Isimangaliso siklonyeliswe ngendondo ye-platinum kumbukiso we- africa travel indaba 2023
30 May 2023
Ekuqokweni kokuqala ngqa, iSimangaliso Wetland Park sikhale samuka nendondo ye-Platinum
kumkhakha we-Green Stands Exhibitors Awards small stand category embukisweni we-Africa Travel
Indaba (ATI). Le ndondo ihlonipha amagalelo okuba namasu nobuchule, obungcweti,
ukusentshenziswa kwemvelo kanye nolwazi lomkhiqizo. Kulo nyaka, lo mklomelo uphinde wahlonipha
Kubungazwa indondo yodumo, kusuka kwesokunxele kuya kwesokudla:
UNkosazana Thandi Shabalala (Marketing and Brand Manager), Nkosazana Sibusisiwe Maureen Ngcobo (iSimangaliso Board Member),
Nkosazana Thandolwethu Maphanga (Tourism intern), Nkosazane Thobile Mthalane (Executive Assistant), kanye noMnu. Bheki Mabika
(Tourism Contracts Manager).
amabhizinisi ezokuvakasha kanye nezinhlangano ezithuthukise ezokuvakasha ngenkathi kushintshwa
ezobuchwepheshe kanye nezimboni okungakaze kube khona phambilini.
Ukuwinwa kwale ndondo kuza ngemuva kokuthi iSimangaliso singenele umbukiso wezokuvakasha
obizwa ngokuthi yi-Africa’s Travel Indaba 2023 obubanjelwe eThekwini kule nyanga (ngoNhlaba). Lena
inkundla efanele ukuthi kukhonjiswe okuhamba phambili ngezwekazi lase-Afrika kulo mcimbi
ikakhulukazi njengoba kuyinyanga okubungazwa ngayo i-Afrika. I-Africa Travel Indaba umcimbi
omkhulu kakhulu wokukhangisa ezokuvakasha ngokwekhalenda yase-Afrika futhi lo mcimbi
ungomunye wemicimbi emithathu eseqophelweni eliphezulu umhlaba wonke jikelele. Lo mcimbi
uphethwe yi-South African Tourism, ngenjongo yokukhanda ithuba lokuthi kukhangiseke ezokuvakasha
e-Afrika.
Ithimba leSimangaliso emnyangweni wezokuvakasha kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwamabhizinisi lithathe
leli thuba ukuxhumana nabanye abakulo mkhakha bakwamanye amazwe omhlaba njengoba lo
mbukiso we-ATI uthathe izinsuku ezintathu. Bekubanjwa izinguyazana ezikhuthazayo nabathengi
kanye nabezindaba abahlukahlukene. Ababukisi bebexhumana bebheka amathuba okuhlangana
nabantu abahlukahlukene kanye nokufunda kwabanye abantu ukuthi bona benza kanjani.
Umphathi womnyango wezokukhangisa iSimangaliso uNkosazana Thandi Shabalala waphawula wathi,
‘’Ukuklonyeliswa ngale ndondo emcimbini okuleli zinga kusho lukhulu kuthina njengeSimangaliso futhi
siyabonga kakhulu kuzo zonke izinhlangano nabo bonke abantu ababe ingxenye yokuhlela lo mcimbi
omkhulu kangaka”.
Lo mbukiso wezokuhweba ububanjelwe kwisifundazwe saKwaZulu-Natali. Lesi sifundazwe sidume
ngobuhle, sifudumele kahle kanye nezindawo ezihehayo ezigudle ugu, sinemvelo ehlukahlukene kanye
nezindawo zokuvakasha ezinjengeSimangaliso Wetland Park. Lombukiso wezinsuku ezintathu uheha
abathengi bakwamanye amazwe, abezindaba, kanye nabezimboni emazweni omhlaba. I-Africa
Tourism Indaba 2023 ibe impumelelo enkulu, ihanjelwe abantu abaningi kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa
nanyakenye. Kulo mcimbi wakulonyaka, bekunezithunywa (delegates) eziyizinkulungwane
eziyisishiyagalombili namakhulu ayisithupha namashumi amabili nesishiyagalolunye (8 629), ababukisi
abayinkulungwane namashumi amabili nantathu (1023), kanye nabathengi abayinkulungwane
namakhulu ayisikhombisa namashumi amathathu nesikhombisa (1 737).
Umphathi omkhulu weSimangaliso Wetland Park uMnu. Sibusiso Bukhosini waphawula wathi, “Lo
mcimbi we-Africa’s Travel Indaba awugcini nje ngokugcizelela ukuqina komkhiqizo wethu kepha uqinisa
ukululama kwethu ngemuva kwesikhathi esinzima esike sabhekana naso ngenxa yobhubhane lokhuthe
i-Covid-19 oluholele ekutheni umnotho ukhule kancane ikakhulukazi njengoba kuke kwavinjelwa
ukuhambela amanye amazwe ngenxa yokuvalwa kwezwe ngaphansi komvalelandlini. Ukuba nomcimbi
walolu hlobo kusiza kakhulu ekwakheni kabusha ezokuvakasha kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwamabhizinisi
eNingizimu Afrika kanye nase-Afrika yonkana”.
Ngaphambi nangemuva komcimbi, iSimangaliso asikuthatheli phansi lokhu njengoba kunikeza abavakashi umbono abawudingayo kule mihlangano yokuxoxisana ebanjwayo. iSimangaliso sifisa ukudlulisa ukubonga okukhulu kwezokuvakasha eNingizimu Afrika, ezokuvakasha KwaZulu-Natali kanye nabamabhizinisi ezokuvakasha bendawo baseSimangaliso abalokhu beqhubeka nokuba nesandla ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi kuba nempumelelo kanye nenqubekela phambili kwezokuvakasha kulesi sifunda.
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Isitatimende sikhishwe iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority
Abezindaba bengaxhumana no:
MLO: Mr Bheki Manzini
Call/Whatsap: 060 533 2082
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