I-ICCA: IColombia ikumazwe angama-30 aphezulu kwiintlanganiso zokhenketho

Inqanaba lonyaka le-International Congress kunye ne-Convention Association (i-ICCA) libonakalise ukuba iColombia ibandakanyiwe kumazwe angama-30 aphezulu abamba iintlanganiso zamazwe aphesheya. Kunyaka ophelileyo, iColombia yabamba iminyhadala eyi-147, ikwindawo ye-29, ngaphezulu kweRussia, iNew Zealand, iChile noMzantsi Afrika, phakathi kwezinye.

Uluhlu, olubizwa ngokuba yi-ICCA Statistics Report Country & City Rankings, lubandakanya amazwe ali-165, ebonisa amandla eColombia kunye neenzuzo zokhuphiswano kwiintlanganiso zokhenketho. Umzekelo, iColombia yahlala kwindawo yesithathu eMzantsi Melika — ngaphezulu kweBrazil neArgentina — kwiminyhadala yecandelo le-ICCA.

“Iziphumo zolu luhlu zithetha kakhulu ngezokhenketho eColombia. Kucacile ukuba sifuna ukwenza ukhenketho lube ngumthombo omtsha noqaqambileyo wokukhula koqoqosho kunye nengeniso yamazwe angaphandle, njengendlela yokwandisa ubulungisa kunye nokushishina kwimimandla yaseColombia, ”utshilo uJosé Manuel Restrepo Abondano, Umphathiswa Wezorhwebo, Ushishino, noKhenketho.

Kwelinye icala, uFlavia Santoro, umongameli weProColombia, uthe, “Ziindaba ezimnandi ezi, eziqinisekisa ukuba iColombia yindawo enomtsalane nokhuphiswano lokusingatha iminyhadala ekwinqanaba eliphezulu. Siyakuqonda ukubaluleka kokhenketho loshishino. Ke ngoko, eProColombia, sisebenza kunye nabasemagunyeni bengingqi, amaziko aseburhulumenteni, kunye namagumbi ezorhwebo ukuqhubeka nokutsala iminyhadala eya kuthi ichaphazele iColombia kwaye yonyuse inani labatyeleli bamanye amazwe kweli candelo.

Olu xwebhu lukwabandakanya ingxelo eneenkcukacha malunga nefuthe leziganeko zaseColombia. Umzekelo, ityhile ukuba abantu abangama-50,313 baye kwiindibano zecandelo le-ICCA ezili-147 ezazibanjelwe eColombia e2018, bevelisa ingeniso exabisa ngaphezulu kwe-US $ 84 yezigidi. Undwendwe ngalunye luchithe i-US $ 465.60, kunye nobude bomnyhadala ophakathi kweentsuku ezi-3.6.

Ngapha koko, iBogotá yabamba imisitho engama-46 ngo-2018 — nangaphezulu kwaso nasiphi na isixeko saseColombia — sasibeka kwindawo yesithandathu eLatin America kwiinkomfa ezininzi ezazibanjelwe, ngasemva kweBuenos Aires, iLima, iSao Paulo, iSantiago de Chile, kunye nePanama City. IBogotá ilandelwa yiCagagena, eneziganeko ezingama-35, kunye neMedellín, ingama-25.

Uluhlu lubandakanya imisitho ebibanjelwe kwezinye iidolophu ezinje ngeCali, iBarranquilla kunye neSanta Marta. ISanta Marta ibonakalise okona kukhula, njengoko isixeko singakhange sibambe naziphi na iinkongolo ngo-2017, emva koko sabamba ezi-5 ngo-2018.

Ngo-Novemba ophelileyo, i-ICCA yabhengeza ukuba iCagagena yonyulwa ukuba isingathe iNkongolo yeHlabathi ka-2021, ekhethwe kwizixeko ezikhuphisanayo ezifana neRotterdam neAthene.

Lo msitho ujoyina eminye iminyhadala eyaziwayo kwilizwe lonke ekhuselwe yiColombia, efana neWorld Tourism Organisation yeTourism Tech Adventures, ehlelwe ngo-Epreli walo nyaka; Ingqungquthela ye-World Pharmacovigilance Congress (2019); iNgqungquthela yeHlabathi yoLwandle (2019); iiMbasa zeNtengiso eziZimeleyo zeHlabathi (2019); iNdibano yeHlabathi ye-IDB (2020); kunye noFiexpo Latam wonyaka ka-2020, 2021, no-2022, eCagagagena, eMedellín naseBogotá.

Kuburhulumente baseColombia, ukukhuthaza ilizwe njengendawo yeendawo zokundwendwela kwezokhenketho kunegalelo ekudalweni kwemisebenzi ethe ngqo nengathanga ngqo kwicandelo lezokhenketho kunye nokusetyenziswa okungcono kwamaziko endibano, iindawo zomnyhadala wehotele, kunye neendawo ezingezizo ezesiko kulo lonke elaseColombia.

Kutshanje, uMphathiswa wezoRhwebo, uShishino, kunye noKhenketho thaca isiCwangciso-qhinga sokunyusa ukhenketho lwe-MICE (Iintlanganiso, iiNkuthazo, iiNdibano kunye neMiboniso). Injongo yesicwangciso kukuba iColombia ikhokele i-Latin America kwiintlanganiso zokhenketho ngonyaka ka-2027. Le projekthi iza kuphakamisa amanyathelo okukhuthaza iinkomfa kunye nemisitho eColombia.