Umkhakha wezokuvakasha usuthathe igxathu elikhulu esikhathini esizayo. I Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba(UNWTO), ngokubambisana no IGlobalia, iqembu elihamba phambili lezokuvakasha eSpain naseLatin America, limemezele ukwethulwa kwe- 1st UNWTO Tourism Startup Competition. Kuyinto isinyathelo sokuqala nesikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni uzinikele ku ukukhomba izinkampani ezintsha lokho kuzoholela uguquko emkhakheni wezokuvakasha. Ukuze uthole amaphrojekthi angcono kakhulu, kuzokwethulwa ucingo lwabancintisana nabo emazweni ayi-164.
Inhloso yohlelo uku khetha izixazululo ezingcono kakhulu kanye namaphrojekthi aphazamisa kakhulu. Ukusesha kuzogxila ekutholeni iziphakamiso zokuphayona ukuqaliswa kwe ubuchwepheshe obusafufusa futhi obuphazamisayo, kanye nasekuqaleni okusekelwe kumamodeli ebhizinisi amasha, njenge ezomnotho eziyindilinga. Kulokhu, enye yezinsika zalo mqhudelwano uku ukunikeza ukubonakala kumaphrojekthi azibophezele ekuthuthukiseni ukusimama kwezokuvakasha.
Inqubo yokusesha yokuqalisa ifuna ukuvelela njengoba iyinkimbinkimbi: ukuhlonza amaphrojekthi angcono kakhulu kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba. Kwalokhu, UNWTO kanye neGlobalia babhalisele inkampani yokubonisana nokusungula i-Barrabés.biz, enesipiliyoni seminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20 ekudaleni, ekuxhumaneni nasekuvuleni amabhizinisi kanye nezinhlelo ezintsha zemvelo.
Ukwandisa ububanzi bomncintiswano kanye nokwenza lula ukubhaliswa kwabaqalayo abanentshisekelo, uhlelo luzosetshenziswa ngokusebenzisa isiteji sedijithali WenaNoodle, inkampani ehamba phambili yeSilicon Valley esikhaleni sokuhlola sokuqalisa ezingeni lomhlaba.
“Ukusungula izinto ezintsha kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali kwezokuvakasha akugcini ngokwako; ziyindlela yokuthuthukisa imikhiqizo yezokuvakasha engcono, ukwenza ngcono ukuphathwa kwezokuvakasha kanye nokusebenzisa ngokugcwele ukusimama okuqinisekisiwe kwezokuvakasha, ngokwakha amathuba emisebenzi nokukhiqiza amathuba,” kusho. UNWTO Unobhala-Jikelele uZurab Pololikashvili.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-CEO yeGlobalia u-Javier Hidalgo uqinisekise ukwesekwa kwenkampani yakhe kulolu hlelo olusha egcizelela ukuthi “njengeqembu lezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke, sifuna ukunikeza abawinile ithuba lokusebenza nathi futhi siguqule umkhakha ngokubambisana”.
Ngubani ongabamba iqhaza?
Ukuze ubambe iqhaza kulo mncintiswano womhlaba, abaqalayo kumele bethule amamodeli ebhizinisi ahlobene okungenani nezindawo ezine eziyinhloko:
- Ikusasa lokuhamba
- Okuhlangenwe nakho kwezokuvakasha
- Umthelela wemvelo
- Ukuthuthukiswa komphakathi
Labo abathanda ukubamba iqhaza bangathola ulwazi olwengeziwe futhi bathumele izicelo zabo ngewebhusayithi yohlelo ethi www.tourismstartups.org. Izicelo zivulwa kusukela mhla zingama-26 kuNhlangulana kuya kumhla zi-3 kuMandulo wezi-2018. Amaphrojekthi azohlolwa ngokwemibandela emihlanu: ukuhluka nokusebenza kwesixazululo, umthelela ongaba khona, imodeli yebhizinisi, ukuqina kanye nephrofayili yeqembu. Ijaji lizohlola okufakiwe bese likhetha amaphrojekthi angcono kakhulu njengabadlulele owandulela owamanqamu azomenyezelwa ngoSepthemba 2018.
Abaphumelele kulo mqhudelwano bazothola ithuba lokuba yingxenye yezinkampani ezihamba phambili emkhakheni wezokuvakasha.
