UNWTO yaqala ngo-1925 njenge-International Congress of Official Tourist Traffic Associations. I-International Union of Official Travel Organizations (IUOTO) yaqanjwa kabusha ngo-1947. Yaphinde yahlelwa ngo-1975 njengeNhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba, eyaba yi-UN Specialized Agency ngo-2003.
The UNWTO ikomkhulu layo lihlala eMadrid, eSpain. UNWTO ibuswa Umhlangano Jikelele wayo, ohlangana njalo ngemva kweminyaka emibili.
U-Lucky George waseNigeria uyisithombe embonini yezokuvakasha nezokungcebeleka yase-Afrika, umshicileli wesikhathi eside we-African Travel Times, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-African Travel Commission [ATC], futhi ungomunye wamalungu okuqala e-African Travel Times. World Tourism Network.
UJurgen Steinmetz ungumshicileli we eTurboNews kanye nomsunguli nosihlalo we World Tourism Network. Ubuye abe nguMhlonishwa. usihlalo ongumsunguli we-African Tourism Board. U-Lucky George kanye no-Juergen Steinmetz banikeze izinkulumo eziqavile zokuvula ngesikhathi kwethulwa Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika ngowezi-2018 eKapa.
Bobabili abashicileli banomlando wamashumi eminyaka omude olandelayo UNWTO, Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba.
U-Lucky George uyindoda egubha uSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha. Uxoxe ngendaba yakhe ethokozisayo noJuergen Steinmetz engxoxweni yomphakathi ngesonto eledlule enesihloko esithi “Sekuyisikhathi Sokwenza Ushintsho Inhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha. "
ULucky wachaza:
Ngenxa yokunqamuka kokuxhumana phakathi kweNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha [UNWTO], isikhungo esikhethekile seNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene emkhakheni wezokuvakasha nokuvakasha kusukela ngo-2003, kanye namanye amalungu ayo, I, Lucky Onoriode George, Ngo-2006 owawina i-European Commission u-Lorenzo Natali Umklomelo Wezintatheli Ezibika Amalungelo Abantu Nentando Yeningi UJuergen Steinmetz, Umshicileli, eTurboNews endleleni eya phambili UNWTO.
Nakhu okulotshiweyo kwale ngxoxo
Lucky George: Sawubona, Juergen
UJuergen Steinmetz: Sawubona, George waseHawaii. Unjani?
Lucky George: I-Lagos ilungile.
UJuergen Steinmetz: Angikaze ngiye eLagos. Ngafika e-Abuja kanye futhi ngangilapho ngeNgqungquthela ye-Commonwealth Tourism. Kwakuyisenzakalo esihle ngempela, kufanele ngisho, futhi ngangiyithanda indlela abesifazane ababegqoka ngayo izingubo zabo ezimibalabala. Futhi, amadoda, ngisho, wonke umuntu ugqoke kahle, futhi kufana nezwe elihlukile ngempela.
Lucky George: Juergen, ngicabanga ukuthi ukujabulele ukuhlala kwakho konke ngaphandle kwalokho, abantu banemibala egqamile futhi bayagqama.
UJuergen Steinmetz: Into eyodwa ehlale ekhanda lami kusukela kulokho kuvakasha futhi isifundo esibalulekile ukuthi ngeke ngisaba nogwadule ebumnyameni.
Sasise-Abuja Sheraton Hotel sizodla isidlo sakusihlwa, futhi ungqongqoshe wakho wayekhuluma, futhi babe nezinkinga ngogesi. Lapho ugesi uhamba, ngangisendaweni yokudlela ngizama ukuthola uphudingi. Ngobumnyama, ngabamba okuthile, ngicabanga ukuthi ugwadule, ngakufaka emlonyeni ukuze ngilume. Kwakuyinto yengilazi, futhi ngacishe ngamemeza ngemva kokuyiluma ebumnyameni.
Lucky George: Yeka isipiliyoni esibi.
UJuergen Steinmetz: Angisoze ngasikhohlwa leso sikhathi futhi ngafunga ukuthi ngeke ngiphinde ngizame ukujima okunjalo ebumnyameni.
Lucky George: Ngicabanga ukuthi kuwumqondo omuhle.
UJuergen Steinmetz: Ama-dessert awalungile, uyazi, anoshukela omningi, futhi akulungile, ngakho-ke khohlwa.
Lucky George: Nakanjani. Yebo.
UJuergen Steinmetz: Ngicabanga ukuthi besizoxoxa nge-United Nations World Tourism Organisation [UNWTO] njengoba ucelile, akunjalo?
Lucky George: Yebo, Juergen!
Mina nawe siyazazi UNWTO kahle kakhulu, kodwa bambalwa abantu abawazi umlando. Nokho, eqinisweni, ngaba nelungelo lokwethulwa endodeni eyaziwa ngokuthi u-Ignatius Amaduwa Atigbi, owayenguNobhala Jikelele weNigeria Tourist Association, manje eyiNigerian Tourism Development Corporation [NTDC], i-ejensi ephezulu yezokuvakasha eNigeria.
Ngaba ngumfundi wakhe ngoba ngangizimisele ukulalela izindaba zakhe zokuthi waqala kanjani umsebenzi wakhe wokuba yintatheli neReuters eNtshonalanga Afrika futhi kamuva waya kuFleet Street eLondon.
Kusukela lapho, ngafundiswa ngomlando kanye nokubunjwa kwe UNWTO kanye, nokusungulwa koMgubho Wosuku Lwezokuvakasha Lomhlaba, ukwakhiwa kweNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene e-Acapulco, eMexico, ngo-1970.
Yiqiniso, i I-African Travel Commission [ATC], eyanquma ukuthi amalungu ayo kufanele aqhubeke ethola ukwesekwa uhulumeni, isimo se-International Union of Official Travel Organization [IUOTO] ezinze eFrance kumelwe sishintshe.
Bekunjani UNWTO kwakheka?
Amalunga avuma, usihlalo wabuza ukuthi ukhona yini ummeli okhona endlini ozowaqondisa. Bheka, ummeli oyedwa owayekhona kwakungu-Nigerian ogama lakhe lingu-Odubayo, isisebenzi soMnyango Wezohwebo Nezimboni waseNigeria.
Wabhala isivumelwano esavotelwa ngamalungu. Ngo-2 ekuseni ngomhla zingama-27 kuMandulo, 1970, isiphakamiso sokuqamba kabusha i-IOUTO ibe yiNhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba [WTO] samukelwa.
UJuergen Steinmetz: Bengingakwazi lokho. Kuyathakazelisa kakhulu lokho.
Lucky George: Yebo. Futhi nginemibhalo, amaminithi emihlangano.
UJuergen Steinmetz: Hawu, konke kusha kimi.
Kodwa ube sebhizinisini lezokuvakasha nelokuvakasha isikhathi eside kunami. Ngaqala ibhizinisi lezokuvakasha ngo-1978, kodwa ngangiyingxenye engokoqobo. Ngangingahileleki ezinhlanganweni.
Umsebenzi wami wokuqala wawuseMorocco, e-Afrika. Ngangiwumqondisi wezivakashi, ngingeyena umqondisi wezivakashi, kodwa ngadayisela abavakashi baseJalimane amalungiselelo omhlaba ngomkhumbi wokuya eMorocco. Ngakho lowo kwakuwumsebenzi wami wokuqala ngqa. Ngakho, ngangingenakho ukukhathazeka ngebhodi nenhlangano yezokuvakasha.
Lwaqala Kanjani Usuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha?
Lucky George: Leyo indaba nohambo lwanamuhla UNWTO. Kodwa-ke, ngo-1971 e-Ankara, eTurkey, eMhlanganweni Jikelele we-XXII we-IUOTO, iKhomishana yase-Afrika, ngaphansi kobuholi buka-Ignatius Amaduwa Atigbi waseNigeria, ihlongoze ukuthi i-27 Septemba, okuwusuku lokuthi ukuguqulwa kwe-IUOTO ku-WTO kwenziwe kube nokwenzeka. eceleni futhi kugujwa minyaka yonke njengoSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha.
Ngakho-ke, umqondo uwukukhumbula impumelelo futhi ubheke ukulungiswa okudingekayo okudingeka kwenziwe.
UJuergen Steinmetz: Kuyathakazelisa!
Lucky UGeorge: Ngaphandle kwale ndaba yokuzibonela ngawakho, wawungekho umbhalo oqinisekisa amazwi esikhungo sezokuvakasha.
Asinawo amadokhumenti. Ngakho, ngakuthatha njengenselele, futhi nganquma ukuhamba ngisuka eLagos ngiye eSpain ngokuvakasha.
Khona-ke ngenhlanhla kimi, bengilokhu ngixhumana nomfana waseSlovenia owayeyinhloko yeqembu. UNWTO umnyango wezokuxhumana ngaleso sikhathi.
Ngambhalela futhi ngamazisa ngenhloso yami yokuza eSpain ngiyofuna ubufakazi bokuthi u-Atigbi wayeyindoda eyahlongoza ukugujwa koSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha esikhundleni sakhe njengoSihlalo we-African Travel Commission [ATC].
Nokho, wayenokungabaza, kodwa wathembisa ukungisiza lapho ngifika eMadrid, okuyilokho kanye akwenza.
Sibheke amaminithi emihlangano. Ngenhlanhla, saqala sathola ikhophi yamaminithi omhlangano ka-1971 ngesiFulentshi, lapho umlando wawubhalwe kahle, futhi bheka; sithole nenguqulo yesiNgisi.
Ngabuyela kanjalo ekhaya (eNigeria) enhlanganweni yezokuvakasha kanye nasenkonzweni kanye nemiphumela yami. Ngamafuphi, ngagqugquzela ukuthi kubhalwe incwadi eya kuNobhala Jikelele we UNWTO ngaleso sikhathi futhi bafuna ukuthi umfana wase-Afrika ufanelwe ukukhunjulwa nokubungazwa.
Ngokujabulisayo, kwakungekho ukuphikisa ucingo lwaseNigeria, futhi UNWTO, ngaphansi kukaNobhala Jikelele uDkt. Taleb Rifai, ubhalele umnyango futhi wathembisa ukuhlonipha u-Ignatius Amaduwa Atigbi ongasekho emgubhweni we-International World Tourism Day ka-2009 owawubanjwe yiGhana.
Indaba Ngemuva UNWTO kanye noSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha
Juergen, leyo kwakuyindaba ngemuva UNWTO kanye noMgubho Wosuku Lwezokuvakasha Lomhlaba.
UJuergen Steinmetz: Kuyamangalisa!
Lucky George: Ukuqeda konke, uhulumeni waseNigeria, ngoMnyango Wezamasiko Nezokuvakasha, wangihalalisela kanye nesamba esingu-N200.000. Uyazi ukuthi ngiyazithanda ezokuvakasha zase-Afrika, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi usakhumbula imisebenzi yami yaseZimbabwe.
Futhi, vele, bewazi kahle ngesikhathi inkathazo iqala eZimbabwe, yimina owathintwa nguChief Executive Officer weZimbabwe Tourism Authority [ZTA], umufi uKarigoke Kaseke, efuna ngize eZimbabwe nabathile. izintatheli ezivela emhlabeni wonke.
UJuergen Steinmetz: Sure!
Lucky George: Ngikumemile, njengomshicileli we eTurboNews, ukuba ngize, kodwa ekugcineni nathumela uMhleli wenu Omkhulu ngaleso sikhathi, uNelson Alcantara, futhi saba seZimbabwe izinsuku ezingu-18.
Kwathi ngemva kweminyaka emibili kumbe emithathu, iZimbabwe yabamba umhlangano lo UNWTO Umhlangano weGeneral Assembly leZambia eVictoria Falls eZimbabwe kanye leLivingstone eZambia.
Lolo shintsho olukhulu lwezenzakalo lwalungenxa yesisekelo mina nawe esasebenzisa izinkundla zethu ukuze siziguqule.
Ngokudabukisayo futhi, iZimbabwe Tourism Authority kanye nomnyango wehlulekile ukungikhokhela imali ebesivumelene ngayo ngomsebenzi wami. Amahloni!!!
I-CNN Task Group kanye eTurboNews
UJuergen Steinmetz: Uyayazi kahle indaba yami ne UNWTO kanye ne-CNN Task Group. Yithina esaletha i-CNN esithombeni ngoba u-Anita Mendiratta, owayezinze eKapa, eNingizimu Afrika, wayengabazi abanye abantu abaningi, futhi saqala ukumethula kubantu.
Nakuba, umbono wawuwukuthi ekugcineni, sizothola ukukhangisa nokucabanga okukhulu, lokhu kuhle.
I-CNN yenze kahle. U-Anita wabhala izindatshana eziningi ezinhle kakhulu eTurboNews. Senze iphrofayili yezinhlangano, imizamo, nabantu ngabanye. Kodwa ngeshwa, asizange sibe nesabelo ekukhangiseni.
Lucky George: Ngimazi kahle u-Anita Mendiratta. Ukuhlangana kwethu kokugcina kwaba wumunyu eGambia. Ngalondoloza i-Gambia engu-$1.5 wezigidi kuxhaso lwezokuvakasha lweBhange Lomhlaba umqondisi wezwe ayezimisele ukuhlukana nalo ukuze athole inkontileka mbumbulu yokukhangisa ne-CNN engangibambene nayo.
Noma kunjalo, leyo indaba yolunye usuku.
UJuergen Steinmetz: Yebo, yebo, yebo. Uyalwazi udaba lwami nawe UNWTO.
Lucky George: Nakanjani. Nakanjani. Umbuzo omkhulu wukuthi siwenza kanjani UNWTO ukusebenza nezinye izikhungo ezikhethekile ze-UN, lapho izwekazi ngalinye belizoba nabameleli abaphethe njenge-World Health Organization [WHO] kanye ne-International Labour Organization [ILO] abavela kuwo wonke amazwekazi esikhundleni sokuthembela kubaqondisi bemisebenzi abanesithakazelo kuyizinzuzo zabo.
UJuergen Steinmetz: Ushaye khona.
Lucky George: Zonke izinhlaka ze-UN ezihlonishwayo zisebenzisana eduze nemithombo yezindaba yasekhaya neyamazwe ngamazwe, okuhlanganisa UNWTO. Ngokuvamile abazibambi amakholi noma baphendule ama-imeyili.
UJuergen Steinmetz: Cha, abenzi kanjalo.
Lucky George: Kuyadabukisa, kodwa asikwazi ukuqhubeka nokubekezelela ukweqisa kwe UNWTO.
UJuergen Steinmetz: Unephuzu elivumelekile kakhulu. Ngiye ngaba nakho okufanayo phakathi neminyaka edlule. Mhlawumbe okwami kunezizathu ezahlukene, kodwa uMarcelo Risi, insizwa yabezindaba, akakaze aphendule lutho selokhu athola umphathi wakhe omusha.
Selokhu uZurab Pololikashvili athatha izintambo, angikaze ngibe nocingo.
UNWTO ungivimbele ukuthi ngihambele izingqungquthela zabo zabezindaba, ikakhulukazi e-World Travel Market, lapho singuzakwethu wezindaba osemthethweni, futhi angikwazanga ukuya. Babeqashe unogada omi lapho ephethe isithombe sami esandleni sakhe ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi angingeni ehholo.
Ngakho, azibandakanyi nganoma iyiphi indlela. Abakuthandi ukugxekwa, futhi abaphenduli lapho begxekwa. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi (uZurab) angenza noma yisiphi isinqumo asifunayo. Futhi akekho onendaba.
Kuyadabukisa ngoba noma ubheka imihlangano emikhulu neminye imicimbi ababa nayo, amalungu ayo, ongqongqoshe abaningi, njengoba usho kahle, bayashintsha njalo. Abasanda kuvela emazweni amaningi abazi ukuthi ongqongqoshe bakudala benzani.
Lucky George: Ngakho, Juergen, senzani? Amazwe amaningi ase-Afrika asebenzisa UNWTO imicimbi njengohambo lokungcebeleka futhi ikhokhelwa uhulumeni wabo, iNigeria ingenye yazo.
UJuergen Steinmetz: Futhi mhlawumbe akukhona e-Afrika kuphela ngoba kunesimo esifanayo emazweni amaningi emhlabeni jikelele, futhi uma ungenabo abadlali abavelele, futhi ngikhuluma nge-UK, United States, Canada phakathi kwamanye, UNWTO izohlala iyisikhungo esibi se-UN.
Lucky George: Kungukudana.
