E-ARUSHA, eTanzania (eTN) – Esebenzisa ithuba leNgqungquthela ye-Sullivan yesibhozo apha kwidolophu yaseTanzania esemantla e-Arusha, umongameli waseTanzania ukhankasele ukuhenda abantu baseMelika abanemvelaphi yase-Afrika, ebabongoza ukuba beze e-Afrika ukuze batyelele amazwe ookhokho babo kwilizwekazi.
Kwintetho yakhe ephambili kubathunywa abangaphezulu kwama-4,000 beNgqungquthela yesibhozo ye-Sullivan, uMongameli waseTanzania u-Jakaya Kikwete uthethe ngokugqibeleleyo njengelinye iphulo elikhulu labakhenkethi belizwe lakhe, exelela abantu base-Afrika abaHlala eMelika ukuba babuye batyelele amazwe abo okuzalwa.
“Nceda uze undwendwele iAfrika utyale imali kweli lizwekazi likhulu, lityebileyo nelinomtsalane kubakhenkethi. ITanzania ikuqinisekisa ngembuyekezo entle yenkunzi yakho kunye nokhuseleko,” uxelele abathunywa, uninzi lwabo lusuka kuMntla Melika.
Uthe i-Afrika idinga utyalo-mali lwangaphandle kukhenketho kwaye i-African Diaspora e-US yayiyeyona ikhethwayo ekuthatheni inzuzo kwilizwekazi lookhokho babo ukutyala imali.
Eguqukela ekubeni ngumkhankaseli wabakhenkethi onegunya, uMongameli Kikwete uthe i-Afrika inezabelo ezincinci kwiinzuzo zabakhenkethi behlabathi ngaphandle kwemitsalane etyebileyo yelizwekazi eyenziwe zizilwanyana zasendle, imbonakalo yejoloji nembali.
Uthe ukhenketho ngoku licandelo elikhokelayo kwezoqoqosho eTanzania limi kwindawo yokuqala umntu ofumana imali yangaphandle emva koko imigodi ikwindawo yesibini kwaye icandelo lonxibelelwano likwisithathu.
Ikhula ngesantya esizinzileyo kule minyaka isixhenxe idlulileyo, ingeniso yezokhenketho yaseTanzania ifikelele kwi-US$1 yebhiliyoni, ephantse yaphinda kathathu imali eyenziwa lishishini lezolimo kwiGross Domestic Product (GDP) yaseTanzania. EzoLimo ziye zaba negalelo eliphambili kwingxowa yelizwe eliseMpuma Afrika kuninzi lwembali yalo.
Kuqikelelwa ukuba bangaphezulu kwama-800,000 abakhenkethi ekulindeleke ukuba bafike kweli lizwe kulo nyaka, nto leyo ezisa malunga nebhiliyoni enye yeedola.
Ukufikelela emoyeni okwandisiweyo, nabathwali abaninzi ngoku babhabha besiya ngqo eTanzania, iihotele ezintsha zodidi oluphezulu kumhlaba omkhulu kunye neZanzibar, ukuphuculwa kweziseko zophuhliso kunye neendlela zetha kwiisekethe zesafari nazo zizinto eziphambili ezinegalelo kwimbali yempumelelo yokhenketho lwaseTanzania.
Kule minyaka ili-10 idlulileyo, iTanzania iye yaba yindawo yokuzimela yodwa. Ngaphambili, abaninzi abakhenkethi abaya eMpuma Afrika banike iTanzania njengesongezo okanye ukwandiswa kwamanye amazwe. Ngoku, kukho imfuno enkulu yabathengi ukuba bachithe ixesha labo lonke eTanzania kangangokuba abakhenkethi abafanayo banikezela ngaphezulu kohambo lwaseTanzania kuphela.
Ngelinge lokuqinisa iBrand Tanzania kunye nabahambi base-US kunye neengcali zeshishini lokuhamba, iBhodi yabaKhenkethi yaseTanzania (TTB) yasungula iphulo elimacala amabini. Ukujolisa abathengi ngoSeptemba, i-2007, i-TTB yasungula iphulo le-TV, okokuqala ngqa, elasasazwa kwi-CNN, CHLN, CNN Airport, kunye ne-CNN.com.
Kutshanje, ilizwe belibambe inkongolo yonyaka yama-33 ye-Africa Travel Association etsale ngaphezulu kwama-300 eengcali kwishishini lezohambo kwaye ngoku iNgqungquthela ye-Leon H. Sullivan VIII ekwiseshini ngoku. Ezi nkomfa zimbini ziphezulu ziphakamise iwonga lezohambo nokhenketho lwelizwe laseMpuma Afrika.
ITanzania, elona lizwe likhulu eMpuma Afrika, igxile kulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle kunye nokhenketho oluzinzileyo, malunga neepesenti ezingama-28 zomhlaba okhuselwe ngurhulumente.
IneePaki zeSizwe ezili-15 kunye neendawo zokulondoloza iinyamakazi ezingama-33 kunye neNgqungquthela yaseNgorongoro edumileyo ehlabathini, edla ngokubizwa ngokuba “NguMmangaliso Wesi-8 Wehlabathi”; IOlduvai Gorge, iCradle of Mankind, iSelous Game Reserve, eyona ndawo inkulu yolondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle kunye neRuaha, ngoku ekulindeleke ukuba ibe yeyona Park yeSizwe inkulu kwilizwekazi laseAfrika.
Abathunywa abamalunga nama-300 beLeon Sullivan Summit eqhubekayo batyelela kwipaki yezilwanyana zasendle yaseNgorongoro kunye nemali emalunga nee-US40,000 zeedola zale paki. Ngaphandle kokubonelela ngengeniso kwipaki yesizwe kunye nokutyelela iNgorongoro Crater yodumo, abathunywa bengqungquthela baye bafumana ithuba lokutyelela iCultural Tourist Enclosure kwindawo yase-Eseto kwilali yase-Oloilobi kwiwadi yaseNgorongoro, nto leyo eyabenza bachulumancisa kakhulu.
Ngelixa babeseCrater, abathunywa babevuyiswa yimekobume nendalo eyingqongileyo, eneneni yahlukile kwesi sijikelezi-langa, apho abantu, imfuyo kunye nezilwanyana zasendle zihlala kunye ngoxolo.
Umfundisi uJesse Jackson, owayesakuba ngumgqatswa womongameli waseMelika phantsi kwedemokhrasi, uthe eCrater ubutyebi babakhenkethi obugquba eAfrika bufuna uphuhliso olukhawulezileyo.
