The Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba (UNWTO) isingathe umhlangano wezinga eliphezulu izolo, sihlanganisa ukhiye Izinhlangano ze-UN, izihlalo zayo Umkhandlu Ophethe futhi AmaKhomishana Ezifunda, Futhi abaholi bezinkampani ezizimele. Ezokuvakasha ziwumkhakha wezomnotho ohlaselwe kakhulu yi-COVID-19 futhi bonke ababambiqhaza bamukele isimemo esivela ku- UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele ukuba abe yingxenye yeKomidi Lezinkinga Zokuvakasha Lomhlaba Wonke, elakhiwe njenge UNWTO ilungiselela ukwethula inkomba yomhlaba wonke yokululama. I UNWTO-IKomidi eliholwa lizoba nemihlangano ejwayelekile, ekhombisa isidingo sokusebenzisana nezinyathelo eziphumelelayo yizinkampani ezizimele nezikahulumeni, ohulumeni, izikhungo zezimali zomhlaba wonke, kanye neNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene.

Kusukela kwaqala ubhadane, UNWTO ubesebenzisana kakhulu neWorld Health Organisation (WHO) ukuqondisa umkhakha wezokuvakasha njengoba ubhekene nenkinga Covid-19 inselele. Lo mhlangano, obubanjelwe eMadrid kodwa owenziwe cishe ngenxa yezizathu zempilo yomphakathi, uphinde wagcizelela ikhwelo lokuthi ukubambisana kwamazwe ngamazwe ukuze kugcizelele izimpendulo ezibumbenee ngokusekelwe ezincomweni zakamuva zezempilo yomphakathi kanye nokubonisa umthelela ojulile wokuwohloka komnotho kanye nezindleko zomphakathi zalolu bhubhane.

Okungakaze kwenzeke

"Lesi simo esiphuthumayo sezempilo yomphakathi esingakaze sibonwe sesivele saba yinkinga yezomnotho ezofika ngezindleko zomphakathi", kusho UNWTO's Zurab Pololikashvili. UNobhala-Jikelele wengeze ngokuthi ezokuvakasha "ziwumkhakha onzima kakhulu futhi zonke izilinganiso zethu ezinhle kakhulu zifinyelelwe yiqiniso eliguqukayo".

Ngaphandle kwanoma yisiphi isiqiniseko sokuthi le nkinga izohlala isikhathi esingakanani noma ukuthi ungaba yini umthelela wokugcina wezomnotho nesakhiwo kwezokuvakasha, bonke ababambiqhaza babemunye ekukhathazekeni kwabo okujulile ngezigidi zemisebenzi esengozini yokulahleka. Njengoba amabhizinisi amancane naphakathi nendawo akha u-80% womkhakha emhlabeni wonke, umthelela obanzi wenhlalo wale nkinga uzodlulela ngalé kwezokuvakasha, okwenza kube yinto ekhathaza kakhulu umphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe.

Ukuxhumanisa kubaluleke kakhulu

Ezokuvakasha ziye zafakazela esikhathini esidlule njengozakwethu onokwethenjelwa ozohola imiphakathi nemiphakathi, kodwa kuphela uma izinqubomgomo zezomnotho zikahulumeni kanye nokwesekwa kwama-ejensi abaxhasi kanye nezinhlangano zezimali kubonisa indlela umkhakha othinta ngayo yonke ingxenye yomphakathi.

"Izimpilo zezigidi zabantu nemindeni yabo zisengcupheni, kungaba ezindaweni zasemadolobheni noma emiphakathini ekude lapho ezokuvakasha ngezinye izikhathi zingenisa imali enkulu kanye nemoto yokuhlanganiswa komphakathi, ukuvikela amagugu kanye nentuthuko yokuqala", kusho uMnu Pololikashvili.

Lokhu kudinga ukuqashelwa kwezepolitiki kanye nokubambisana kuzo zonke iminyango, okubandakanya imboni zikahulumeni nezizimele futhi kumiswe ngokumelene nesizinda sezinhlelo zokusebenza ezibanzi zezikhungo zezezimali nezinhlangano zezifunda.

UNWTO izincomo zokululama

Ezinsukwini ezizayo, UNWTO izokhipha isethi yezincomo zokuthola kabusha. Lo mbhalo uzogqamisa izinyathelo ohulumeni nezinye iziphathimandla okudingeka bazithathe ukunciphisa umthelela we-COVID-19 emkhakheni wezokuvakasha bese kusheshisa ukululama.

Umhlangano wayizolo uzocutshungulwa UNWTOizincomo. Lokhu kuzohambisana nengxenye eguquguqukayo okuhloswe ngayo ukusebenzelana nabasunguli bezinto ezintsha emhlabeni wonke ngokusebenzisa inselele yokusungula egxile ekuphenduleni kwezokuvakasha. Njengoba yethulwe ngokwesekwa yi-WHO, le nselelo izohlonza imibono emisha engase isetshenziswe ukusiza ezokuvakasha zibuyele ekukhuleni okusimeme.

Abahlanganyeli emhlanganweni wokudidiyela wangoLwesine bavumelene ngokuthi lena “yinselelo ehlanganyelwe engaxazululwa kuphela ngokusebenzisana, futhi ukululama kuncike emzamweni ohlanganyelwe ngezinga elingakaze libonwe ngaphambili”.

IKomidi Lezinkinga Zezokuvakasha Emhlabeni Wonke

Abahlanganyeli bamukele UNWTOIsimemo sokuba yingxenye yekomidi lokudidiyela lomhlaba elizobamba imihlangano ejwayelekile yokuhlola nokuthuthukisa izincomo njengoba isimo sishintsha.

Izikhungo ezibalulekile ze-UN ezihlobene nezokuvakasha zizobamba iqhaza zonke, kanye ne-WHO kanye nabameleli abakhulu bezinkampani zezindiza nezokuthuthwa kwasolwandle, kanye nezinkampani ezizimele.

UNWTO Amalungu ayingxenye ebalulekile yaleli komiti, amelwe ngosihlalo bezifunda kanye nosihlalo woMkhandlu oPhethe.

Kusukela ngaphakathi kweZizwe Ezihlangene, umhlangano obonakalayo ubuhanjelwe uMqondisi we-WHO Wezempilo kanye Nokubambisana Kwamazwe Ngamazwe u-Gaudenz Silberschmidt (ohlezi esikhundleni sikaMqondisi-Jikelele uDkt. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus), uNobhala-Jikelele we-ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization), uDkt. Fang Liu, kanye noNobhala-Jikelele we-IMO (International Maritime Organization), uMnu. Kitack Lim

UNWTO Amalungu abemelwe uSihlalo we UNWTO UMkhandlu oPhethe uNajib Balala, unobhala weKhabhinethi Wezokuvakasha Nezilwane Zasendle, eKenya, kanye noSihlalo be UNWTOAmaKhomishana Ezifunda: e-Afrika, uMnu. Ronald K. Chitotela, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, eZambia; emazweni aseMelika, u-Edmund Bartlett, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, e-Jamaica; we-Asia kanye ne-Pacific, u-Mohd Daud, Unobhala Ongaphasi Kwenqubomgomo Yezokuvakasha Nezindaba Zamazwe Ngamazwe, e-Malaysia; eYurophu, uHarry Theoharis, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, eGreece; kanye naseMpumalanga Ephakathi, u-Mohammed Khamis Al Muhairi, Unobhala Ongamele Wezokuvakasha, e-UAE. Ukungenelela okukhethekile kwenziwe nguReyes Maroto, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, eSpain, kanye no-Ahmed bin Aqil Alkhateeb, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Saudi Arabia.

Abamele imboni ezimele bekunguSihlalo weBhodi le UNWTO Amalungu Asebenzisanayo kanye noMqondisi we-IFEMA u-Ana Larrañaga; U-Alexandre de Juniac, uMqondisi-Jikelele weNhlangano Yezokuthutha Ngezindiza Yamazwe Ngamazwe, (IATA); U-Adam Goldstein, uSihlalo Womhlaba Wonke, i-Cruise Lines International Association (CIA); U-Agnela Gittens, uMqondisi Jikelele we-Airports Council International (ACI), kanye noJeff Pool ovela ku-World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).