I-Africa Travel Association (ATA) ivakalise ukuba iya kubamba i-34 yeNkongolo yoNyaka eCairo ngoMeyi 2009. Isibhengezo senziwe nguMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseYiputa uZoheir Garranah, kunye nomlawuli olawulayo we-ATA u-Edward Bergman.
Lo msitho uququzelelwa liCandelo loMphathiswa Wezokhenketho ngokubambisana neGunya labakhenkethi lase-Egypt (i-ETA) kwaye lizakubanjwa njengedolophu elikomkhulu laseCairo ukusukela nge-17 ukuya kumhla we-22, 2009.
"Kulilungelo elikhulu ukuba ngoku sisebenzisana ne-ATA ukwamkela umhlaba e-Egypt kwiNkomfa yoNyaka ye-ATA," utshilo uMphathiswa uGarranah. "Sijonge phambili ekwamkeleni ihlabathi kwilizwe lethu."
"I-ATA ijonge phambili ekuzibandakanyeni neengcali ezihamba phambili kwezokhenketho kunye nezokhenketho ukuzisa umhlaba eAfrika," utshilo uBergman. "Ngokudibanisa amandla awodwa e-Egypt ukufikelela kumanani erekhodi kubakhenkethi abafikayo kunye ne-ATA yokukwazi ukudibanisa iinkokheli zeshishini ezahlukeneyo ukuze zibumbe i-ajenda yezokhenketho e-Afrika, le ntlanganiso yamazwe iphethe isithembiso esikhulu kunye nethuba lotshintsho kwilizwekazi lase-Afrika nakwindawo yentengiso yehlabathi."
Ingqungquthela yase-Egypt yakhela kwimpumelelo yobudlelwane besizwe obude kunye ne-ATA. Ngo-Meyi ka-1983, i-ATA yabamba ingqungquthela yayo yesibhozo eCairo; yayo ye-16 yabanjwa ngo-1991. Ngo-1983, eli lizwe lalisandula ukumisela iinzame zokwazisa. Ngo-1991, ukufika kwezokhenketho kwakuphindaphindwe kabini, kunceda eli shishini ukuba libe ngoyena ndoqo kuqoqosho lwelizwe. Emva kokuthomalalisa ukufika kwabakhenkethi ngeminyaka yoo-1990, ukufika kwabakhenkethi kwafikelela kwirekhodi elingaphezulu kwezigidi eziyi-8.6 ngo-2004 kwaye, namhlanje, ukhenketho lolona hlobo lwemali engenayo eYiphutha. Ukwakha ngalo mzuzu, abasemagunyeni kwezokuhamba base-Egypt baceba ukwamkela abafikile kubakhenkethi abazizigidi ezili-16 ngowama-2014.
"Silindele ukuba iCongress ka-2008 ayizukunceda i-Iiphutha kuphela ukufikelela koko yayijolise kuko, kodwa izokunceda ilizwe ukuba likhule nangakumbi kukhenketho oluvela e-US nase-Afrika, nase-Asia naseCaribbean" utshilo uBergman.
Le nkongolo izakubanjelwa e-Cairo International Conference Centre (i-CICC), izakuqhuba iintsuku ezintlanu, ibandakanye abathathi-nxaxheba kwiingxoxo ezisebenzayo zokusebenzisana ngezihloko ezininzi, ezinje ngokusebenzisana kwamashishini ase-Afrika, uphuhliso lweziseko zophuhliso namathuba otyalo-mali. Imijikelezo yabaphathiswa, abathengisi, iiarhente zokuhamba kunye nabaqhubi bezokhenketho nazo ziya kubanjwa, ecaleni kweminyhadala yonxibelelwano ekhethekileyo kunye nomboniso wentengiso. Inethiwekhi yaBafundi abaDala iya kuthatha inxaxheba kulo msitho. Ngethuba lokuqala, i-ATA iza kuququzelela uthotho lwamanethiwekhi kunye namathuba okufunda kubantu abaNtsundu abahlala kwiDiaspora njengenxalenye yephulo layo elitsha leAfrika Diaspora Initiative.
“I-Egypt ikwangumzekelo kwezinye iindawo zaseAfrika ezinokubuyela kuzo, ngakumbi xa utyalo-mali lwangaphandle nolwe-Egypt luncede ukuqhubela phambili ukhenketho ngokunceda urhulumente ajolise kwimimandla yaselunxwemeni nokwakha iziseko zoncedo ezixhasa ukhenketho, kubandakanya indawo yokuhlala kunye neenkonzo ezingcono zesikhululo seenqwelomoya. Ngapha koko, abathunywa be-ATA bazakufika kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya esitsha esivulekileyo sase-Egypt, utshilo uBergman.
Ikhaya lezona ndawo zakudala zehlabathi kunye nezikhumbuzo ezidumileyo, kubandakanya iGiza Pyramids, iGreat Sphinx, iNayile kunye noLwandle oluBomvu, kunye neSharm El Sheik resort, kunye nentengiso enkulu yaseKhan El Khalily, i-Egypt imi njengenye yeendawo Uhambo oluphezulu lwelizwekazi lutsala. I-Egypt izakuququzelela uSuku lweLizwe eliHlanganyelwe abathunywa, abaza kuba nethuba lokujonga ezinye zeendawo zokhenketho, kunye nezinye ezininzi. Ukhenketho lwangaphambi nasemva kwelizwe luya kubonelelwa.
Ukulungiselela lo msitho, i-ATA yathumela igqiza e-Egypt ngo-Agasti ngovavanyo lwendawo. Iqela lidibene noMinsiter Garranah, usihlalo we-ETA u-Amr El Ezabi, kunye noMnu Riad Kabil, unobhala jikelele we-Egypt Travel Agents Association, umbutho onamalungu ayi-1,600.
Phantsi kwebhanile "ye-Connecting Destination Africa," umsitho we-ATA uza kuzinyaswa ngabaphathiswa bezokhenketho base-Afrika, abalawuli beebhodi zokhenketho zesizwe, iinkokheli ezivela kwicandelo labucala lase-Afrika, iiarhente zohambo, abaqhubi bezokhenketho, iintloko zemibutho engekho phantsi kukarhulumente, abafundi kunye namalungu eendaba , oza kujongana nemiceli mngeni yasekhaya neyelizwe jikelele enxulumene nokukhuthaza ukhenketho lwehlabathi eAfrika.
