African Tourism Board (ATB) ikulandira lingaliro la South Africa lotsegulira maulendo apadziko lonse kuyambira Okutobala 1, 2020. Purezidenti waku South Africa a Cyril Ramaphosa alengeza izi Lachitatu.
Purezidenti adalongosola kuti kulowa ndi kutuluka ku South Africa pochita bizinesi komanso kupumula kudzaloledwa ndi zoletsa zomwe mayiko omwe ali ndi matenda a COVID-19 pakadali pano.
"Popeza kuti South Africa ndiye malo olumikizirana ndi maiko onse aku Africa, kusunthaku kulimbikitsa ndikulimbikitsa mayiko omwe ali m'bungweli kuti atsatire mayendedwe ndi zokopa alendo zomwe zimathandizira kwambiri pazachuma," atero a Cuthbert Ncube. Wapampando wa Bungwe la African Tourism Board.
ATB ikugwirizananso ndi zomwe bungwe la African Union likuyang'ana ku Msika wa African Air Transport (SAATM) ngati ntchito yotsogola ya Agenda 2026. Cholinga cha ntchitoyi ndikupanga msika umodzi wogulitsa mayendedwe apamtunda kuti amasule ndege ndi kupititsa patsogolo Kukula kwachuma cha kontrakitala. SAATM idzagwira ntchito yayikulu polumikiza Africa; Kukwezeleza mgwilizano wake pachuma, chuma, ndi ndale; ndikulimbikitsa malonda pakati pa Africa ndi zokopa alendo chifukwa cha izi. Izi zithandizira njira yolimba yophatikizira chitukuko cha zachuma mderali.
A Ncube adaonjezeranso kuti: "Tikulimbikitsa dziko la Africa kuti lipeze njira zoyambira malonda posachedwa kuti athetse kutayika kwa ntchito ndikuchepetsa ulova komanso umphawi."
Bizinesi ndi zochitika zapaulendo komanso zokopa alendo zakhala zikuyesetsa kuwonetsetsa kuti mfundo zokhudzana ndiumoyo wa anthu pazachitetezo zikukonzedwa ndikukhazikitsidwa mogwirizana ndi Chisindikizo Chotetezeka pulogalamu yovomereza. Magawo awa akudziwongolera pawokha ndikuyika njira zabwino zachitetezo cha anthu pachitetezo.
Zomwe zikufunika pakadali pano ndi kulumikizana kosasintha kuti musangalatse eni zochitika zokopa alendo komanso apaulendo omwe akufuna njira zothanirana ndi zovuta za COVID-19.
"Tikulimbikitsa mayiko mamembala kuti agwirizane ndikugwirizanitsa ntchito zawo poyambitsa chuma cha kontrakitala. Tiyenera kuyang'ana pakubwezeretsa kwa ogula komwe ndikofunikira pakukonzanso chuma. Africa iyenera kuyamba pakupanga magulu ndi mfundo zamabungwe zomwe zimapangitsa kuti kontrakitala igwirizane pakati pa onse omwe akutenga nawo mbali, ”a Bungwe la African Tourism Board Mpando watha.
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ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- “As South Africa is the strategic hub for connectivity to the rest of the African continent, this move will motivate and enhance member states to follow suit with travel and tourism making a critical economic contribution to the regional gross domestic product,” said Cuthbert Ncube, Chairman of the African Tourism Board.
- The business and event travel and tourism sector has been proactive in making sure that industry-specific public health and safety protocol standards are developed and implemented in compliance with the Safer Tourism Seal endorsement program.
- The ATB is also in line with the African Union's initiative towards the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) as a flagship project for the Agenda 2026.
