I-DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) -Iiveki ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba abathunywa boMbutho wohambo lwase-Afrika (i-ATA) i-33th yoNyaka yeNkongolo bafike kwisixeko saseTanzania esisemantla sabakhenkethi e-Arusha, I-Ethiopian Airlines ibhengeze isigqibo sayo sokuba ngabaphethe ngokusemthethweni kwinkomfa.
Abaququzeleli be-ATA 33th Congress eTanzania baqinisekisile ngenkxaso yenqwelomoya yenqwelomoya yeAthiopian Airlines apho abathunywa bamazwe aphesheya bazakunikwa isaphulelo seepesenti ezingama-30 ngenqwelomoya eyanda ngokukhawuleza eAfrika.
"I-Ethiopian Airlines ibhengeze ngokuzingca ukuba liqabane elixhasayo ne-Africa Travel Association (ATA) i-33th Congress yoNyaka eza kubanjelwa e-Arusha, eTanzania kwinyanga ezayo," utshilo abaququzeleli bendibano ye-ATA kwikomkhulu laseTanzania iDar es Salaam.
Ngothungelwano olubanzi lwehlabathi, ii-Airlines zase-Ethiopia ziya kubaphelisa bonke abathathi-nxaxheba be-ATA Congress abavela kuzo zonke iindawo zabo kubandakanya ne-United States, i-Yurophu kunye ne-South East Asia.
Ngekhowudi yokuvunywa kwetikiti ADD08321, umthathi-nxaxheba unokufumana isaphulelo kuye nakweyiphi na iarhente yokuhamba ukuba unayo ileta yokuvunywa kwenkomfa okanye uluhlu lwabathathi-nxaxheba, oluya kuthunyelwa kwikomkhulu lenqwelomoya.
Abathathi-nxaxheba ababambe indawo engaphandle komgca baya kuba nokongezwa ngokukodwa ngezinye iinqwelomoya ukunxibelelana neenqwelo moya zaseTopiya kwisango kunye nesaphulelo kwisahlulo sase-Itiyopiya.
Iinqwelo-moya zase-Itiyopiya, ezibalwa njengezona ziphethe ezona zikhula ngokukhawuleza e-Afrika, zisebenza ngenqwelomoya mihla le ukuya eTanzania, imisa kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-45 ukusuka kwisixeko sabakhenkethi i-Arusha nakwikomkhulu iDar es Salaam kunxweme lwe-Indian Ocean.
I-airline iphakathi kwezona zinto zisebenza ixesha elide kwilizwe liphela elidibanisa iTanzania kunye nehlabathi liphela ngokusebenzisa indawo yalo kwikomkhulu lase-Ethiopia, iAddis Ababa.
Ukusukela ngo-1975, i-ATA yaphehlelela iinkomfa zayo zase-Afrika okanye iiCongresss ezijolise ekudibaniseni abadlali abaphambili kukhenketho lwase-Afrika ngentsebenziswano nabalingani babo baseMelika.
ITanzania yahlonishwa ngokubamba i-ATA 23rd Congress kwi-1998 kwaye kwakhona kulo nyaka, ukususela ngoMeyi 19 ukuya kwi-23. Inkongolo yonyaka yama-33 yeATA yalo nyaka ibanjelwe eTanzania ngexesha elifanelekileyo xa ukhenketho kule ndawo yaseAfrika lukhula.
Ukusukela kwiNkongolo yoNyaka yama-23 ye-ATA eyayibanjelwe eTanzania kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo, kubekho iziphumo ezihle kukhenketho lwelizwe ngokukhula ngokukhawuleza okungaphaya kweepesenti ezintlanu ngonyaka, nto leyo enika eli lizwe lase-Afrika imbuyekezo encomekayo kwicandelo lorhwebo lokuhamba, utshilo umlawuli olawulayo we-ATA u-Eddie Bergman.
Phantsi komxholo othi, "Zisa uMhlaba e-Afrika nase-Afrika kwiHlabathi liphela", inkomfa ye-ATA iza kuphinda inike iTanzania ithuba elihle lokwazisa ngezixhobo zayo zokhenketho eMelika.
U-Bergman uthe iTanzania ikhethwe ukuba ibambe le nkomfa ibalulekileyo yezokhenketho ngenxa yesimo selizwe kuphuhliso lwezokhenketho oluphawulwe ngokukhula notyalo-mali.
Wongeze ngelithi umbutho wakhe, i-ATA, ubesenza ngenkuthalo iphulo elijolise ekuziseni umhlaba e-Afrika nase-Afrika emhlabeni kwaye, iTanzania ibonelele ngendawo ebalaseleyo ngenxa yecandelo lokhenketho olwahlukeneyo nolunempumelelo. kwihlabathi liphela ngaphandle kwe-USA.
"Ngenxa yobudlelwane obusondeleyo baseTanzania nobambiswano lwe-ATA kunye noMbutho wePacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), i-ATA izakufezekisa iinjongo zayo zokwenza inkomfa ye-ATA yama-33 e-Arusha ukuba iphule umhlaba omtsha ngokokuqala ngqa kubathunywa abasuka kwishishini lokuhamba laseAsia", uthe.
Indibano yeentsuku ezintlanu kwiziko labakhenkethi elisemantla e-Arusha liza kujongana nezihloko ezinje ngeemarike ezintsha zokukhula kwezokhenketho, i-Afrika ephumayo ekuhambeni nasekusebenzisaneni nabantu.
Icandelo loMphathiswa Wezendalo kunye nezoKhenketho kunye ne-Africa Travel Association (i-ATA) babhengeza kunyaka ophelileyo ukuba iTanzania izakubamba iNkongolo yoNyaka yama-33 yoMbutho woKhenketho wase-Afrika ukusukela ngomhla we-19 ukuya kumhla we-23 kuMeyi ka-2008 kwi "Safari Capital" yelizwe.
Isibhengezo senziwe nguMphathiswa Wezendalo Nezokhenketho ngelo xesha uJumanne Maghembe noBergman.
"Xa iTanzania ibibambe i-ATA ngo-1998, yaphawula ngokusungulwa ngokusesikweni kwelizwe lethu kwimakethi yaseMelika," utshilo uMphathiswa uMaghembe, esithi, "Iziphumo zazintle kakhulu. Ukhenketho eTanzania ngoku luyanda.
I-ATA ibidlala indima ebalulekileyo kukhenketho lwaseTanzania inyathelo lokuqala lokwazisa ngeeMbasa zonyaka ze-ATA / zeTanzania zeBhodi yeeTyelelo (i-TTB) eyasungulwa ngo-2001 ukuhlonipha iinkampani, abantu kunye namajelo osasazo aphambili ukuxhasa ukhenketho lwaseTanzania.
Ukukhula ngokukhawuleza kwenani labakhenkethi abavela kwimakethi yaseMelika kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo ukusukela oko kwabanjwa i-ATA Congress e-Arusha kukhokelele ekubeni i-US ibe ngunobumba wesibini kubakhenkethi baseTanzania kwihlabathi liphela.
“Ngoku, silindele ukuba ukusingathwa kweNkongolo ka-2008 ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kuvelisa ukukhula kwezokhenketho eMelika, kungekudala kube yeyona nto ithengiswayo. Injongo yaseTanzania kukufumana i-150,000 yeendwendwe zaseMelika minyaka le kule minyaka imbalwa izayo, ”utshilo uMaghembe.
Ukujonga ukhenketho lwaseAfrika, i-ATA iye yasondeza i-continent kwihlabathi ngeenkomfa / iinkomfa, iingxoxo kunye neesymposia. ITanzania ibe yinkokeli ephambili ekukhuthazeni nasekukhuthazeni ukhenketho lwelizwekazi lase-USA nakwezinye iindawo zehlabathi.
Owayesakuba nguMphathiswa weMithombo yeNdalo noKhenketho eTanzania u-Zakia Meghji ubambe isikhundla esibekekileyo se-ATA njengomongameli wayo iminyaka eliqela kwaye usebenze nzima ukumela ukhenketho lwase-Afrika phantsi kombhalo othi “Afrika: indawo entsha yewaka leminyaka,” phakathi kwezinye.
Inkqubo ye-ATA yeentsuku ezintlanu yeNkongolo e-Arusha iya kujongana nezihloko ezifana neemarike ezintsha zokukhula kokhenketho, ukuhamba ngaphandle kwe-Asia, kunye noxanduva lwentlalo kunye noshishino lokuhamba, ukutsala i-ATA's Young Professionals Network kunye ne-African Diaspora network, eyasekwa ngexesha le-ATA ye-10 ye-Eco kunye ISimpoziyam yoKhenketho kwezeNkcubeko eNigeria ngoNovemba ka-2006 ijolise ekukhuthazeni ubudlelwane phakathi kwabantu abatsha baseAfrika kunye nabo bakwiDiaspora eMelika.
