IRwanda ijolise kwintengiso yabakhenkethi eMpuma Ekude

IBhodi yoPhuhliso lwaseRwanda (RDB) ithathe inxaxheba okokuqala kwi-ITB Asia eyenzeka eSingapore ukusuka ngomhla wama-25 ukuya kowama-27 kweyeDwarha. IKhomishini ePhakamileyo yaseRwanda eSingapore.

Amagosa asuka eRwanda abonise ngempumelelo amathuba awohlukeneyo akhoyo kwicandelo lezokhenketho lelizwe kuquka neendawo ezinomtsalane zegorila.

Ukuthatha inxaxheba kweRwanda kwavula amathuba kubathathi-nxaxheba abakhulu bezokhenketho baseAsia abathi kamva babonakalisa umdla ekuqaliseni intsebenziswano kunye nentsebenziswano ekukhuthazeni iipakethe eziphezulu eRwanda.

Kwakhona, ukuthatha inxaxheba kulindeleke ukuba kukhulise inani elikhulayo leendwendwe ezivela e-Asia nase-Australia kunye nokuqhubela phambili ukwazisa iRwanda kwiimarike ezintsha ezisakhulayo, ngokukodwa kwiiNgqungquthela eziphezulu, iiNkuthazo, iiNdibano kunye neziganeko (MICE) iindwendwe.

Izithethi eziphambili ngexesha lomboniso zibandakanya uLucas Murenzi ovela kwiKhomishoni ePhakamileyo yaseRwanda eSingapore, uKhassim Bizimungu ovela kwiBhodi yoPhuhliso lwaseRwanda kunye noJacqui Sebageni, uMlawuli oLawulayo we-Thousand Hills Afrika, umqhubi wezokhenketho eKigali.

UMurenzi ugxininise ukuzimisela nguRhulumente waseRwanda ukukhuthaza ukhenketho kunye nokugcinwa kwezilwanyana zasendle eziye zakhokelela ekunyukeni okubukhali kunye nokunyuka kwamanani eendwendwe eRwanda kunye neengeniso zokhenketho.

Kwiyantlukwano yezokhenketho kunye nezinto ezinokubakho eRwanda, uSebageni uthe ngaphandle kwamava okuhamba kweegorila, iRwanda ibonelela ngezinto ezininzi ezinomtsalane kwizilwanyana zasendle, inkcubeko kunye namava abantu kunye neendwendwe zeMICE.

I-Rwanda ne-Tunisia zenze okokuqala kulo msitho zizibandakanya neBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseKenya kunye nabanye ababonisi base-Afrika abavela eTanzania, eBotswana, eMzantsi Afrika, eNamibia naseSudan. Iinkcukacha-manani zithi urhwebo lwase-Afrika lubonakalise ukukhula okumangalisayo ngeepesenti ezingama-25 kulo nyaka.

Indawo yabakhenkethi esakhulayo ekhulayo eAfrika, iRwanda kwiminyaka yakutshanje iye yaqatshelwa ngemigudu yayo yokuphuhlisa ukhenketho nokulondoloza izilwanyana zasendle nendalo.

UMongameli waseRwanda uPaul Kagame uzakuwongwa ngeMbasa yeHlabathi yezoKhenketho yowama-2017 yobuNkokheli obuBono. Uza kuwongwa ngewonga ngomhla wesi-6 kuNovemba ngomhla wokuvulwa kweMarike yeHlabathi yokuHamba (i-WTM) kwiZiko le-Excel eLondon. Kulo nyaka, umsitho wonyaka weWorld Tourism Awards uza kube ubhiyozela iminyaka engama-20 wasekwayo.

Umongameli uKagame ubonise ubunkokheli obunombono ngomgaqo-nkqubo woxolelwaniso, ukhenketho oluzinzileyo, ulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle, kunye nophuhliso loqoqosho olutsala utyalo-mali olukhulu lweehotele, okubangele uguquko olumangalisayo olwenze iRwanda inyukele phezulu njengendawo ehamba phambili yabakhenkethi eAfrika.

Phantsi kobunkokeli bakhe, iRwanda izuze impumelelo ebalaseleyo yokhenketho kwaye iye yasekwa kwinqanaba lehlabathi njengendawo ekhokelayo yokhenketho ezinzileyo e-Afrika.

Ukhenketho lelona lizwe lingenisa imali yangaphandle eRwanda nelidlale indima ebalulekileyo kuphuhliso lwelizwe. Ingeniso evela kukhenketho iphindwe kabini ukusuka kwi-US dollar 200 yezigidi kwi-2010 ukuya kwi-US dollar 404 yezigidi ngo-2016 ebonisa ukunyuka komyinge wonyaka we-10 ekhulwini, ukudlula i-National Export Strategy II ekujoliswe kuyo ngo-2016 nge-13 ekhulwini.

Ngaphezulu kwe-1.3 yezigidi zabakhenkethi abatyelele eRwanda ngo-2016. UNWTO abafikayo kwiimarike ezisahlumayo zehlabathi-ziphawulwe kwi-3.3 yeepesenti ngelo xesha linye.

Icandelo lokhenketho eRwanda kulindeleke ukuba likhule ngeepesenti ezili-15 ngonyaka.

Iququzelelwe nguMesse Berlin, umboniso wokuhamba owawubanjelwe kwiziko leNgqungquthela laseMarina Bay Sands eSingapore.