I-Rwanda - Uqikelelo luza ngexesha apho ilizwe libekwe phakathi kweendawo ezihamba phambili ze-10 zokuhamba ngesikhokelo sokuhamba iLonely Planet, enokuthi ibangele abakhenkethi abaninzi abatyelela ilizwe. Oku kuya kubeka uxinzelelo olongezelelweyo kwiihotele ezili-163 ezisebenzayo ngoku.
URosette Chantal Rugamba, usekela-CEO ojongene nezoKhenketho kunye noLondolozo kwi-RDB, uthe kudliwano-ndlebe lomnxeba ubuncinane amagumbi angama-6,000 afunekayo kwiminyaka emithathu ukuze kuhlaliswe inani elandayo labakhenkethi. Okwangoku, amagumbi angama-3,552 akhoyo.
URugamba uvakalise ukuphoxeka kwakhe ngobuninzi beendawo zokuhlala ezikhoyo, esithi iihotele ezininzi azikho mgangathweni; ngokutsho kwakhe, abanazo iziseko ezifunwa ngumkhenkethi wamazwe ngamazwe ukuze azive ekhululekile ukulala ehotele.
"Ezinye zeehotele zinezindlu zangasese ezingaphandle kuphela," uRugamba uchaze imeko eyoyikisayo kwezinye iindawo zokuhlala kweli lizwe.
Uphando oluncinci olwenziwe nguFocus kwezinye iihotele zaseKigali lufumanise ukuba uninzi lwabasebenzi alukwazi ukuthetha isiNgesi, lushiya inani elikhulayo labakhenkethi abathetha isiNgesi.
“Kwafuneka ndifuduke kwiHotele iLa Palisse eNyandugu ndiye eMille Collines, kuba ndandingakwazi ukunxibelelana nabasebenzi,” utshilo uJoan Bella, waseUganda osebenza njengomphicothi-zincwadi eRwanda.
Ngexesha lovavanyo oluncinci, safumanisa ukuba kuphela eKigali Serena Hotel naseTop-Tower Hotel eKacyiru abasebenzi basazi isiFrentshi, isiNgesi kunye neelwimi zaseMpuma Afrika. KwiHotele iNovotel, abanye babasebenzi bayasiva isiNgesi kodwa ubukhulu becala bathetha ngefrancophone.
Noko ke, ezinye iihotele zenza iinzame zokuyilungisa le ngxaki. “Siqalile ukugaya abasebenzi abathetha isiSwahili, isiNgesi nesiFrentshi ngoJanuwari,” utshilo umphathi weAlpha Palace eRemera. Ngaphezu koko, ihotele iye yahamba inyathelo phambili kwaye yaqesha abaqeqeshi bolwimi lwesiNgesi ukuba baqhube uqeqesho lwangaphakathi.
Ayilolwimi kuphela olubangela iingxaki. Iihotele ezininzi zibonelela ngenkonzo engekho mgangathweni, eneodolo ethatha ixesha elide ngokungeyomfuneko ukuba iziswe, umkhwa ocaphukisa abakhenkethi. Kwakhona, kukho iihotele ezimbalwa kuphela ezamkela intlawulo ngamakhadi okuthenga ngetyala aphesheya njengeVisa.
“Ziihotele ezingama-72 kuphela ezihlangabezana nemigangatho yehlabathi,” utshilo uRosette Chantal Rugamba.
Umsitho wokuthiywa kweegorila kwiKwita Izina uzakubanjwa ngomhla wamashumi amabini kuJuni.
Iihotele kunye neeresityu ziqala ngcono ukuthatha amanyathelo, kuba inani labakhenkethi eRwanda liyakhula, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ukhenketho ngoku lube lelona qela lingenisa imali yangaphandle kunye nokuxhasa amawaka abantu baseRwanda ngokubonelela ngemisebenzi.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, iRwanda yatsala abatyeleli abangama-980,577 xa kuthelekiswa nama-826,374 ngowama-2007.
Ngokutsho kweRDB, uninzi lwabakhenkethi beza kubona iigorila zasezintabeni kunye nezityalo nezilwanyana ezikhethekileyo kwiipaki zakhe zesizwe ezintathu.
Ukuduma kweegorila kusenokwenzeka ukuba kuphinde kwandiswe kumsitho ozayo waminyaka le wokuthiywa kweegorila, iKwita Izina, oza kuba ngomhla wamashumi amabini kuJuni.
“Oku kuye kwaba ngowona msitho uphambili wezokhenketho eRwanda othe watsala amawaka abakhenkethi, abantu abadumileyo, amajelo eendaba ehlabathi kunye nabantu abavela kuzo zonke iinkalo zobomi,” utshilo uRDB.
Kulo nyaka, iigorila ezilishumi elinanye ziya kunikwa amagama. Imali efunyenwe kulo msitho iya kufakwa kwiiprojekthi zoluntu.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Rosette Chantal Rugamba, deputy CEO in charge of Tourism and Conservation at RDB, said in a telephone interview that at least 6,000 rooms are needed in three years time to accommodate the increasing number of tourists.
- Uphando oluncinci olwenziwe nguFocus kwezinye iihotele zaseKigali lufumanise ukuba uninzi lwabasebenzi alukwazi ukuthetha isiNgesi, lushiya inani elikhulayo labakhenkethi abathetha isiNgesi.
- During the mini-survey, we found that only at Kigali Serena Hotel and Top-Tower Hotel in Kacyiru staff is conversant in French, English and local East African languages.
