World Travel Market (WTM) Africa 2025 e qalile kajeno, e bonts'a boemo bo ikhethang ba boitlamo ba lefats'e le litsebi tsa indasteri tse tsoang lichabeng tse 96 tse rekotiloeng, kaofela li bokane tlasa sehlooho se reng "Ignite Africa." Ketsahalo ena e tšoaea tšubuhlellano le katoloso e kholo bohahlauling ba Afrika, e pakoang ke keketseho e hlokomelehang ho seabo sa bareki le ba lipontšo.
Puong ea hae ea ho qala, Carol Weaving, Mookameli oa RX Africa, o hatelitse kholo e tsotehang ea ketsahalo ena: "Selemong sena, re na le baemeli ba tsoang linaheng tse 96, e leng se etsang hore e be sebaka se seholo ka ho fetisisa sa World Travel Market Africa lilemong tse leshome le motso o mong tse fetileng.
Khatiso ea leshome le motso o mong ea WTM Africa e na le babali ba 742, ho kenyeletsoa libaka tse tšeletseng tse ncha tse qalang: Zambia, Netherlands, Qatar, Croatia, Sierra Leone le São Paulo. Ho feta moo, ketsahalo ena e amohetse linaha tse 13 tsa bareki ba bacha, tse kang Peru, Algeria, Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Thailand, Czech Republic, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Romania, Finland, Ireland le Kuwait.
Alderman James Vos, Setho sa Komiti ea Ratoropo ea Kholiso ea Moruo le Bohahlauli ea Motse Kapa, o ile a lumelisa baemeli ba “toropo e ntle ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng,” a totobatsa hore “Cape Town e amohetsoe e le toropo e ntle ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng ka nako ea Time Out bakeng sa 2025, e tsoetse pele ho tloha boemong ba eona ba bobeli selemong se fetileng.”
Puong ea hae, Vos o hlahisitse leano la lintlha tse hlano le reretsoeng ho matlafatsa bohahlauli Cape Town, ho qala ka sepheo sa ho fumana litsela tse ling tsa lifofane. "Ho eketsa palo ea lifofane ho tla lebisa ho phallo e phahameng ea baeti 'me ka mor'a moo ho hlahise menyetla e mengata ea mesebetsi," o boletse joalo, ha a bua ka lipuisano tsa morao-rao le lik'hamphani tsa lifofane India mabapi le ho thehoa ha lifofane tse tobileng pakeng tsa Motse Kapa le metse e fapaneng ea India. Mehato e ts'oanang e reriloe hamorao selemong sena leetong la semmuso la ho ea Chaena.
Ho feta moo, leano la hae le kenyelletsa ntlafatso ea indasteri ea maeto a likepe ea toropo, nts'etsopele ea likopano le liketsahalo, ho kengoa tšebetsong ha papatso ea libaka tse ncha, le ho tsetela mefuteng e mengata ea lintho tse khahlang le liphihlelo ho pholletsa le libaka tse fapaneng.
Vos o hatelletse hore matsapa ana a tšehetsoa ke matsete a ntlafatso ea meralo ea motheo, e kenyelletsang merero e shebaneng le ts'ireletso ea metsi, tlhahiso e ikemetseng ea matla, lipalangoang tse ntlafalitsoeng tsa sechaba, boteng ba ts'ebetso ea molao, le matsapa a ntlafatso ea li-visa tse etselitsoeng ho thusa phihlello e ntle.
"E 'ngoe ea litšitiso tsa mantlha tsa ho tsamaea ke ho fihlella. Ke ka lebaka lena ke buellang phetoho ea li-visa, ka sepheo sa ho nolofatsa mokhoa oa baeti ba nahanang ka Afrika Boroa, haholo Cape Town," Vos a eketsa.
Baetapele ka bobeli ba totobalitse bohlokoa ba bohahlauli e le sehlohleletsi sa kholo ea moruo, ha Vos a re: “Bohahlauli bo phahametse ho ba indasteri feela; ke tšusumetso e tlisang phetoho bakeng sa likhoebo le sechabeng.
WTM Africa 2025 e fana ka lenaneo le pharalletseng le kenyeletsang likhau tsa bohahlauli tse ikarabellang, linako tse rutang libakeng tse hlano, lipontšo tsa theknoloji ea maeto, le liketsahalo tse ikhethileng tse mabapi le bohahlauli ba khoebo, bohahlauli ba tikoloho le matsete a bohahlauli. Ketsahalo e amohetse likopo tsa ho khethoa tse 38,559, e totobatsang sepheo sa eona sa khoebo se tebileng.
Weaving o ile a phethela lipolelo tsa hae ka ho totobatsa ntlha ea bohlokoa ea botho e khothalletsang katleho ea bohahlauli ba Afrika: “Batho ba Afrika ke letlotlo la rōna le leholo ka ho fetisisa.”