Ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu sekuvele kubangela inani labantu abafa minyaka yonke elilingana ne-tsunami yeBoxing Day, kuxwayisa uFiona Jeffery, usihlalo weWorld Travel Market, umcimbi ohamba phambili emhlabeni wonke embonini yezokuvakasha.
Ecaphuna izibalo zeGlobal Humanitarian Forum, uthe ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kubangela ukufa kwabantu abangaphezu kuka-300,000 unyaka ngamunye.
Njengoba ingqungquthela ebalulekile yokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu ye-UN eqala eCopenhagen ngoDisemba 7, namuhla UNWTO Ingqungquthela yongqongqoshe eWorld Travel Market ibalulekile, kusho uJeffery.
“Ithuba lokugcina lokuxoxa ngalezi zinkinga ezibucayi kanye nokusiza ohulumeni bazilungiselele ukubhekana nezinselelo ezicindezelayo zokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nomthelela wako omubi kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha,” kuchaza uJeffery.
“Akulona ihaba uma sithi amehlo emboni – nawomhlaba – azobe elindile ukuze abone umphumela.
"Ukwehluleka akuyona inketho kodwa, kukho konke engikufundile nengikwaziyo, umphumela njengamanje, awuqiniseki."
Umbiko okhishwe yi-University College London kanye ne-Lancet uphethe ngokuthi ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu kuwusongo olukhulu lwezempilo emhlabeni wonke ekhulwini lama-21 nokuthi abampofu yibona abathinteka kakhulu.
UJeffery wakhomba iMaldives ne-Antarctica njengezifunda ezimbili ezisengozini yokufudumala kwembulunga yonke, engabona amazinga olwandle enyuka ngemitha phakathi nekhulu leminyaka elizayo.
“Ukuvakasha kwamazwe ngamazwe kanye nezokuvakasha sekuqala ukuthwala umthwalo wemfanelo nokwenza imizamo yangempela yokuthuthukisa ukusimama kwazo, hhayi nje ngenxa yethu kodwa nezizukulwane ezizayo,” kwenezela uJeffery.
Ingqungquthela ye-World Travel Market yongqongqoshe kanye noSuku lwayo Lwezokuvakasha Lomhlaba Wonke luyingxenye yalokho kuzibophezela ekusimameni.
“Amazwe ayipharadesi afana neMaldives angalahleka unomphela,” kusho uJeffery. “Ngakho-ke ngiyethemba ukuthi isikhathi esichithwe lapha namuhla ku- UNWTO Ingqungquthela yongqongqoshe isetshenziswe kahle, ngoba akukho ukungabaza okuncane ukuthi isikhathi siyaphela.”
