Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba Wonke (UNWTO) uqoke uNdunankulu waseSamoa, uMhlonishwa. U-Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, njengeNxusa Elikhethekile Lonyaka Wezokuvakasha Esimeme Wamazwe Ngamazwe 2017. Umcimbi ububanjelwe eNew York mhla ziyisi-7 kuNhlangulana eceleni kweNgqungquthela ye-UN Ocean, lapho phakathi kweminye imisebenzi uNdunankulu ekhulume nababambe iqhaza ngokubaluleka kwe ezokuvakasha ukuthuthukisa umnotho oluhlaza.
“Ukuqokwa kowezi-2017 njengoNyaka Wamazwe Omhlaba Wezokuvakasha Okusimeme Wentuthuko kudalwe ukuthi iZizwe Ezihlangene zikubonile ukuthi umkhakha wezokuvakasha unamandla okufaka isandla ekulweni nobuphofu, ukusiza ekunqandeni ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, ukukhuthaza ukulingana ngokobulili nokukhuthaza ukubambisana ukuqonda nokuthula phakathi kwamasiko ahlukahlukene ”kusho uNdunankulu.
“Ezokuvakasha zingumkhakha obaluleke kakhulu ezimpilweni zabantu bakithi futhi othinta yonke imikhakha emithathu yentuthuko esimeme, ezenhlalo, ezomnotho nezemvelo. Njengomsebenzi obhekiswe kubantu, usizile futhi uyaqhubeka nokufaka isandla ekuvuseleleni amasiko, amasiko nemisebenzi yethu yobuciko bendabuko, futhi udlala indima ebaluleke kakhulu ekulondolozweni kwamagugu esiko lethu futhi ungamandla athuthukisa ukuthula nokuqonda ” engeza.
“Unyaka Wamazwe Ngamazwe uyithuba eliyingqayizivele lokugqugquzela izenzo ezifanayo kanye nokuthuthukisa amandla ezokuvakasha ukuze kwakhiwe umhlaba ongcono. Sibonga i-Samoa ngokuhola umkhankaso wokwamukelwa kwesinqumo se-UN esimemezela uNyaka Wamazwe Ngamazwe kanye neqhaza laso eliqhubekayo, eliyisibonelo ekukhuthazeni ukubaluleka komkhakha wethu ekufezeni i-Ajenda Yentuthuko yowezi-2030, ikakhulukazi emazweni asathuthuka eziqhingini ezincane (i-SIDS). )” kusho UNWTO Unobhala-Jikelele, uTaleb Rifai.
AmaNxusa Akhethekile Onyaka angabaholi kanye nabantu abadumile abazibophezele ekuqhakambiseni indima negalelo lezokuvakasha ekufezeni Izinjongo Zokuthuthukisa Ezisimeme (ama-SDG) kanye ne-Ajenda yowezi-2030.
Ngenkathi ezokuvakasha zifakwa kuma-SDG amathathu - i-SDG 8: 'Ukukhuthaza ukukhula komnotho okusimeme, okubandakanya nokuqhubekayo, ukuqashwa okugcwele nokukhiqizayo nomsebenzi ohloniphekile wabo bonke'; I-SDG 12: 'Ukusetshenziswa Nokusimama Okusimeme' kanye ne-SDG 14: 'Ukonga nokusebenzisa ngokunenzuzo izilwandle, izilwandle nezinsizakusebenza zasolwandle ukuze kuthuthukiswe okusimeme', kungathuthukisa wonke ama-SDG ayi-17.
I-Ocean Conference ibe yithuba lokugqamisa ukuthi ezokuvakasha zinganikela kanjani ngempumelelo ku-Goal 14. UNWTO ujoyine iBhange Lomhlaba kanye noMnyango Wezindaba Zomnotho Nezenhlalakahle we-UN (UNDESA) ukuze baxoxe futhi bethule umbiko 'Amandla Omnotho Oluhlaza: Ukwandisa Izinzuzo Zesikhathi Eside Zokusetshenziswa Okuqhubekayo Kwezinsiza Zasolwandle Eziqhingini Ezincane Ezisathuthuka kanye Nasogwini Oluncane Amazwe Athuthukile'.
UNWTO ubephinde ahlele ngokuhlanganyela Umcimbi Oseceleni “wokuvakasha kwe-European Union ozibophezele ku-Blue Growth” ngomhla ziyisi-8 kuJuni no-DG MARE kanye ne-NECstour. I-Coastal and Maritime Tourism ingenye yemikhakha ebalulekile ye-European Union Blue Growth Strategy enamandla amakhulu emisebenzi esimeme nokukhula. Ezokuvakasha ziqashe abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezi-3.2 futhi zenza isamba semali eyizigidigidi eziyi-183 zama-Euro enani eliphelele elengeziwe, elimele ngaphezu kwengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yomnotho wasolwandle. Ubukhulu bendawo yonke be-SDGs bunikeza izifunda ze-EU ithuba lokukhombisa ubuholi futhi zabelane ngemikhuba engcono kakhulu yokwelula nokukhuphula isu labo le-Blue Growth kwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba, futhi ikakhulukazi ngokusebenzisa iziqhingi zazo ezifundeni ze-SIDS.
AmaNxusa Akhethekile Onyaka Wamazwe Omhlaba Wezokuvakasha Okusimeme Wentuthuko:
- UTuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, uNdunankulu waseSamoa
- UJuan Manuel Santos, uMongameli waseColombia
- U-Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, uMongameli waseLiberia
- ULuis Guillermo Solís Rivera, uMongameli waseCosta Rica
- UMai bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa, uMongameli weBahrain Authority Yezamasiko Nezinto Zakudala
- USimeon II waseBulgaria
- UTalal Abu-Ghazaleh, uSihlalo weNhlangano iTalal Abu-Ghazaleh
- U-Huayong Ge, isikhulu esiphezulu se-UnionPay
- UMichael Frenzel, uMongameli weFederal Association Yemboni Yezokuvakasha yaseJalimane
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “Ukuqokwa kowezi-2017 njengoNyaka Wamazwe Omhlaba Wezokuvakasha Okusimeme Wentuthuko kudalwe ukuthi iZizwe Ezihlangene zikubonile ukuthi umkhakha wezokuvakasha unamandla okufaka isandla ekulweni nobuphofu, ukusiza ekunqandeni ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, ukukhuthaza ukulingana ngokobulili nokukhuthaza ukubambisana ukuqonda nokuthula phakathi kwamasiko ahlukahlukene ”kusho uNdunankulu.
- As a people-to-people activity, it has helped and continues to contribute to the revitalization of our culture, customs and traditional crafts, and plays a pivotal role in the preservation of our cultural heritage and is a force that promotes peace and understanding” he added.
- We thank Samoa for leading the initiative for the adoption of the UN resolution declaring the International Year and for its sustained, exemplary contribution in promoting the value of our sector towards the achievement of the 2030 Development Agenda, particularly for the Small Islands Developing States (SIDS)” said UNWTO Unobhala-Jikelele, uTaleb Rifai.
