Sidinga uphawu lwezokuvakasha lwase-Afrika

U-Alain St.Ange, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Namasiko waseSeychelles unxuse ukuthi kwakhiwe isithombe esiphelele somkhiqizo wezokuvakasha ezwenikazi lase-Afrika. Isicelo sikaNgqongqoshe u-St.Ange sinanelwe emhlanganweni wokuqala weQembu Lokusebenza Longqongqoshe Lokuthuthukiswa Komkhakha Wezokuvakasha we-Africa AU Agenda, 2063. Emazwini akhe okuvula ngesikhathi ekhuluma nethimba elisebenzayo likaNgqongqoshe Wenhlangano Yamazwe Ase-Afrika u-St.Ange thumela umyalezo oqinile kubaholi base-Afrika. ukwenza i-Afrika ibonakale kakhudlwana futhi yaziwe kakhulu emhlabeni wezokuvakasha.

“Izwekazi lase-Afrika lidinga iBrand yase-Afrika. Sidinga uhlobo oluzoqhakambisa isifunda sethu emibukisweni yezohwebo yezokuvakasha. Sidinga uhlobo oluzosebenzisana ne-United Nations World Tourism Organisation, i UNWTO umzimba” Alain St.Ange, uNgqongqoshe waseSeychelles obhekelele ezokuvakasha kusho.

UNgqongqoshe u-St.Ange uthe uma Amazwe ase-Afrika ehlangana ngaphansi kophawu lwase-Afrika lwezokuvakasha izinselelo ezikhona njengamanje kanye nokuqhudelana kwezwekazi kubonakala ngokubukeka okusha. Uthe isikhathi sesilungile futhi siyithuba lokuthi i-Afrika isebenzisane ne-Afrika.
“Kumele thina ma-Afrika sivume ukukhulisa ikhekhe lethu lezokuvakasha. Singaqinisekisa wonke umuntu ukuthi ukukhulisa lelo khekhe akusho ukuthi i-African Union izobe imaketha amazwe ethu. Siyohlale sihamba phambili ekukhangiseni izwe lethu, kodwa uhlobo lwezokuvakasha e-Afrika luzosiza ukukhulisa ukubonakala kwethu futhi lusenze sifaneleke kakhulu emhlabeni wezokuvakasha” kusho uNgqongqoshe u-St.Ange.

Ebavakashi abayisigidigidi esi-1 emhlabeni jikelele, bangama-5% kuphela abavakashela e-Afrika. UMarthinus van Schalkwyk, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseNingizimu Afrika uthe izwekazi lase-Afrika kufanele lithole izindlela zokuthola ingxenye yalo efanelekile kule makethe yomhlaba. Uthe iNingizimu Afrika iyisibonelo esihle, lapho uhulumeni ebona khona amandla amakhulu ezokuvakasha njengendlela yokukhulisa umnotho nokudala amathuba emisebenzi. UNgqongqoshe uMarthinus uthe asikho isizathu, kungani lokhu kungenzeki ezwenikazi lase-Afrika.
“Kumele sazi ukuthi sibhekene nani emhlabeni. Eminyakeni emibili nje edlule yamenyezelwa yi- UNWTO ukuthi ngokokuqala ngqa ukuthi sifinyelele uphawu lwesigidigidi kwezokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe. Ngo-2013, icishe iphindwe kabili kuya ku-1.8 billion. Indiza esixhumanisa izocishe iphindeke kabili ifinyelele ezinkulungwaneni ezingama-56 ngo-2013. Uma sibheka lapho laba zivakashi beya khona, siyabona ukuthi sisalela emhlabeni wonke. Kufanele sinqume ukuthi sizosithola kanjani isabelo sethu esifanelekile kule makethe yezokuvakasha'' kusho uNgqongqoshe uMarthinus van Schalkwyk.

UNgqongqoshe uMarthinus van Schalkwyk uthe iNingizimu Afrika ikholelwa kakhulu ukuthi ezokuvakasha e-Afrika kufanele zihlonishwe ngokwesakhiwo, ipolitiki kanye nenqubomgomo.
“Nathi njengeNingizimu Afrika asikholwa ukuthi i-AU kumele ithathe izintambo zokumaketha amazwe ethu njengoba esho uMqondisi we-African Union of Infrastructure and Energy. Amazwe ase-Afrika kumele aqhubeke nokukhangisa izindawo zawo bese sinquma nokuthi siziqhubekisela phambili kangakanani ezinye izinkinga nezinselelo zethu''
UNgqongqoshe waseNingizimu Afrika uphinde wakhuluma ngezingqinamba zama-visa kubavakashi abavakashela e-Afrika. UNgqongqoshe u-Marthinus van Schalkwyk ugcizelele isidingo sokuthi abaholi base-Afrika bashintshele kubuchwepheshe obuhlangene ngokwengeziwe endleleni yokufaka isicelo se-visa.

U-Regis Immongault, uNgqongqoshe Wezimboni Nezimayini waseGabon, ophinde abe nesibopho sezokuvakasha kuHulumeni waseGabon, uthe i-Afrika ngeke ikwazi ukuvuna ikhono eliphelele lezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke ngenxa yokuntuleka kokuxhumana emoyeni kanye nengqalasizinda engcono njengamahhotela. Uthe amazwe ase-Afrika kumele athathe izinyathelo zokwandisa ukungena kwezivakashi ezwenikazi.

Isiphakamiso sophawu lwezokuvakasha e-Afrika kanye nokuqedwa kwama-visa emingceleni yase-Afrika kube yizindaba ezethulwe emhlanganweni obuhanjelwe uKhomishana Wenhlangano Yezizwe Zase-Afrika, ithimba eliyinhloko lamazwe angamalungu e-African Union kanye noNgqongqoshe Bezokuvakasha abavela e-Afrika emhlanganweni waseSeychelles. Inhloso yalezi zingxoxo kwakuwukuhlonza nokusebenzisa ukungenelela okudingekayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe indima yezokuvakasha njengenjini kanye nomsunguli wokuthuthukiswa komnotho nokukhula e-Afrika. Izithunywa zeNhlangano Yamazwe ase-Afrika ziphinde zadingida isu le-Afrika yowezi-2063.

UDkt. Elham Ibrahim, uKhomishana weNhlangano Yase-Afrika Yengqalasizinda Namandla ukhulume ngesidingo seBrand Africa.
“Sidinga iBrand Africa uma sifuna ukuba yizindawo ezikhethwa kuqala njengezokuvakasha. Kudingeka sikhuthaze amaphakheji okumaketha ahlanganyelwe, ukukhuthaza izindawo zokuvakasha eziwela imingcele futhi sixoxe ngokubhekana nengqinamba yama-visa”.

UJean Paul Adam, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle WaseSeychelles naye ukhulume ngophawu lwezokuvakasha lwase-Afrika, oluzohlanganisa amandla ayo yonke imizamo ekhona kazwelonke neyesifunda. "Lokhu kuzoba ukunqoba kwe-Afrika kanye nakuwo wonke amazwe angamaLungu," kusho uNgqongqoshe u-Adam.