Umbutho oMtsha wezoKhenketho umiselwe ngokuSekwe kwiiNqobo zeNqobo eziZinzileyo

Ngomhla wama-24 kuMatshi ka-2022, umbutho omtsha wabakhenkethi waphehlelelwa kwihotele iLatitude 0° eMakindye Kampala, eUganda, esekelwe kwimigaqo yozinzo. I-Exclusive Sustainable Tour Operators Association (ESTOA) – ayifanelanga ibhidaniswe ne-ESTOA: IiNkokheli zoNikezelo lweProjekthi – iza ngohlobo lwezokhenketho egxile kakhulu ekudaleni icandelo lokhenketho elinononophelo oluzinzileyo kuyo yonke imisebenzi.

Kumxholo kunye nombono wabo wokuba "licandelo lezokhenketho eliphumelelayo elisekelwe kwimilinganiselo ezinzileyo, ebonisa ukuhluka kwelizwe kwihlabathi liphela," indawo yehotele yeLatitude ikhethwe ngononophelo njengoko iqhuba ukhenketho oluzinzileyo kunye nokusetyenziswa kweplastiki enguziro ihotele.

Uphehlelelo lwachotshelwa nguJimmy Kigozi, iGosa lezoKhenketho eliyiNtloko kwiSebe lezoKhenketho kwiZilwanyana zaseNdle nezinto zakudala. Ethetha egameni loMphathiswa, oHloniphekileyo uTom Butiime Kigozi uthe: “Eneneni lixesha elifanelekileyo lokusungula i-ESTOA, njengoko ukhenketho luphuma ngaphandle. Izothuso ze-COVID-19, Abadlali becandelo kufuneka baxhotyiswe ngolwazi kunye nezakhono ukuququzelela ukomelela kwenkampani kunye nokuphila ukuze isebenze ngokufanelekileyo kwaye ikwazi ukuphumelela ukuze kuxhamle uluntu olukhoyo kunye nozinzo. Ngokuhambelana nomsebenzi kunye nombono wethu njengomphathiswa onoxanduva lophuhliso lokhenketho, sikulungele ukuxhasa i-ESTOA ukuze ifezekise iinjongo zayo ukuze iqeqeshe icandelo labucala elinoxanduva kakhulu kunye noshishino lokhenketho eUganda. Njengoko usenokuba uyazi, kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, ingqikelelo yokuzinza ibe yinxalenye yocwangciso nokuphuhlisa nayiphi na indawo ekusingwa kuyo.

“I-ESTOA ibonakalise umoya wokumanyana.”

“Kwaye nokulungela ukusebenzisana nee-arhente zikarhulumente, amahlakani ophuhliso, eminye imibutho, uluntu, kunye nabo bonke abachaphazelekayo njengenye yeenqobo zabo ezisisiseko ukuze kugcinwe kwaye kukhuselwe ubutyebi belizwe ukuze izizukulwana ezizayo ziyonwabele.”

Njengomnye wezenzo zabo ezizayo ezizayo, i-ESTOA iceba ukwenza iphulo lokutyala imithi kwilizwe lonke, kwaye koku, baya kuzama ukukhuthaza abathengi ukuba batyelele e-Uganda ngaphandle kokuziva benetyala kuba oku kuya kuthatha imbuyekezo ngenxa yekhabhoni yabo ngakumbi abo basebenzisa. iinqwelomoya ezithatha ixesha elide ezingaphephekiyo okwangoku.

"Oku kuhambelana kakuhle kakhulu ne uphawu olutsha olwaphehlelelwa yi-UTB [Ibhodi yezoKhenketho yaseUganda]. Ndiyavuya ukwazi ukuba i-ESTOA ikulungele ukusebenzisana ne-UTB ukuxhasa nokukhuthaza umfanekiso omtsha. Lixesha elifanelekileyo lokunyusa i-ajenda yozinzo e-Uganda njengoko umhlaba uvuleka kunye nenyaniso yokuba abathengi banomdla ngakumbi malunga negalelo labo kwaye bakhetha ukutyelela iindawo ezizinzileyo, "wongeze uKigozi njengoko wayevuyisana nombutho omtsha ngokulandelayo. isicatshulwa esivela kuPaul Polma - 'Ukujonga ihlabathi ngelensi yozinzo akuncedi nje kuphela 'ubungqina bexesha elizayo' isixokelelwano sethu sobonelelo, kukwaphembelela inguqulelo entsha kwaye kuqhubele phambili ukukhula kohlobo.'”

Abaphathi be-ESTOA baquka uBonifence Byamukama, uSihlalo; uNtale Robert, uSekela Sihlalo; katarina Betram, uNobhala; noYvonne Higendorf, uNondyebo; ngokunjalo noManda Innocent, ilungu; kunye noNtale Benedict, ilungu. Ngaphezu koko, bonke abalawuli bangamalungu oMbutho wabaSebenzi boKhenketho base-Uganda (AUTO) kuquka nowayesakuba yi-CEO ye-AUTO, uGloria Tumwesigye, uMqeqeshi woPhuhliso loKhenketho oluqinisekisiweyo kwi-ofisi yoonobhala kwi-dictum yokwenene yokuzinza.

U-Bonifence uye wasebenza njengoMongameli we-ambrella body of tourism, i-Uganda Tour Operators Association (UTOA), njengosihlalo we-Association of Uganda Tour Operators Association (AUTO), njengoMongameli we-East African Tourism Platform, kunye nezinye iibhodi ezininzi.

Kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo ibone ukuvela kwemibutho eliqela ebandakanya iYoung Tour Operators Association, Women in Tourism, Uganda Guides Association, kunye neTourism Federation ethe umphunga wayo wavuthuza kamsinya nje emva kokuva kwayo okokuqala nge-WhatsApp, ebandakanya uninzi lwezopolitiko zesabatha. .

I-Bonifence igcina ukuba i-ESTOA ayikho nangayiphi na indlela i-AUTO kwaye ivule ubulungu kuye nawuphi na umntu okanye inkampani eyabelana ngombono ofanayo.

Nangona kunjalo, ngokujonga ingxabano yamva nje phakathi kobunkokheli be-AUTO kunye neBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Uganda malunga nokutyhilwa kwe-Explore ye-brand yase-Uganda ukuba ubunkokeli be-AUTO buye balwa ukusungulwa ngenxa yesityholo sokubekelwa ecaleni ngexesha lophuhliso lohlobo, i-ESTOA ithathe umgca woxolelwaniso ngakumbi, kwireferensi efihliweyo. kwi-AUTO, echaza ekusungulweni: “I-ESTOA ithembise ukusebenza ngokusondeleyo namashishini okhenketho abhalisiweyo nanikwe iilayisensi [yiBhodi] yezoKhenketho yase-Uganda akulungeleyo ukubambana ngezandla ukukhuthaza i-Uganda njengendawo ezinzileyo yokusingwa ngendlela ephucukileyo.”

I-AUTO iseyeyona mbutho indala yabakhenkethi e-Uganda kwaye ingummeli okhokelayo kwicandelo labucala ngokumelwa kwiBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Uganda nakwiziseko zecandelo labucala. Yinto edumileyo ukubhiyozela iminyaka engama-20 kwi 2015.

Ngejubhile yesilivere yacinywa ngokupheleleyo ngo-2020 ngenxa yokuvalwa kobhubhani we-COVID-19, mhlawumbi i-ESTOA sisikhumbuzo sokukhumbula i-Uganda kwaye siphinde sifumane amalungelo okuzigwagwisa kukhenketho oluzinzileyo.

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