Kwiminyaka emihlanu edlulileyo ngo-2017 imbono yeBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Afrika yaqala kude ne-Afrika. Kwaqala entliziyweni yeMicronesia phakathi kwe-Pacific Ocean, xa i-African Tourism Marketing Corporation yabhaliswa e-Honolulu, eHawaii, eU.SA.
Kuthathe malunga neminyaka emibini yokusebenza nzima kunye nothungelwano xa iBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Afrika yasungulwa ngokusesikweni I-World Travel Market eCapetown ngoAprili 2019.
Oku kulandele iseshoni yengqondo eyimpumelelo kakhulu kwi-World Travel Market eLondon ngoNovemba ka-2018.
Kwi-World Travel Market 2018 eLondon, eHawaii-based eTurboNews baye badibanisa iinkokheli zokhenketho kunye nezokhenketho ezivela kwilizwekazi lonke lase-Afrika ukuze babelane ngephupha labo elifanayo lokumanya ilizwekazi ngokhenketho kunye nokuqalisa iBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Afrika.
Othethe ngokungafihlisiyo umphathiswa wezokhenketho uGqr. Memunatu Pratt eSierra Leone, yayiyenye yeenkokheli zokhenketho ezininzi ebezizimase iseshoni yokubonisana nge-etN. Waphakama waza wavuyisa abaphulaphuli kwigumbi elaligcwele pha e-Excel eLondon: “Masibambene ngasemva kweJuergen kwaye senze iBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Afrika ihambe.”
Ukudibanisa izandla kwintengiso, ukuhlala ungakhethi buso kwaye kungekho nanye yezopolitiko yayisibheno eTurboNews Umpapashi kunye nosihlalo ongumseki weBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Afrika, uJuergen Steinmetz, wayenaye nabani na obuza malunga nokuba i-ATB ingaba malunga nantoni.
Phambi kokusungulwa ngokusesikweni kwe-ATB eKapa, ngaphezu kwe-1000 eTurboNews abafundi abavela kumazwe aseAfrika bazibandakanya nalo mbutho mtsha namakhulu aliqela abahlobo abavela eAfrika eYurophu, kuMntla Merika nakwamanye amazwe.
On Epreli 11, 2019, ukususela ngowe-1530-1730 iiyure, iqela leengcaphephe zamazwe ngamazwe layenza yasemthethweni. Ibhodi yezoKhenketho yaseAfrika yasekwa ngokusesikweni. Omnye wabaxhasi bokuqala, obefuna ukubandakanyeka nguCuthbert Ncube, inkokeli eyaziwayo kwezoKhenketho lwaseAfrika kunye neWorld Tourism Organisation.
Ukuthetha kuphehlelelo lwe-ATB eKapa kuquka umphathiswa obekekileyo wezoKhenketho uMoses Vilakati wase-Eswatini, uLilluy Ajarova, iCEO yezoKhenketho lwase-Uganda, uLucky George, oyintloko ngoku ye IKhomishini yoKhenketho yaseAfrika, UFrancoise Diele ovela kwiZiko lokuHamba laseCameroon, uDkt Peter Tarlow, uKhenketho oluKhuselekileyo, owokuqala oqeshwe yi-CEO ye-ATB Doris Woerfel, eTurboNews VP Dmytro Makarov, kunye nosihlalo osungula uJuergen Steinmetz.
UTony Smyth ovela kwiQela le-I Free eHong Kong, eSAR China yaba ngumxhasi wokuqala we-ATB, umququzeleli wesidlo sokuphehlelelwa eCapeTown, kwaye unike amakhulu eeSIM khadi zasimahla kubathathi-nxaxheba.
Kwathatha iintsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba ibhodi yesigqeba sokuqala, uJuergen Steinmetz, u-Alain St. Ange, uDkt. Peter Tarlow, uMphathiswa oHloniphekileyo wase-Eswatini, UMoses Vilakati, uvumile kwisidlo sasemini eWestin Hotel eKapa ukuba amkele isipho sikaCuthbert Ncube sokuba ngusihlalo wokuqala walo mbutho mtsha.
Ibhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Afrika yayisemthethweni kwaye isezandleni zama-Afrika.
Namhlanje uNcube uxelele eTurboNews: “Xa ndandivuma ukuba ngusihlalo weBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseAfrika, akukho namnye kuthi owayenokuyicingela imiceli mngeni esiza kujongana nayo. Ngokukodwa, ngokuqhambuka kwe-COVID, injongo yethu yayikukuba iAfrika ihlale njengenye kwaye yomelele- kwaye siyenzile. ”
Phantsi kobunkokheli bukaMnu. Ncube, lo mbutho uye waba lelona phulo lokhenketho linefuthe kukhenketho nokhenketho lwaseAfrika.
Abanye bajoyine ibhodi ye-ATB ukwenza iBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Afrika ibe yimpumelelo ngakumbi, kuquka nowayesakuba nguMphathiswa wezoKhenketho eZimbabwe, uGq. Walter Mzembi, kunye noMphathiswa wezoKhenketho okhoyo ngoku eJamaica, uMhlonishwa. Edmund Bartlett, uGqr. Taleb Rifai, owayesakuba ngunobhala-jikelele we UNWTO, ukubalula nje abanye.
Amalungu azinikeleyo e-ATB aseke iqela loonozakuzaku bezokhenketho kwilizwekazi liphela. eTurboNews uncedise ngeentlanganiso ezininzi zokusondeza kunye namakhulu amanqaku ukuhlanganisa iAfrika kunye nokubonisa ilizwekazi kwihlabathi ngexesha lobhubhani we-COVID.
Ngelo xesha, abahlobo abaphumeleleyo beqela leendaba basekwa ukuze baphindaphinde ukufikelela.
NgoMnu Bartlett waba ngomnye wamalungu ebhodi yokuqala ye-ATB kwi-2018, uxhulumaniso lwaseAfrika kwiCaribbean kunye neMelika lwenziwa. Yadibanisa idiaspora.
Ecaleni komboniso worhwebo ocinyiweyo we-ITB Berlin ngoMatshi ka-2020 iBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseAfrika, ikunye nePATA kunye neBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseNepal, yaqalisa ukwakha kwakhona ingxoxo.
Oku kubangele ukusekwa kwe World Tourism Network NgoJanuwari 1, 2021.
IBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseAfrika kwaye World Tourism Network kudityaniswe amalungu kunye nenkxaso kumazwe 130 kwaye zikhula ngamandla.
Ingqungquthela yokuqala yehlabathi ye World Tourism Network, Ixesha lika-2023, iya kwenzeka eBali, eIndonesia, kwaye iAfrika iya kuba nendima eyomeleleyo.
Kwi-WTM eKapa kwiveki ezayo, uSihlalo we-ATB uCuthbert Ncube kunye noHloniphekileyo. U-Edmund Bartlett waseJamaica kulindeleke ukuba agxininise ukuzinikela kwabo ekubambisaneni neBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Afrika kunye ne World Tourism Network kwisamithi ezayo yeXesha lika-2023.
Ukomelela, utyalo-mali, utshintsho lwemozulu, ukhenketho lwezonyango, ukhenketho lwangaphakathi noluphuma ngaphandle luya kujoliswa ku IXESHA 2023 ingqungquthela eBali.
The World Tourism Network, kunye neBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Afrika, ihlala igxile ekunikeni ilizwi kubadlali abancinci nabaphakathi kushishino lokuhamba kunye nokhenketho.
ATB kunye WTN Umseki uJuergen Steinmetz akanakuzizimasa iWorld Travel Market eKapa ngokwakhe kwiveki ezayo.
Uthe: “Ndiyazingca ukubona le mibutho mibini idibana eKapa. Ngapha koko, yonke into yaqala apho. I-World Travel Market iya kuhlala inentsingiselo ekhethekileyo kuthi.”
“Yintoni oyifumanayo WTN kunye ne-ATB ngabantu abalungileyo abanombono wokuhlanganisana njengabahlobo, badibanise izandla, kwaye bahlale bezimisele kwaye beqinile. Ukhenketho lwehlabathi lubuyele kushishino, kwaye iAfrika idlala indima ekhethekileyo nebalulekileyo.”
Umxhasi we-ATB uGqr. Taleb Rifai wayedla ngokuchazela amaLungu oKhenketho aseAfrika oku: “IAfrika kulapho yaqala khona yonke into.”
