi ilawule ubudlelwano phakathi kwabasebenzi bezokuvakasha base-Uganda kanye nabaqhubi bezokuvakasha baseRwanda okuhlanganisa nokuhlela uhambo lwe-FAM lwabanikezeli bezokuvakasha base-Uganda ukuze bathuthukise ulwazi lwabo lomkhiqizo.
Amaqembu aphinde adingida ngesimo sama-Visa e-East African Tourist e-Rwanda lapho abahambi abavela kunoma yiliphi izwe bengathola i-visa yokungena eminingi evumela ukungena eRiphabhulikhi yaseKenya, eRiphabhulikhi yaseRwanda, kanye naseRiphabhulikhi yaseRwanda. Uganda kwezokuvakasha esikhathini esiyizinsuku ezingama-90.
Ehhovisi leNxusa lase-Uganda e-Kigali, la maqembu aphinde adingida indlela yokukhangisa ezokuvakasha nokudala amathuba okuba abavakashi base-Uganda e-Rwanda, isidingo sokuthi umuntu oxhumanisa ehhovisi lenxusa asebenze nabathintekayo kwezokuvakasha ngokuqondile, nokuthi inxusa lingasebenzisana kanjani nehhovisi lenxusa. umkhakha ozimele ukukhuthaza ibhizinisi lezokuvakasha. Izikhulu ze-RDB zathembisa ukwabelana ne-AUTO ngokuxhumana okusemthethweni mayelana nezimiso nezidingo zokwenza ibhizinisi lezokuvakasha e-Kigali.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- At the RDB, the parties discussed requirements and procedures of crossing the border with tourists and how RDB can facilitate the movement of Ugandan tour operators in Rwanda, COVID-19 protocols of entering national parks in Rwanda, and the establishment of partnerships and working relationships between AUTO and RDB through the Rwanda Chamber of Tourism (the umbrella body for the tourism private sector in Rwanda).
- At the Uganda Embassy in Kigali, the parties also discussed how to promote tourism and create opportunities for Uganda tour operators in Rwanda, the need for a liaison person at the embassy to work with tourism stakeholders directly, and how the embassy can work together with the private sector to promote tourism business.
- The parties also discussed the status of East African Tourist Visas in Rwanda whereby travelers from any country can obtain a multiple entry visa that allows entry to the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Rwanda, and the Republic of Uganda for tourism over a period of 90 days.
