ITB Berlin: Minister Müller appeals to tourism professionals’ conscience

Umphathiswa weSebe leNtsebenziswano kwezoQoqosho uGqr Gerd Müller ubhenele kushishino lwezokhenketho ukuba lujongane ngokusebenzayo nokungabikho kokhenketho oluzinzileyo. “Eli candelo lobunewunewu kufuneka libe nakho ukuwubamba lo mba,” litshilo ilungu leCSU kwintetho ephambili echukumisayo kwiNgqungquthela ye-ITB Berlin. UMüller wayalela abaphulaphuli bakhe ngezinto ezintathu ezifunekayo: Ukhenketho lwalumele lulondolozwe yaye lukhusele ngoxa lunikela iingenelo, kwakufuneka luqinisekise umsebenzi ofanelekileyo yaye lwalumele lwenze okungakumbi ukukhusela imekobume.

Ukubethelela imfuno yakhe yokuqala wacaphula umzekelo waseBotswana, ilizwe eliliqabane le-ITB Berlin. Ilizwe likwazile ukuzinzisa ukhenketho lwe-safari ngokunyanzelisa ukuvalwa kokuzingela ngokubanzi kunye nokubhengeza ngaphezulu kwama-40 eepesenti zomhlaba walo njengendawo yolondolozo lwendalo. IJamani yenza igalelo elikhulu, wongezelela, ngonyaka ngokubonelela nge-1.2 yezigidi ze-euro ukuxhasa iKavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, eyayigubungela indawo enkulu kuneSweden kwaye yawela kumazwe amahlanu ahlukeneyo kumazantsi eAfrika.

Ebonisa imfuno yakhe yesibini wathi, “Abemi basekuhlaleni akufuneki babe ngabantu nje ababukeleyo kwiindawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide ezitofotofo.” Ukubonelela ngokuba kukho umzamo ozinikeleyo wokulondoloza ukhenketho kubemi bengingqi inokuba yinxalenye yolu luvo, kwaye baya kuthi ke ngoko baziqonde iingenelo zokuhamba. Kwangaxeshanye uye wacela abakhenkethi ukuba bangaodoli 'intlanzi kunye neetshiphusi' kumazwe asakhasayo. Ukwagxeke ukuba kumaxesha amaninzi abantu abasebenza kwii-cruise liners zeenkampani ezinkulu abafane babone ukukhanya kwemini.

Kwakukho malunga nama-550 iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa kulwandle lwehlabathi, utshilo uMüller, kwaye wongeza ukuba bangumzekelo ombi kwimfuno yakhe yesithathu. Kude nezibuko, babedla ngokubaleka kumafutha omninzi awayempompa i-sulphur ephindaphindwe kangangama-3,500 kwindawo engqongileyo kuneenqwelo-mafutha ezindleleni ngedizili eqhelekileyo. Uphinde wathetha ngeenzame ezingonelanga zokuhlaziya iibhotile zeplastiki. Ukuba oku bekuqhubeka iminyaka embalwa engakumbi iilwandle “ngekudala ziqulathe iibhotile ezininzi kuneenqanawa.”

Akazange ayikhanyele into yokuba kumacandelo athile iinzame ziyenziwa ukukhuthaza ukhenketho lwendalo. Nangona kunjalo, ukhenketho oluzinzileyo kufuneka lube liqhinga lehlabathi, utshilo umphathiswa. Umntu wayenokuziqalela kumnyango wakhe. EJamani, phantse isihlanu ekhulwini ngalinye seendawo zokuhlala zabakhenkethi ezifumene isiqinisekiso sokhenketho esizinzileyo.

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