ERhawutini – Iphulo elitsha lokuphuhlisa icandelo lezokhenketho e-Afrika lisungulwe kule veki. Okokuqala e-Afrika, iiNkomfa ze-E zoKhenketho ziza kubanjwa kwilizwekazi liphela ukunceda icandelo lezokhenketho e-Afrika ukuba liqonde ngcono i-intanethi kunye noluhlu lwamathuba okuthengisa kwi-intanethi akhoyo ngoku, ingakumbi xa kukhokelela kwiNdebe yeHlabathi yeFIFA ka-2010 eMzantsi Afrika. .

IiNkomfa ze-E Tourism Africa, eziya kubanjelwa eMzantsi, eMpuma, eMntla naseNtshona Afrika, ziya kudibanisa iingcali zehlabathi jikelele kwi-intanethi kunye nedijithali, ezivela kwiinkampani ezifana ne-Expedia, i-Digital Visitor, i-Microsoft, i-Google, i-Eviivo, i-New Mind, i-WAYN (Apho Ngaba Ukho Ngoku?) – eyona nethiwekhi inkulu yehlabathi yentlalo yabahambi enamalungu angaphezu kwezigidi ezili-12 kunye nezinye ezininzi. Iingcali zamazwe ngamazwe ziza kujongana nabathunywa benkomfa malunga nobuchwepheshe obutsha obukhoyo, kunye nokugqamisa izisombululo zokuthengisa kunye ne-e-commerce, ukusetyenziswa kakuhle kwenethiwekhi yoluntu, iziphumo zokubloga kunye nokubaluleka komxholo owenziwe ngumsebenzisi kunye nevidiyo ye-intanethi yorhwebo lokuhamba.

Ezi nkomfa ziququzelelwa yi-E Tourism Africa, inyathelo elitsha elikhulu lokuzisa imfundo egxile kukhenketho lwe-intanethi e-Afrika ngokubambisana neMicrosoft kunye ne-Eye for Travel, umbutho wehlabathi we-intanethi wenkomfa yohambo.

Umlawuli olawulayo we-E Tourism Africa, uMnu. Damian Cook, uchaze izizathu zezi nkomfa, “Kubalulekile ukuba icandelo lezokhenketho eAfrika liqonde ngamathuba amaninzi akhoyo kwi-intanethi kumashishini abo. I-Intanethi iba ngowona mthombo uphambili wolwazi lokuhamba kunye neentengiso kubathengi bale mihla, ukanti ukhenketho lwaseAfrika oluncinci luthengiswa kwi-Intanethi, kwaye ukufumana kunye nokubhukisha iindawo zaseAfrika kwiwebhu kunokuba ngumngeni. ”

Uqhube wathi, “Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku bekukho ulwazi oluncinci olufumanekayo kurhwebo lokuhamba e-Afrika malunga nendlela abanokukhulisa ngayo ubukho babo kwi-Intanethi. Injongo ye-E Tourism Africa kukuguqula ukungalingani phakathi kwendlela ukhenketho oluthengiswa ngayo kwaye luthengiswe ngayo kwihlabathi kunye nase-Afrika, apho amajelo okuthengisa emveli asalawulayo. Lo mahluko ubeka isoyikiso sokwenyani e-Afrika, njengoko iAfrika isengozini yokunyamalala kubathengi abahamba nge-Intanethi. ”

Kwakhona kwasungulwa iwebhusayithi ye-E-Tourism Africa, www.e-tourismafrica.com eya kunika iinkcukacha ezithe vetshe malunga neenkomfa kunye nokubonelela ngethala leencwadi lemithombo yohambo lwe-intanethi kunye neforam yamaqela eengxoxo ngemiba ye-e-tourism e-Afrika.

Inkomfa yokuqala ye-E Tourism Africa iza kugxila kummandla oseMazantsi e-Afrika, kwaye iya kubanjelwa eRhawutini nge-1-2 Septemba. Ixhaswa yiFirst National Bank (FNB), iMicrosoft, iVisa International kunye neJohannesburg Tourism Company. Ukulandela umnyhadala we-Afrika eseMazantsi, inkomfa yaseMpuma Afrika iza kubanjelwa eNairobi nge-13-14 ka-Okthobha kunye neSafaricom njengomxhasi wesihloko. Iinkomfa zicwangciselwe e-Cairo naseGhana ekuqaleni kuka-2009 ukuya kutsho kumsitho we-Afrika phakathi ku-2009.