UNWTO: IBotswana isingathe iSimposium yamazwe ngamazwe kanye neNgqungquthela Yaminyaka Yonke ye-10YFP Sustainable Tourism Programme

IKasane, inhlokodolobha yeSifunda saseChobe eBotswana, ibibambe ababambiqhaza bezokuvakasha ngenhloso yokushintshana ngamava kanye nolwazi lwezindlela ezintsha zokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha kanye nokuhlelwa kokongiwa kwemvelo, ezezimali kanye nokumaketha. Ngaphansi kwengqikimba ethi “Ukusimamisa Ukusimama Kwezindawo Zokuvakasha Ngokusungula Ngezinto Ezintsha”, i-10YFP STP International Symposium kanye neNgqungquthela Yonyaka nayo ikhulume ngendima yomkhakha wezokuvakasha ekulweni nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu.

Uvulwe nguTshekedi Khama, uNgqongqoshe Wezemvelo, Ukongiwa Kwemithombo Yemvelo kanye Nezokuvakasha eBotswana, lo mcimbi uqale ngempikiswano yokuthi ungamaketha kanjani ukusimama ukudala ushintsho kubathengi. Iphaneli lesibili liqhakambise ukubaluleka kokuhlanganiswa kwezindlela zomnotho eziyindilinga kuxhaxha lwamanani ezokuvakasha ukunciphisa imfucuza, ukungcola kanye nokuvuza kwamandla kuzo zonke izigaba zokukhiqiza. Iphinde yaxoxa ngokuxhumana phakathi komkhakha wezokuvakasha neSivumelwano SaseParis, kanye nendima ebalulekile yabaphathi bezindawo abakuzo lapho.

Inani lezilwane zasendle njengempahla eyisihluthulelo yezindawo okuhanjwa kulo ligcizelelwe kuphaneli lesithathu, elizinikele ekuhlanganyeleni okuhlangenwe nakho kwezokuvakasha kwezilwane zasendle kanye namandla alo okukhuthaza ukongiwa okunikezwe izinhlaka zezimali ezifanelekile. Ingxoxo yokugcina ibigxile ekusetshenzisweni kobuchwepheshe obusha - ikakhulukazi amasistimu olwazi lwendawo kanye nedatha enkulu - ekuhlelweni kwezokuvakasha, ngenhloso yokukhuthaza ukwenziwa kwezinqumo ezisekelwe ebufakazini kanye nokwanda kokusebenzisana phakathi kwabenzi bezinqubomgomo zezokuvakasha nabasebenza.

'I-Tourism We Want', isimemezelo esenzweni sokuqondisa inethiwekhi eminyakeni ezayo

Usuku lwesibili lomcimbi lusetshenziselwe ukulungiselela uKasane Call to Action for Sustainable Consumption and Production in Tourism ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi 'The Tourism We Want'. Iqhaza le-10YFP STP ekusetshenzisweni kwe-Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ikakhulukazi i-SDG 12, laxoxwa ngokubonisana phakathi kwabo bonke ababambiqhaza okuhloswe ngalo ukukhomba izinto eziseqhulwini ku-10YFP Network eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo. “Ezokuvakasha Esizifunayo” ngumnikelo weNethiwekhi efeni loNyaka Wamazwe Omhlaba Wezokuvakasha Okusimeme Wentuthuko, ogujwa unyaka wonke wezi-2017.

Ukubambisana kanye nokuxhumana ngezinhlelo ezibalulekile zokuqalisa i-Ajenda yowama-2030

Izinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo kanye nezilwane zasendle zazikhona ezingxoxweni eziningi, kanye nesidingo sokusebenza ngokubambisana nababambiqhaza bezinhlobo ezahlukahlukene ukuqhubekisela phambili izinhloso okwabelwana ngazo nokwandisa imiphumela. Njengoba amazwe ayi-19 emelwe, umcimbi ubuyisibonelo esihle sale ndlela: ama-40% abantu abangaphezu kuka-100 ababekhona bavela emkhakheni ozimele, ama-30% avela kuma-NGO, no-10% lilinye livela kwabezindaba, kuhulumeni nasezinhlanganweni zamazwe omhlaba, kufaka phakathi izinhlangano ezinhlanu ezihlukene ze-UN nezinhlelo.

Lo mcimbi ubuphethwe yiBotswana Tourism Organisation futhi udidiyelwe ngu UNWTO kanye nohulumeni base-France, Morocco kanye neRiphabhulikhi yase-Korea, ngokusekelwa yi-10YFP Secretariat kanye ne-UN Environment.