Ukuphawula uSuku lweHlabathi lwezoKhenketho lwaminyaka le, abaphathi bezokhenketho baseTanzania kunye nabachaphazelekayo babhiyozele lo msitho ngokuzibophelela ekusebenzisaneni namanye amazwe ase-Afrika nakwihlabathi jikelele.

Umsitho woSuku loKhenketho lweHlabathi ngo-2023 wenzeke kwisixeko saseTanzania sabakhenkethi esisemantla e-Arusha kwiHotele iGran Melia apho iingcaphephe zokhenketho, amahlakani okhenketho kunye neshishini lokubuka iindwendwe ahlanganisene khona ukuze azimase uluhlu lweengxoxo noMbutho weZizwe eziManyeneyo woKhenketho weHlabathi (i-United Nations World Tourism Organisation).UNWTO) iingcali.

Le ndibano yodidi oluphezulu itsale ngaphezu kwama-400 abalawuli abaphambili kwezokhenketho kunye namahlakani okhenketho asuka e-Afrika kunye neemarike zabakhenkethi eziphambili kwihlabathi liphela ukuze kuxoxwe ngekamva lokhenketho ngotyalo-mali oluvakalayo kunye nezisombululo ezintsha zohlumo loqoqosho kunye nemveliso.

Umbhiyozo woSuku lweHlabathi loKhenketho lowama-2023 wenzeke ngomhla wama-27 kunye nowama-28 kweyoMsintsi kwikomkhulu labakhenkethi baseTanzania ukuze udibane namanye amazwe ehlabathi kunye noluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe ekushukuxeni isicwangciso esitsha sotyalo-mali kwezokhenketho.

Ijolise ekukhuthazeni intsebenziswano namahlakani ezizwe ngezizwe ekwandiseni nasekuphuhliseni ukhenketho, iTanzania iye yathatha inxaxheba kumsitho woSuku lweHlabathi lwezoKhenketho obubanjelwe IRiyadh, eSaudi Arabia.

UMphathiswa weMithombo yeNdalo kunye noKhenketho eTanzania uNksz Angellah Kairuki ukhokele igqiza lamagosa aphezulu abakhenkethi kwi-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ukuya kuhlangana nabanye abaphathi bokhenketho behlabathi ngoSuku lweHlabathi lwezoKhenketho.

Ngelixa wayeseRiyadh, umphathiswa wezokhenketho waseTanzania ngelo xesha waye wabamba iingxoxo nomphathiswa ongumlingane wakwa-Israel, e-Indonesia, eMyanmar, eHonduras, eSenegal naseSierra Leone phakathi kwabaphathiswa abangama-45 ababethathe inxaxheba kumsitho eSaudi Arabia.

Umphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseTanzania wayekho kuphehlelelo lwe-1 yebhiliyoni yeSikole soKhenketho kunye neSikole soBundwendwe eRiyadh, eSaudi Arabia.

Imiselwe ukuvulwa ngo-2027, iSikolo saseRiyadh soKhenketho kunye noBundwendwe yinxalenye yombono omkhulu waseSaudi Arabia wokohlula uqoqosho lwayo kunye nokunyusa icandelo lezokhenketho.

Umphathiswa uthe iTanzania izimisele ukusebenzisana noBukumkani baseSaudi Arabia ekuqeqesheni ukhenketho lwaseTanzania kunye nabasebenzi bokwamkela iindwendwe kwaye iza kubamba iingxoxo kunye noMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseSaudi Arabia ukujonga ukuba amaTanzania angazuza njani kwisikolo sezoKhenketho kunye neendwendwe zaseSaudi.

Ukwadibana nabatyali-mali abohlukeneyo, kubandakanya abanini beehotele emva koko babatsalela ukuba batyale imali eTanzania ukonyusa indawo yokuhlala ukuze bahlangabezane nenani elikhulayo labakhenkethi ekulindeleke ukuba bafikelele kwizigidi ezihlanu kwiminyaka emibini ezayo.

Umphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseSaudi Arabia uMnumzana Ahmed Al Khateeb wayebhengeze phakathi kule veki, ukuqaliswa ngokusemthethweni kweSikolo saseRiyadh sezoKhenketho kunye noBundwendwe ngexesha lokubhiyozelwa kwe-World Tourism Day ye-2023.

Iprojekthi yeSikolo saseRiyadh iya kubiza ngaphezu kwe-1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwaye kulindeleke ukuba ivule kwi-2027 kwi-campus yayo entsha e-Qiddiya, i-megaproject yokuzonwabisa e-Riyadh isakhiwo sayo saqala ngo-2019. Kuya kuvulwa ukuba wonke umntu afumane uqeqesho oluhle kakhulu kwezokhenketho kunye nokwamkela iindwendwe, UMnu Al Khateeb uxelele abathunywa beWorld Tourism Day.

U-Al Khateeb waphinda wavakalisa umdla omkhulu woBukumkani kwaye wathi isikolo sokhenketho "sisipho esivela kuBukumkani baseSaudi Arabia kwihlabathi," njengoko "siya kuvulelwa wonke umntu ukuba anandiphe uqeqesho olugqwesileyo kukhenketho kunye nokwamkela iindwendwe."

ISaudi Arabia ngoku yenza utyalo-mali olukhulu olungaphezulu kwe-U$800 yeebhiliyoni kukhenketho kunye nophuhliso lwecandelo lokwamkela iindwendwe olujolise ekuveliseni imisebenzi esisigidi kule minyaka ilishumi izayo ukulindela abafikayo bamazwe ngamazwe ekulindeleke ukuba baphindeke kabini ngonyaka wama-2032.

ITanzania ngoku ijonge ukukhuthaza urhwebo, utyalo-mali kunye namathuba okhenketho kwi-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ethetha inzuzo yobudlelwane obulungileyo phakathi kwala mazwe mabini anobuhlobo.

Iinqwelomoya ezine ezithe ngqo zeSaudi Airline ngeveki phakathi kweTanzania neSaudi Arabia phakathi kweSikhululo seenqwelomoya saMazwe ngaMazwe seJulius Nyerere eTanzania kunye neSikhululo seenqwelomoya saMazwe ngaMazwe saseJeddah siye satsala umdla wabakhenkethi kunye nabahambi bezoshishino phakathi koBukumkani baseSaudi Arabia neTanzania.

ISaudi Arabia iye yongeza inkxaso yayo eTanzania ngeKing Salman Humanitarian Aid kunye neZiko loNcedo ngeenkonzo zempilo kwi-Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI).

Iqela loogqirha bentliziyo be-33 baseSaudi Arabia phantsi kwenkxaso ye-King Salman Humanitarian Aid kunye neZiko loNcedo batyelela eTanzania ngo-Agasti nangoSeptemba kunyaka odlulileyo kwaye benza ngempumelelo utyando lwentliziyo oluvulekileyo kubantwana be-74 kwiSibhedlele se-Cardiac.

Ibanjwe eRiyadh, eSaudi Arabia, uSuku lweHlabathi lwezoKhenketho luka-2023 lutsale ngaphezu kwama-50 abaPhathiswa bezoKhenketho kunye namakhulu abathunywa abakwinqanaba eliphezulu abavela kumacandelo karhulumente nawabucala kwihlabathi liphela.

Olu suku lubonise iiphaneli ezikhokelwa ziingcali ezigxile kwizihloko eziphambili phantsi komxholo othi “Tourism and Green Investments”, nezicwangciso ezixhaswe ngamanyathelo abambekayo kunye namanyathelo amatsha abalulekileyo ayilwe ngu. UNWTO unobhala.