ILondon iyavuya ukwamkela abameli be-1,200 abavela kwi-Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) eyenzeka ngoSeptemba 26-28. Kokokuqala kwimbali ye-TAAI phantse iminyaka engama-60 ukuba umbutho ubambe indibano yawo yonyaka ngaphandle kwe-Indiya ne-Asiya.
IIndiya yeyona ndawo iphambili yentengiso yeendwendwe eLondon naseBritane. Kule minyaka mibini ilandelelanayo, abakhenkethi baseIndiya abaya eLondon baye bawadlula amaJapan, kwaye iIndiya kulindeleke ukuba ivelise abakhenkethi abaphuma ngaphandle abazizigidi ezingama-60 ngo-2020. Tyelela iLondon, i-arhente yezokhenketho yekomkhulu, uqikelelo lwenkcitho evela kubakhenkethi baseIndiya kulindeleke ukuba inyuke ngaphezu kwama-50. I-% ukuya kwi-£229 yezigidi phakathi kwangoku kunye ne-London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
Umbutho weearhente zokuhamba zaseIndiya umele ngaphezulu kwe-2,500 yeearhente zokuhamba zaseIndiya kunye nabanye abameli bokhenketho abanefuthe kwinxalenye enkulu yemarike yohambo oluphumayo oluphuma kolona qoqosho lukhula ngokukhawuleza kwihlabathi. Ngaphezulu kwe-95% yabahambi baseIndiya babhukisha ngorhwebo lokuhamba, kwaye ngokubamba indibano, iLondon inethuba elihle lokubonisa isixeko kunye neminikelo yabakhenkethi.
Undwendwelo lwaseLondon luphumelele ibhidi lokubamba inkongolo ye-TAAI ngoMatshi walo nyaka ibetha iCairo, iDubai neKorea, kwaye indibano iyodwa ixabisa ngaphezulu kwe-£1.3 yezigidi kuqoqosho lwekomkhulu. Utyelelo oluninzi oluvela eIndiya kulindeleke ukuba lwenziwe ngenxa yokubamba indibano. Izixeko ebezibanjwe ngaphambili zibone ukonyuka kwe-30% kukhenketho olungenayo oluvela kwinkomfa yasemva kwe-India.
Umongameli oyintloko waseLondon uJames Bidwell uthe, “Ukusingatha le nkongolo luphumelele olukhulu eLondon, kwaye siyakuvuyela ukwamkela iindwendwe zethu ukuqalisa kwalo mnyhadala ubalulekileyo wonyaka kwikhalenda ye-TAAI. ILondon yeyona ndawo iphambili yokundwendwela kwihlabathi kuhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe, kwaye sizimisele ukugcina eli xesha sijongana noshishino lwezokhenketho lwehlabathi oluqhekekayo. Njengoko iindawo ezintsha zokusingwa ziqhubeka nokukhula kwaye uqoqosho olusakhulayo lukhula, iLondon neBritane kufuneka ziqhelane nokutshintsha komxube weendwendwe. I-Indiya yintengiso ebalulekileyo yaseLondon, kwaye kubalulekile ukuba sikwazi ukuphembelela abaqulunqi bezimvo kwishishini labo lokuhamba. Ingqungquthela yeentsuku ezintathu ye-TAAI lelona thuba lifanelekileyo lokubonisa iLondon neBritane kubahambi bangomso. "
Ngexesha lenkongolo yonyaka, abameli abaphambili abavela kwishishini lokuhamba laseIndiya baya kuxoxa ngoluhlu lwemiba yokuhamba efana nethekhnoloji, iintsingiselo kunye neemarike ezintsha zokuhamba ngaphakathi nangaphandle.
Umongameli woMbutho weearhente zokuhamba eIndiya uChalla Prasad uthe, “Ukusuka kumagumbi asemthethweni eRastrapathi Bhavan eNew Delhi ukuya kwiofisi yomqokeleli wesithili ekwikona enothuli yaseIndiya, incinci iLondon inokubonwa kwaye ivakale kuyo yonke indawo. I-Indian Travel Congress 2008 iya kuba yindawo efanelekileyo yokutshintshiselana kwezoshishino phakathi kwe-India kunye norhwebo lokuhamba kwendawo. KumaIndiya, iLondon lisango lendalo eliya eYurophu naseMelika, kwaye ndiqinisekile ukuba iLondon Congress iya kuba lisango lamathuba amatsha oshishino lokuhamba kuwo omabini la mazwe.
Indibano ye-TAAI iya kuqhutywa kwiindawo ezininzi eLondon kuquka i-Cumberland Hotel, i-Lord's Cricket Ground, i-Central Hall Westminster, i-QEII Centre kunye ne-National Maritime Museum.
Ukubonisa iminikelo yenkcubeko yaseLondon ngexesha lendibano, abathunywa baya kubona umboniso okhethekileyo ovela kwi-English National Ballet kunye neemveliso eziphambili zeWest End.
