I-Barbados: Isikhathi Manje Sezokuvakasha Okuziphendulela

Inxusa Le-Barbados Inxusa Elingavamile Nelikhulu Lokushintsha Kwesimo Sezulu, Umthetho Wasolwandle, kanye Namazwe Asathuthuka Iziqhingi Ezincane, u-Elizabeth Thompson, ugcizelele ukuthi isikhathi manje sokwakha indawo esimeme neqinile enenzuzo kubo bobabili abantu bendawo nezivakashi.

Uchaze ukuthi umthelela wokushaqeka kwangaphandle kwezokuvakasha, njengokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye ne-COVID-19 uyabonakala, njengoba ekhuluma ngesikhathi Ukuvakasha kweBarbados I-Marketing Inc.'s (BTMI), eyesibili Vakashela i-Barbados Iforamu yababambe iqhaza, ebibanjelwe e-Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre muva nje.

Ekhuluma ngesihloko esithi “Ukuyisa Ezokuvakasha Phambili Ekuqiniseni Ukusimama Nokumelana Nesimo Sezulu,” iNxusa uThompson waveza ukuthi ngokweSeminal Outcome of the United Nations Rio Conference on Sustainable Development 1992, ukusimama kuhlonzwa ngezinsika ezintathu – umphakathi, umnotho kanye nemvelo.

Futhi kuphambene nalezo zinsika, esho, ukuthi ezokuvakasha kufanele zihlole ubungozi bazo noma ukusebenza kwazo lapho zibhekene nezingqinamba zangaphandle noma zangaphandle futhi zithuthukise umkhiqizo wezokuvakasha oqhubekayo.

Ubalule ukuthi ucwaningo lwamabhange okuthuthukiswa kwezizwe ngezizwe lukhombisa ukuthi amazwe aseCaribbean asendaweni yesibili emhlabeni encike kakhulu kwezokuvakasha, kanye neLatin America, endaweni yesibili emhlabeni ethandwa izinhlekelele, ngakho-ke, kubalulekile ukuthi I-Barbados yakha ukuqina kwayo.

"Ukuqina empeleni kuwukuqina."

“Kuyikhono lokubhekana nobunzima; ukunciphisa umthelela wayo futhi ululame kuwo kahle nangesikhathi esifushane kakhulu,” kusho uNksz Thompson.

Inxusa lamemezela ukuthi ukuze kwakhiwe ukusimama nokuqina emkhakheni wezokuvakasha “ucwaningo olusheshayo nolujulile” kumele lwenziwe yiziphathimandla zezokuvakasha.

“Ngenxa yobuthakathaka bethu, izifundazwe ezincane ezisathuthuka eziqhingini, njengeBarbados, zisebenzise isikhathi eside ukwenza imicabango ende, enefilosofi yokuthi yiziphi izinyathelo zokulungisa noma zokuguquguquka ezingathathwa ukuze kuliwe nomthelela wesimo sezulu,” kusho yena.

Wengeze ngokuthi iBarbados neCARICOM basemuva kakhulu ekubhekaneni nesimo esiwukushintsha kwesimo sezulu kanye nemiphumela yako, “okuyinto ngempela eyindaba yokuphila kwethu nendlela yokuziphilisa.”

Inxusa uThompson wabelane ngolwazi oluthile ngokuthi iBarbados ingawakha kanjani umkhiqizo wezokuvakasha oqinile. Lokhu kwakuhlanganisa nokuvikela ugu kanye nezixhobo zamakhorali; ukulinganisa ukuhlela kanye nokukhula okulindelekile emkhakheni wezokuvakasha ngokumelene namandla ethu okuhlinzeka ngendawo, ezokuthutha, amanzi, ukudla, kanye nezinye izinsiza zemvelo ukuhlangabezana nezidingo kanye nezidingo zalokho kukhula; ukugada ezokuvakasha, okuphakamisa indaba yokukhula njalo njengomgomo obalulekile noyinhloko lapho indlela yethu yenqubomgomo yezokuvakasha isekelwe phezu kwayo; kanye nokwakha kabusha noma ukuqinisa ingqalasizinda yezokuvakasha eyayivele ikhona.

Abanye abebekhuluma kulesi sithangami abanye ongoti kwezokuvakasha nentuthuko esimeme, okubalwa kubo isikhulu esiphezulu seTravel Foundation, uJeremy Sampson; Umqondisi Ophethe woHlelo lwe-STAMP eSikhungweni Sebhizinisi Eliqhubekayo Lomhlaba Wonke e-Cornell University, uDkt. Megan Epler-Wood; I-CEO ye-Sustainable Travel International (STI), u-Paloma Zapata, kanye no-CEO we-BTMI, uDkt. Jens Thraenhart.

NgoLwesibili, Juni 28, nangoLwesithathu, Juni 29, i-BTMI kanye ne-STI babambe izinkundla zokucobelelana ngolwazi eziyisipesheli ezi-2 zokubonisana nesimo sezulu ukuze kukhanye kumephu yomgwaqo kuze kube yiziro.

Le mihlangano yokucobelelana ngolwazi ihlose ukusheshisa ukususwa kwekhabhoni emisebenzini yezokuvakasha kulesi siqhingi ngokuxoxisana nezigaba eziningi zomkhakha wezokuvakasha ekususeni ikhabhoni; konke ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha kwaseBarbados kuzoqhutshwa ngendlela eqhubekayo.