I-29th ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF), umcimbi wezokuvakasha nokuvakasha ohamba phambili esifundeni, ozosingathwa yilungu lesizwe, i-Brunei Darussalam, e-Bandar Seri Begawan, kusukela ngoJanuwari 21-28, 2010, ibhalise ukusabela okumangazayo. Wonke amadokodo ombukiso angu-373 e-TRAVEX (Travel Exchange) athathwe futhi amazwe angamalungu ayishumi amelelwe kahle emcimbini waminyaka yonke, obonisa imikhiqizo ehamba phambili nezinsizakalo zokuhamba e-ASEAN. I-Thailand ne-Malaysia zihola iphakethe ngenani elikhulu lezinhlangano ezibamba iqhaza.
USheikh Jamaluddin Sheikh Mohamed, oyi-CEO ye-Brunei Tourism, i-ATF 2010 Host Committee, uthe: “Njengoba umnotho womhlaba usuvele ukhombisa izimpawu zokusimama, lesi yisikhathi esihle sokuthi abathengisi basebenzise amapulatifomu afanelekile atholakalayo ukuze bavuse kabusha izintshisekelo futhi bathuthukise. amabhizinisi. Ukudayiswa kuqinisa i-ATF njengemoto enhle yokuxhumana nokuhweba embonini yezokuvakasha yase-ASEAN.
Phakathi kwezithunywa ezilindelekile ezingaphezu kuka-1,400, abathengi abangaba ngu-400 abavela e-Asia-Pacific (amaphesenti angu-57), iYurophu (amaphesenti angu-33), kanye nomhlaba wonke bazohlangana eBrunei Darussalam, emcimbini wezinsuku ezintathu we-TRAVEX. kusukela ngoJanuwari 26-28 esikhungweni esisha se-BRIDEX (I-Brunei International Defense Exhibition) eJerudong. Ngaphandle kwe-TRAVEX, izihambeli zizophinde zihlole amagugu angalindelekile eBrunei naseBorneo ngohambo lwangaphambi kombukiso wedolobha nohambo lwangemva kombukiso oluhlelwe ngokuhlanganyela yiBrunei Tourism, Sabah Tourism, kanye neSarwak Tourism. Lokhu kufaka phakathi ukuvakashela amasayithi omlando nezimpawu zomhlaba zamasiko, izinto ezithokozisayo ze-spa, kanye nemvelo ethokozisayo nokuvakasha okunebuhle kuyo yonke i-Brunei ne-Sabah ne-Sarawak e-Malaysia.
Iqhutshwa yindikimba ethi, “ASEAN – The Heart of Green,” okunye okugqamile kwe-ATF 2010 yi-ASEAN Tourism Conference (ATC) ezoba ngoJanuwari 26. Izoba nenkulumo yosuku, enesihloko esithi “Sustainable Tourism in Transboundary Conservation Areas, ” ngesikhulu esihlonishwayo se-eco-tourism, u-Hitesh Mehta, mayelana nendlela isifunda esingamukela ngayo izimiso zentuthuko esimeme futhi sikhuthaze ukuziphatha okuhle kwezokuvakasha okuzosiza ukulondoloza indawo ezungezile nokuhlukahluka kwemvelo, kanye nokugcina inhlalakahle yabantu bendawo.
Ulwazi oluningi luka-Mehta kumaphrojekthi wezindawo ezisimeme kanye nemiklamo yezakhiwo, i-eco-lodge kanye ne-eco-resort, kanye nokuhlelwa kwendawo ezungezile nevikelekile kuwo wonke amazwekazi kumenzele idumela lokuba ngesinye seziphathimandla ezihamba phambili emhlabeni kwezokuvakasha kwemvelo.
Njengamanje ungusolwazi we-adjunct e-Florida Atlantic University e-US, uMehta uphethe ifemu yakhe yokuklama indawo nokuhlela, i-HM Design, enamaphrojekthi aqhubekayo e-Costa Rica, Indonesia, Panama, Dominica, nase-West Indies. Kusukela ngo-1997 kuya ku-2006, ubambe isikhundla sokuba iphini likamongameli kanye nenhloko ye-Ecotourism and Environmental Planning Market Sector e-EDSA (Florida), inkampani enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni yezokwakha umhlaba kanye nokuhlela, lapho abambe iqhaza elikhulu kumaphrojekthi amaningi abalulekile, afana njengoHlelo Lokusebenza Komkhiqizo we-Eco-tourism eKenya kanye Nohlelo Lombono lwe-Wailoaloa Ecolodge eNadi, eFiji.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ingxoxo yephaneli izoholwa ochwepheshe bemboni abahamba phambili, abahlanganisa u-Tony Charters, uthishanhloko we-Tony Charters and Associates, no-Anthony Wong, umqondisi ophethe weqembu le-Asian Overland Services Tours & Travel Sdn. Bhd. Bazokwabelana ngolwazi lwabo ekuthuthukiseni amaphrojekthi e-eco-tourism ezindaweni zokongiwa kwemingcele.
Njengoba kunemakethe ethuthukayo yabahambi, umcimbi onetimu efanelekile usumi ngomumo ukuze uhlangabezane nesidingo sezindawo eziluhlaza futhi uqhubekisele phambili ukuqwashisa ngokuvakasha okubhekelela umphakathi.
Ukuze uthole imininingwane egcwele ye-ATF 2010 nezibuyekezo ezivamile, vakashela ku-www.atfbrunei.com.
