Ikhokelwe nguMphathiswa weMicimbi yezaNgaphandle kunye noKhenketho, uMnu. Sylvestre Radegonde, igqiza laseSeychelles liquka uNksk. Bernadette Willemin, uMlawuli Jikelele weNtengiso yokuFikela, uNksz. Karen Confait, Seychelles yoKhenketho' Umphathi wemarike yase-United Kingdom (e-UK), uNksz Winnie Eliza, uMlawuli weNtengiso, kunye noNksz. Sandra Bonnelame, igosa elivela kwiyunithi yoBuchule kunye noLawulo lokuQulathiweyo, bobabini abavela kwikomkhulu leTourism Seychelles.
Ukongeza, amaqabane angama-11 amele urhwebo lokuhamba lwendawo, kubandakanywa ummeli weSeychelles Hospitality and Tourism Association, iiNkonzo zokuHamba zaseCreole, iMason's Travel, 7° South, STORY Seychelles, Hilton Seychelles Hotels, Kempinski Seychelles, Laila – A Tribute Portfolio Resort, Savoy. ISeychelles Resort & Spa, Hotel, Hotel L'Archipel kunye ne Anantara Maia Seychelles Villas, nazo beziyinxalenye yomsitho wonyuselo. Balengeze kakhulu ithuba lokudibana nabathengi abanokubakho kwaye babe neentlanganiso zeshishini-ukuya-kwishishini kunye nabathengi bamazwe aphesheya kulo lonke ixesha lomnyhadala weentsuku ezintathu.
ELondon, uMphathiswa uRadegonde kunye noNksk Willemin baphinde babamba iintlanganiso kunye neenqwelo-moya eziphambili kunye namaqabane orhwebo ukuze baxoxe ngeendlela zokugcina unxibelelwano lwendawo yesiqithi ngelixa besomeleza iindlela ezikhoyo kunye nokwandisa intsebenziswano.
Ngexesha lomsitho, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseSeychelles uthathe inxaxheba WTM 2023 inkomfa yabaphathiswa, edibanise malunga nama-40 abaPhathiswa bezoKhenketho abavela kwihlabathi liphela. Umxholo weengxoxo walo nyaka ubusithi “Ukuguqula uKhenketho ngoLutsha neMfundo.”
Kwiinzame zokuqinisa ubudlelwane phakathi kwe-Seychelles ne-Ethiopia, uMphathiswa uRadegonde udibene no-HE Ambassador uNasise Challi, umlingane wakhe wase-Ethiopia, ukuhlola iindawo ezinokubakho intsebenziswano.
Kunye neqela leTourism Seychelles, uMphathiswa uRadegonde kunye noNksk Willemin nabo babandakanyeka kwiziganeko ezininzi zecala, ezifana nodliwano-ndlebe lukamabonakude kwi-BBC kunye ne-CNBC, kunye neentlanganiso kunye neeNtengiso zoRhwebo lokuHamba i-TTG Media, i-Travel Matters kunye ne-Bulletin yokuhamba.
Ethetha kulo msitho, uMnu. Eddy D’Offay, omele iHotele Archipel ePraslin, wavakalisa ulwaneliseko lwakhe, esithi: “Njengomnini wenkampani encinane evela ePraslin, umboniso ube ngobalaseleyo, yaye ngokobuqu ndiye ndadibana nabo bonke abakhenkethi. Bendinethemba lokudibana. Ndize apha ngo-2013, kwaye umcimbi wawuxakekile. Ndingatsho, nangona kunjalo, ukuba iintlanganiso zalo nyaka bezingcono kakhulu kunento endiyikhumbulayo kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo, kwaye iyonke, bendine-WTM entle. ”
Kwelakhe icala, uNksk. Willemin wathi:
"Kuyavuyisa ngokwenene ukuba ngumdlali ophambili kumsitho obaluleke kangaka weshishini."
“Ukuba yinxalenye yesona siganeko mikhulu akusivumeli nje ukuba sibonise iiSeychelles kumhlaba wonke kodwa kukwanceda ukugcina ubukho obuqinileyo obuthimba ingqalelo yamaqabane ethu abalulekileyo. Ngeenzame zethu ezidibeneyo, sigcina ngempumelelo iSeychelles kwindawo ebonakalayo kwaye sikhuthaza umdla oqhubekayo kwindawo yethu. Sikunye, sakha ilizwe apho amava angalibalekiyo kunye noguquko alindele, siqinisa iSeychelles njengendawo ephambili kwabo bafuna amava okutshintsha ubomi. "
I-World Travel Market yaseLondon ngo-2023 yavula iingcango zayo ngoluhlu olungaqhelekanga lwababonisi abangaphezu kwe-4,000, ephawula omnye unyaka oyimpumelelo kwiSeychelles kwinqanaba lokhenketho lwamazwe ngamazwe.
