Imiboniso emikhulu yokhenketho, indibano, kunye nothungelwano lwenzeka eMpuma Afrika kule nyanga iphelayo nemiqondiso emihle yokuvula ummandla kunye ne-Afrika iphela kwiimarike zabakhenkethi eziphambili zehlabathi.
Iindibano ezintlanu ezinkulu zokhenketho zaququzelelwa eMpuma Afrika phakathi kwe-2-20 ka-Okthobha, kutsalwa abathathi-nxaxheba abaphambili kushishino, abenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo, kunye nabaphathi abavela kwimithombo yentengiso yabakhenkethi ephambili kwihlabathi liphela njengeKenya Airways.
Idume ngezilwanyana zasendle, iilwandle ezitshisayo, iindawo zenkcubeko nezembali, ummandla waseMpuma Afrika utsale abakhenkethi behlabathi kunye namaqabane orhwebo ohambo ukusuka ekuqaleni kuka-Okthobha ababehlanganisene ukuze bathathe inxaxheba kwimiboniso emithathu ephambili yokhenketho kunye neenkomfa ezimbini zesigqeba eziququzelelwe eKenya, eTanzania naseZanzibar.
IForam yoTyalo-mali lweehotele zase-Afrika (AHIF) yenzeke kwikomkhulu laseKenya laseNairobi ukusuka ngo-Oktobha 2-4 ngerekhodi elungileyo labathathi-nxaxheba, uninzi lwababoneleli ngenkonzo yeehotele kunye nabakhenkethi.
UMphathiswa waseKenya wezoKhenketho kunye neZilwanyana zaseNdle uNajib Balala uthe i-AHIF itsale abantu abaphambili kwishishini lehotele e-Afrika nangaphandle kwelizwekazi.
Le nkomfa, ebibanjelwe eRadisson Blu Hotel, ukuza kuthi ga ngoku idibanise iinkokeli zoshishino eziphuma kwiimarike zamazwe ngamazwe nezalapha ekhaya kwezokhenketho, iziseko ezingundoqo, nophuhliso lweehotele kwi-Afrika iphela.
UMnu. Balala uthe iKenya iye yandisa ukubonakala kophawu njengendawo yokusingwa ngenxa ye-AHIF kunye neMagical Kenya Travel Expo eyenzeka ngeentsuku ezifanayo.
"Kunyaka-mali oqhubekayo, abakhenkethi abadibeneyo abafikayo ukususela ngoJulayi 2017 ukuya ekupheleni kukaJuni 2018 bavalwe kwi-1,488,370 xa kuthelekiswa neendwendwe ze-1,393,568 kwi-2016-17, ebonisa ukukhula kweepesenti ze-6.8," kusho uBalala.
I-AHIF kuphela kwenkomfa yonyaka yotyalo-mali kwiihotele edibanisa abantu ababalulekileyo botyalo-mali kwiihotele abanomdla wotyalo-mali e-Afrika.
I-AHIF ime njengendawo yendibano yaminyaka le yase-Afrika yabona batyali-mali baphezulu beehotele kulo mmandla, abaphuhlisi, abasebenzi kunye nabacebisi.
I-Afrika ngoku yindawo ezayo yotyalo-mali kwiihotele phakathi kwamanye amazwekazi apho uninzi lwabasebenzi beehotele abaphambili kwihlabathi sele beqhubela phambili ngezicwangciso zokwandisa iihotele.
Imarike yeehotele zase-Afrika zilinganiselwe kodwa zinemfuno ekhulayo eqhutywa lutyalo-mali oluzayo kukhenketho. I-Afrika ekwi-Sub Sahara ibonise umkhwa oncomekayo kutyalo-mali lweehotele ukukhuphisana noMntla Afrika, abaququzeleli be-AHIF batshilo.
I-AHIF yinkomfa yotyalo-mali yeehotele ephambili e-Afrika, etsala umdla wabanini-hotele abaninzi abaziwayo bamazwe ngamazwe, abatyali-zimali, abasozimali, iinkampani zolawulo kunye nabacebisi bazo.
Kanye kunye ne-AHIF, iMagical Kenya Travel Expo (MAKTE) yabanjwa ngo-Oktobha 3 ukuya kwi-5 kwiZiko leNkomfa yeZizwe ngezizwe yaseKenya (KICC) ukubonisa iindawo ezikhangayo kunye neenkonzo ngaphakathi kweshishini le-safari yaseKenya.
Lo mnyhadala utsale abathathi-nxaxheba abasuka kummandla oseMpuma Afrika naseAfrika ukuba babonise ubutyebi bokhenketho balo mmandla bejonge ukubamba iimarike zabakhenkethi behlabathi.
Ngaphezulu kwezizwe ezingama-30 zithathe inxaxheba kuhlelo lwesibhozo lweMagical Kenya Travel Expo. Ibhodi yezoKhenketho yaseKenya, owayengumququzeleli we-expo, wathi ababonisi be-185 bathathe inxaxheba kulo msitho ngokuchasene nababonisi be-140 kuhlelo lonyaka ophelileyo. Inani labathengi abasindleke ngexesha loMboniso walo nyaka linyuke laya kutsho kwi-150 ukusuka kwi-132 erekhodiweyo kunyaka ophelileyo, iBhodi yabaKhenkethi yaseKenya yatsho.
Abathengi abakhoyo baquka ii-arhente zabakhenkethi, abakhenkethi, abanini zihotele, kunye namajelo eendaba zorhwebo avela kwiimarike zokhenketho eziphambili zaseKenya eYurophu, eAfrika, eAsiya naseMelika.
Umboniso weSwahili wezoKhenketho lwaMazwe ngaMazwe (SITE) wenzeke kwisixeko sorhwebo saseTanzania eDar es Salaam ukusuka nge-12 ukuya kwi-14 ka-Okthobha, etsala iinkampani zokhenketho ezili-150 zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe, ubukhulu becala ezisuka e-Afrika, kunye ne-180 abachaphazelekayo kushishino lwabakhenkethi abakumgangatho wehlabathi.
INkomfa yeZizwe ngezizwe yama-79 yeSkål ibibanjelwe ePride Inn Paradise Beach Hotel kwisixeko esiselunxwemeni saseKenya iMombasa ukususela ngo-Oktobha 17 ukuya kowama-21. Bangaphezu kwama-500 abathunywa abavela kumazwe angaphezu kwama-40 ababekho kule nkomfa.
Umongameli weSkal uSusanna Saari uthe lo msitho lutshintsho lomdlalo kwishishini lezokhenketho laseMombasa.
“Lo ngumsitho obalulekileyo kwicandelo lezokhenketho laseKenya ukuze libonise ukuba ilizwe linokubonelela ngantoni, ngakumbi eMombasa,” utshilo uSusanna.
Wongeze ukuba iingcali zohambo lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nezalapha ekhaya kunye nezokhenketho zibambe iingxoxo, zijonge imibono emitsha kunye neendawo zokungena.
“ISkal ngowona mbutho mkhulu kwezokhenketho nokhenketho ehlabathini. Sinamalungu amalunga ne-14,000 kwihlabathi jikelele. Silindele amakhulu oogxa bethu ukuba beze bazokonwabela ububele baseKenya, ”utshilo.
Okona kuchulumancisayo yayiyiZanzibar Tourism Show, umboniso wokuqala wezokhenketho wokuqala ukuququzelelwa kwisiqithi esidume ngokhenketho lwaselwandle kunye nokhenketho lwaselwandle eMpuma Afrika.
Lo mboniso utsale ababukeli abangaphezu kwe-130 kulo msitho owenziwe ukusuka kwi-17 Oktobha 17 ukuya kwi-19 eVerde Hotel Mtoni kwisiqithi.
UMongameli waseZanzibar uGqirha Ali Mohammed Sheinm uvule umboniso omkhulu ethembisa ukomeleza utyalo-mali lokhenketho kwesi siqithi. Umeme abakhenkethi abakumgangatho wehlabathi ukuba batyelele esi siqithi siyiparadesi yolwandle i-Indian Ocean, esithi abakhenkethi ngoku bachitha iintsuku ezininzi xa bendwendwela iilwandle zeziqithi kunye nezinye iindawo ezinomtsalane.
Uthe inani labakhenkethi linyukile ukusuka kwiintsuku ezintandathu ukuya kwezisibhozo kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo.
UMongameli waseZanzibar uthe urhulumente wakhe ngoku uzibophelele ekuphuhliseni ukhenketho, ejonge ukuzisa esi siqithi sase-Indian Ocean kuqoqosho oluphakathi ngokhenketho kwiminyaka emibini ezayo.
UMphathiswa woLwazi, uKhenketho kunye neLifa leMveli eZanzibar, uMahmoud Thabit Kombo, uthe lo mboniso utsale inani elikhulu lababonisi ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kwaye babonise iimveliso zabo zokhenketho.
"Lo mboniso uyinxalenye yesicwangciso sokukhangisa kwicandelo lezokhenketho eliqaliswe ngurhulumente waseZanzibar kunye necandelo labucala elijoliswe ukuqhubela phambili ukuncedisa indawo yaseZanzibar kwindawo ezinzileyo kwimarike yehlabathi," wongezelela uMphathiswa.
Uthe igalelo lokhenketho kwintlalontle yezoqoqosho kwesi siqithi likhulu. IZanzibar ixhomekeke kumgangatho wenkonzo ebonelelweyo kunye nesikali sokukhuthazwa kweemveliso kunye neenkonzo zabakhenkethi kubakhenkethi behlabathi.
Impumelelo ebalaseleyo kukhenketho lwaseMpuma Afrika ibonwe ngeCawe edlulileyo xa iKenya Airways yayisungula inqwelomoya yayo yokuqala yamabhongo isiya eMelika.
Iinqwelomoya ze-Kenya Airways mihla le phakathi kweNairobi neNew York ziphawule uphuhliso olubalulekileyo kuhambo kunye neshishini lokhenketho phakathi kwamazwe aseMpuma Afrika ngoqhagamshelo lomoya kwikomkhulu laseKenya iNairobi.
Inqwelomoya ekudala ilindelwe yaphehlelelwa ezinzulwini zobusuku ngeCawe, izisa umthwali womoya waseKenya phakathi kweenqwelomoya ezikhula ngokukhawuleza ezivela e-Afrika ukuba zingene esibhakabhakeni saseMelika.
Izityebi kwezokhenketho, amazwe aseMpuma nakuMbindi Afrika axhomekeke kubathuthi bomoya bangaphandle ukuzisa iindwendwe zabo ezisuka eUnited States ngonxibelelwano kwamanye amazwe angaphandle kommandla.
I-Kenya Airways isungule inqwelomoya yokuqala ethe ngqo phakathi kweSikhululo seenqwelomoya saMazwe ngaMazwe saseJomo Kenyatta eNairobi kunye nesikhululo seenqwelomoya i-JF Kennedy International eNew York emva kokuba i-US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) yanika iKenya inqanaba lokuQala ngoFebruwari 2017, ivula indlela yohambo lwenqwelomoya oluthe ngqo. ngokuxhomekeke kwezinye iimvume ezifunyenwe sisikhululo seenqwelomoya kunye nabaphathi benqwelo moya.
INairobi, i-East African safari hub, ngoku iza kuba likhonkco eliphambili phakathi kwamazwe aseMpuma Afrika (EAC) kunye ne-United States, ithatha ithuba le-Kenya Airways kunye nokhenketho olukhula ngokukhawuleza eKenya.
