Kusindikiza kwachinayi kwa Investment and Tourism Business Forum (INVESTOUR) kunafotokoza mgwirizano ndi mwayi wamalonda pakati pa Spain ndi Africa. Chikondwerero pamwambo wa Madrid International Tourism Fair (FITUR), INVESTOUR 2013 idasonkhanitsa nthumwi zochokera kumayiko 33 aku Africa komanso amalonda opitilira 50 aku Spain.
Cholinga cha UNWTO, bungwe la Madrid Tourism Fair Institution (IFEMA) ndi Casa Africa, INVESTOUR 2013 lomwe linachitikira pansi pa mutu wakuti "Tourism Development mu Africa: Zovuta ndi Mwayi" zinawonetsa zina mwazinthu zazikulu zomwe zimapikisana ndi zokopa alendo m'deralo - kugwirizanitsa ndege, ndalama, malonda, ndi chitukuko cha mankhwala. Gawo la b2b, lomwe limagwira ntchito ngati bizinesi kwa omwe atenga nawo gawo, adakopa makampani opitilira 50 aku Spain kuti afufuze mwayi wozungulira ma projekiti 200 okopa alendo ku Africa m'malo monga kuchereza alendo, mayendedwe, maphunziro, luso, ndi zomangamanga.
"Kusonkhanitsa mabungwe aboma ndi apadera ndi omwe angakhale othandizana nawo padziko lonse lapansi, kumapereka mwayi wapadera wolimbitsa ubale wamalonda pakati pa Spain ndi Africa ndikupititsa patsogolo chitukuko chokhazikika ku kontinenti," adatero. UNWTO Secretary General, Taleb Rifai, akutsegula INVESTOUR. Potsutsana ndi zochitika za alendo obwera padziko lonse omwe akukula ndi 6% m'derali mu 2012, chochitikacho chinachitika "nthawi yomwe Africa ikupitirizabe kuyesetsa pa mapu okopa alendo," anawonjezera.
Kufunika kwa ndondomeko yoyenera yoyendetsera ntchito zokopa alendo pofuna kulimbikitsa chitukuko cha Africa kunasonyezedwa ndi Minister of Tourism of Benin, Jean Michel Abimbola. "Kusiyanasiyana kwachuma ndiye chinsinsi chokopa ndalama ndikusunga miyambo ya millenarian kudzera m'mapulojekiti monga ecotourism ndi maphunziro," adatero.
"Africa ndi kopita ndipo Africa ndi msika," adatero nduna ya zokopa alendo ku South Africa, a Marthinus van Schalkwyk, akubwereza mikangano yomwe ikuwonetsa kuti momwe chuma chikuyendera, zoyeserera monga INVESTOUR zitha kusintha pakulimbikitsa chitukuko cha zokopa alendo. komanso kubweretsa mwayi watsopano kumakampani ku Europe.
Potseka mwambowu, Minister of Tourism ku Senegal, Youssou N'Dour, adatsimikiza kuti INVESTOUR ndi "mwayi wapadera kwa mayiko aku Africa kuti awonetse kuthekera kwawo kokopa alendo kwa osunga ndalama aku Spain ndi anzawo. Tourism ndi gawo lomwe lingathe kusintha dera lathu, motero, tipitilizabe kuthandizira ntchitoyi mtsogolomu. "
Africa ndi amodzi mwa zigawo zomwe zikukula mwachangu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Pakati pa 2000 ndi 2012, alendo ochokera kumayiko ena obwera kumayiko ena afika kuwirikiza kawiri (kuchokera pa 26 miliyoni mpaka 52 miliyoni). Pofika 2030, UNWTO akuneneratu kuti chiwerengerochi chidzafika pa 134 miliyoni.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- "Africa ndi kopita ndipo Africa ndi msika," adatero nduna ya zokopa alendo ku South Africa, a Marthinus van Schalkwyk, akubwereza mikangano yomwe ikuwonetsa kuti momwe chuma chikuyendera, zoyeserera monga INVESTOUR zitha kusintha pakulimbikitsa chitukuko cha zokopa alendo. komanso kubweretsa mwayi watsopano kumakampani ku Europe.
- Against the backdrop of international tourist arrivals growing by 6% in the region in 2012, the event took place “in a moment in which Africa continues to strive in the tourism map,” he added.
- In closing the event, the Minister of Tourism of Senegal, Youssou N'Dour, underscored that INVESTOUR is “a unique opportunity for African countries to showcase their tourism potential to Spanish investors and partners.
