I-NAIROBI - Inkomfa yokuqala ye-E-Tourism yamazwe ngamazwe e-East Africa iya kubanjelwa eNairobi ngo-Oktobha 13 kunye ne-14 kulo nyaka. Le nkomfa yeentsuku ezimbini, ye-E-Tourism East Africa, exhaswa ngemali yiSafaricom, iMicrosoft kunye neVisa International, iza kuzisa ezinye zeengcaphephe zehlabathi kwezokhenketho lwe-intanethi okokuqala ngqa. Abathunywa abavela eTanzania, eUganda, eRwanda nase-Ethiopia, nakwilizwe lonke laseKenya kulindeleke ukuba bazimase.
Inkomfa iya kuba neentetho ezingaphezu kwe-27 ezivela kwiinkampani zamazwe ngamazwe kunye nezasekhaya, kwaye iya kuhlanganisa iingcali zehlabathi jikelele kunye neengcali zedijithali, ezivela kwiinkampani ezifana ne-Expedia, iMicrosoft, i-Google, i-Digital Visitor, i-Trip Advisor, i-Eviivo, i-New Mind kunye ne-WAYN (Ziphi? Wena Ngoku?) Eyona nethiwekhi inkulu yehlabathi kubahambi. Iingcali zamazwe ngamazwe ziza kuthetha 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 kurhwebo lokuhamba. .
I-E-Tourism Africa linyathelo le-Afrika ngokubanzi lokunceda icandelo lezokhenketho e-Afrika ukuba liqonde ngcono i-intanethi kunye noluhlu lwamathuba okuthengisa kwi-intanethi akhoyo ngoku.
Umalathisi olawulayo we-E-Tourism Africa, uMnu. Damian Cook, wachaza izizathu zezi nkomfa. “Kubalulekile ukuba icandelo lezokhenketho e-Afrika lazi ngamathuba amaninzi oshishino kwi-intanethi. Ngaphezulu kwe-70% yeengcali eziselula zixhomekeke kwi-intanethi ukuze ziphande kwaye zibhukishe iiholide zazo. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku bekukho ulwazi oluncinci olufumanekayo kurhwebo lokuhamba e-Afrika malunga nendlela abanokwandisa ngayo ubukho babo kwi-Intanethi, utshilo uMnu.
ISafaricom, umxhasi wesihloko somsitho, uthe inkampani izibophelele kakhulu kwezokhenketho kwaye ifuna eli candelo lijonge onke amathuba akhoyo, ngakumbi kwi-intanethi.
“Ukhenketho silubona njengoyena mqhubi uphambili kuqoqosho lwale ngingqi, ingakumbi xa sisiya kwiNdebe yeHlabathi yeFIFA ka-2010. Ukubandakanyeka kweSafaricom kwinkomfa ye-E-Tourism East Africa ngumzekelo wendlela iSafaricom encedisa ngayo ukuxhasa eli candelo libuyele endleleni,” utshilo uMichael Joseph, iCEO yeSafaricom.
“UMicrosoft, umxhasi ophambili weenkomfa ze-E-Tourism Africa, uthe kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba ishishini lokhenketho kwi-Afrika iphela landise ubukho balo kwi-intanethi. “Ukuhamba ngoku yeyona nto iphambili ekuthengiseni i-intanethi kwaye ivelisa ngaphezulu kwe-100 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zeedola ngonyaka kwiintengiso. Nangona kunjalo, kuncinci kakhulu ukhenketho lwase-Afrika oluthengiswa kwi-intanethi kwaye ukufumana kunye nokubhukisha iindawo zaseAfrika kwiwebhu kunokuba ngumngeni. UMicrosoft uzibophelele ekusebenzisaneni namahlakani ayo kunye noorhulumente base-Afrika bancede ekuboneleleni ngezixhobo zobuchwepheshe eziyimfuneko kwabo bakwicandelo lokhenketho ukwenza ushishino kwi-intanethi – ingakumbi ababoneleli abahambahambayo abancinci nabazimeleyo. Siyathemba ukuba iinkomfa ze-E-Tourism Africa ziya kunika inkuthazo, inkuthazo kunye noqeqesho oluyimfuneko ukwenza icandelo lithathe amanyathelo ayimfuneko ukuze ungene kwi-intanethi, utshilo u-Eric Basha, umlawuli olawulayo woKhenketho weMicrosoft.
I-Visa International nayo ixhasa inkomfa. “Ngeemveliso kunye neenkonzo ezininzi ezithengiweyo kwi-Intanethi namhlanje, sifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba icandelo lezokhenketho liyawazi amaxabiso kunye nezibonelelo zokwamkela iintlawulo ze-Intanethi. Sikwafuna ukuqaqambisa ukubaluleka kokulawula iintlawulo ezikhuselekileyo kwi-Intanethi, utshilo uGill Buchanan, umphathi wezoNxibelelwano kwi-Sub Saharan Africa kwiVisa.
Inkomfa yokuqala ye-Afrika ye-e-tourism yamazwe ngamazwe – i-E-Tourism Southern Africa – ibibanjwe ekuqaleni kweyoMsintsi eRhawutini kulo nyaka. Kwakukho iindwendwe ezingaphezu kwama-250. Iinkomfa ezongezelelweyo ze-E-Tourism Africa zicwangciselwe eCairo naseGhana ekuqaleni kuka-2009, eziya kufikelela kuvuthondaba ngomsitho wase-Afrika eRhawutini phakathi ku-2009.
Inkomfa ye-E-Tourism East Africa iya kubanjelwa eNairobi kwiFox Cinema eSarit Centre ngo-Okthobha we-13-14, ilandelwa ziintsuku ezintathu zeesemina zoqeqesho ezikhethekileyo kwicandelo lezokhenketho ngo-Oktobha 15-17 kwiziko loQeqesho le-KWS eLangata, eNairobi.
Ubhaliso lweNkomfa eMpuma Afrika luvuliwe ngoku – www.e-tourismafrica.com
