Akuluakulu a Seychelles Hospitality and Tourism Association (SHTA) ndi Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) adalowa m'nyanja ya Au Cap pachilumba chachikulu cha Mahe Lachisanu lapitali ndipo adagwiritsa ntchito mwayiwu kuti afotokoze nkhawa zamavuto omwe akukumana nawo pamalondawa.
Anthu angapo osambira adapatsanso wapampando wa SHTA, a Louis D'Offay, botolo lomata, lotengedwa m'nyanja, lomwe linali ndi "uthenga wochokera ku chilengedwe."
Enanso omwe adapezeka pamsonkhanowu anali akuluakulu ena a SHTA - Mlembi Daniella-Alis-Payet, Treasurer Alan Mason, Executive Director Raymond St.Ange, ndi Nirmal Jivan Shah, Chief Executive wa Nature Seychelles komanso membala wokangalika wa bungweli, komanso Alain St.Ange, Chief Executive of Seychelles Tourism Board.
Bambo D'Offay, yemwe anakulira ku Au Cap, adanena kuti ngakhale kuti sichinali chokongola kwambiri ku Seychelles, gombe lomwe lilipobe lidakali pakati pa zabwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, zomwe zikuyimira malo abwino kwambiri omwe Seychelles amapereka - malo ake achilengedwe.
Ananenanso kuti ngakhale obwera alendo okwana 2011 anali 194,000, ngakhale chipwirikiti chachuma ku Europe, komanso kutsika kwa mtengo wa euro, chaka chino chikulonjeza kuti chidzakhala chovuta, chifukwa cha zovuta zambiri zomwe zikukumana ndi malonda.
Bambo D’Offay adati m’nthawi yovutayi n’kovuta kwambiri chifukwa unduna wa boma uyenera kukhala otsogolera ndi kupangitsa kuti zinthu zisamavutike kwa ogwira ntchito zokopa alendo. Iye adati ndikofunikira kuti mamembala onse a SHTA azikhala ndi chonena pazomwe zikuchitika.
"SHTA imangokhudza zokopa alendo ku Seychelles, mahotela, ma DMC, obwereketsa magalimoto, ndi oyendetsa mabwato, osati bizinesi ya anthu ochepa ogwira ntchito m'mahotela," adatero.
A D'Offay ati kuchotsedwa kwa Air Seychelles kuchokera ku Europe, msika waukulu wokopa alendo mdzikolo, kwadzetsa chikayikiro pakati pa oyendera alendo aku Seychelles. Pazifukwa zina, adati ngakhale zikuwonekeratu kuti mahotela akuyenera kutsika mtengo. Ayeneranso kukhala ndi ndalama zoyendetsera ntchito zokwera - monga Misonkho Yowonjezera ya Value (Vat) ndi mitengo yamagetsi. Anagogomezeranso kuti kuti athe kupikisana bwino ndi malo ena, ndikofunikira kuti Seychelles ikhalebe yowonekera pa zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi.
Apanso, adachonderera boma kuti liwonjezere chuma chopezeka ku Tourism Board ya dzikolo, kuti lilimbikitse ntchito zake zotsatsa. Mkulu wa bungwe la Seychelles Tourism Board, Alain St.Ange, adati ali ndi chiyembekezo pazantchito zokopa alendo, ngakhale akuyembekezera zovuta.
Iye adati cholinga chofikira alendo mu 2012 ndi 200,000, omwe angawoneke ngati ambiri chifukwa izi zikuposa kawiri chiwerengero cha anthu pachilumbachi, koma pali misika yomwe ikubwera, monga China, yomwe iyenera kuganiziridwa. Ananenanso kuti gombe la Au Cap ndi chikumbutso kuti kulikonse ku Seychelles kuli magombe aukhondo komanso otetezeka. Palinso anthu, ntchito, ndi kuchereza alendo, zomwe pamodzi, zimapanga phukusi.
Bambo St.Ange ananenetsa kuti pakufunika kofunika kuti aliyense azigwira ntchito limodzi kuthana ndi vuto lililonse. Ananenanso kuti zaka zingapo zapitazo, Bungwe la Tourism Board lidayamba kusintha lingaliro lakuti Seychelles "ndi yokwera mtengo kwambiri" kukhala "malo otsika mtengo," zinkawoneka ngati ntchito yovuta. "Koma kulimbikira kwa Tourism Board kudapindula, ndipo kuwonjezeka kwa ziwerengero zokopa alendo m'zaka zaposachedwa ndi umboni wa izi," adatero.
Dr. Shah adati ndikofunikira kuti chilengedwe ndichokopa kwambiri ku Seychelles, ndipo adayamikira SHTA pokonzekera kusonkhana m'nyanjayi kuti atsindike mfundoyi.
