Kuenda kwacho kwakashamisa, nenhumwa diki asi ine simba yakatungamirwa naMai Bernadette Willemin, Mutungamiriri Mukuru weDestination Marketing paTourism Seychelles, uyo akaitawo kuoneka kwake kekutanga pachiitiko ichi, achiratidza nzira yakazorodzwa uye yakasimbiswa yekubatana kwemusika.
Kubatana naDG Willemin paiyi basa rinokosha akanga ari Mutariri Wemusika Amai Christine Vel, pamwe chete nevaviri veSeychelles vakasimba zvikuru vanobatana neindasitiri, mutakuri wenyika Air Seychelles, anomiririrwa naAmai Pulane Ndingandinga, uye imwe yenyika inoremekedzwa zvikuru Destination Management Companies (DMCs), Mason's Travel, inomiririrwa naMs. nzvimbo yekutanga muAfrica tourism landscape.
Yakaitirwa paInkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre muDurban kubva musi wa13 kusvika 15 Chivabvu, Africa's Travel Indaba inoramba iri nhandare yakakosha yevatambi vezvekushanya mukondinendi yose kuti vabatane nevatengi vekunze pamwe nevanobatanidzwa. Seychelles yakatora mukana uyu kwete kungozvizivisa pamusika chete asiwo kuratidza chiziviso chayo chine hunyanzvi cheCreole uye hupfumi hwenhaka yetsika, inova musimboti wekukwezva kwayo kwakasarudzika. Chinangwa chaive chakajeka: kumutsiridza kudyidzana kwenguva refu uye kugadzira hukama hutsva, kuisa Seychelles senzvimbo yegore rose inopa zvinopfuura zuva nejecha chete.
Mamiriro eSeychelles, ane dingindira rekuti "Imwe Nyika Yezvishamiso: Seychelles shanu," yakapemberera hunhu hwakasiyana hwekuenda, mahombekombe egungwa, zvakasiyana-siyana zvipenyu, mutsa unobva pamwoyo, tsika yeCreole ine simba, uye shanduko yekufamba zviitiko. Iyi pfungwa yaisanganisira mweya weImwe Nyika, ichikoka vashanyi kuti vatarise kupfuura zvaitarisirwa uye kuwana kudzika uye mweya wezvitsuwa.
Pamusoro pezviratidzwa uye nemisangano yeB2B, DG Willemin akapinda chimwe chisvusvuro chenetiweki chakaitwa neGurukota rezvekushanyirwa kwenyika reSouth Africa, Amai Patricia De Lille, vakaita bvunzurudzo dzakawanda dzakanangana nemisika yemuAfrica, uye vakawanawo mukana wekutaura nevamiriri venhau veku UK neIrish. Chiitiko ichi chakaunza pamwe vepamusoro-soro vezvekushanya, vachipa dzimwe nzira dzekubatana uye kugovana ruzivo muchikamu cheAfrican tourism.
"Kudzokera kuAfrica's Travel Indaba mushure memakore mashanu inguva inodada uye ine hunyanzvi kwatiri."
"Zvinoratidza zvinopfuura kuvapo kwedu kwenyama chete; inofananidzira dhiraivha yeSeychelles yekubatanidzazve, kubatanidza, uye kusimbisazve nzvimbo yedu munzvimbo yekufambisa yeAfrica. Isu tiri pano kuti tiratidze kwete chete kunaka kwezvitsuwa zvedu asi hupfumi hwetsika yedu yeCreole, uye kuvaka hukama hunogara huchaendesa Seychelles mberi senzvimbo inotungamira yekuenda uye inotsanangura iyo DG ine chinangwa chekufamba.
Akawedzera kuti, "Uyezve, taida kuisa Seychelles senzvimbo yekuenda kwegore rose. Isu takavavarira kuratidza vashanyi zvakasiyana-siyana izvo zvitsuwa zvedu zvinopa, nyaya inodarika mabhichi edu anoyevedza kusanganisira tsika nemagariro uye vanhu vanogamuchira vanonyatso tsanangura zvatiri."
Tourism Seychelles
Tourism Seychelles isangano repamutemo rekushambadzira kwekuenda kuSeychelles Islands. Yakazvipira kuratidza zvitsuwa 'zvakasarudzika runako rwechisikigo, nhaka yetsika, uye zviitiko zveumbozha, Tourism Seychelles inoita basa rakakosha mukusimudzira Seychelles senzvimbo yekutanga yekufambisa pasirese.