UndwendweloBritani namhlanje ibhengeze ukuba umsitho wayo wonyaka worhwebo wohambo 'Explore Great Britain (GB) kunye neNorthern Ireland' iza kubanjelwa eBelfast, eMntla Ireland ngoMeyi ka-2020.
Lo msitho, owona mnyhadala mkhulu worhwebo wohambo lwaseBritani, kulo nyaka uzayo ubanjelwe kwiZiko leNgqungquthela laMazwe ngaMazwe (ICC) eBelfast ukusuka ngomhla we-18 ukuya kowama-20 kuMeyi. Iza kubona amakhulu abathengi bamazwe aphesheya bedibana nabanikezeli beshishini lokuhamba abavela kulo lonke elase-UK ukwenza ishishini.
Abathengi kunye neentatheli ezivela kwiimarike ezinkulu zabatyeleli base-UK ezibandakanya i-Australia, iFransi, iJamani kunye ne-US kulindeleke ukuba zibe khona kunye nezivela eBrazil, eKhanada, e-China, e-Indiya nakwiimarike ze-GCC.
UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho e-UK uHelen Whately uthe:
“Ishishini lezokhenketho lelinye lawona mandla esizwe sethu kwaye izibonelelo zalo zivakala kwezoqoqosho nakwezentlalo kuzo zonke iindawo zase-UK.
“IBelfast sisixeko esihle kwaye inika iindwendwe ezivela kwihlabathi lonke uluhlu olukhulu lwezinto ekufuneka zenziwe kwaye zibonwe. Ndiyavuya kuba umnyhadala weNdwendwe yaseBritani uza kusingathwa e-ICC Belfast ukubonisa isixeko kunye ne-UK kumhlaba jikelele.”
Undwendwelo lwaseBritani uMlawuli oyiNtloko uSally Balcombe uthe:
“Kuyasivuyisa ukuzisa umnyhadala wethu worhwebo lokuhamba eBelfast ngo-2020. Ukusuka kwiimyuziyam ezikumgangatho wehlabathi, imbali yaselwandle edumileyo kunye neendawo zepaki ezintle ukuya kwezobuGcisa, umculo kunye nomdlalo wokupheka, iBelfast yindawo entle yokusingisa ukuqaqambisa ububanzi kunye umgangatho wokhenketho lwethu olunikezela abathengi bamanye amazwe.
“Ukhenketho lelinye lawona mizi mveliso ibalulekileyo yase-UK kwaye ikwalelona lizwe likhuphisanayo kwihlabathi, yiyo loo nto i-ExploreGB neNorthern Ireland isisixhobo esibaluleke kangaka soshishino. Inika ababoneleli ngezohambo kunye neendawo zokufikela ithuba lokubonisa iimveliso zabo kubathengi abaphezulu behlabathi, benze unxibelelwano lwamashishini aphesheya kwaye ekugqibeleni bakhuthaze iindwendwe ezingakumbi ukuba zibhukishele uhambo oluya e-UK, ukomeleza uqoqosho lwasekhaya.
INtloko yezoKhenketho eNorthern Ireland uJohn McGrillen uthe:
“Ukuphumelela eli phulo libaluleke kangaka lokusindleka umsitho worhwebo wohambo oluphambili lwe- VisitBritani kunika ithuba elikhulu kuMntla Ireland kwaye sinelunda kakhulu ngokuba iBelfast ikhethwe kuluhlu olukhuphisanayo lwezixeko kwi-UK yonke.
“Bangaphezu kwama-200 abathengi bamazwe ngamazwe abanempembelelo kakhulu abasuka kumazwe angaphezu kwama-30 abaza kufumana okona kukhenketha kuMntla Ireland kunye nokwamkela iindwendwe okuza kunikelwa kuMntla Ireland ngoMeyi ozayo kwaye bazibonele ngokwabo ukuba le ndawo inokubanika iindwendwe zabo zamazwe ngamazwe.”
Umsitho walo nyaka uzayo umiselwe ukusingatha abathengi bamazwe ngamazwe kunye neentatheli eziya kudibana kwaye zenze ushishino nabanikezeli bemizi-mveliso yezohambo abavela kulo lonke elaseNgilani, eSkotlani, eWales, eMntla Ireland nakwiRiphabhliki yaseIreland.
Kanye neentsuku ezimbini zokuqeshwa kwangaphambili kweshishini elinye ukuya kwelinye, abathengi kunye neentatheli zamazwe ngamazwe ziya kuzimasa iisemina, iindibano zocweyo kunye neziganeko zothungelwano ukukhulisa ulwazi lwabo nge-UK njengendawo yokundwendwela. Abathunywa baya kuzibonela ngokwabo iimveliso kunye neenkonzo zokhenketho kunye nohambo lwemfundo lwaphambi komsitho kwiindawo ekusingwa kuzo kulo lonke ilizwe.
Iindawo zangaphambili zokusingatha umcimbi, obanjwe ngonyaka ukususela kwi-2014, ziquka i-Harrogate, i-NewcastleGateshead, i-Brighton, i-Liverpool kunye ne-Ascot.
Ukhenketho luxabisa ngaphezulu kwe-127 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kuqoqosho lwase-UK, ukudala imisebenzi kunye nokukhulisa ukukhula koqoqosho kwizizwe ngezizwe nakwimimandla.
