Umphathiswa Wezokhenketho wase-Seychelles undwendwela i-AIDA Aura

Umphathiswa wezokhenketho waseSeychelles, uLwandle, uLwandle, uMazibuko kunye noLwandle, uMaurice Loustau-Lalanne, undwendwele i-AIDA Aura, enye yeenqanawa ezimbini ezihamba ePort Victoria ngoLwesibini we-19 kuDisemba, 2017.

UMphathiswa uLoustau-Lalanne wayehamba noMphathiswa oyiNtloko kwezoKhenketho, u-Anne Lafortune, kunye neGosa eliyiNtloko yoLawulo lweZibuko laseSeychelles, uColonel André Ciseau. I-AIDA Cruises yenye yeempawu ezilishumi elinanye eziqhutywa liQela leCarnival - enye yeendlela ezinkulu zokuhamba ngenqanawa emhlabeni. I-AIDA brand, eneenqanawa ezili-12 ihamba ngolwandle isiya eSeychelles okokuqala ngeli xesha lonyaka, kunye neAIDA Aura - enye yazo zincinci iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa - sele isenza umnxeba wayo wesithathu ePort Victoria.

I-AIDA Aura ifike eBhayi ngoLwesibini, ithwele abakhweli abayi-1,300 kunye nabasebenzi abangama-400 kwaye bazakuhamba ngoLwesine. Uninzi lwabakhweli ngabantu baseJamani. Umphathi wenqanawa, uSven Laudan, wamkela uMphathiswa uLoustau-Lalanne kunye negqiza lakhe ababekhwele enqanaweni elingangeemitha ezingama-200 ezinamaqonga ali-11.

UCaptain Laudan ucacisile ukuba i-AIDA Aura ijikeleza eSeychelles, eMauritius naseReunion, kwaye bazakube bethumela iifowuni ezili-10 zokuya eSeychelles ngeli xesha lonyaka. "Sichitha iintsuku ezintathu apha kwaye abakhweli bonwabile yile nto, kukho ukhenketho kuyo yonke indawo," wongeze watsho.

UMphathiswa uLoustau-Lalanne kunye neqela lakhe banikwe ukhenketho olufutshane lwenqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa, enezinto ezininzi eziluncedo, kubandakanya iivenkile zokutyela, imivalo, iziko lokuqina, kunye nendawo yedama. UMphathiswa uthe undwendwele i-AIDA Aura ethathela ingqalelo okokuqala ukuba uphawu lwenqanawa lubandakanye iSeychelles kuhambo lwayo. Uye waphawula ukuba i-AIDA sele iqinisekisile ukuba izakuthumela inqanawa enkulu yokuhamba ngenqanawa eSeychelles ngexesha lokuhamba ngenqanawa ngo-2018-2019.

Ezamkela iindaba, uMphathiswa uthe oku kubonisa ukonyuka kwenani labakhenkethi baseJamani abatyelele le ndawo, ucinga ukuba i-AIDA ilungiselelwe imakethi yaseJamani. IJamani sele iyimakethi ephambili yezokhenketho eSeychelles ngo-2017. ukumiswa iintsuku ezisixhenxe kwizibuko lethu njengoko oko kunokuchaphazela ukusebenza kwethu, ke kufuneka sifumane iindlela zokwenza ukuba iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa zibandakanye ezinye iziqithi kuhambo lwabo njengoko sizama ukutsala iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa kunxweme lwethu, utshilo uMphathiswa uLoustau ULalanne.

“Ndiyakholelwa ukuba siphuhlisa kancinci kancinci ishishini lethu lokuhamba ngenqanawa kwaye kufuneka sibonakale kakuhle xa sinemizila emitsha yokuhamba ngenqanawa esikhetha indawo esiya kuyo. Sibona ukwanda kwenani labakhenkethi abavela kwiinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa kwaye kufuneka sizame konke okusemandleni ethu ukuba okungenani isiqingatha sabo bakhwele kwinqwelomoya kwaye bachithe iholide ende eSeychelles, ”wongeze watsho.

I-CEO ye Ports Authority, u-Colonel André Ciseau, uthe iyonke iminxeba engama-42 kulindeleke kule sizini, kunye neenqanawa zokuhamba ngeenqanawa ezizisa iindwendwe ezingama-42,700 eSeychelles. Oku kubonisa ukwanda phantse kweepesenti ezingama-50 ngaphezulu konyaka ophelileyo xa bekurekhodwa iifowuni ezingama-28, kunye nokunyuka kwama-55 eepesenti kubakhenkethi abaselunxwemeni. “Umsebenzi esiwenzileyo sikunye noMbutho waMazibuko eeIi Indian Ocean Islands (APIOI), amahlakani, amahlakani kunye nabasemagunyeni, ukongeza kuphuculo lokhuseleko lwaselwandle kulo mmandla kuhlawula izibonelelo. Sityalomali kwimizamo emininzi yokukhulisa ishishini kwaye sizakuqhubeka sisebenza namanye amazwe akummandla wentengiso edibeneyo. Kwaye ngoku ngokudibeneyo sikhuthaza isiCwangciso-qhinga se-Cruise Africa oku kungasinceda, ”utshilo uColonel Ciseau.

“Njengenxalenye yesiCwangciso-qhinga se-Cruise Africa sikwasebenza ukukhuthaza ii-yacht ezinkulu ukuba zityelele le ngingqi ngokuhambelana neefoni zokuhamba ngenqanawa, kwaye sikunye noMbutho woLawulo lweZibuko eMpuma naseMazantsi e-Afrika (PMAESA) siphuhlisa ilottery yezikhephe njengenxalenye wale nzame yokwazisa, eza kuvumela isikhephe esiphumeleleyo ukuba sityelele amazwe angamalungu ombutho wezibuko ngaphandle kokuhlawula iimali ezifanelekileyo zeli zibuko, utshilo. UColonel Ciseau uthe iLotto kufuneka ibe sele ikulungele ukuthengiswa ungaphelanga unyaka ozayo.

Ixesha lokuhamba ngenqanawa eSeychelles liqala ukusuka ngo-Okthobha ukuya nge-Epreli.

UMphathiswa uLoustau-Lalanne uphawule ukuba ishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa lelinye elinamandla amakhulu kwaye nje ukuba kugqitywe ukwandiswa kweemitha ezingamakhulu amathandathu ePort Victoria ilizwe liza kuba ndlongondlongo ekukhuthazeni iSeychelles njengendawo yokuhamba ngenqanawa. Ukuba konke kuhamba ngokwesicwangciso, ukwandiswa kwePort Victoria kunye neprojekthi yophuhliso ngokutsha kulindeleke ukuba iqale ekuqaleni konyaka olandelayo kwaye kufuneka igqitywe ngowama-2021.