- USuku lweHlabathi lwezoKhenketho lwasungulwa kwiseshoni yesithathu ka UNWTO eTorremolinos, eSpain ngomhla we-17th kaSeptemba, 1979 ngumntu waseNigeria obizwa ngokuba ngu-IGNATIUS AMADUWA ATIGBI.
- Ongasekhoyo uIgnatius Amaduwa Atigbi, ummi waseNigeria, nguye owaphakamisa umbono wokumakisha umhla wamashumi amabini anesixhenxe kwinyanga yoMsintsi njengoSuku loKhenketho lweHlabathi, yiyo loo nto abantu bembiza “Mnu. USuku loKhenketho lweHlabathi ”.
- Namhlanje iBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Afrika ibhiyozele uSuku loKhenketho lweHlabathi kunye ne-Afrika iphela kunye nehlabathi. Yayilusuku lolonwabo, kunye nosuku lokulibala i-COVID-19
Isiphakamiso sokusungula uSuku lweHlabathi lwezoKhenketho lwaphakanyiswa nguMnu Ignatius Amaduwa Atigbi e UNWTO ngonyaka we-1979. WayenguMlawuli-Jikelele wokuqala we-Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), eyayibizwa ngokuba yi-Nigerian Tourist Association (NTA), WayekwanguSihlalo weKhomishoni yokuHamba yase-Afrika (ATC).
Kwi-1980, i UMbutho weZizwe eziManyeneyo wezoKhenketho ibhiyozele uSuku lweHlabathi lwezoKhenketho njengesikhumbuzo samazwe ngamazwe ngomhla wama-27 kuSeptemba. UNWTO zamkelwa. Ukwamkelwa kwale Mithetho kuthathwa njengesiganeko esibalulekileyo kukhenketho lwehlabathi. Injongo yolu suku kukwazisa ngendima yokhenketho kuluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nokubonisa indlela oluchaphazela ngayo ixabiso lentlalo, inkcubeko, ezopolitiko kunye nezoqoqosho kwihlabathi jikelele.
Usweleke eneminyaka engama-68 nge-22 kaDisemba ngo-1998, wangcwatyelwa kwidolophu yakhe, eKoko, eDelta State.
Namhlanje kubhiyozelwe uSuku lweHlabathi lezoKhenketho e-Afrika iphela nakwihlabathi jikelele.
Kwabaninzi, olu ibilusuku lokuyeka amaxhala e-COVID-19 kunye nomonakalo owenziwe ngulo bhubhani kushishino lokhenketho nokhenketho kwihlabathi liphela.
Cuthbert Ncube, Usihlalo wezoKhenketho e-Afrika uxelele eTurboNews:
“Bendibhiyozela uSuku lweHlabathi loKhenketho phantsi kwesibhakabhaka saseAfrika kwiNtaba yase-Eswatini. Ndandikunye noNozakuzaku wezoKhenketho we-ATB uMnu. Sandile wezoKhenketho eMzantsi Afrika,
Eswatini likhaya elitsha leBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseAfrika.
“Uninzi lweAfrika ngoku luvulekele abaNdwendwe baMazwe ngaMazwe ukuba baze kuphonononga ukwahluka kwethu ngokweNkcubeko, amathuba ethu amakhulu otyalo-mali njengoko sivuma ifuthe negalelo loKhenketho ekukhuleni nasekuzinzeni ekudaleni imisebenzi.
Sidinga ukubandakanywa ngokupheleleyo kwihlabathi jikelele ekulinganiseni umhlaba ongafakwanga kwaye ungafakwanga i-Afrika kunye neminikelo eyahlukeneyo idlale indima ebalulekileyo ekufakeni igalelo kwi-GDP yehlabathi.
Uluntu lwethu kufuneka luxhamle kwezinye zezinto eziphumayo ngenxa yokuba sibhiyozela olu suku i-Afrika kufuneka ijolise ekuphumezeni ngokubalulekileyo ukhenketho lwaseKhaya nolusekelwe kuluntu njengesiseko sokwenza kusebenze okuzinzileyo koqoqosho lwethu lwezoKhenketho.
Akwanelanga ukuqhutywa kukubhiyozela olu suku, kuba uninzi loluntu lwethu luphila entluphekweni. Kufuneka sizibandakanye kwindlela epheleleyo yokuxabisa ikhonkco lexabiso lezokhenketho elixhamla abagcini belifa lemveli lethu.”
eTurboNews ifumene iimpendulo ezivela kumazwe amaninzi ase-Afrika, kuquka i-Angola:
Ummeli we-ATB: Kuyanga Diamantino: WTD, waseAngola. Siyakholelwa ekubuyiseleni ngokupheleleyo, sikholelwa kwiinzame zikaRhulumente kunye nezo zaBucala zokwakha iNdawo yokuFikela eKhenketho eAfrika. Siyakholelwa kuphuhliso lwe-Afrika ngophuhliso lwezokhenketho oluzinzileyo
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “Uninzi lweAfrika ngoku luvulekele abaNdwendwe baMazwe ngaMazwe ukuba baze kuphonononga ukwahluka kwethu ngokweNkcubeko, amathuba ethu amakhulu otyalo-mali njengoko sivuma ifuthe negalelo loKhenketho ekukhuleni nasekuzinzeni ekudaleni imisebenzi.
- Uluntu lwethu kufuneka luxhamle kwezinye zezinto eziphumayo ngenxa yokuba sibhiyozela olu suku i-Afrika kufuneka ijolise ekuphumezeni ngokubalulekileyo ukhenketho lwaseKhaya nolusekelwe kuluntu njengesiseko sokwenza kusebenze okuzinzileyo koqoqosho lwethu lwezoKhenketho.
- Injongo yolu suku kukwazisa ngendima yokhenketho kuluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nokubonisa indlela oluchaphazela ngayo ixabiso lentlalo, inkcubeko, ezopolitiko kunye nezoqoqosho kwihlabathi jikelele.
