Njengeparadesi kuLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, iSeychelles ikhuphisana namanye amazwe eziqithi kwihlabathi liphela, ukusuka kuMazantsi mpuma eAsia ukuya kwiCaribbean, kunye nakwamanye amazwe akufuphi. Nangona kunjalo, ukwazile ukuzibeka njengenye yeendawo eziphambili zokhenketho kwihlabathi liphela. Zeziphi izibonelelo ezikhuphisanayo nezithelekisayo ezibeke eli lizwe ngaphandle kwabo bakhuphisana nabo abaphambili?
Ngaphakathi koLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya uqobo, ndicinga ukuba iSeychelles idibanisa ezona ziqithi zibalaseleyo. Kwelinye icala sineMauritius esisiqithi esikhudlwana kunye neehotele ezintle, kwelinye sinamaMaldives aneziqithi ezininzi ezincinci kunye neeholide ezintle. Kodwa akukho namnye kubo onokwahluka kweSeychelles. Ndicinga ukuba uya eMauritius, uya kuba namava ehotele kwaye ukuba uya eMaldives ngamava amaninzi. Kodwa iSeychelles ngokoluvo lwam kuphela kwayo eboleka ukuhambisa amava endawo.
Sineentlobo ngeentlobo zeemveliso apha, ukusuka ezindlwini zeendwendwe, indawo ezi-3 kunye nezine zeenkwenkwezi, iihotele ezintlanu ezinophawu lwamahashe ukuya kwiziqithi zabucala ezikhoyo. Kodwa yintoni edibanisa wonke umntu nokuba yeyiphi ibhajethi okhoyo, okanye ihotele ohleli kuyo, kukwahluka kwabantu kunye neziqithi. Umzekelo, eMahe, ukuthatha imoto kwaye ujikeleze iigalari zobugcisa, ubona umlobi walapho ebuya kunye nokubambeka kwabo, besampula iivenkile zokutyela kunye nokuhamba phakathi kweziqithi okanye ukuya ePraslin, eLa Digue nakwezinye iindawo zabucala iziqithi. Owona mgangatho ukhethekileyo waseSeychelles, ndicinga ukuba yile nto isenza sahluke kubakhuphisana nabamelwane bethu.
Kodwa ngaphezulu kwako konke, singabemi abangaphezu kwama-90,000 abantu, ke ngoko sihle sibanda kwaye sibekwe umva kwaye abantu balapha ngokubanzi banobuhlobo. Asiyiyo inkcubeko endala; ukuba ujonga kwihlabathi jikelele asinayo inkcubeko yamazwe aseAsia kodwa kwelinye icala, asinazo izihlwele okanye ungcoliseko. Njengesiqithi, ndicinga ukuba sinako ukubaleka ngokwenyani kubomi besiqithi kwaye uya usondela kula mava apha kunakuyo nayiphi na enye indawo.
Ukuhamba kukaMason yinkampani yoLawulo lweNdawo yokuSebenza esekwe ngo-1972 kwaye namhlanje yeyona ndawo inamandla nenobuchule yokuphatha umhlaba eSeychelles. Ngaba ungasixelela ukuba inkampani yakho itshintshe njani ngokuhamba kwexesha kwaye yintoni eqhube olo tshintsho?
Ewe, ubuchule bokusebenza beenkampani zihlala zihleli zinjalo. Ngokusisiseko, eli shishini laqalwa ngumama kwaye unokubonwa njengomnye woovulindlela abaphambili kwezokhenketho eSeychelles. Ukuqala kohambo lukaMason kungqamene nokuvulwa ngokusesikweni kweSikhululo senqwelomoya saseSeychelles kungoko ukukhula kokwenene kwezokhenketho eSeychelles. Saqala ngokuncedisa ngokubhukisha ezimbalwa kwiihotele, sasingoovulindlela abaqala ukhenketho kunye nohambo ngokukodwa kwipaki yaselwandle ngelo xesha. Ngeli xesha iMahe yayisesona siqithi siphambili esaphuhlisa iihotele zokuqala, ngelixa iPraslin kunye neLa Digue zazinezindlu ezimbalwa zeendwendwe kwaye zazingaphuhliswanga kwaye zifikeleleka; Sikwazile ukubonelela ngohambo lokuya ePraslin naseLa Digue kwaye ishishini likhulile ukusuka apho.
Sibe ziingcali kulungiselelo lokuhamba ngesiqithi. Ngokokulungiselela ukubhukisha ihotele ekucwangciseni uhambo lwabo, ukuphatha umhlaba xa umthengi sele elapha, ukuhanjiswa ngexesha lokuhlala kwabo, iinkonzo zabathengi, ngokusisiseko baqinisekisa ukuba yonke into yenzeka ngokutyibilikayo, nokuba basuka kwesinye isiqithi besiya kwesinye.
Namhlanje sineeofisi kuzo zonke iziqithi ezithathu eziphambili nangaphezulu kwama-300 abasebenzi. Ekugqibeleni, sichitha ixesha lethu elininzi sihamba kwaye sithengisa indawo esiya kuyo yenye yeendima zethu eziphambili. Sinceda iiarhente zokuhamba kunye nabaqhubi bezokhenketho ngoqeqesho, ngokuchonga iimveliso ezifanelekileyo kubaxhasi babo nokubanceda apho kufuneka khona. Siyabanceda ukuba batshatise abathengi neehotele ezithile kuba ayinguye wonke umntu onabathengi abafanayo. Sisebenza kakhulu neehotele ezinesiphelo esiphakamileyo njengoko sisenza kwindlu encinci yeendwendwe. Ukukhula ekuhambeni kweminyaka bekungummangaliso, kuqalwa ngabasebenzi abambalwa kuphela, kodwa impumelelo yethu ixhomekeke ekuzimiseleni nasekuzinikeleni esinako, injongo yethu yokubeka iSeychelles phambili.
Uhambo lukaMason lubhengezwe njengoyena mntu uhamba phambili kubakhenkethi eSeychelles yi-Luxury Travel Guide 2017. Uzahlula njani kwezinye iinkampani ezinkulu apha, ezinje ngeeCreole Travel Services?
Iinkonzo zokuhamba zeCreole yinkampani enkulu, baneqela elifanelekileyo kunye nesiseko esomeleleyo. Nangona kunjalo, ndicinga ukuba umahluko wethu ophambili ngabasebenzi bethu. Uninzi lwabo beluneminyaka engama-20 kunye neminyaka engama-40. Ndicinga ukuba oku kukubonisa ixabiso esilibeke kwiqela lethu kunye nokuzinikela kwinto esiyibiza ngokuba "kukuchukumiseka kukaMason". Sonke sinesiseko esifanelekileyo, iinkqubo ze-IT zale mihla, iibhasi kunye namaphenyane eehambo, kodwa ndicinga ukuba ekugqibeleni iza ezantsi ebantwini nakwiteki yethu malunga nokuphila kumava aseSeychelles.
Uyaziwa eSeychelles njengenye yeenkampani zayo ezinempumelelo, kodwa sithini isicwangciso-qhinga sakho sentengiso samanye amazwe, ngakumbi kule mihla ngokuvela kweeArhente zokuHamba ezikwi-Intanethi? Uhlangabezana njani nokhuphiswano oluvela kumazwe aphesheya?
Ngumdlalo owahlukileyo ngokwawo lowo. Asinakukhuphisana ne-expedia.com okanye ukubhukisha.com: zizigantsontso zehlabathi ngoku, kodwa iSeychelles zihlala zahlukile. Kwiimakethi zethu eziyintsusa, sikhenketho olude. Ayizukuya eLondon okanye eParis kwaye ubethe ukubhukisha.com kwaye ufumane ihotele. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba kumthengi, iSeychelles lutyalo-mali ngeendlela ezimbini: ngokwasezimalini, kukude ukufikelela kwiindiza ezinamaxabiso ukuthatha; kananjalo ngokweemvakalelo kuba kubantu abaninzi yiholide ekhethekileyo kakhulu, ukuba neholide yabo yasemva komtshato okanye isikhumbuzo; ke ngoko kuninzi okulindelweyo.
Asiloshishini kumthengi kodwa ngokuyintloko sishishini kwishishini kwaye amaqabane ethu ngabathengisi, abathengisi bokhenketho. Sisebenza nabathengisi abathenga iincwadana kunye nabo bathengisa iipasile. Sisebenza neearhente ezininzi zentengiso kwaye senza uqeqesho oluninzi lwabasebenzi.
Siyaqhubeka nokukholelwa ekubeni nabantu abaqeqeshiweyo kunye neengcali kwiindawo eziya kuzo. Yindawo enokuthengiswa ngokulula ngokungalunganga. Njengoko kukhankanyiwe ekuqaleni, uye eMauritius kwaye ukhetha ihotele ngokohlahlo-lwabiwo mali. Ukuba ufuna ukufumana iholide yaseSeychelles efanelekileyo, imalunga nokuba neengcali ezinolwazi lokuba ungafumana njani iSeychelles.
Zininzi izinto ezithethwayo malunga namandla elizwe kunye nembono yokuba inani labakhenkethi abazayo abanakukwazi ukuqhubeka nokwanda. Ucwangcisa njani ukuziqhelanisa namanani ezokhenketho, ukuze uzimanye nesicwangciso sikarhulumente?
Ndicinga ukuba ukukhula kwethu kumanani okhenketho kube ngokwendalo. Asiyiyo indawo ekuyiwa kuyo ngobuninzi kwaye asikusondelanga nokuba lapho. Besisoloko sizibeka kwindawo yentengiso ye-niche kunokubunzima.
Sonke siyazi kwaye sonke siyavuma ukuba asifuni ukuba yindawo esiya kuyo ngobuninzi. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba lukhona uphando kunye nokuqonda okuninzi okufunekayo malunga nendlela yokuqhubela phambili, ukuze sibeke iithagethi ezifanelekileyo, kwaye sicwangcise ngokufanelekileyo ngokwezi njongo.
Kufuneka sithathele ingqalelo ukuba singabemi abambalwa abaqhele umgangatho othile wokuphila; imfundo yasimahla, impilo yasimahla, kwaye oku kuza ngendleko. Sele sitsho ukuba sele sifikelele esiphelweni ngokumalunga nengqesho, ke ngoko naluphi na uphuhliso olutsha eSeychelles luya kuthetha ngaphezulu kwabasebenzi abathunyelwa kwelinye ilizwe, kulungile ukuba sifuna ukugcina amanani akhulayo kwaye sixhase ishishini kodwa kwangaxeshanye, ukukhula kunye nengqesho kufuneka kubenezibonelelo zelizwe. Ukuba ukukhula kubasebenzi bangaphandle, ingeniso iyalishiya ilizwe.
Ukuzinza ngumba ophambili osika kuwo onke amacandelo kwisicwangciso sikarhulumente. Zeziphi iindlela oziphumeza ngazo ezi zinto ziphambili kuzwelonke?
Ishishini lethu ikakhulu linabasebenzi abaninzi, ngokungafaniyo nehotele esebenzisa iiphaneli zelanga. Sitshintshe isitayile sohambo lwethu kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo. Uninzi lweenqanawa zethu zomhlaba ngoku zihamba ziye kwiinjini ezingaphezulu ze-hybrid. Kwicala laselwandle, siye satshintshela kwiikramaran zohambo lwemini kwiihambo zethu. Sisebenzise amafutha ambalwa kakhulu emva kokuba sitshintshe amaphenyane amakhulu ngee-injini ezinamandla ezibonakalisa ukuba zisebenza ngokufanelekileyo-ke kwimisebenzi yethu yemihla ngemihla.
Njengeqela, sinecandelo lehotele apho siye saphinda saphinda sasebenza kwinkqubo yamanzi ehlaziyiweyo ngakumbi ehotele yethu entsha eMahe, ihotele yaseCabana beach evule kunyaka ophelileyo. Umzekelo, amanzi acocekileyo asuka kwinkqubo abuyela kwizindlu zangasese ngoko ke asiwahlambi amanzi amatsha xa kusetyenziswa izindlu zangasese. Sinenkqubo yokuqokelela amanzi ekwaqokelela amanzi emvula. KwiSiqithi saseDenis, sinefama apho namhlanje ndingathi malunga ne-80% yeemveliso ezisetyenzisiweyo ehotele okanye kwindawo yokutyela ikhuliswe apho, ukusuka kubisi olutsha ukuya kumaqanda, iziqhamo, imifuno, iinkukhu, inyama yehagu okanye inyama yenkomo. Isiqithi.
Ukongeza kuhambo lukaMason, kukho iMason's Air kunye neMason's Exchange, kodwa kunye neepropathi kwezinye iziqithi. Ukhetha njani ukuba zeziphi iindawo ezahlukileyo kwaye uza kutyala imali phi apha eSeychelles?
Ekugqibeleni, siyingcali kwezokhenketho kwaye uhambo lukaMason belusoloko lusembindini wesicwangciso sethu seshishini. Kule minyaka idlulileyo, yavela yaya kuhambo loMoya lukaMason kwaye sikwayi-GSA yeenqwelo moya ezithile. Kwiintsuku zokuqala, bekukho isidingo sokuphuhlisa iinkonzo zohambo oluphumayo ngokunceda ngakumbi ngokubhukisha kunye neenqwelomoya. Ukuhamba komoya kuMason yayisisiseko searhente yokuhamba ephumayo kubahlali nakumashishini.
Emva kwexesha, xa sinezithintelo zotshintshiselwano lwangaphandle elizweni ngo-2008, urhulumente wayejonge ukukhuthaza iindawo ezithe kratya ze- “Bureau de change” ukugcina iibhanki zithembeke ngakumbi ngezinga lotshintshiselwano, kulapho ke sathi sazisa iMason's Exchange. Asisiyiyo kuphela inkampani yokutshintshiselana apha kodwa sikwazile ukudala indawo enokhuphiswano ngakumbi kwaye ndicinga ukuba namhlanje umthengi ufumana isivumelwano esihle ngakumbi ekuthengweni nasekuthengisweni kwemali. Olunye utyalo-mali ekubukeni iindwendwe lubandakanya iipropathi zehotele ezingotyalo-mali lwexesha elide.
Ukuhamba kukaMason kutsha nje kuthathe inxaxheba kwindibano yocweyo ye-STB ejolise ekunikeni amaqela endawo ithuba lokuphuhlisa nokwandisa izindululo zabo ezinikezelwa kubathengi besiqithi saseReunion nakwenye into. Ngaba ungacacisa kule workshop kunye namathuba owabonayo kwiReunion?
Senza iindibano zocweyo ezininzi. Ndicinga ukuba iLa Reunion ingummandla ongaphezulu, kodwa yinto esiyenzayo kwiimarike zethu eziphambili. Senza urhwebo oluninzi kunye nokuvezwa kweearhente zokuhamba. ELa Reunion, yayiyinto efanayo.
Oku bekubambisene nabona bakhenkethi bethu baphambili apho kwaye indibano yocweyo yenziwa kwizixeko eziphambili neearhente zokuhamba. Umzekelo, kusasa i-STB ibisenza umboniso ngendawo esiya kuyo, emva koko ngesele singene kwiinkcukacha ngokubhekisele kwiziqithi ezahlukileyo. Besingacacisa ukuba amava okuhamba esiqithini asebenza njani, umzekelo ukuthatha isikhephe okanye ukuthatha inqwelo moya ukufezekisa indibaniselwano yesi siqithi.
Sikwanazo nezinye iindwendwe ezithatha inxaxheba ezinje ngeehotele kunye nabameli bezindlu zeendwendwe ezibonisa ezinye zeemveliso zabo. Ukongeza, sasineevawutsha kwaye sazoba amabhaso eraffles eSeychelles kwaye senza imeko entle phakathi kwababekho ngokubuza imibuzo enxulumene neSeychelles. Iqela lethu lentengiso lisebenza ne-STB kwiimarike zethu eziphambili kwezi zinto zidibeneyo. Ngamanye amaxesha sizenza ngokwethu kunye namaqabane ethu ukuze sincedise ngakumbi kwaye sincede ekudaleni ulwazi malunga nendawo ekuyiwa kuyo.
Kwiwebhusayithi yakho, ubonelela ngeHub yaBalingani. Ngaba ungachaza ukuba iqulathe ntoni, kwaye kutheni uyisungule?
Iziko leQabane libonelela ukufikelela kumaqabane ethu ekuvunyelwene ngawo kunye nalo lonke ulwazi oluyimfuneko, olufana neendaba ezifanelekileyo kunye nezikhokelo zaseSeychelles. Kufana nesiseko sedatha esinolwazi kuwo onke amacandelo eehotele aneenkcazo zeendawo zawo. Ngokubanzi, lishishini kwiqonga labathengi beshishini ukubanceda bafundiswe ngakumbi kwaye bazithembe xa bekwinkqubo yokuthengisa indawo ekuyiwa kuyo.
Ukuhamba kukaMason kudityaniswe ngaphakathi kwiziqithi zeSeychelles, kunye nento abanokuyinikela. Okwangoku kukho iinzame zikazwelonke zokusebenza kweso sinikezelo ngokwahlula uqoqosho. Njengenkampani yaseSeychellois enamazwe aphesheya, ngaba uyanceda ekuboniseni iSeychelles njengendawo ekungiwa kuyo kuphela?
Ngokucacileyo, sonke sinebhongo ngeSeychellois kwaye sidibana nabantu abahlala bebuza ngamathuba otyalo-mali kodwa ekugqibeleni ubuchule bethu kukuthengisa iSeychelles ngokwembono yamava endawo.
Ungomnye woosomashishini ababaluleke kakhulu eSeychelles. Ngaba unawo umyalezo wabasomashishini abancinci baseSeychellois, kunye nabarhwebi bakwezinye uqoqosho olusakhulayo ngendlela onokuphumelela ngayo?
Kithina, ixesha lidlale indima enkulu kulo, kodwa ekugqibeleni impumelelo kaMason kunye nalapho sikhona namhlanje malunga nokuba nothando. Kufuneka ukholelwe ngokwenyani kwinto oyenzayo kwaye uzimisele ngayo. Ithamsanqa lakho liza kuza kodwa wenza laa thamsanqa ngokubamba lawo mathuba xa evela kwaye yile nto sonke esingayo.
