E-ARUSHA, eTanzania (eTN) – I-Africa Travel Association (ATA) i-33rd Congress ivulwe apha eTanzania kwidolophu yabakhenkethi esemantla e-Arusha ngoMvulo ngogxininiso lokukhuthaza ukhenketho lwase-Afrika kwiimarike ezikhuphisanayo zehlabathi.
Umongameli waseTanzania uJakaya Kikwete uxelele abathunywa be-ATA abamalunga nama-300 ukuba i-Afrika isasilela kwizabelo zokhenketho lwehlabathi ngenxa yobutyebi obuhlwempuzekileyo okwabelwana ngawo kumazwe ase-Afrika.
Uthe isabelo seAfrika kushishino lwabakhenkethi behlabathi sincinci nangona eli lizwekazi lisikelelwe ngobuninzi beendawo ezitsala abakhenkethi bendalo.
I-Afrika ilindele ukufumana abakhenkethi abazizigidi ezingama-47 ngo-2010 kwaye kulindeleke ukuba irekhode malunga ne-77 yezigidi zabakhenkethi ngo-2020, kodwa inani lincinci kakhulu xa lithelekiswa neendawo ezinomtsalane ezingenakoyiswa, umongameli uxelele abathunywa.
Xa kuthelekiswa, iAfrika iswele ngasemva xa kuthelekiswa nesabelo sehlabathi sebhiliyoni e-1 kunye ne-1.6 yeebhiliyoni zabakhenkethi kwangelo xesha linye.
I-Afrika nayo, iye yahlala ngasemva kuphuhliso lokhenketho ngenxa yemithombo yobutyebi ehlwempuzekileyo kunye neziseko ezingundoqo ezingaphuhliswanga, ezithe kangangamashumi eminyaka, zathintela ukuhamba ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweli lizwekazi.
Uthe i-Afrika idinga kakhulu iziseko ezingundoqo eziphuhlisiweyo kunye nokufikeleleka kwiimarike zokuhamba zehlabathi, ingakumbi iindawo zemarike zaseMelika kunye neYurophu.
Uqhagamshelo lomoya e-Afrika lube ngumqobo osisigxina kuphuhliso lokhenketho phakathi kwamazwe. "Ukuhamba ukusuka kwelinye ilizwe laseAfrika ukuya kwelinye kunzima ukuba umntu unokufuneka aye eYurophu ukuze afumane unxibelelwano lomoya kwelinye ilizwe elingaphakathi kwemida yelizwekazi," uMnu. Kikwete uxelele abathunywa be-ATA.
Umfanekiso weendaba ongalunganga we-Afrika njengelizwekazi elibhujiswe zizifo, iimfazwe, intlupheko kunye nokungazi kubangele abakhenkethi ukuba batyelele ilizwekazi.
Enika ithemba kwi-Afrika, umlawuli we-ATA u-Eddie Bergman uthe umbutho wakhe usazimisele ngokupheleleyo ukukhuthaza iindawo zabakhenkethi base-Afrika.
Uthe eli lizwekazi libonisa iindlela ezintle zophuhliso lokhenketho kwaye kukho izibophelelo ezikhuthazayo ezivela koorhulumente baseAfrika kuphuhliso lokhenketho kunye nenkxaso kubatyali-zimali bamazwe angaphandle.
I-ATA imisele izicwangciso zokuxhasa amazwe aseAfrika ukuze akhe ukhenketho lwawo ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo eziquka amajelo eendaba nonxibelelwano, u-Eddie uxelele abathunywa benkongolo.
