UNksz Alice oyi-CEO ye I-African Queen Adventures yaba linenekazi lokuqala laseTanzania ukuphumelela iwonga eliwonga elinje kwilizwekazi, liphakamisa iprofayile yelizwe elityebileyo eMpuma Afrika.
Ngomhla wama-31 ku-Okthobha ka-2022, uNksz Alice wajoyina iinkwenkwezi zase-Afrika zokuhamba, ukhenketho, kunye nokwamkela iindwendwe kwi-red-carpet yolwamkelo eLagos, eNigeria, ukufumana iwonga lokugqibela lonyaka le-Akwaaba African Travel Awards njengophumelele i-100 ephezulu yokuhamba kunye abantu bokhenketho eAfrika.
"Alice Jacob Manupa, iCEO ye-African Queen Adventures yaseTanzania, iwonga ngokuphuma ephumelele i-Africa 2022 Travel Awards ngo-100,” batsho abaququzeleli.
Imbasa ye-Africa Travel and Tourism 100 ebalaseleyo enika ingqwalasela kubasetyhini abakhethekileyo kweli shishini, ibandakanye abasetyhini base-Afrika abaphuma kumazwe angama-20 ase-Afrika abagqwesileyo kwiinkalo ezifana nobunkokeli kwezokhenketho, ukhenketho kunye nokhenketho, ukuhamba ngeenqwelomoya, ububele, ulondolozo, kunye namajelo eendaba.
“Ndiyambulela uThixo ngeentsikelelo zakhe ezipheleleyo, kuba ngaphandle kwesandla sakhe, bendingenakukwazi ukuhlala namabali [e]shishini lokhenketho nokhenketho eAfrika. Ndinikezela eli wonga kubo bonke abafazi baseAfrika abasokolayo ukwenza okuthile kwishishini lezokhenketho,” utshilo uNksz Alice. eTurboNews kudliwano-ndlebe olukhethekileyo.
“Ndonwabe kakhulu, kuba eli libhaso lesibini kulo nyaka emva kokuba ndiphumelele imbasa yeTanzania National Parks’ ngo-Okthobha. [Kwi]nqanaba lelizwekazi, eli lixesha lam lokuqala ukuba ndigoduke neli wonga lokugqibela. Ndiziva ndithobekile ukuba ngomnye wababoneleli beenkonzo baseAfrika kushishino lokhenketho nokhenketho,” utshilo uAlice echwayitile.
UNksz Alice linenekazi langoku elinobuntu kunye nokuzala kwakhe kuye kwabumba ukhenketho lwaseTanzania oluxabisa izigidi ngezigidi zeerandi kwixesha lakhe elifutshane kweli shishini.
Akumangalisi ukuba, i-African Queen Adventures iqhube kakuhle kakhulu phakathi koontanga bayo ekukhuthazeni ukhenketho lwasekhaya kunye nehlabathi phakathi kobhubhani we-COVID-19.
Ipakeji yenkampani “yokuHamba kuphela” yabasetyhini, eyilelwe ngobuchule ukusebenzisa i-niche yentengiso yokhenketho yabasetyhini, yabona umhlambi wabakhenkethi ababhinqileyo basekhaya nabangaphandle kwiipaki zesizwe zaseTanzania nokuba sisiphi na isibetho esoyikekayo.
UNksz. Alice, ingqondo esemva kolu tshintsho, ukwaqondwa ngokudlala indima ebalulekileyo ekuncedeni ishishini lezokhenketho lelizwe ukuba liphinde libuyele emva kwentlekele ye-COVID-19, ukutsiba amanye amashishini, ukubuyisela amawaka emisebenzi elahlekileyo, kunye nokwenza ingeniso uqoqosho.
“U-Alice luhlobo lweshishini eligcina iprofayile ephantsi, kodwa ungomnye wabasetyhini abakwi-CEO abancinci abadlamkileyo bexesha lethu. Uqhuba ishishini lakhe ngempumelelo kwiinkqwithela zobhubhane. Ufanelwe kukunconywa,” igosa eliphezulu leepaki zelizwe laseTanzania latsho phantsi komqathango wokungaziwa nanjengoko lingesiso isithethi.
Wayephakathi koosomashishini abambalwa ababekholelwa ukuba i-COVID-19 yayiyintsikelelo ngokufihlakeleyo. Kuye, ubhubhane ubonise ishishini lezokhenketho ithuba legolide lokuchaza ulungelelwaniso lwesini.
Ewe, kwasekuqaleni, i-CEO ye-African Queen Adventures isebenze nzima kakhulu ukwakha ishishini elinoxanduva elishiya indawo entle eTanzania.
UNksz Alice nomyeni wakhe, uMnumzana Joseph Julius Lyimo, baye baba ziinkokeli zozinzo, bedibanisa iindlela ezingcono zentlalo nezokusingqongileyo kuzo zonke iinkalo zeshishini, bebuyisela ebantwini nakwiindawo ezibaphetheyo.
I-African Queen Adventures ibonelela nge-safaris eyenziwe ngobuchule eTanzania ezisa amaphupha e-safari ebomini. Impahla yokuhamba ithathwa ngokubonisa abakhenkethi kungekuphela nje izinto ezimangalisayo zendalo ezidumileyo zelizwe, kodwa kunye nobutyebi obufihliweyo. Kuthatha abahambi abasuka kwezona ndawo zibalaseleyo zezilwanyana zasendle ezisemantla eTanzania ukuya kwintlango ekrwada esemazantsi, kwaye ukusuka encotsheni ye-Kilimanjaro ukuya kwiindawo ezingapheliyo zolwandle olunesanti emhlophe eZanzibar.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Alice, brain behind the innovation, is also recognized for playing a critical role in aiding the country's tourism industry to rebound in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, to leapfrog other businesses, recoup thousands of lost jobs, and generate revenue for the economy.
- It takes travelers from the best wildlife spots in northern Tanzania to the raw authentic wilderness in the south, and from the top of the Kilimanjaro to the endless stretches of white sandy beaches in tropical Zanzibar.
- Alice joined the African stars of travel, tourism, and hospitality at the red-carpet reception in Lagos, Nigeria, to receive the ultimate annual honor of the Akwaaba African Travel Awards as winner of top 100 travel and tourism personalities in Africa.
