I-European Tour Operators Association (ETOA) kunye nesixeko sase-Athene badibanisa amandla ukuvuselela ukhenketho kwikomkhulu laseGrisi, elidla ngokubizwa ngokuba 'yimbeleko yempucuko yaseNtshona'. Ngomhla wama-22 kuTshazimpuzi abathunywa abaphantse babe ngama-60 abakhenkethi abaziingcali, abaqeshwe yi-ETOA, baza kuza e-Athene kutyelelo lokuziqhelanisa nokuthatha inxaxheba kwindibano yocweyo apho umthengi ngamnye eya kuba nothotho lweentlanganiso eziya kuthi ga kwi-32 kunye nabanikezeli bendawo abafanelekileyo. , ezifana neehotele kunye nezinto ezinomtsalane kubakhenkethi.
Isiganeko, esibizwa ngokuba yi-Trade Trade Athens, isebenzisa inkqubo yokuqeshwa kwe-ETOA, enika ishedyuli yeentlanganiso zomntu ngamnye ngokusekelwe kwiimfuno ezithile zabaxhasi kunye nabathengi. Ukuze i-Athene ibandakanye le nto yokusebenzela luphuhliso oluphambili kwintsebenziswano phakathi kwendawo ekuyiwa kuyo kunye nabantu abayithengisayo emhlabeni jikelele.
Ngokunjalo nothungelwano olucwangcisiweyo olunjalo loRhwebo lokuHamba i-Athens ibonelela abathunywa ngotyelelo lokuziqhelanisa olubandakanya iindawo zokumisa kwiMyuziyam yaseBenaki, iiGadi zeSizwe, iPalamente yamaGrike kunye neDigital Planetarium entsha. Isidlo sasemini sinikwa kwindawo yokutyela i-Aegli Zappiou.
UTom Jenkins, uMlawuli oyiNtloko we-ETOA uthi “i-ETOA yasekwa zezo nkampani zikhethekileyo ekuziseni abathengi abavela kwihlabathi liphela ukuba bangene eYurophu. Aba bantu bathengisa izixeko, abathengi babo besazi ukuba inkcubeko yesixeko saseYurophu yahlukile. Phakathi kwezixeko zaseYurophu iAthene izingca. Ibiyindawo ekufuneka ibonwe isithuba seminyaka engamawaka amathathu kwaye siyalamkela ithuba lokubonisa loo nto. ”
UGeorge Broulias, olilungu leBhunga lesiXeko saseAthens kunye noMongameli weADDMA ugxininise wathi: “IsiXeko saseAthene sonwabile ukusindleka nokulungelelanisa indibano yokuqala yokuHamba kwezoRhwebo eAthene, ngentsebenziswano noMbutho wabaTyeleli baseYurophu. Intsebenziswano yethu ne-ETOA, iqabane elihloniphekileyo neliphezulu kwicandelo lezokhenketho kwihlabathi liphela, libonakalise ukuba liluncedo oluxabisekileyo kwiinzame zeSixeko zokubonisa iAthene, ngokukuko nangokuthembekileyo kuluntu lweengcali kwezokhenketho lwamanye amazwe.
IsiXeko saseAthene, kwiinzame zaso zokukhulisa uqoqosho lwabatyeleli beSixeko nokuseka iAthens phakathi kwezona ndawo zidumileyo eYurophu, silandela isicwangciso sobuchule esiphuculweyo sokuthengisa nokwazisa. Uthotho loRhwebo lwaseAthene lunenyathelo elibaluleke kakhulu nelixabisekileyo ekuphumezeni le njongo”.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- On 22nd April a delegation of nearly 60 professional tour-operator-buyers, recruited by ETOA, will come to Athens for a familiarisation visit and to take part in a workshop where each buyer will have a series of up to 32 meetings with relevant local suppliers, such as hotels and visitor attractions.
- Our cooperation with ETOA, such an esteemed and high profile partner in the field of tourism internationally, has proven to be a valuable asset to the City's effort to showcase Athens, effectively and reliably to the international tourism professionals' community.
- For Athens to incorporate this workshop element is a major development in the engagement between a destination and the people who sell it around the world.
