Mayiko omwe ali m'bungwe la East African Community akukonzekera kupititsa patsogolo ntchito zokopa alendo komanso zachigawo, pofuna kukweza chiwerengero cha alendo komanso chitukuko cha zachuma m'derali.
The Gulu la East Africa Community (EAC) Secretariat inanena kuti zokopa alendo zimathandizira pafupifupi 10 peresenti ku Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ya dera lomwe 17 peresenti imapeza ndalama zakunja ndipo pafupifupi XNUMX peresenti ndiyomwe ikuyembekezeka kugwira ntchito m'malo osiyanasiyana oyendera alendo.
Director of Productive Sectors ku EAC, Bambo Jean Baptiste Havugimana adatsimikiza izi pa chiwonetsero chachisanu ndi chiwiri cha Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo chomwe chinachitika ku Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort ku Uganda.
Chiwonetsero cha Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo chomwe chinachitika kumapeto kwa Epulo chaka chino, chidasonkhanitsa Secretariat ya EAC, mabungwe onse oyendera alendo komanso mabungwe oyendera alendo. Bungwe La African Tourism Board (ATB).
Mwambowu wamasiku anayi unatsegulidwa mwalamulo ndi Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities ku Uganda, Colonel Tom Buttime.
The Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo ndizochitika zokopa alendo zomwe zimakonzedwa ndi Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) chaka chilichonse.
Chiwonetserochi chidasonkhanitsa okhudzidwa ndi zokopa alendo ndi ena othandizira pantchito zokopa alendo, cholinga chokumana ndi makasitomala atsopano, kulumikizana ndi kukambirana zamalonda ndi omwe angagule m'madera ndi mayiko ena.
Kusindikiza kwachisanu ndi chiwiri kwa Pearl of Expo kudakopa owonetsa 150 komanso ogula ndi media opitilira 100 ochokera m'misika yosiyanasiyana ya alendo, kuphatikiza US, UK, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Poland, South Africa, Egypt ndi Nigeria pakati pa ena.
Bungwe la African Tourism Board linaimiridwa ndi Executive Chairman Bambo Cuthbert Ncube omwenso adachita nawo zochitika zosiyanasiyana pachiwonetserochi.
Pamodzi ndi akazembe a ATB, a Ncube adayendera malo osiyanasiyana okopa alendo ku Uganda kuphatikiza pachilumba cha Chimpanzee panyanja ya Victoria.
ATB yakhala ikugwirizana ndi mayiko akum'maŵa kwa Africa mu chitukuko ndi kupititsa patsogolo zokopa alendo kudzera muzochitika zazikuluzikulu za ku East Africa ndipo tsopano ndi dera lomwe likubwera kwa alendo a ku Africa.
Bungwe la EAC Secretariat lidalimbikitsa mayiko omwe amagwirizana nawo kuti achite nawo zochitika zokopa alendo zomwe zimakonzedwa ndi mayiko ena onse.
Bungwe la ATB lakhala likutenga nawo gawo pa chiwonetsero chilichonse cha dziko lonse ndi dera la tourism kudzera mwa wapampando wake, Bambo Ncube pakati pa akazembe ake ena.
M’mawu ake otsegulira chionetsero cha Pearl of Africa Expo, Nduna Yowona za Zokopa alendo ku Uganda Colonel Buti (Retired) adathokoza m’malo mwa boma ndi anthu a ku Uganda kwa onse owonetsa komanso ogula ndi atolankhani omwe adabwera nawo pamwambowu.
Ananenanso kuti Uganda idapatsidwa zokopa zapadera komanso zosiyanasiyana zomwe zimakopa alendo ochokera kumayiko ena, madera komanso kunyumba.
Mkulu wa bungwe la Uganda Tourism Board, Dr. Lily Ajarova, adati Uganda ndi mayiko ena a EAC akufuna kupititsa patsogolo ntchito zokopa alendo zokhazikika komanso zodalirika.
Mkulu wa bungwe la Productive Sectors ku EAC, a Jean Baptiste Havugimana anathokoza boma la Uganda poitana bungwe la EAC Secretariat ndi mayiko onse ogwirizana nawo kuti adzatenge nawo gawo pa chiwonetserochi ndi mzimu wa mgwirizano wa EAC.
A Havugimana adanenanso kuti bungwe la EAC Secretariat ndi National Tourism Boards athandizidwa kutenga nawo gawo pachiwonetserochi pothandizira nthumwi za mayiko omwe ali nawo komanso kugula nyumba zowonetsera.
Bungwe la Germany International Cooperation Agency, GIZ, linathandiziranso Expo kudzera pa phukusi la Gold Sponsorship.
Iye adati mgwirizano wa EAC ukuwona kufunika kwambiri ku ntchito zokopa alendo chifukwa cha ntchito yomwe imagwira pa chitukuko cha chikhalidwe ndi chuma cha dera.
Bambo Havugimana adadziwitsa anthu omwe adachita nawo msonkhanowo kuti padakali pano bungwe la EAC likukhazikitsa ndondomeko ya EAC Tourism Marketing Strategy 2021 mpaka 2025 mothandizidwa ndi bungwe la GIZ kudzera m’njira zosiyanasiyana kuphatikizapo kutsagana ndi ntchito zokopa alendo.
Kampeni ya EAC yotchedwa "Tembea Nyumbani" kapena "Visit Your Home" ikufuna kupititsa patsogolo ntchito zokopa alendo zomwe zingakope nzika za East Africa kuyendera dziko lililonse m'chigawochi.
Bungwe la EAC Secretariat lilinso, likukonza zoti pakhale miyezo yochepera kwa opereka ntchito zokopa alendo, makamaka ogwira ntchito zokopa alendo, ogwira ntchito paulendo ndi otsogolera alendo limodzi ndi magawo a mahotela oyendera alendo.
"Pakadali pano, njira yopangira Brand Tourism Destination Brand ya EAC ngati malo amodzi oyendera alendo yayamba ndipo ikuyembekezeka kutha kumapeto kwa chaka chino", adatero Bambo Havugimana.
Kukwaniritsidwa kwa njira zonsezi kuwonetsetsa kuti derali likupitilira alendo 7.2 miliyoni omwe adafika padziko lonse lapansi omwe adalembedwa mu 2019 mliri wa COVID-19 usanachitike, adatero.
Mkulu wa bungwe la GIZ ku Uganda, a James Macbeth Forbes, adatsimikiziranso kudzipereka kwa boma la Germany kuti lipitirize kuthandizira ntchito zogwirizanitsa EAC kuphatikizapo kupititsa patsogolo ntchito zokopa alendo.
Bambo Forbes adanena kuti kuchotsa zolepheretsa malonda ndi mabizinesi m'chigawo cha EAC chidzakhala chinthu chofunikira kwambiri pakugwirizanitsa.
Pamwambo wotsegulira panalinso oimira a Diplomatic Community.
