U-HE Paul Kagame, uMongameli, iRiphabhlikhi yaseRwanda, wanikwa iMbasa yeHlabathi yezoKhenketho yowama-2017 ngobunkokeli obunombono ngomhla wesi-6 kweyeNkanga ngowama-2017, usuku lokuvula i-World Travel Market yaseLondon kwiZiko le-Excel. Abanye abafumana iMbasa yaba, Charity Challenge kunye neMicato Safaris-AmericaShare iwonga ngokhenketho oluzinzileyo. UPeter Greenberg, uMhleli weeNdaba zokuHamba we-CBS, intatheli ephandayo ephumelele iimbasa ezininzi ze-Emmy kunye nengcali yokhenketho eyaziwayo kwihlabathi, usingathe unikezelo lweeMbasa.
Amabhaso oKhenketho lweHlabathi, abhiyozela i-20th Anniversary, axhaswe ziihotele zaseCorinthia, iThe New York Times, kunye neMiboniso yeRed Travel. Yaphehlelelwa ngo-1997, kwasekwa iiMbasa zoKhenketho kwiHlabathi liphela ukuze kunakanwe “abantu, iinkampani, imibutho, iindawo ekuyiwa kuzo kunye nezinto ezinomtsalane kumanyathelo abalulekileyo anxulumene nezokhenketho noshishino lokhenketho, nasekukhuthazeni ukhenketho oluzinzileyo kunye neenkqubo zophuhliso ezibuyisela kuluntu lwengingqi.”
Ukunikezelwa kweeMbasa egameni labaxhasi ngaba: uMatthew Dixon, uMlawuli wezoRhwebo, iiHotele zaseCorinthia; UPatrick Falconer, uMlawuli oyiNtloko - UK, iNew York Times; kunye nokumela iMiboniso yeReed Travel, uJeanette Gilbert, iNtloko yeNtengiso kunye noNxibelelwano, i-World Travel Market. Isithethi seNdwendwe kuMsitho wamaBhaso ibinguTaleb Rifai, uNobhala-Jikelele, uMbutho weZizwe eziManyeneyo woKhenketho weHlabathi (UNWTO).
Imbasa yeHlabathi yezoKhenketho yobuNkokheli boMbono yanikezelwa ku-HE Paul Kagame, ukuqaphela “umbono wakhe wobunkokheli nangona umgaqo-nkqubo woxolelwaniso, ukhenketho oluzinzileyo, ulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle, kunye nophuhliso loqoqosho olutsala utyalo-mali olukhulu lweehotele, olukhokelele kuguquko olumangalisayo olukhokelele Ukunyuka kweRwanda njengenye yeendawo eziphambili zokhenketho eAfrika namhlanje. ”
Umceli mngeni we-Charity wahlonitshwa, ukwamkelwa "ngokudala, ukulawula, kunye nokuhambisa uhambo lokunyusa ingxowa-mali kwilizwekazi lonke kunye namazwe angama-6, athe kule minyaka ili-38 idlulileyo akhuthaze amashumi amawaka abantu ukuba baqokelele ngaphezulu kwe- $ 18million kwizibonelelo ezili-50, ngokunjalo njengokuba nabo benikela phantse nge- £ 1,800 kwiiprojekthi zoluntu. ”
Imbeko yesithathu, uMicato Safaris-AmericaShare, yayisaziwa “ngomsebenzi wayo wobubele ophucule ubomi bamawakawaka abantwana abaziinkedama nababuthathaka eAfrika ngesipho semfundo, kuquka iMicato One for One Commitment, ethumela umntwana esikolweni kuyo yonke into ehanjiswayo. ”
Umsitho weMbasa walandelwa kukwamkelwa kunye nomdlalo okhethekileyo yi-National Ballet yaseRwanda, e-Urukerereza.
Imbasa yeHlabathi yezoKhenketho uqobo, i-Inspire, yayiyilwe ngokukodwa yenziwa ngesandla kwiMeditera Island yaseMalta nguMdina Glass, kwaye ibhiyozela iimpawu zobunkokeli kunye nombono okhuthaza abanye ukuba bafikelele kwiindawo eziphakamileyo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Inaugurated in 1997, the World Tourism Awards were established to recognize “individuals, companies, organizations, destinations and attractions for outstanding initiatives related to the travel and tourism industry, and in fostering sustainable tourism and developing programmes that give back to local communities.
- The third honoree, Micato Safaris-AmericaShare, was in recognition “for its philanthropic work that has improved the lives of thousands of orphaned and vulnerable African children through the gift of education, including the Micato One for One Commitment, which sends a child to school for every safari sold.
- Paul Kagame, in recognition of “his visionary leadership though a policy of reconciliation, sustainable tourism, wildlife conservation, and economic development attracting major hotel investment, resulting in the remarkable turnaround that has led to Rwanda's rise as one of the leading tourism destinations in Africa today.
