Alain St.Ange, Shugaban Hukumar yawon shakatawa ta Afirka da kuma tsohon Ministan yawon bude ido, sufurin jiragen sama, tashar jiragen ruwa da ruwa na Seychelles ne suka fitar da wannan sako a yau.
“Yawon shakatawa na bukatar fiye da shirin da IMF ke jagoranta; yana buƙatar ƙarin girma, takamaiman ƙungiyar masu ruwa da tsaki na ƙasashen duniya, kamar su UNWTO, don shiga cikin farfadowa."
Yawon shakatawa da masana'antar tafiye-tafiye sun kasance wani muhimmin ɓangare na tattalin arzikin duniya. Suna samar da ayyuka ga kusan mutane miliyan 300, suna tallafawa iyalai marasa adadi, kuma suna da sama da kashi 10 na GDP na duniya. Bayan barnar tasirin COVID-19 akan waɗannan masana'antun, musamman ga ƙananan jihohin tsibiri waɗanda suka dogara da yawon shakatawa, da yawa suna neman haske a ƙarshen ramin.
Babban haɗarin da ke tattare da yanayin ƙasashe waɗanda ke dogaro da wani yanki ko masana'antu don ƙirƙirar arziki ba za a iya faɗi ƙasa ba. Koyaya, juriyar duk wani tattalin arziki da ya rungumi ayyuka masu ɗorewa, kuma ya sanya mutane a tsakiyar duk wani yunƙurin ci gaban su, zai sanya ƙasashe masu rauni cikin kyakkyawan yanayi don ɗauke da annoba irin ta Covid-19, da kuma dawo da baya.
Wannan ya kasance lamarin Seychelles bayan rikicin kudi da tattalin arziki na 2008. Koyaya, tare da kwanan nan da aka tabbatar da watsawar COVID-19 na al'umma a cikin Seychelles, inda yawon shakatawa shine ginshiƙin tattalin arziƙin cikin gida, kuma tsarin kula da lafiya ba shi da tsari don magance barkewar cikin gida yadda ya kamata, sake ginawa da ƙarfafa tattalin arzikin. zai buƙaci fiye da shirin da IMF ke jagoranta; yana ba da garantin gungun masu ruwa da tsaki na duniya da suka dace, kamar su UNWTO, don shiga cikin yunƙurin farfadowa da sake kafa kasuwancin tafiye-tafiye da yawon shakatawa don komawa kan kafafunsu.
Lalle ne, lokaci ne na UNWTO kasashe mambobin kungiyar don yin amfani da mafi yawan membobinsu, da kuma cin gajiyar kungiyar kai tsaye, a wannan mawuyacin lokaci. Covid-19 ya jaddada matukar bukatar kasashe masu dogaro da yawon bude ido don karfafa hadin kan sassa daban-daban don samun sakamako mai inganci. Tunanin silo ba zai iya ci gaba ba idan muna son yin nasara ga masana'antar balaguro da yawon shakatawa.
Ci gaba, manufofin da ke ginawa da haɓaka ƙarfin hali da ayyukan ci gaba mai ɗorewa dole ne a jagoranci su. Yayin da muke bankwana da shekarar 2020 kuma muna maraba da shi a shekarar 2021, wuraren yawon bude ido ya kamata su rungumi bukatar sanya ci gaba da yawon bude ido a cikin kwando daya don sake farfado da bunkasar tattalin arziki da kuma samarwa mutane ayyukan yi da ake bukata. Ci gaba shine mabuɗin ci gaban tattalin arziƙi kuma yawon buɗe ido shine abin hawa wanda ke motsa shi. 'Sabon al'ada' yakamata ya hana duk wani yunƙuri na ƙoƙarin sake sabunta abin da ya kasance pre-Covid19. Bushewar yawon buda ido ya kawo faduwar duniyar jirgin sama kamar yadda ba a taba samu ba.
Yawon shakatawa na buƙatar ƙwararrun shugabannin yawon buɗe ido don jagorantar wannan mahimmin masana'antu yanzu fiye da kowane lokaci.
Fatan kowa ya tashi cikin sabuwar shekara lafiya, da lafiya.
ABUBUWAN DA ZA KU GUDU DAGA WANNAN LABARI:
- However, with the recent confirmed community transmission of COVID-19 in Seychelles, where tourism is the pillar of the local economy, and the health care system ill- equipped to effectively deal with a local outbreak, the re-building and strengthening of the economy will require more than an IMF-led program.
- As we bid farewell to 2020 and welcome in 2021, tourism destinations should embrace the need for putting development and tourism in the same basket to relaunch economic growth and bring needed employment opportunities for the people.
- However, the resilience of any economy that embraces sustainable practices, and puts people at the centre of all their developmental efforts, shall place vulnerable countries in a much better position to contain a pandemic such as Covid-19, and bounce back.