Ikhokelwa nguMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, uSylvestre Radegonde, igqiza laseSeychelles lizibandakanye kwishedyuli eguqukayo yeentlanganiso kunye nothethathethwano namajelo eendaba ngeentsuku ezintathu zokusebenza, okomeleza ngakumbi isikhundla seSeychelles njengendawo ephambili yokusingwa kwimarike yase-UK neyaseYurophu.
Njengentloko yegqiza, uMphathiswa uRadegonde uthathe inxaxheba ebonakalayo ekuhlanganeni namaqabane aphambili orhwebo avela e-UK kunye namanye amazwe asebumelwaneni aseYurophu. UMphathiswa uqhube udliwano-ndlebe oluphezulu kunye nopapasho oluphambili lokuhamba kunye nokhenketho, kunye neendaba eziphambili, egxininisa ukuzibophelela kweSeychelles ekwandiseni ukubonakala kwayo kwimarike yaseYurophu. Olu nxibelelwano lwemithombo yeendaba lubonise iminikelo eyodwa yeSeychelles kwaye yaqaqambisa iinzame eziqhubekayo zendawo yokusingwa ukutsala abakhenkethi bexabiso eliphezulu.
Igqiza laseSeychelles liquka uNksk. Bernadette Willemin, uMlawuli Jikelele weNtengiso yendawo yokuFikela; UNksz Karen Confait, uMlawuli wezoKhenketho waseSeychelles kwimarike yase-United Kingdom (e-UK); UNksk. Ingride Asante, iSigqeba seNtengiso; kunye noNksk. Tracey Manathunga osuka kwicandelo leeNkonzo zabaThengi kwikomkhulu lezoKhenketho eSeychelles.
Iqela leTourism Seychelles lidityaniswe ngamaqabane asekuhlaleni asixhenxe, kuquka nommeli ovela kwiSeychelles Hospitality and Tourism Association (SHTA), kunye neeNkampani zoLawulo lweNdawo yokuFikela (DMCs) ezibalaseleyo ezifana ne-7° South, iiNkonzo zokuHamba zeCreole, kunye neMason's Travel. Kwakhona ababemelwe ziipropati eziphambili ezifana ne-Anantara Maia Seychelles Villas, iHilton Hotels Seychelles, IBALI Seychelles, kunye neFisherman's Cove Resort.
Iingxoxo kwi-WTM yaseLondon bezigxile ekukhuthazeni intsebenziswano enzulu namaqabane orhwebo kunye nokuphucula ukubonakala kweSeychelles. Abameli borhwebo base-UK badlulisa ithemba, benika ingxelo yokuthatha okuqinileyo ekubhukisheni kwikota yokugqibela ka-2024. Ukubhuka kwangaphambili kwe-2025 nako kukhangeleka kuthembisa, kuqinisekisa ukuba i-Seychelles iya ijongwa njengendawo ekhangayo kubo bobabini abahambahambayo kunye nabahambi.
"Kuyasivuyisa ukubona umdla onjalo kumaqabane ethu ase-UK, ababelana ngamathemba ethu ngekamva lokhenketho lwaseSeychelles."
UBernadette Willemin, uMlawuli Jikelele weNtengiso yoKhenketho, iSeychelles yezoKhenketho, wongeze wathi, "Imfuno yokubhukisha phambili igxininisa umdla okhulayo kwiziqithi zethu ezintle, kwaye sizimisele ukugcina lo mfutho ngokusebenzisana ngobuchule kunye neenzame zokwazisa ezizinikeleyo."
Ngaphandle kweentlanganiso nabaqhubi base-UK, igqiza leSeychelles liqinise amakhonkco kunye namaqabane asuka kumazwe angabamelwane aseYurophu ukuqinisekisa ukuba iSeychelles ihlala iphezulu-kwingqondo kulo mmandla.
Inxaxheba yeTourism Seychelles' kwi-WTM London 2024 iqaqambisa ukubaluleka kwemarike yase-UK kwisicwangciso sayo saseYurophu, igxininisa ukuzinikela kwendawo ekusingwa kuyo kuhlumo oluzinzileyo kunye nokomeleza ukuzibophelela kwayo ekusebenzisaneni ngokusondeleyo namahlakani orhwebo lwehlabathi.
