Bazi reTongan Tourism Authority (TTA) rinoti kuedza kukuru kuri kuiswa mukushanyirwa kwetsika nemagariro sezvo Tonga iri kuda kusimudzira kusiyana kwetsika nemagariro ayo.
Acting General Manager weTTA, Owen Pau, anoti nharaunda yanga ichishanda pamwe chete kuongorora nhoroondo netsika dzenzvimbo yavo mukuedza kwavo kuratidza hupfumi hwetsika muumambo hwechitsuwa.
“KuTonga tine zvinhu zvakafanana nezvimwe zvitsuwa zveSouth Pacific saka tinoedza kukoshesa tsika nemagariro edu, kushanya kwedu tinoisa paHumambo hwedu uye nyaya yekuti ndisu chete umambo hwasara muSouth Pacific uye zvakatikoshera zvikuru. Tinoda kuti titarise tsika nemagariro edu sezvo iriyo mutsauko wedu uye tinoda kutaura nezvetsika nemagariro edu nevaenzi vedu”, vakadaro.
Vakataura kuti "kutaura nhoroondo dzavo" yanga iri nzvimbo yekutarisa sezvo maTonga anodada netsika dzavo dzekare.
“Chimwe chandakaona ndechekuti kuTonga hatina kukwanisa kutaura nyaya yedu, nhoroondo dzedu kuvaenzi vedu. Mukupera kwegore rapera nekutanga kwegore rino takaita nhamburiko huru yekushanda nemisha yedu nevakwegura kuti tibatsirane muruzivo rwune chekuita netsika nemagariro edu”, vakadaro.
“Mimwe misha yakanyatsochera ndokubvunza vakuru kuti vaone nzvimbo dzine nhoroondo uye vakaisa zviratidzo zvekuturikira munzvimbo idzodzo uye zvinoshamisa. Saka zvino mokwanisa kuenda kumisha iyi munoona zvikwangwani zvezvikwangwani mugoverenga nhoroondo idzi”, vakadaro.
“Izvi hazvina kunaka kune vashanyi vedu chete, zvakare zvakanakira vanhu vedu sezvo vave kudada nezvavari uye izvi zvinovafadza. Mufaro uyu unopfuura nemabatiro atinoita vashanyi vedu uye vachaona kuti tiri kufara kugara muumambo”, akaenderera mberi.
Mukuru weSPTO, VaIlisoni Vuidreketi, vakakorokotedza TTA nebasa rayakaita mukusimudzira tsika nemagariro eTonga kuburikidza nekushanya. “Sesangano redunhu, SPTO inotora gwara rayo kubva kuNational Tourism Offices (NTOs) seTTA mukusimudzira zvikamu zvemusika. Kunyange nzvimbo dzedu dzenhengo dziine masikirwo akafanana, imwe neimwe yakasiyana nenzvimbo dzayo dzekutengesa. "
"Chokwadi tinofadzwa nezvirongwa zvenyika zveNTO zvedu izvo zvisingangosimudziri tsika uye kushanyirwa chete, asiwo zvinokurudzira kudyidzana uye kushanda pamwe nenharaunda nemisha kuti vave nechokwadi chekuchengetedzwa kwetsika dzavo".
TTA yakabatana neSPTO mukuitisa misangano miviri yekudzidzisa mumwedzi miviri yapfuura iyo yakapindwa nenhamba yevatori vechikamu makumi manomwe nevashanu.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- “In Tonga we have similar features as other South Pacific Islands so we try to focus on our culture, we focus our tourism on our Monarchy and the fact that we are the only remaining kingdom in the South Pacific and it is very valuable for us.
- At the end of last year and early this year we have made a lot of effort to work with our villages and elderly to collaborate on information pertaining to our culture and heritage”, he added.
- We would like to focus on our culture and heritage as that is our point of difference and we want to share our culture and history with our visitors”, he said.
