Amazwe aseMpuma Afrika Amiselwe ukuPhakanyiswa koKhenketho oluDityanisiweyo

Amazwe angamalungu e-East African Community alungiselela ukukhuthazwa kunye nophuhliso lokhenketho oluhlangeneyo nolwengingqi, ngenjongo yokunyusa inani labatyeleli kunye nophuhliso loqoqosho lwale ngingqi.

The Uluntu lwaseMpuma Afrika (EAC) I-Ofisi yoonobhala baye baqaphela ukuba ukhenketho lunegalelo elimalunga ne-10 lepesenti kwi-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) yommandla apho i-17 pesenti iyingeniso yotshintshiselwano lwamazwe angaphandle kwaye malunga neepesenti ezisixhenxe yingqesho ebalwayo kwiinkonzo ezahlukeneyo zabakhenkethi.

UMlawuli wamaCandelo eMveliso kwi-EAC, uMnu. Jean Baptiste Havugimana uqinisekise ukuba ngexesha lomboniso osandul' ukuphela wePearl of Africa Tourism Expo obubanjelwe eMunyonyo Commonwealth Resort eUganda.

Umboniso wePearl of Africa Tourism owaqhutywa ekupheleni kuka-Epreli walo nyaka, ubuhlanganise i-EAC Secretariat, onke amahlakani ebhodi zokhenketho zengingqi kunye IBhodi yezoKhenketho ye-Afrika (i-ATB).

Isiganeko seentsuku ezine savulwa ngokusemthethweni nguMphathiswa wase-Uganda wezoKhenketho, i-Wildlife kunye ne-Antiquities, uColonel Tom Buttime.

IPearl of Africa Tourism Expo ngumsitho wokhenketho oququzelelwa yiBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Uganda (UTB) minyaka le.

Lo mboniso udibanise abathathi-nxaxheba kwezokhenketho kunye nabanye ababoneleli ngeenkonzo kwezokhenketho, ujolise ukuhlangabezana nabathengi abatsha, uthungelwano kunye nokuxoxa ngezivumelwano zoshishino nabo banokuba ngabathengi bommandla nabamazwe ngamazwe.

Uhlelo lwesixhenxe lwePearl of Expo luye lwatsala ababonisi be-150 kunye nabathengi abangaphezu kwe-100 abasindleke kunye namajelo avela kwiimarike zomthombo wabakhenkethi, kuquka i-US, i-UK, iKhanada, iSwitzerland, i-Australia, i-Poland, i-South Africa, i-Egypt kunye ne-Nigeria phakathi kwabanye.

Ibhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Afrika ibimelwe nguSihlalo wayo oLawulayo uMnu. Cuthbert Ncube naye othathe inxaxheba kwimisitho eyahlukeneyo kunye nemisebenzi ngexesha loMboniso.

Ekunye noonozakuzaku be-ATB, uMnu. Ncube batyelele iindawo ezahlukeneyo zabakhenkethi eUganda eziquka iChimpanzee Island kwiLake Victoria.

I-ATB ibisebenzisana namazwe ommandla weMpuma Afrika kuphuhliso nokhuthazo lokhenketho ngokuthatha inxaxheba kwimisitho ephambili eMpuma Afrika kwaye ngoku ingummandla ozayo wokutyelela phakathi kweAfrika.

UNobhala we-EAC ukhuthaze amazwe angamahlakani ukuba athathe inxaxheba kwimisitho yokukhuthaza ukhenketho eququzelelwa lilizwe ngalinye elingumahlulelane.

I-ATB ibe ngumthathi-nxaxheba ophambili kuMboniso wezoKhenketho wesizwe nowengingqi nganye ngoSihlalo wayo, uMnu. Ncube phakathi kwabanye oonozakuzaku bayo bemveliso.

Kwintetho yakhe yokuvula uMboniso wePearl of Africa, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseUganda uColonel Bute (Odla umhlala-phantsi) uvakalise umbulelo wakhe egameni likarhulumente nabantu baseUganda kubo bonke ababonisi kunye nabathengi abasindleke kunye namajelo eendaba ngokuzimasa lo msitho.

Uthe i-Uganda inikwe umtsalane okhethekileyo nohlukeneyo onomtsalane kubakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe, bengingqi nabasekhaya.

IGosa eliLawulayo eliLawulayo leBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Uganda, uGqr. Lily Ajarova, uthe i-Uganda kunye namanye amazwe asebenzisana nawo e-EAC anomdla ekukhuthazeni ukhenketho oluzinzileyo nolunoxanduva.

UMlawuli wamaCandelo eMveliso kwi-EAC, uMnumzana Jean Baptiste Havugimana ubulele urhulumente wase-Uganda ngokumema i-EAC Secretariat kunye nawo onke amazwe angamahlakani ukuba athathe inxaxheba kuMboniso ngomoya wokudityaniswa kwe-EAC.

UMnu. Havugimana udize ukuba i-Ofisi kaNobhala we-EAC kunye neeBhodi zeSizwe zoKhenketho ziye zaxhaswa ukuba zithathe inxaxheba kuMboniso ngokuququzelela abathunywa bamazwe angamahlakani kunye nokuthengwa kweendawo zemiboniso.

I-Arhente yeNtsebenziswano yaMazwe ngaMazwe yaseJamani, i-GIZ, nayo yaxhasa uMboniso ngephakheji ye-Gold Sponsorship.

Uthe iSivumelwano se-EAC sibaluleke kakhulu kwicandelo lezokhenketho ngenxa yendima esiyidlalayo kuphuhliso lwentlalo noqoqosho lwalo mmandla.

UMnu. Havugimana uxelele abathathi-nxaxheba ukuba i-EAC ngoku iphumeza i-EAC Tourism Marketing Strategy 2021 ukuya ku-2025 ngenkxaso ye-GIZ ngongenelelo olwahlukeneyo olubandakanya ukukhuthazwa kokhenketho.

Iphulo lokhenketho lengingqi ye-EAC elibizwa “Tembea Nyumbani” okanye “Visit your Home” lijolise kuphuhliso lwephulo lokhenketho lwangaphakathi kwengingqi eliya kutsala abemi baseMpuma Afrika ukuba batyelele ilizwe ngalinye kulo mmandla.

I-Ofisi yoonobhala ye-EAC ngokunjalo, iqhuba uphuhliso lwemigangatho esezantsi kubaboneleli beenkonzo zokhenketho ingakumbi abasebenzi bokhenketho, ii-arhente zabakhenkethi kunye nabakhokeli babakhenkethi kunye neendlela zokuhlelwa kweehotele zabakhenkethi zengingqi.

“Okwangoku, inkqubo yokuphuhlisa i-Regional Tourism Destination Brand ye-EAC njengendawo enye yokhenketho iqalile kwaye kulindeleke ukuba iqukunjelwe ekupheleni kwalo nyaka”, utshilo uMnu. Havugimana.

Ukufezekiswa kwalo lonke olo ngenelelo kuya kubona ukuba lo mmandla ungaphezulu kwe-7.2 yezigidi zabakhenkethi abafika kumazwe ngamazwe abarekhodwe ngo-2019 ngaphambi kobhubhani we-COVID-19, utshilo.

UMlawuli weLizwe we-GIZ e-Uganda, uMnu. James Macbeth Forbes, uphinde waqinisekisa ukuzinikela kukarhulumente waseJamani ukuqhubeka nokuxhasa amalinge okumanyaniswa kwe-EAC kuquka nokukhuthaza ukhenketho oludibeneyo.

UMnu. Forbes uthe ukususwa kwemiqobo kurhwebo notyalo-mali kummandla we-EAC kuya kuba yinxalenye ephambili kwinkqubo yokudibanisa.

Kumsitho wokuvula bekukhona nabameli beDiplomatic Community.