Isigqeba esiyiNtloko seBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseSeychelles, uSherin Francis, kwenziwa udliwanondlebe nemibutho emininzi yosasazo ngelixa yayisiya kwiWorld Travel Market (WTM) eLondon. I-WTM ka-2017 yabanjwa ukusuka nge-6 ukuya kweye-8 kaNovemba.
Ukukhula okungaguqukiyo kukhenketho lwaseSeychelles yeyona nto yayijolise kuyo ngexesha lodliwanondlebe ne-TTG, i-Globetrotter TV, i-FIRST Magazine, i-fDi Magazine, i-Sky News ne-Euronews.
UNksk. Francis uthethe ngomkhwa wangoku xa kufikwa kumanani okufika, apho iSeychelles ikhwele kwiipesenti ezili-18 zokunyuka konyaka nabakhenkethi. Uye wakhankanya uqhagamshelo lomoya omtsha, kubandakanya nenkonzo ethe ngqo ezayo esuka eHeathrow ukuya eSeychelles yiBritish Airways ukusukela ngoMatshi 2018, xa ebalaselisa iinzame zokutsala abakhenkethi abaninzi ukuba baye kwesi siqithi, ngelixa egxininisa isidingo sokuqinisekisa ukhenketho oluzinzileyo.
"Kule minyaka imbalwa ngoku, besinamava okukhula kwamanani aphindwe kabini kwaye sizophela kulo nyaka kwiindwendwe ezingama-350,000," utshilo uNkosikazi Francis. “Oko kungabonakala kuthozamile, kodwa sisisizwe esisisiqithi esinabantu abangama-90,000; asifuni manani amakhulu abakhenkethi. Imalunga nomgangatho, hayi ubungakanani, ”wongeze watsho.
Ukuqhubela phambili kule ntanda-bulumko yokuqinisekisa ukhenketho oluzinzileyo, udliwanondlebe lakhe kwiSky News lujolise kwindlela ecaleni kokulinganisa ukunyuka kweendwendwe zamanye amazwe, ilizwe lesiqithi nalo lisebenza ngenkuthalo ukuphucula imeko-bume.
Ukuvalwa kwelizwe jikelele kwizinto eziqhelekileyo zeplastiki ezinje ngeebhegi zokuphatha, iipleyiti, iikomityi kunye nezitya ezisetyenzisiweyo eSeychelles ngoJulayi walo nyaka, zaqaqanjiswa njengomzekelo wamanyathelo athathiweyo ukukhusela okusingqongileyo. Ukuqaphela ukuba ngaphandle kokubangela ungcoliseko emhlabeni nasemanzini, iziqwenga zeplastiki ezidadayo okanye ezaphukileyo zinokuba yingozi kwizidalwa zaselwandle nakwiintaka.
Ukudibanisa ukhenketho kunye nokusingqongileyo, iSigqeba esiyiNtloko se-STB sicacisile ukuba iziqithi zaseSeychelles zigubungela umhlaba wonke we-455 km² ethe saa kuMmandla woQoqosho oKhethekileyo we-1.3 yezigidi zeekhilomitha, uninzi lwemisebenzi ecetywayo kubakhenkethi isekwe emanzini, kungoko imfuneko yokuba amanyathelo anyanzeliswe ngurhulumente.
"Izinto ezininzi ezenziwa ngabakhenkethi xa befika eSeychelles zinxulumene namanzi nokuba kukuhamba ngomkhumbi, ukuntywila, ukuqubha emanzini ... indawo esihlala kuyo elwandle yinxalenye yento esiyithengisayo ngokwamava aseSeychelles, kwaye ukuba asikhathali Indawo yolwandle esinika isonka kunye nebhotolo yethu iza kutshatyalaliswa, kuba sonke siyazi malunga nefuthe leplastikhi kwimeko yolwandle. Ukuba singadlala indima yethu ekulondolozeni indalo yaselwandle ngala manyathelo mancinci athatyathwa ngurhulumente sikwalondoloza ishishini lethu lezokhenketho, siyenza ukuba igcineke nakwisizukulwana esizayo, ”utshilo uNkosikazi Francis.
Ngaphandle kweSigqeba esiyiNtloko se-STB imibutho eyahlukeneyo yoonondaba ikwadlan 'indlebe noMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, uKhenketho loLuntu, amazibuko nezaselwandle, uMmeli uMaurice Loustau-Lalanne, owayekhokele igqiza laseSeychelles kwi-WTM yalo nyaka.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “A lot of activities tourists do when they come to Seychelles relates to water be it sailing, diving, snorkeling swimming … our marine environment is part of what we are selling in terms of the Seychelles experience, and if we do not take care this very marine environment that is giving us our bread and butter it is going to be destroyed, because we all know about the effects of plastic on the marine environment.
- Ukuqhubela phambili kule ntanda-bulumko yokuqinisekisa ukhenketho oluzinzileyo, udliwanondlebe lakhe kwiSky News lujolise kwindlela ecaleni kokulinganisa ukunyuka kweendwendwe zamanye amazwe, ilizwe lesiqithi nalo lisebenza ngenkuthalo ukuphucula imeko-bume.
- If we can do our part to preserve the marine environment through these small steps the government is taking we are also preserving our tourism industry, we are making it sustainable for the future generation,” Mrs.
