Umkhandlu Wezwe Wokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha (WTTC) yethule umbiko omusha omkhulu ku-Global Summit yayo e-Manila namuhla, ukusiza ababambiqhaza bomkhakha baqonde ukuthi ukuqina ku-inthanethi kuwulolonga kanjani umkhakha Wezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha futhi bahlelele ikusasa eliphephile neliqine kakhudlwana.
Umbiko, 'Amakhodi okuqina,' emizamweni ehlanganyelwe ne-Microsoft, udonsela ocwaningweni olunzulu kanye nezingxoxo ezijulile nochwepheshe bezokuphepha ku-inthanethi ezinhlanganweni eziholayo ze-Travel & Tourism ezifana ne-Mastercard, JTB, kanye I-Carnival Corporation, Phakathi kwabanye.
Umbiko ukhombisa ukuthi ngenkathi ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 seluqhubekisele phambili umhlaba kanye nomkhakha ekusaseni ledijithali kakhudlwana, ngamathuba ahlinzekwa yidijithali, kuye kwavela izinselelo ezintsha, ikakhulukazi kubugebengu bamakhompuyutha.
Umbiko wokuqala ugxile ezindaweni ezintathu ezibalulekile ezithathwa njengezibalulekile kulo mkhakha: ukuqina ku-inthanethi, izindaba ezibalulekile kanye nezinqubo ezingcono eziyisithupha ezisekelwe ezifundweni ezitholwe ngaphambi nangesikhathi salolu bhubhane.
Umbiko uyaqhubeka ubonisa ukuthi ukwenziwa kwedijithali kube yimbangela eqinile yebhizinisi ngaphakathi kwe-Travel & Tourism, futhi uma kubhekwa isimo samazwe ngamazwe somkhakha, ubheka indima yomthetho mayelana nokuvikelwa kwedatha ngayinye.
Ngokombiko, angaphezu kwesikhombisa kwayi-10 (72%) ama-SME e-UK, e-US, nase-Europe, abe yizisulu okungenani zokuhlasela kwe-cyberattack eyodwa, kanti nama-SME amele u-80% wawo wonke amabhizinisi Ezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha, anciphisa i-cyberattack. ubungozi kumele buhlale bubalulekile emkhakheni.
UJulia Simpson, WTTC President & CEO, uthe: “Ubuchwepheshe kanye nokwenza idijithali kudlala indima ebalulekile ekwenzeni konke okuhlangenwe nakho kohambo kungabi nazihibe, kusukela ekubhukheni iholide, ukuya ekuhloleni uhambo lwendiza noma ukugibela umkhumbi.
"Kodwa umthelela wokuhlasela kwe-inthanethi uthwele ubungozi obukhulu bezezimali, isithunzi kanye nokulawula."
Lo mbiko obalulekile uveza izinto ezine ezibalulekile okufanele zixazululwe ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuvikelwa ku-inthanethi futhi kuthuthukiswe ukusimama: ukuvikela idatha kamazisi, ukuvikela imisebenzi yebhizinisi, ukuqonda umthelela we-COVID-19 nokuphatha imithetho yomhlaba.
Ngokombiko, izenzo ezithile zingasiza amabhizinisi ukuthi alungiselele kangcono ukuxosha ukuhlasela, kuyilapho ebeka isisekelo sokusekela ukuqina kwe-cyber yesikhathi eside. Ukufundisa nokuqeqesha bonke abasebenzi, ukukhulisa ukuphepha kwengcuphe ngaphezu kwendawo yokusebenza ebonakalayo, ukusebenzisa indlela yokungathembi lutho ekuvikelekeni ku-inthanethi, kanye nokwenza izinto obala, phakathi kokunye, kunconywe ochwepheshe bemboni njengezinqubo ezinhle.
Ukuqina ku-Cyber kuyisici esibalulekile ekusaseni Lezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha, njengoba izinhlelo ze-inthanethi ziqhubeka nokwenza lula nokuthuthukisa imisebenzi phakathi kwababambe iqhaza kulo mkhakha.
Phakathi neseshini yesigungu emcimbini wenhlangano yezokuvakasha e-Global Summit e-Manila namuhla, abaholi bezimboni bezwe ukuthi ubugebengu be-inthanethi budle umnotho womhlaba u-$1 trillion futhi bungafinyelela ku-$90 trillion ngonyaka wezi-2030.
Ngokusho the WTTC Umbiko Womthelela Wezomnotho, ngonyaka ka-2019, ngaphambi kokuthi lolu bhubhane lumise ukuhamba emikhondweni yalo, umkhakha Wezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha ukhiqize imali engaphezu kwama- $ 9.6 trillion emnothweni womhlaba.
Kodwa-ke, ngo-2020, lolu bhubhane lwamisa lo mkhakha cishe ngokuphelele, lwadala ukwehla okukhulu ngamaphesenti angama-50, okukhombisa ukulahleka okukhulu kwezigidigidi ezingama- $ 4.5.
I-Digitization idlalile futhi izoqhubeka idlala indima ebalulekile ekukhuleni nasekuthuthukisweni kwe-Travel & Tourism ku-COVID-19. Ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukuthi umkhakha uhlanganise ukuphepha ku-inthanethi kanye nokuqina ku-inthanethi ukuze uqhubeke nokusimama kwalo bhubhane ngenkathi usekela ukukhula kwawo esikhathini esizayo.