Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika liyajabula ukumemezela ukuqashwa kukaLouis D'Amore, Umsunguli kanye noMongameli Wesikhungo Samazwe Ngamazwe Sokuthula Ngezokuvakasha (IIPT), kuBhodi Lezokuvakasha Lase-Afrika (i-ATB) elisebenza eKomidini Labadala Kwezokuvakasha, e-USA.
Amalungu ebhodi amasha abejoyine le nhlangano ngaphambi kokwethulwa okuthembekile okuzayo kwe-ATB okwenzeka ngoMsombuluko, Novemba 5, ngamahora ayi-1400 ngesikhathi seMakethe Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba eLondon.
Abaholi abaphezulu bezokuvakasha abangu-200, okuhlanganisa nongqongqoshe bamazwe amaningi ase-Afrika, kanye noDkt. Taleb Rifai, owake waba UNWTO UNobhala Jikelele, bahlelelwe ukuhambela umcimbi e-WTM.
Chofoza lapha ukuthola kabanzi ngomhlangano weBhodi Yezokuvakasha e-Afrika ngoNovemba 5 nokubhaliswa.
U-Louis D'Amore ube neqhaza elikhulu ekukhuthazeni imboni yezokuvakasha kanye neyokuvakasha njengemboni yokuqala “yoMhlaba Yokuthula” emhlabeni kusukela kwasungulwa i-IIPT ngo-1986. Ngo-1988, wahlela iNkomfa Yokuqala Yomhlaba Wonke: Ezokuvakasha - I-Vital Force for Peace, eletha ndawonye ababambiqhaza abangama-800 abavela emazweni angama-67 futhi bethula ngokokuqala ngqa umqondo wokuThuthukiswa Kwezokuvakasha Okuqhubekayo.
INgqungquthela Yomhlaba Wonke iphinde yethula “Injongo Ephakeme Yezokuvakasha” egcizelela indima ebalulekile yokuvakasha kanye nezokuvakasha ekuthuthukiseni ukuqonda kwamazwe ngamazwe; ukubambisana phakathi kwezizwe; ukuvikelwa kwemvelo; kanye nokulondolozwa kwezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo, ukuthuthukiswa kwamasiko, nokwazisa amagugu, ukuthuthukiswa kwenhlalakahle yezomnotho esimeme, ukunciphisa ubumpofu, kanye nokupholisa amanxeba okungqubuzana.
Kusukela lapho usehlele izingqungquthela zamazwe ngamazwe nezomhlaba jikelele ezigxile kulezi zinkinga ezifundeni emhlabeni jikelele, muva nje eNingizimu Afrika, ehlonipha amafa kaNelson Mandela, uMahatma Gandhi, noMartin Luther King, Omncane.
UDkt. D'Amore ube yingqalabutho kwezokuvakasha ezibhekelela ukuhlalisana kwabantu kanye nemvelo kusukela enza ucwaningo olubanzi lokuqala emhlabeni ngekusasa lezokuvakasha kuHulumeni waseCanada maphakathi nawo-70s futhi okwalandela ngo-1993 wasungula “Ikhodi Yokuziphatha yokuqala emhlabeni. kanye Nemihlahlandlela Yezokuvakasha Okusimeme.” UMnu. D'Amore uyiShansela ye-Livingstone International University of Tourism Excellence and Business Management (LIUTEBM) futhi uthole i-International Consortium of Tourism Partners “Visionary Award.”
MAYELANA NEBHODI LOKUVAKASHA E-AFRIKA
Isungulwe ngonyaka we-2018, i-African Tourism Board (i-ATB) yinhlangano ehlonishwa umhlaba wonke ngokusebenza njengesihluthulelo sokwenza intuthuko ngokuhamba phambili kwezokuvakasha nokuya esifundeni sase-Afrika. I-African Tourism Board iyingxenye ye- I-International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP).
Inhlangano ihlinzeka ngokukhuthaza okuhambisanayo, ucwaningo olunokuqonda, kanye nemicimbi emisha kumalungu ayo.
Ngokubambisana namalungu omkhakha wangasese nakahulumeni, i-ATB ithuthukisa ukukhula okusimeme, inani, kanye nekhwalithi yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha kuya, kusuka, nangaphakathi kwe-Afrika. Inhlangano inikela ngobuholi kanye nezeluleko ngazodwana futhi ngokuhlanganyela ezinhlanganweni ezingamalungu ayo. I-ATB ikhulisa ngokushesha amathuba wokumaketha, ubudlelwano bomphakathi, ukutshalwa kwezimali, ukufaka uphawu lokushicilela, ukukhuthaza nokusungula izimakethe ze-niche.
Ngeminye imininingwane ngeBhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika, Chofoza lapha. Ukujoyina i-ATB, Chofoza lapha.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- D'Amore has been a pioneer in socially- and environmentally-responsible tourism since conducting the world's first comprehensive study on the future of tourism for the Canadian Government in the mid-70s and subsequently in 1993 developing the world's first “Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Sustainable Tourism.
- Yasungulwa ngo-2018, i-African Tourism Board (ATB) yinhlangano ehlonishwa umhlaba wonke ngokusebenza njengomgqugquzeli wokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha ukuya nokubuya esifundeni sase-Afrika.
- The African Tourism Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Louis D'Amore, Founder and President of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT), to the African Tourism Board (ATB) serving on the Committee of Elders in Tourism, USA.
