I-TANZANIA (eTN) - uTerry Dale, uMongameli we-United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA), wathetha nababonisi kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba kwi-Swahili International Tourism Expo (SITE) eqhubekayo eTanzania, evuselela ithemba elitsha kumazwe ase-Afrika ngokufumana abakhenkethi abaninzi baseMelika.
UMnu Dale uthe kwintetho yakhe yobungcali ngexesha locweyo olukhethekileyo lwabathathi-nxaxheba be-SITE kunye nababonisi, ukuba i-Afrika ihlala iyeyona ndawo ingcono kakhulu yabantu baseMelika, kodwa ijongene nemingeni eye yachaphazela ukuhamba kakuhle kwamaMerika kweli lizwekazi.
Uthe iipesenti ezingama-56 abantu baseMelika bayakwazi ukuya e-Afrika kodwa bafuna ulwazi oluthe kratya malunga ne-Afrika kunye neendawo zayo ezinomtsalane. Kodwa, ukuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni izilwanyana zasendle, iindlela ezimbi, kunye neziseko ezingundoqo ezingathembekanga ziingxaki oorhulumente baseAfrika nabachaphazelekayo abakhenkethi abafanele bazilungise ukuze batsale abantu abaninzi baseMelika.
Umongameli wase-USTOA uxelele i-eTN ukuba uchukumisekile ukuba seTanzania okokuqala kwaye wachukunyiswa ngamalungiselelo e-SITE kuhlelo lwayo lwesibini. Uthe umbutho wakhe ukulungele ukusebenzisana neTanzania kunye nezinye iindawo zaseAfrika ukutsala abantu abaninzi baseMelika ukuba batyelele eli lizwekazi.
Uthe i-USTOA ibe lilizwi kushishino lwabakhenkethi base-US ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-40. Amalungu ayo anoxanduva lwemali engaphezulu kwe-US$13.5 yeebhiliyoni zengeniso ngonyaka ngokubonelelwa kweekhenkethi, iipakethi, kunye namalungiselelo amasiko avumela abahambi abaphantse babe zizigidi ezisi-8 ngonyaka ukufikelela okungenakuthelekiswa nanto, ulwazi lwangaphakathi, uxolo lwengqondo, ixabiso, kunye nenkululeko yokunandipha iindawo kunye namava kuwo wonke umhlaba.
Inkampani nganye yelungu idibene neyona migangatho iphezulu kushishino lokuhamba, kuquka ukuthatha inxaxheba kwiNkqubo yoNcedo lwabahambi ye-USTOA, ekhusela iintlawulo zabathengi ukuya kuthi ga kwi-US $ 1 yezigidi ukuba inkampani iyaphuma kwishishini. I-USTOA ibamba inkomfa yonyaka yoshishino ukuya kwishishini kunye nendawo yentengiso rhoqo ngoDisemba e-US, kwaye ibonelela ngemfundo kunye noncedo kubathengi kunye neearhente zokuhamba.
UMlawuli oBambeleyo weBhodi yabaKhenkethi eTanzania u-Devota Mdachi uvakalise iimvakalelo zakhe, esithi, “ITanzania inewonga ngokuba noTerry Dale, ingcaphephe kwishishini lezokhenketho laseMelika, ahlangane nathi kwi-SITE 2015.”
I-United States yenye yezona ntengiso zibalulekileyo zaseTanzania, kwaye ngakumbi ngesikhokelo kunye nenkxaso kaTerry Dale, iinkqubo zabakhenkethi zase-US eziya eTanzania zikhule kwaye zahluka, utshilo uMdachi.
Ukuthatha inxaxheba kukaTerry Dale kwi-SITE kunikeze ithuba kubanikezeli bohambo nokhenketho base-Afrika kunye nabaqhubi ukuba bafunde ngakumbi malunga nokunyusa amashishini kwimarike yaseMelika, utshilo uMdachi.
Okona kuchukumisayo kunikezelo lukaMnu. Dale ngoLwesihlanu yayiliphulo lehlabathi jikelele le-USTOA elixhaswe nge-digital snap-shop, iDancing Matt, equka abantwana besikolo baseTanzania abadanisa kunye.
I-SITE ngumboniso wonyaka worhwebo wokhenketho wamazwe ngamazwe ophuhliswe yiBhodi yabaKhenketho baseTanzania ngokubambisana neProjekthi ye-Pure Grit kunye ne-Exhibition Management Ltd. I-Expo ithatha ifomathi yomboniso wokuhamba kunye norhwebo kunye nengqungquthela yenkomfa egxininise kukhenketho lwezihloko, ukuzinza, ukugcinwa, kunye neminye imiba enxulumene nemarike.
