Ua ʻoluʻolu ka Papa Hoʻokele ʻApelika (ATB) i ka neʻe ʻana o ʻApelika Hema e wehe i nā huakaʻi kaiāulu e hoʻomaka ana i ʻOkakopa 1, 2020. Ua hoʻolaha aku ka Pelekikena ʻo ʻApelika Hema ʻo Cyril Ramaphosa i ka Pōʻakolu.
Ua wehewehe ka Pelekikena e ʻae ʻia ka huakaʻi ʻana mai ʻApelika Hema no ka ʻoihana a me ka leʻaleʻa me nā palena kūpono e hiki ai i nā ʻāina ke ʻike nei i ka nui o nā maʻi COVID-19.
"ʻOiai ʻo ʻApelika Hema ke kikowaena hoʻolālā no ka hoʻopili ʻana i ke koena o ka ʻAinapuni ʻApelika, e hoʻonāukiuki kēia neʻe ʻana a hoʻonui i nā mokuʻāina o ka lālā e ukali me ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi e hana ana i kahi waiwai waiwai nui i ka huahana kūloko kūloko," wahi a Cuthbert Ncube, Lunahoomalu o ka Papa Hoʻokipa ʻApelika.
Kūlike pū ka ATB me ka hana a ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i mua o ka Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) ma ke ʻano he papahana nui no ka Agenda 2026. ʻO ka pahuhopu o kēia papahana e hana i hoʻokahi mākeke lawe mokulele i hui pū ʻia e hoʻokuʻu i ka hoʻolele mokulele a me mua. ka ulu waiwai ʻana o ka ʻāina. E hana nui ka SAATM i ka hoʻohui ʻana iā ʻApelika; ke hāpai nei i kāna pili kaiaulu, hoʻokele waiwai, a me ka politika; a ke hoʻonui nei i ka kālepa intra-ʻApelika a me ka huakaʻi huakaʻi i hopena. Hoʻoikaika kēia i kahi ala ikaika i ka hoʻokele waiwai i ka ʻāina.
Ua ʻōlelo hou aku ʻo Mr. Ncube: "Koi aku mākou i ka ʻāina ʻApelika e ʻimi i nā ala e hoʻomaka ai ke kālepa ʻana ma mua o ka wā hope loa i mea e hōʻoki ai i nā nalowale hana a hōʻemi i ka hana ʻole a me ka ʻilihune."
ʻO ka ʻoihana a me nā hanana huakaʻi a me ka ʻāpana huakaʻi i hana nui i ka hōʻoia ʻana e hoʻomohala ʻia a hoʻokō ʻia nā pae hoʻohālikelike olakino olakino e ka ʻoihana e hoʻokō i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka ʻOi aku ka māka ʻo Tourism polokalamu kākoʻo. Ke hoʻoponopono nei kēia mau ʻāpana a hoʻokau i ke olakino a me nā hana palekana i ka lehulehu.
ʻO ka mea e koi ʻia ai i kēia manawa ka kamaʻilio kūlike e hōʻoluʻolu i nā hanana huakaʻi ʻoihana a me nā huakaʻi e ʻimi nei i nā ala e hoʻokele ai i ka maopopo ʻole o COVID-19.
"Paipai mākou i nā mokuʻāina lālā e hoʻohui a hoʻopili pū i kā lākou mau hana i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka ʻāina. Pono mākou e nānā i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku he mea nui ia i ka hoʻoliʻiliʻi hou ʻana i ka hoʻokipa. E hoʻomaka ʻo ʻApelika ma o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā kūkulu a me nā kulekele hoʻonohonoho e ʻae ai i ka ʻāina e hana pū i waena o nā mea pāʻani, ”ka Papa Hoʻokipa ʻApelika Pau ka noho.
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “As South Africa is the strategic hub for connectivity to the rest of the African continent, this move will motivate and enhance member states to follow suit with travel and tourism making a critical economic contribution to the regional gross domestic product,” said Cuthbert Ncube, Chairman of the African Tourism Board.
- The business and event travel and tourism sector has been proactive in making sure that industry-specific public health and safety protocol standards are developed and implemented in compliance with the Safer Tourism Seal endorsement program.
- The ATB is also in line with the African Union's initiative towards the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) as a flagship project for the Agenda 2026.
