eTurboNews Umpapashi uJuergen Steinmetz unika ingxelo yakhe ngonyaka ka-2022 – lowo angasokuze awulibale. Iqale ngeholide yakhe yokuqala ukusukela oko kwaqhambuka i-COVID emva kokubhiyozela iKrisimesi nosapho lwakhe eJamani.
“Ndibambekile” iiveki ezi-2 ndivalelwe ndedwa kwigumbi lam leeholide kwisiqithi esihle saseGrisi iMykonos, elandelwa ziintsuku ezi-3 ezingaphezulu kwihotele yaseAthene yembali, i-COVID yabeka ithoni yokuqala konyaka ngezithintelo kunye nokuvalwa okungaphezulu.
Ukubona ngokuthe ngcembe imboni eyomelelayo elwela ukusinda, kwaye ukuguqula lo mlo ngokuchasene ne-COVID kunye nemithetho yogonyo eyongeziweyo endaweni yokwenza i-COVID-free ayizange isebenze. Ukuvumela umhlaba ukuba wamkele ubhubhane kwaye uphile nawo kubonakala kusebenza ngcono, ngakumbi emva kogonyo oluxhaphakileyo.
The Isebe lezoKhenketho kwiiPhilippines ebibambe i I-World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Ingqungquthela ngo-Epreli ka-2022, xa i-COVID yayisesisoyikiso esikhulu kweli lizwe lase-ASEAN, yathatha inyathelo lenkalipho lokuba ihlabathi lihlangane. Kumhlaba waseMabuhay, yayilutyalo-mali oluqinileyo ukwamkela ihlabathi leenkokeli zezokhenketho kunxweme lwalo. Ibeke isiseko sonxibelelwano kunye nokomelela, ivumela icandelo lezohambo kunye nokhenketho ukuba lime kunye.
Umzuzwana WTTC ingqungquthela yonyaka kwinyanga ephelileyo (ngoNovemba ka-2022) eRiyadh, eSaudi Arabia, yakwazi ukwakha kwizinto eziphunyeziweyo kwiiPhilippines kwaye yathatha ukhenketho kungekuphela nje ukuya kwinqanaba elilandelayo kodwa yalufaka kwikamva eliqaqambileyo.
Kum, iSaudi Arabia yayingamanye amava ahluke kakhulu. ndazibuza, kutheni umntu efuna ukutyelela i-KSA? Cofa apha ukuze ndithathe. Ayinakuba yitshokholethi yekamela kuphela.
Njengomseki woSuku lokuQinisekisa kwezoKhenketho, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseJamaica uthethela phandle, uHloniphekileyo. U-Edmund Bartlett wakwazi ukutyhala iJamaica yakhe entsha Ukomelela kwezokhenketho kwihlabathi liphela kunye neZiko loLawulo lweNtlekele (GTRCMC) eneendawo ezintsha zesathelayithi emhlabeni jikelele.
UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseSaudi, UAhmed Al-Khateeb, waba ngumgcini weli shishini lehlabathi kwaye wachitha iibhiliyoni zeerandi eziyimfuneko kungekuphela nje ukuthintela uqoqosho lwezokhenketho ukuba lungene ngaphantsi, kodwa nakwiWorld Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Kunye WTTC ngokubonelela ngekhaya lesibini.
ISaudi Arabia ityale imali ngokuqesha abona bantu baziwa kakhulu kweli shishini; ukuphumeza ezona mpawu zokhenketho zehlabathi zingcono kwizicwangciso zayo zokukhula; kunye nokubandakanya iinkqubo malunga nokhenketho kunye nokutshintsha kwemozulu, utyalo-mali, kunye neeprojekthi ezinkulu. Umcebisi omtsha ophezulu kuMphathiswa waseSaudi wayesaziwa njengoyena mfazi unempembelelo kukhenketho lwehlabathi, owayesakuba yi-CEO ye WTTC, kunye noMphathiswa wezoKhenketho eMexico, uGloria Guevara.
Kum ngokobuqu, iiPhilippines zaba ngamava okutshintsha ubomi, njengoko ndabamba intsholongwane etya inyama eHawaii, eyahlasela umlenze wam emva kokuba ndifike eManila. Ndamkelwa kwiZiko lezoNyango laseMakati eManila. Apha, ndibonile ukuba ngoobani amaqhawe okwenene kweli hlabathi, kwaye ndiyasiqonda isizathu sokuba iiPhilippines ibe yeyona ndawo iphambili yokhenketho lwezonyango lwehlabathi.
Bangabasebenzi bezempilo, ngokukodwa, oogqirha kunye nabongikazi basePhilippine abenze umsebenzi okumgangatho wehlabathi ngoncumo kunye nomphefumlo emva kwayo yonke intshukumo.
Ndaye ndaqaphela ukuba uluntu lwethu lweenkokheli zeshishini lokuhamba zidibana kunye, kwaye abaninzi babonisa ukuba banenkathalo kangakanani. Ndifuna ukubulela Ihotele yaseManila Marriott ngokungahlawulisi ubusuku ndihleli egumbini labo ndahlala esibhedlele, kwaye ndifuna ukubulela unesi ukuba World Tourism Network wenza iqhawe. Nali ibali lakhe.
Ngamava endingasoze ndiwalibale. Iqinisekisa ukuba ukhenketho lishishini loxolo, ubuhlobo, kunye nokusebenza kunye. I-SKAL iyifumene ichanekile xa ithe umbutho wabo wakhelwe kumalungu ayo "enza ishishini phakathi kwabahlobo." I Ingqungquthela yeSKAL eRijeka, eCroatia, ngo-Oktobha yaba sisiganeko solonwabo, isiqabu, nethemba.
Ndinebhongo ngokufumana imbasa yoMmeli woNyaka weSKAL ngokuqaphela igalelo elibalaseleyo.
Ukuhambela amazwe angama-27 kumazwekazi ama-6 kulo nyaka, indlala yokuhamba kunye nokhenketho igqithise uloyiko lwe-COVID-19. Kwakubonakala kungekho mntu uziva esongelwa ngokwenene.
Ukuba nepastry kwindawo exakekileyo nenelanga e-Innsbruck, eOstriya; ukuqhuba imoto yam yokurenta i-AVIS esuka eCroatia ngeItali, eSlovenia, eBosnia Herzegovina, eMontenegro, eAlbania ukuya eSerbia; ukuhlala eDusseldorf, eJamani; ukuya kuMnyhadala weFilimu waMazwe ngaMazwe eMarrakesh, eMorocco emva komboniso worhwebo oxakeke kakhulu weWorld Travel Market (WTM) eLondon; ukufumana iSaudi Arabia entsha; ukudibana nabahlobo abalungileyo kuquka noMnu. Tourism ngokwakhe, uGqr. Tabel Rifai, kwikhaya lakhe eJordan; ukuba nexesha elimnandi kunye netheko lomhla wokuzalwa eBangkok, eThailand, lenze u-2022 wangunyaka wokuhamba, ukomelela, kunye namava amatsha.
Ndenze uhambo lwam lokuqala lokuya eMalta - ilizwe elilodwa kunye nembali eninzi kwisiqithi saseMeditera.
Ngokukodwa, ukudibana nabahlobo abatsha abalungileyo ngokusebenzisa yethu WTN Ukwakha kwakhona iingxoxo zokuHamba ngexesha le-COVID kwi-Zoom-uMlawuli wezoKhenketho waseMontenegro, u-Aleksandra Gardasevic-Slavuljica, kunye noNjingalwazi. Snežana Štetić, eSerbia – yayililungelo. Kuya kubakho ngakumbi kwinqaku lam loNyaka oMtsha ndikhumbula abona bantu babalulekileyo kukhenketho.
Unyaka ka-2022 utshintshe umdlalo.
Ndafunda ngokungabikho kokhathalelo lwempilo eUnited States kunye namathuba okhenketho lwezonyango kwiiPhilippines, eSerbia naseJamani.
I-IMEX yaseMelika eLas Vegas kunye neMarike yokuHamba yeHlabathi eLondon kulo nyaka ikwenze kwacaca ukuba intlanganiso kunye nentengiso yenkuthazo ayisaphathwa nje kwiZoom kwaye ibuyele ngamandla.
Intlanganiso yoMbutho wezoKhenketho weCaribbean kwiZiqithi zeCayman zisa uchulumanco kunye nekhwelo lokubuyela umanyano kummandla oxhomekeke kukhenketho lwehlabathi.
Ukhenketho luyaphila kwaye luyakhaba kwakhona, kwaye kunjalo eTurboNews. Enkosi kubasebenzi bethu abazinikeleyo abasebenza kumvuzo ocuthiweyo ngama-24/7 ngaphezulu kweminyaka emi-2, sonke siphumelele kobona bubi, sihlala somelele, sikhuthazekile, kwaye sisiba nempembelelo ngakumbi.
Ukuba bekungengenxa yabahlobo bethu, iibhodi zokhenketho ze Jameyikha, Seytshels, Malta, Bhahamas, Barbados, Guam, Jordan, Montenegro, Hamburg, Uganda, ENtshona Koloni, Eswatini, nakwicandelo labucala: Iimbadada zeembadada, I-SunX, Reed Expo, IMEX, I-Saudi Arabia Airlines, Tyena Bradford Group, WTTC, UNIGLOBE, IPHEPHA, EUROEXPO, phakathi kwabanye, eTurboNews naye ebeya kuba lixhoba lamaxesha anzima.
Abantu abakushishino lokuhamba kunye nokhenketho ngabenzi bokwenyani, kwaye abo basinde kwimingeni yezoqoqosho yalo bhubhani ziinkokeli zokwenyani.
Siza kudwelisa amaqhawe ethu okhenketho ngo-2022 kwinqaku elikhethekileyo phambi koNyaka oMtsha.
Lo bhubhani wehlise abafundi bethu bezorhwebo ukusuka kwi-230,000 ukuya kwi-170,000 kodwa bandise abafundi bethu abangabahambi ngezorhwebo ukusuka kwi-150,000 ukuya ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezi-2.
Ukwakha kwakhona uhambo kwakuyingxoxo yethu yazalwa ngenxa ye-COVID kwaye yayisisiseko se World Tourism Network.
Ngamalungu angaphezu kwe-1,000 kumazwe angama-128, WTN iye yaba yinto efanelekileyo kushishino, kwaye injongo yethu yokuthethela amashishini aphakathi kunye namancinci ehlabathi iba yinyani kwiinkalo ezininzi.
Ukukhala kuNyaka oMtsha ukusuka kwikhaya lam elihle, i Aloha Ilizwe laseHawaii liya kuvula iingcango zekamva elingcono nangakumbi. Eyethu yokuqala World Tourism Network Ingqungquthela ngoSeptemba e-Bali, e-Indonesia, iya kuba sigxininiso sethu.
Ngaba ndingaphinda ndongeze isilumkiso sokungazithathi lula iihotele zanamhlanje ezithengisiweyo, iinqwelo-moya ezizeleyo, kunye nezifundo zophando ezibonisa imbonakalo entle?
A UNWTO UNobhala Jikelele, owazama konke okusemandleni ukuba avale eTurboNews ukusuka ekuzimaseni imisitho yamaphephandaba, ayizange iphumelele. Senza abahlobo “abafihlakeleyo” abacela ukuba bangaziwa entlanganweni kunangaphambili.
Ndingathanda ngokukodwa ukubulela u-Anita Mendiratta, oye waba negalelo eTurboNews, xa ukupapashwa kwethu kusekwa iqela le-CNN Task kwaye wayengumcebisi ophezulu wangaphambili UNWTO Unobhala Jikelele uGqr Taleb Rifai. Waba ngumcebisi okhethekileyo kuNobhala-Jikelele wangoku uZurab Pololikashvili kwaye akazange alahlekelwe ngamazwi akhe anobubele kunye nobulumko ophethe iiakhawunti zeendaba zoluntu kumphathi wakhe.
Ukunyuka kwamaxabiso, intlekele yamandla, kunye nemfazwe e-Ukraine, kunye neempawu ezisanda kukhutshwa zexesha elibuthathaka leKrisimesi kunye noNyaka oMtsha kwiindawo ezifana neHawaii kufuneka zibonise ukuba zibuthathaka kangakanani na iingqikelelo zokukhula okuqhubekayo.
Senza kakuhle okwangoku, kwaye u-2023 uya kucacisa ukuba icandelo lethu liya kuqhubeka njani liphuhla ngezinto ezininzi ezidlala kumxube.
IGuam inendlela elungileyo, ikhalisa ngo-2023 ngomboniso wedrone. Ngapha koko, iGuam yindawo apho iMelika iqala khona ngo-2023.
Happy New Year, kwaye abo babhiyozela iKrisimesi, Merry Christmas kubo bonke abathembekileyo eTurboNews bafundi. Aloha!
UJuergen Steinmetz
Umshicileli eTurboNews
