African Travel Association ichaita Seminar yechipiri yegore neUS-Africa Seminar

New York, NY — Sechimwe chekuedza kwaro kuvaka musangano mukuru wezvekushanya muAfrica muAmerica, sangano reAfrica Travel Association (ATA) razivisa nhasi kuti richaita chirongwa chechipiri chechirongwa charo chitsva, US-Africa Seminar, Washington, DC kubva munaKukadzi 19-20, 2009. Semina yegore rino ichasimbisa tourism and adventure tourism, chikamu cheAfrica chekufamba nekushanyirwa chiri kukurumidza kukura, semikana yekukura nekudyara. Musangano uyu ucharatidzawo basa reAfrica Diaspora mukusimudzira indasitiri yezvekushanya muAfrica.

"Nenyika makumi mashanu nepfumbamwe pakondinendi, mikana yekufambira nekushanya muAfrica haina muganho," akadaro director weATAA Edward Bergman. "Ndicho chinangwa chedu kuita kuti mikana iyi izivikanwe nenharaunda yevatengesi vemaindasitiri ekuAmerica, pamwe nevashanyi vari kutsvaga mikana yekushanya yakasarudzika."

Yakabatanidzwa pamwe chete neAdventures in Travel Expo (ATE), seminari ichaunza vatungamiriri muindasitiri yezvekushanya pamwechete kuti vaongorore mikana irikubuda yemitambo uye mikana yekushanya mukondinendi uye kushanya kweDiaspora. Chiitiko ichi chichava chekutora kwemazuva maviri kuATTE yekuratidzira mafambiro ichaitwa kubva munaKukadzi 21-22, 2009 kuWashington Convention Center.

"Rutsigiro rwedu runoratidza kuzvipira kweETE kwete mukukudziridza kushanya muAfrica chete, asiwo kusimudzira ruzivo rwekufamba nekusimbisa zvakanyanya kumitambo yekunze nemabasa," akadaro Jim Forberg, COO Unicomm LLC. "Zviitiko zveTETE zvakagadzirirwa kudzidzisa mutengi mukana wekuve nezororo rakawandisa uye kuita zororo kuburikidza nezvakaitika uye Africa inyika inozivikanwa kupa izvi."

Seminar vatori vechikamu vachave nemukana wekujoinha iyo ATE African Pavilion uye vanogashira mvumo yekutora chikamu muchiitiko ichi.

Seminari inovakira pasimba rakagadzirwa pamusangano wekutanga weUS-Africa, uyo wakanangana nekushanya kwemitambo muna Kukadzi 2008, apo mega mitambo yemitambo, yakadai seAfrican Cup of Nations, FIFA 2010 World Cup, pamwe nechikwata nemitambo yega yega sebasketball, baseball, tenisi, mitambo, gorofu, kudhizaivha, kuchovha bhasikoro, kukwasva, kukwira uye kukwasva, zvakapihwa semikana yekukura nekudyara.

Pamusoro pekushanya kwemitambo uye kushanya, musangano we2009 uchatarira pane chinokwanisa kuitwa neveAfrica Diaspora mukusimudzira kushanya nekudyara muAfrica.

"Pane humbowo huri kukura hwekuti vagari vemuAfrica vanobva kune dzimwe nyika vanobatsira kusimudzira nyika dzekumba kwavo kuburikidza nekudyara, mabhizimusi, kudyidzana neruzhinji nekutsinhana ruzivo," akadaro Ogo Sow, nhengo yebhodhi reATA uye chipangamazano paAfrica Diaspora Affairs. Seminari iyi ichapa zvidzidzo zvinoverengeka pamusoro pekudyara kweAfrica Diaspora muindasitiri uye inosanganisira hurukuro inotenderera pamusoro pebasa renhau dzeDiaspora mukusimudzira kwekufamba.

Vakapinda musemina ya2008 vaisanganisira makurukota kubva kuAngola, Ghana, Togo neSouth Africa, vamiriri vakuru venharaunda dzevamiriri, vakuru vehotera nendege, nyanzvi dzeindasitiri yekufambisa, vakuru vebhodhi revashanyi, vafambisi vevashanyi, vamiriri vekufambisa nevamiriri kubva kumasangano emitambo, kusanganisira National Basketball Association (NBA) uye African Baseball Network. WNBA Legend Teresa Weatherspoon uye WNBA Washington Mystics Mactabene Amachree akaita zvitarisiko zvakakosha. Mumiriri weSouth Africa akatambira mabiko eWorld Cup ya2010 aine muenzi akakosha, Hon. mutevedzeri wegurukota, bazi rezvemitambo nekutandara muSouth Africa.

Pamikana yekutsigira, ndapota nyorera ATA.

Nezve Iyo Africa Travel Association (ATA)

Africa Travel Association, US-based non-purofiti 501 (c) (6), isangano repasirese rekufambisa rinosimudzira kushanya kuAfrica uye kufamba kweAfra-Africa pamwe nekubatana kubvira 1975. Nhengo dzeATA dzinosanganisira mabazi ezvekushanya netsika, nyika mabhodhi ezvekushanya, ndege, mahotera, vamiririri vekushanya, vashanyi vekushanya, vezvenhau vekutengesa zvekufambisa, mafemu ehukama neruzhinji, NGOs nemaSME Kuti uwane rumwe ruzivo nezveATA, shanyira ATA online pa www.africatravelassociaton.org .