Inenekazi lokuqala lase-Iceland, u-Nks. U-Eliza Jean Reid, wahlonitshwa liZiko loMfazi wase Mzantsi Asia (i-ISAW) ngexesha lo Mboniso woRhwebo lwezoKhenketho e-ITB eBerlin, eJamani. UNkosikazi Reid uphumelele imbasa ye-ISAW yaBasetyhini yokuKhuthaza uPhuhliso oluZinzileyo.

Ukusukela oko kwaqhambuka intaba-mlilo i-Eyjafjallajökull e-Iceland ngo-2010, ubuhle belizwe obabuyimfihlo egcinwe kakuhle ngoku babusembindini wezokhenketho kwihlabathi liphela. Ilizwe alinakuze lifane kwakhona. Kwixesha ukusukela oko, ilizwe labona ukwanda okungathethekiyo kwinani leendwendwe, lisanda kule minyaka mihlanu izayo ngama-5 epesenti.

Ukufezekisa amabhongo okhenketho elizweni, urhulumente ugxile kwilungelo lomntu lokuhamba, amandla okuphatha iziza zabakhenkethi, ukuphuculwa kwesiza, ukwanda kokujikeleza, ulwazi oluninzi olunikezelwa kubakhenkethi, kunye nokuthatha inxaxheba kwezokhenketho kwiindleko zokubeka esweni. Ukukhanya kwazo zonke ezi nyaniso, i-Iceland kufuneka ikwazi ukudibana ukuze benze ukhenketho ngokudibeneyo lube yinto elungileyo.

Umsitho wokunikezelwa kwamabhaso walandela uthotho lweentetho ezithi "uKhenketho lweHlabathi - iTrends kunye neMiceli mngeni" ngethuba u-St Ange wakhwela eqongeni emva koNjingalwazi Jeffrey Lipman nezithethi ezazithetha nabathunywa ababedibene ecaleni kwe-ITB. Ezinye izithethi ezaye zaya eqongeni ngabaphathiswa bezokhenketho abavela eJamaica naseMauritius ngokunjalo nabameli abasuka e-India kunye ne-CEO ye-PATWA.

“Ukhenketho lweHlabathi luxhomekeke kakhulu kunakuqala kwiinkokeli ezixabisa uphuhliso oluzinzileyo. Namhlanje ndothulela umnqwazi iNenekazi lase-Iceland ngokuba ngumzekelo wendlela ezinzileyo kuphuhliso, ”utshilo uSt Angel.

Owayesakuba nguMphathiswa waseSeychelles uthe xa evula intetho yakhe ukuba ukhenketho luqhuba kakuhle njengoko oko kwaqinisekiswa yi UNWTO kunye namazwe ethu ahlukeneyo. Ubothulel’ umnqwazi iGreece ngokususa ishishini labo lokhenketho ngendlela engazange yenzeke ngaphambili, nangokuqinisekisa ukuba inceda ekuguquleni uqoqosho lwabo. Oku wathi phambi koMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseGrisi phakathi kwabanye abaPhathiswa bezoKhenketho abaninzi abavela kuLuntu lweZizwe.

Kwinqaku elichaphazela imeko kunye nemiceli mngeni ejongene nokhenketho lwehlabathi, iSychelles yangaphambili yayinguMphathiswa wathetha ngeenqwelomoya, ukhuseleko, izoyikiso kunye neemfazwe njengemiceli mngeni ejongene namazwe ngaphaya kwemida yawo nangaphandle kolawulo lwawo.

Ukudibana nenani lamajelo osasazo oSuku lokuVulwa kwe-ITB 2019, u-Alain St. Ange uthe uyaqhubeka nokuxabisa imiboniso yezorhwebo efana ne-ITB, kuba izisa umhlaba wezokhenketho kunye. “Kufuneka sizuze kwezi ndibano. Abaququzeleli abafanelekileyo basizisa kwindawo enye, kwaye umntu ngamnye kuthi unoxanduva lokufumana izibonelelo esizilandelayo, utshilo uSt Angel.