UAlain St. Ange, uMongameli we IBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseAfrika kunye nowayesakuba nguMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, i-Civil Aviation, Ports & Marine yaseSeychelles ikhuphe lo myalezo namhlanje.
“Ukhenketho lufuna ngaphezulu kwenkqubo ekhokelwa yi-IMF; ifuna iqela elikhulu, elithe ngqo ngakumbi labathathi-nxaxheba bezizwe ngezizwe, abafana ne UNWTO, ukuze athelele ekuchacheni.”
Umzi-mveliso wokhenketho nokhenketho uhlala uyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yoqoqosho lwehlabathi. Banikezela ngemisebenzi ephantse ibe zizigidi ezingama-300 zabantu, baxhasa iintsapho ezingenakubalwa, kunye ne-akhawunti engaphezulu kwe-10 yepesenti ye-GDP yehlabathi. Ukulandela iziphumo ezibi ze-COVID-19 kula mashishini, ngakumbi kwiziqithi ezincinci ezixhomekeke ikakhulu kukhenketho, uninzi lukhangela ukukhanya ekupheleni kwetonela.
Umngcipheko omkhulu kunye nokuba sesichengeni kwamazwe axhomekeke kakhulu kwicandelo elithile okanye kumzi-mveliso ekudaleni ubutyebi akunakuxhomekeka. Nangona kunjalo, ukomelela kwalo naluphi na uqoqosho olwamkela iinkqubo ezizinzileyo, kwaye lubeka abantu embindini wayo yonke iinzame zophuhliso, luya kubeka amazwe abuthathaka kwindawo engcono yokuqulatha ubhubhane onje ngeCovid-19, kwaye ubuyise umva.
Oku kuye kwaba njalo kwiSeychelles emva kokudodobala kwezimali kunye nezoqoqosho ngo-2008. Nangona kunjalo, ngosasazo lwamva nje oluqinisekisiweyo loluntu lwe-COVID-19 eSeychelles, apho ukhenketho luyintsika yoqoqosho lwasekhaya, kunye nenkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo engaxhotyiselwanga ukujongana ngokufanelekileyo nokuqhambuka kwasekhaya, ukwakhiwa kwakhona kunye nokomeleza uqoqosho. iya kufuna ngaphezulu kwenkqubo ekhokelwa yi-IMF; iqinisekisa iqela elifanelekileyo labachaphazelekayo bezizwe ngezizwe, abafana ne UNWTO, ukujoyina iinzame zokubuyisela kunye nokusekwa kwakhona kwamashishini ohambo kunye nokhenketho ukuze abuyele ezinyaweni zawo.
Ngokwenene lixesha lokuba UNWTO amazwe angamalungu ukuba asebenzise kangangoko ubulungu bawo, aze azuze ngokuthe ngqo kuMbutho, ngeli xesha linzima. I-Covid-19 igxininise imfuneko emandla yokuba iZizwe ezithembele kukhenketho ziqinise ulungelelwaniso lwamacandelo ahlukeneyo ngeziphumo ezisebenzayo. Ingqondo ye-silo ayinakuqhubeka ukuba siza kuvela siphumelele kumashishini ethu ohambo kunye nokhenketho.
Ukuqhubela phambili, imigaqo-nkqubo eyakha kwaye ikhuthaze ukomelela kunye neendlela zophuhliso ezizinzileyo kufuneka zikhokelwe. Njengokuba sivalelisa ngowama-2020 kwaye samkela ngowama-2021, iindawo zokhenketho kufuneka zamkele imfuneko yokubeka uphuhliso nokhenketho kwibhaskithi enye ukuze kuqaliswe ngokutsha ukukhula koqoqosho nokuzisa amathuba engqesho afunekayo ebantwini. Uphuhliso ngumba ophambili wokukhula koqoqosho kwaye ukhenketho sisixhobo esishukumisayo. 'Isiqhelo esitsha' kufuneka sithintele naliphi na ilinge lokuzama ukuphinda uhlaziye into ebikhona ngaphambi kweCovid19. Ukomiswa kokhenketho kuzise ukuwa kwehlabathi lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya elingazange labonwa ngaphambili.
Ukhenketho lufuna iinkokheli zokhenketho ezinamava ukukhokela eli shishini libaluleke ngoku kunakuqala.
Ndinqwenela wonke umntu unyaka omtsha okhuselekileyo, onempilo kunye nempumelelo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- However, with the recent confirmed community transmission of COVID-19 in Seychelles, where tourism is the pillar of the local economy, and the health care system ill- equipped to effectively deal with a local outbreak, the re-building and strengthening of the economy will require more than an IMF-led program.
- As we bid farewell to 2020 and welcome in 2021, tourism destinations should embrace the need for putting development and tourism in the same basket to relaunch economic growth and bring needed employment opportunities for the people.
- However, the resilience of any economy that embraces sustainable practices, and puts people at the centre of all their developmental efforts, shall place vulnerable countries in a much better position to contain a pandemic such as Covid-19, and bounce back.
