I-Tourism Seychelles ibambe intlanganiso yokuqala yokuthengisa ngo-2022

I-Tourism Seychelles iqale unyaka ngothotho lweeveki ezimbini zothethwano ukusukela ngoMvulo, nge-24 kaJanuwari, ngo-2022, kunye namaqabane ayo asekhaya nakwamanye amazwe kwisicwangciso sayo sokuthengisa sonyaka.

Umsitho wonyaka wokubonisana, owenzeka kulo nyaka phantse, ngendlela yewebhunari ekwi-intanethi ngokusebenzisa iqonga leentlanganiso le-ZOOM elikwi-intanethi, lijolise ekuqokeleleni izimvo kunye nezimvo kumaqabane orhwebo asekhaya malunga nesicwangciso sentengiso yendawo ekusingwa kuyo.

Owona msitho uxatyisiweyo wabameli bokhenketho eSeychelles nakwamanye amazwe, intlanganiso iphinda idibanise amaqabane ukuze baxoxe ngemiba eyahlukeneyo enxulumene nokuthengisa indawo ekusingwa kuyo ngo-2022.

Indawo, erekhoda ukufika kwabatyeleli abayi-182,849 ngo-2021, ukwanda kwe-59% xa kuthelekiswa no-2020, efunyenwe ngokwamanani okomzuzwana akhutshwe yi-Central Bank, i-USD 309 yezigidi eziqikelelwayo kunye ne-USD1,693 yondwendwe ngalunye. Ijonge ukutsala phakathi kwama-218,000 ukuya kuma-258,000 abatyeleli kunye nomtyeleli ngamnye ochithe i-USD1,800 ngo-2022.

Ukuzimasa le ndibano, uMphathiswa weMicimbi yezaNgaphandle noKhenketho uMnu. 
Kwintetho yakhe, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho uye wabongoza amahlakani ukuba agxile ekuphuculeni iprofayili yendawo ekusingwa kuyo. 

“Makhe sijonge ukuba zeziphi iimveliso kunye neenkonzo esizinika iindwendwe zethu. Akukho mfihlo ukuba iminqweno yeendwendwe zethu kunye nabahambi itshintshile. Umnxeba wolwandle, ilanga kunye nesanti akusanele ngokwazo. Oku kunika ithuba elikhulu kwiSeychellois. Sifuna ukukhuthaza imibono emitsha kunye nabangeneli abatsha kukhenketho. Urhulumente udala okusingqongileyo kwaye aququzelele ukwahluka, kodwa nguwe oosomashishini noosomashishini ekufuneka nibonakalise ukuyilangazelela,” utshilo uMphathiswa uRadegonde.

UNobhala oyiNtloko wezoKhenketho ukhumbuze bonke abathathi-nxaxheba ukuba iqela le-Tourism Seychelles lizibophelele ekujoliswe kuko ekuqhubeni ukuvuselela uqoqosho lwaseSeychelles ngelixa ligcina iinjongo zalo zozinzo.

“Ngelixa sichacha kumothuko walo bhubhani, singalibali ukuba sikugqatso lokusinda kwethu. I-Seychelles sisizwe apho ababini kuthi kwikhaya ngalinye bafumana imali kwishishini lokhenketho nalapho eli shishini lixhomekeke kubuhle balo bendalo kunye nemozulu efanelekileyo. Akufunekanga siphulukane nesidingo sokugcina uzinzo lusembindini we-ajenda yethu,” utshilo uNksk. Francis.

Ukwathe umzamo weqela otyalwe kuwo onke amahlakani kubandakanya urhulumente kunye nezinye ii-arhente zenze ukuba indawo ekusingwa kuyo ikwazi ukubuyisela malunga ne-50% yeshishini layo lika-2019, elihlala lingowona nyaka ubalaseleyo ngokwenani labakhenkethi abafikayo. 

Olu thethwano lubonise iinkcazo-ntetho ezivela kuMlawuli Jikelele weNtengiso yeNdawo yokuFikela uNksk. Bernadette Willemin kunye noMlawuli Jikelele woCwangciso lweNdawo yokuFikela noPhuhliso, uMnu. Paul Lebon.

Kwelakhe icala, uNksk. Willemin uye wakhankanya ukuba amanani abatyeleli abafike ngo-2021 ebekhuthaza kakhulu. Ukhankanye ukuba phakathi kwemiceli mngeni indawo ekusingwa kuyo ngenxa yomba wezococeko lwehlabathi, iqela liza kujolisa kwiinzame zalo ekwandiseni ukufikelela kwendawo ngezicwangciso ezahlukeneyo.

“Ngamafutshane, sijolisa kwiinzame zethu zentengiso ekwahluleni ipotifoliyo yethu sithathela ingqalelo imithombo ephambili yamacandelo abathengi kodwa sikwaxuba ezinye iimarike zethu ngaphandle kokutyeshela utyalo-mali lwethu kwiimarike zethu zemveli. Sikholelwa ukuba iSeychelles inebali elimnandi ekumele libaliswe kwaye ngenxa yoko kuya kufuneka ukuba sizise ngcono, senze ukuthengisa kwethu buqu ukuze siqinisekise ukuba sifikelela kubaphulaphuli bethu ngolwazi oluchanekileyo nangexesha elifanelekileyo, utshilo uMlawuli Jikelele wentengiso.

Kwezi veki zimbini zizayo, abaphathi bentengiso yeTourism Seychelles, kunye nabameli abavela kwihlabathi liphela baya kuthi thaca izicwangciso zabo kunye neqhinga lonyaka ka-2022 kumalungu orhwebo lwasekhaya ngokwamaqela amancinci okanye iintlanganiso zomntu ngamnye.

Zonke iiseshoni zisindlekwa nguMlawuli-Jikelele weNtengiso uNksk. Bernadette Willemin oya kuncediswa ngumphathi wemarike kunye nabameli. Le ntlanganiso iza kuphela ngoLwesihlanu, ngoFebruwari 4, 2022.