Lolu hlelo lwabizwa ngokuthi i-Montego Bay Declaration: “Siyizwe elincane elinezwi elikhulu,” kusho uMhlonishwa oziqhenyayo. U-Edmund Bartlett namuhla e- I-World Expo e-Dubai. Ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha kulesi sizwe sase-Caribbean Island uncike edolani elinamandla lezokuvakasha, i-euro iphawundi lethu emnothweni wezwe lakhe elihle.
Ngosuku lwe-Jamaica embukisweni womhlaba e-Dubai, i-Jamaica yahlanganisa umhlaba wezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha lapho yethula i- Usuku Lomhlaba Wonke Lokuqinisela Ezokuvakasha ezobonwa ngoFebhuwari 17 minyaka yonke kusukela manje kuya phambili.
UNgqongqoshe uBartlett ungungqondongqondo weGlobal Tourism Resilience & Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC). Lesi sikhungo singaphansi kobuholi bukaSolwazi Lloyd Waller, naye obephethe umcimbi wethulwa namuhla eDubai.
UNdunankulu waseJamaica, uMhlonishwa Kakhulu. U-Andrew Holness ukhulume nezithameli zamazwe ngamazwe ngokuxhumanisa ividiyo.
“Ukwanda kwesidingo sohlobo olusimeme lwezokuvakasha kunikeza ithuba lokubeka eqhulwini ukusetshenziswa kwemithombo yemvelo ngendlela efanele, ukulondolozwa kwempahla yamazwe abambe iqhaza kanye nokuqiniswa kokubandakanyeka kwendawo kanye nokubamba iqhaza ochungechungeni lwenani lezokuvakasha.”
Mayelana nalokhu, uMnu. Holness uthe ukubizwa kwengqungquthela embukisweni ogxile ekuqiniseni ezokuvakasha “mhlawumbe, manje kufaneleka kakhulu kunanoma yisiphi esinye isikhathi emlandweni wemboni yezokuvakasha”.
I-GTRCMC inezinhlelo zengqikithi yezikhungo ezibucayi eziyi-11 emhlabeni, kanti ezinye eziyisishiyagalombili zizodalulwa ezinyangeni ezizayo. E-Afrika kuphela iMorocco, iNamibia, iNigeria, iBotswana, iGhana, kanye neNingizimu Afrika yizindawo zesikhathi esizayo.
ICanada isayine imemorandamu yokusebenzisana yokuvula isikhungo eGeorge Brown College. IBulgaria, iSevilla eSpain, iBarbados, iBahamas, neGuatemala seziseduze.
Unobhala wezokuvakasha eKenya, uNajib Balala, usevele unesikhungo ezweni lakhe futhi wethule isikhonzi sikaMengameli waseKenya u-Uhuru Kenyatta eveza ukubaluleka kokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nokusimama kwezokuvakasha.
USihlalo we-Resilience Centre isinyathelo sokuqala UNWTO Unobhala-Jikelele uDkt Taleb Rifai. Uhambele eDubai ukuyokhuluma kulo mcimbi wathi:
“Kumele sibambisane kakhulu manje kunakuqala. Ohulumeni bazenzela okwabo. Kukithi ukuthi siqhube izinguquko ngokubambisana. Iqiniso elihle lapha ukuthi lo mzamo uhlanganisa intsha nomkhakha wezokuvakasha futhi uyababandakanya.
“Lokhu kubalulekile ekuqhubekiseni izindlela ezintsha kulo mkhakha kanye nasemhlabeni wonke. Ngethemba, lezi zinhlelo zizophinde zenze intsha ithandeke kulo mkhakha futhi isize ukubuyisela abasebenzi bomhlaba wonke.
“Le ndlela yokusebenzelana namanyuvesi ukusungula izikhungo ezintsha iqinisekisa ukuthi ucwaningo luyenziwa futhi ukuhlaziya okulandelayo kuzobe kuhambisana nesiko lesifunda emkhiqizweni waso womsebenzi. Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu uma sifika esigabeni sokuthonya inqubomgomo.
“Namuhla ngijabule kakhulu ukuba khona lapho kusayinwa lezi Zikhungo ezintsha.”
I-Tourism Resilience Day yamukelwe ngabakwa-WOrld Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), UNWTO, IPacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), I-Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA), i-WI-orld Tourism Network, kanye neminye imigwamanda ehamba phambili embonini.
IGlobal Tourism Resilience Day yamukelwe yiWorld Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), UNWTO, Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA), nezinye izindikimba ezihamba phambili embonini.
Kusukela kwesobunxele kuya kwesokudla: Umqondisi we-International Tourism Investment Corporation, uGerald Lawless, uhlanganyela nongqongqoshe wezokuvakasha waseKenya, uNajib Balala, umsunguli we-GTRCMC, uTaleb Rifai, ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha waseJamaica, u-Edmund Bartlett, kanye noLloyd Waller, umqondisi omkhulu we-GTRCMC, I-Dubai
Unxuse ababambiqhaza bemboni ukuthi basebenzise uSuku Lomhlaba Lokusimama Kwezokuvakasha “ukwenza leso sitatimende sokuthi umhlaba usuzoba nethuba lokubikezela, ukunciphisa, ukuphatha, ukululama, kanye nokululama ngokushesha bese uphumelela ngemva kokuphazamiseka”.
Amagama afanayo ayesetshenziswe ku-Jamaica Delegation yiSikhungo ephothulwe ngo- UNWTO Ingqungquthela e-Jamaica, izinyanga ezi-2 ngaphambi kokuphela kwesikhathi sikaDkt. Rifai njengo UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “Ukwanda kwesidingo sohlobo olusimeme lwezokuvakasha kunikeza ithuba lokubeka eqhulwini ukusetshenziswa kwemithombo yemvelo ngendlela efanele, ukulondolozwa kwempahla yamazwe abambe iqhaza kanye nokuqiniswa kokubandakanyeka kwendawo kanye nokubamba iqhaza ochungechungeni lwenani lezokuvakasha.
- Ngosuku lwase-Jamaica embukisweni womhlaba e-Dubai, i-Jamaica yahlanganisa umhlaba wezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha lapho yethula i-Global Tourism Resilience Day ezogujwa ngo-February 17 njalo ngonyaka kusukela manje kuqhubeke.
- UHolness uthe ukubizwa kwengqungquthela embukisweni ogxile ekuqiniseni ezokuvakasha “mhlawumbe, manje kufaneleka kakhulu kunanoma yisiphi esinye isikhathi emlandweni wemboni yezokuvakasha”.
