Ngabe i-UN Tourism isibheke phezulu kwesimemezelo esikhulu ngemuva kohambo lwesikebhe lwase-Indian Ocean olusanda kuphothulwa olube sematheni kulo lonke elase-Afrika? Yayiveza eyokuqala UNWTO oqokelwe isikhundla sikaNobhala-Jikelele, ophinde abe nguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseSeychelles, owayenguMongameli weBhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika, kanye ne-VP World Tourism Network, ehamba emanzini awajwayele njengomsunguli weVanilla Islands Tourism Group.
U-St.Ange uthe wahamba ngomkhumbi ukuze ahlangane “nabangane bakudala” futhi athuthukise ibhizinisi lakhe lokubonisana ngezokuvakasha, kodwa umsebenzi omusha njengoNobhala Jikelele we-UN Tourism, phambilini UNWTO, kungenzeka ukuthi naye wayesengqondweni yakhe.
Ohambweni lwakhe lwe-8-Lecture Series ohambweni lwakhe oluthi “The World” ngasogwini esuka eThekwini, eNingizimu Afrika, eya ezweni lakubo, eSeychelles, wama eMaputo, inhloko-dolobha yaseMozambique, Mayotte, Comoros, Zanzibar, Dar Es Salaam, kanye Mombasa. Wabonisa uthando lwakhe ngezokuvakasha, ukuvuleka, nemibono yomhlaba.
U-St.Ange wayeyingxenye yakhe, ejabulela lokho aziwa ngokukwenza kangcono kakhulu: ukufundisa, ukusebenzelana nabantu, nokukhuluma ngezokuvakasha—ngenhlanganisela yokuzijabulisa. Uyawuthanda umshini wokunyathelisa, futhi ngokusobala, abezindaba bayamthanda.
Uphinde wakhombisa ukuthi ezokuvakasha azigcini nje ngokukhuluma; imayelana nesenzo, umshayeli womnotho wezwe, ibhizinisi elinomthwalo wemfanelo, nokuncintisana, kodwa ihlale ixhuma.
U-Alain St.Ange wayengumongameli wokuqala we Iziqhingi zase-Indian Ocean Vanilla. Uhlonishwe ngokuba ukuphela kukaNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eziQhingini ezingamaLungu okhethwe ukuthi enze imisebenzi emibili elandelanayo njengoMongameli.
Ukuthatha lolu hambo, ukukhuluma nokufundisa, nokuhlangana nabangane bezinga eliphezulu, njengoba enza ezitobhini zakhe eziyisishiyagalombili, okuhlanganisa eMaputo nasesiqhingini saseMozambique, iNdawo Yamagugu ye-UNESCO yaseMozambique, eMayotte, eComoros, kwaba ukugoduka kwakhe.
Izikhulu zoMnyango wezokuVakasha eMozambique zigibele endaweni yokuhlala entantayo "THE WORLD" njengoba ibimi eMaputo ukuyohlangana no-Alain St.Ange.
I-yacht yendawo yokuhlala yangasese evelele kakhulu inikezela ngohambo lomhlaba olungafani nalutho olunye. Ngayinye Indawo yokuhlala eyi-165 Izwe iyiKhaya elizimele, eliletha abanikazi balo ukutholakala okungapheli kanye nokucwiliswa okungenakuqhathaniswa.
U-Alain uhlole indlela yokuphila engafani nanoma iyiphi enye futhi abambalwa abayitholayo.
UMnu. Nuno Fortes, uMqondisi Wokutshalwa Kwezimali eBhodini Likazwelonke Lezokuvakasha laseMozambique, kanye noNkk. Isabel Macie, i-Ecotourism Specialist eMnyangweni Wezokuvakasha waseMozambique, futhi oneziqu zeMasters in Ecotourism kaJames Cook waseNyuvesi yase-Australia, basebenzise ithuba lokubizwa kwechweba "UMHLABA" eMaputo ukuze kuxoxiswane okungenzeka kube khona ukusebenzisana ne-St.Ange. Baphinde baxoxa ngezinketho zokuqondisa ukuze kwandiswe ukubonakala eMozambique.
“Sibe nomhlangano omuhle. Yebo, sixoxe ngeMozambique kanye neNdawo Yamagugu Omhlaba ye-UNESCO yaseMozambique Island.
E-Mayotte, u-Michel Madi, uMqondisi Wezokuvakasha kulesi sizwe esiyisiqhingi futhi eyilungu le-Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands Group, wamukele u-Alain St.Ange emaHhovisi akhe Esikhungo SeDolobha laseMamoudzou.
Njengoba ejabulela ukwamukelwa kweMayotte, okuhlanganisa izimbali ezihlobisa igenge elisuka endaweni ehlala izimoto kanye neqembu lamasiko lamaMaore eligqoke izingubo zendabuko eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka elicula futhi lishaya izigubhu zabo, lijabulisa abagibeli njengoba bengena eMayotte, uSt.Ange wakhuluma nabalindile cindezela.
Kube yithuba kubaholi ababili bezokuvakasha ukuthi baxoxisane ngale mboni ebalulekile eziqhingini eziyisi-2 zase-Indian Ocean ezakha ingxenye yeQembu Leziqhingi ZaseVanilla.
Ku-ajenda bekunengxoxo yalokho u-St.Ange akubiza ngokuthi imakethe ye-cruise tourism niche market ye-Mayotte Island kanye nemakethe yabo yamahhala yezokuvakasha ezizimele (FIT), ethinta isidingo esibalulekile senani lemali ngabahambi abaqaphelayo. Ukuvikeleka kwezokuvakasha kwakungelinye iphuzu, ephetha: “Ningakhohlwa ukuthi okuhle ezivakashini nakho kuhle nakubahlali bakulesi siqhingi,” kusho uSt.Ange.
UHUME uMsaidie, onguNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha eComoros, ugibele i-luxury cruise liner njengoba itheleka eMoroni ilibangise e-St.
UNgqongqoshe waseComoros wayephelezelwa uMkhuzi wakhe weTheku laseMoroni, uNkz. Toilabia Soilihi, kanye nethimba lakhe langasese.
Njengamanje iComoros iphethe iHhovisi likaMongameli we I-African Union (AU), futhi kwaba yithuba lokuthi u-Alain St.Ange aveze izindlela ezahlukene zokubambisana. Kungacatshangelwa kuphela uma lokhu bekuhlanganisa umhlangano wokuxoxisana nge-St.Ange's ifuna ukufaka isicelo sokuba nguNobhala Jikelele we-UN Tourism futhi.
E-Zanzibar, u-Alain wathinta umlando kanye nezivakashi ezikhangayo zesiqhingi sase-East African ehlala futhi ephefumula ezokuvakasha futhi waba umholi emisebenzini eminingi.
Sekunesikhathi eside kuqokwa uNobhala Jikelele ozinze e-Afrika kule nhlangano ekhungethwe ngamahlebezi ngenkohlakalo, ukhetho olunamaphutha nokunye okuningi.
U-St.Ange uyakwazi ukuhlanganisa umhlaba. Wayehlale ekholelwa kubangani babo bonke kanye nezitha zabanye, futhi iSeychelles iseyisibonelo somhlaba wonke sale filosofi.
I-St.Ange izoletha inkambiso entsha kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke njenge UN Tourism (UNWTO) umholi. Okunye ukuketula kwakhe umbuso okukhulu kwaba yikhono lakhe lokuqala “umgubho wemigubho” eVictoria, eSeychelles, enye yezinhloko-dolobha ezincane kakhulu emhlabeni. USir James Mancham, uMongameli owasungula waseSeychelles, ukhunjulwa ngokubhala iphephabhuku lakhe lanyanga zonke elithi VIOAS mayelana nokufaneleka kweCarnaval International de Victoria yaminyaka yonke.
I-2015, I-Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index yazisa iSeychelles ngomsebenzi wayo wezokuvakasha. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-St.Ange yayiphethe ezokuvakasha.
Ekushicilelweni Umbiko Wokuncintisana WeForamu Yezomnotho Yezwe Lonke Wokuhamba Nezokuvakasha (T&T) wezi-2015, i-Seychelles ithole amaphuzu aphezulu kuhlu lwama-indices ukuze iwine endaweni yesibili esigabeni saseMpumalanga naseNingizimu Afrika ngemuva kweqembu elinamandla elaziwayo lezwekazi, iNingizimu Afrika.
