Ukuhamba Nezokuvakasha ngo-2022: Yeka Unyaka We-Roller Coaster!

eTurboNews Umshicileli u-Juergen Steinmetz unikeza impendulo yakhe ngonyaka ka-2022 - angasoze awukhohlwa. Kuqale ngeholide lakhe lokuqala selokhu kwaqubuka i-COVID ngemuva kokugubha uKhisimusi nomndeni wakhe eJalimane.

“Ngibambeke” amasonto ama-2 ngivalelwe ngedwa efulethini lami leholide esiqhingini esihle saseGreece iMykonos, kulandelwa ezinye izinsuku ezi-3 ehhotela elise-Athene yomlando, i-COVID yabeka ithoni yokuqala konyaka ngemikhawulo kanye nokuvalwa okwengeziwe.

Ukufakaza kancane kancane imboni eqinile elwela ukusinda, futhi ukuguqula le mpi ngokumelene ne-COVID ngemithetho eminingi yokugoma ekhona ukuze ingabi ne-COVID akuzange kusebenze. Ukuvumela umhlaba ukuthi wamukele lolu bhubhane futhi uphile nalo kubonakala kusebenza kangcono, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kokugonywa okusabalele.

The Umnyango Wezokuvakasha wasePhilippines ebisingatha i UMkhandlu Wokuvakasha Komhlaba kanye Nezokuvakasha (WTTC) Ingqungquthela ngo-Ephreli 2022, lapho i-COVID isewusongo olukhulu kuleli zwe lase-ASEAN, yathatha isinyathelo sesibindi sokuthi umhlaba uhlangane. Ezweni laseMabuhay, kube wutshalomali oluwumqansa ukwamukela umhlaba wabaholi bezokuvakasha ogwini lwawo. Kwabeka isisekelo sezokuxhumana kanye nokuqina, kwavumela umkhakha wezokuvakasha nowokuvakasha ukuba ume ndawonye.

Owesibili WTTC Ingqungquthela yaminyaka yonke ngenyanga edlule (November 2022) e-Riyadh, eSaudi Arabia, ikwazile ukwakhela phezu kwezimpumelelo ePhilippines futhi yayisa ezokuvakasha kwelinye izinga nje kuphela kodwa yayisifaka ikusasa eliqhakazile.

Kimina, iSaudi Arabia yayingolunye ulwazi oluhluke kakhulu. ngizibuze, kungani umuntu efuna ukuvakashela i-KSA? Chofoza lapha ukuze ngithathe. Kwakungeke kube okoshokoledi wekamela kuphela.

Njengomsunguli we-Tourism Resilience Day, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett wakwazi ukuphusha iJamaica yakhe entsha eyasungulwa Isikhungo Sokuqiniswa Kwezokuvakasha Somhlaba Wonke kanye Nesikhungo Sokuphathwa Kwezinkinga (GTRCMC) enezindawo ezintsha zesathelayithi emhlabeni jikelele.

UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseSaudi, U-Ahmed Al-Khateeb, waba umnakekeli wale mboni yomhlaba wonke futhi wachitha izigidigidi zamarandi ezidingekayo ukuze kungagcini nje ukuvimbela umnotho wezokuvakasha ukuthi ungangeni, kodwa neNhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba (World Tourism Organization)UNWTO) futhi WTTC ngokunikeza ikhaya lesibili.

ISaudi Arabia itshale imali ngokuqasha abantu abaziwa kakhulu le mboni okufanele ibanike yona; ukusebenzisa izinhlobo ezinhle kakhulu zezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke ezinhlelweni zayo zokukhula; futhi kufaka phakathi izinhlelo ezimayelana nezokuvakasha nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, ukutshalwa kwezimali, namaphrojekthi amakhulu. Umeluleki omusha ophezulu kaNgqongqoshe waseSaudi wayaziwa njengowesifazane onethonya elikhulu kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele, owayengu-CEO we WTTC, kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Mexico, u-Gloria Guevara.

Kimina ngokwami, iPhilippines yaba isenzakalo esishintsha ukuphila, njengoba ngabamba igciwane elidla inyama eHawaii, elahlasela umlenze wami ngemva kokufika eManila. Ngangeniswa eMakati Medical Centre eManila. Lapha, ngibonile ukuthi obani amaqhawe eqiniso kulo mhlaba, futhi ngiyaqonda ukuthi kungani i-Philippines ingaba indawo yokugcina yezokuvakasha yezokwelapha emhlabeni wonke.

Bangabasebenzi bezempilo, ikakhulukazi odokotela nabahlengikazi basePhilippine abenze umsebenzi osezingeni lomhlaba ngokumomotheka kanye nomphefumulo osekela konke umnyakazo wabo.

Ngiphinde ngabona ukuthi umphakathi wethu wabaholi bemboni yezokuvakasha uhlangana ndawonye, ​​futhi abaningi bakhombisa ukuthi banendaba kangakanani. Ngifuna ukubonga Ihhotela laseManila Marriott ngokungakhokhisi ubusuku engangihlala ekamelweni labo futhi ngalala esibhedlela, futhi ngifuna ukubonga umhlengikazi ukuthi World Tourism Network wenza iqhawe. Nansi indaba yakhe.

Kuyinto engingasoze ngayikhohlwa. Iqinisekisa ukuthi ezokuvakasha ziyibhizinisi lokuthula, ubungane, nokusebenza ndawonye. I-SKAL ikuthole kuyiqiniso lapho ithi inhlangano yabo yakhelwe phezu kwamalungu ayo “aqhuba ibhizinisi phakathi kwabangane.” I Ingqungquthela ye-SKAL e-Rijeka, eCroatia, ngo-October kwakuyisenzakalo esijabulisayo, sokukhululeka nethemba.

Ngiziqhenye ngokuthola indondo ye-SKAL Inxusa Lonyaka ngokubonga amagalelo avelele.

Ukuhambela amazwe angama-27 emazwenikazi ayi-6 kulo nyaka, indlala yokuvakasha kanye nezokuvakasha idlule ukwesaba kwe-COVID-19. Kwabonakala ukuthi akekho owayesazizwa esongelwa ngempela.

Ukuba nekhekhe endaweni ematasa nenelanga e-Innsbruck, e-Austria; ukushayela ngemoto yami eqashisayo ye-AVIS esuka eCroatia nge-Italy, Slovenia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania kuya eSerbia; ukuhlala eDusseldorf, eJalimane; ukuhambela i-International Film Festival e-Marrakesh, e-Morocco ngemva kombukiso omatasatasa we-World Travel Market (WTM) e-London; ukuzwa iSaudi Arabia entsha; ukuhlangana nabangane abahle okuhlanganisa noMnu. Tourism uqobo, uDkt. Tabel Rifai, emzini wakhe eJordani; ukuba nesikhathi esimnandi kanye nephathi yosuku lokuzalwa e-Bangkok, e-Thailand, kwenze u-2022 waba unyaka wokuvakasha, ukuqina, nokuzizwisa okusha.

Ngenza uhambo lwami lokuqala lokuya eMalta - umhlaba ngokwawo kanye nomlando omningi esizweni esisesiqhingini saseMedithera.

Ikakhulukazi, ukuhlangana nabangane abasha abahle ngokusebenzisa yethu WTN Ukwakha kabusha Izingxoxo Zokuhamba ngesikhathi se-COVID on Zoom - uMqondisi Wezokuvakasha waseMontenegro, u-Aleksandra Gardasevic-Slavuljica, kanye noSolwazi Snežana Štetić, eSerbia - kwakuyilungelo. Kuzoba nokunye esihlokweni sami soNyaka Omusha sikhumbula abantu ababaluleke kakhulu kwezokuvakasha.

U-2022 washintsha umdlalo.

Ngafunda ngokuntuleka kokunakekelwa kwezempilo okuvimbelayo e-United States namathuba okuvakasha kwezokwelapha ePhilippines, eSerbia naseJalimane.

I-IMEX America eLas Vegas kanye neWorld Travel Market eLondon kulo nyaka ikwenze kwacaca ukuthi umhlangano kanye nemakethe yokukhuthaza ayisaphathwa nje ku-Zoom futhi isibuyile ngokugcwele.

Umhlangano we-Caribbean Tourism Organization e-Cayman Islands ulethe injabulo kanye nekhwelo lokuba kubuyiswe ubumbano endaweni encike kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni.

Ezokuvakasha ziyaphila futhi ziyakhahlela futhi, futhi kunjalo eTurboNews. Sibonga abasebenzi bethu abazinikele abasebenza emholweni oncishisiwe 24/7 iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-2, sonke siphumelele kokubi kakhulu, ukuhlala siqinile, sikhuthazekile, futhi siba nethonya nakakhulu.

Ukube bekungengenxa yabangane bethu, amabhodi ezokuvakasha we Jamaica, Seychelles, Malta, Bahamas, Barbados, Guam, Jordan, Montenegro, Hamburg, Uganda, Northern Cape, Eswatini, nakumkhakha ozimele: Izimbadada Yezimbadada, I-SunX, I-Reed Expo, I-IMEX, Izindiza ZaseSaudi Arabia, Tyena Bradford Group, WTTC, UNIGLOBE, IFAPHA, EUROEXPO, phakathi kokunye, eTurboNews ngabe futhi waba isisulu salezi zikhathi ezinzima.

Abantu abasembonini yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha bangabenzi beqiniso, futhi labo abasinde ezinseleleni zomnotho zalolu bhubhane bangabaholi bangempela.

Sizoklelisa amaqhawe ethu ezokuvakasha angowezi-2022 esihlokweni esikhethekile ngaphambi kukaNcibijane.

Lo bhubhane wehlise abafundi bethu bezohwebo ukusuka ku-230,000 kuya ku-170,000 kodwa ukhuphule abafundi bethu bezokuhamba okungezona ezohwebo besuka ku-150,000 baya ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezimbili.

Ukwakha kabusha uhambo kwakuyingxoxo yethu yazalwa ngenxa ye-COVID futhi kwakuyisisekelo se- World Tourism Network.

Namalungu angaphezu kwe-1,000 emazweni ayi-128, WTN ibilokhu ibalulekile embonini, futhi inhloso yethu yokukhulumela amabhizinisi aphakathi nendawo namancane emhlabeni iba ngokoqobo emikhakheni eminingi.

Ukukhala oNyaka Omusha ngivela ekhaya lami elihle, i Aloha Isifunda saseHawaii sizovula iminyango yekusasa elingcono nakakhulu. Eyethu yokuqala World Tourism Network Ingqungquthela ngoSepthemba e-Bali, e-Indonesia, izogxila kakhulu.

Ngingangeza futhi izwi lesexwayiso ukuthi ngingawathathi kalula amahhotela anamuhla adayiswe kakhulu, izindiza ezigcwele, kanye nezifundo zocwaningo lombono omuhle omangalisayo?

A UNWTO Unobhala Jikelele, owazama konke okusemandleni ukuvimba eTurboNews ekuhambeleni imicimbi yabezindaba, ayizange iphumelele. Senza abangani “abayimfihlo” abengeziwe abacele ukungadalulwa igama phakathi kwenhlangano kunangaphambili.

Ngithanda ukubonga ngokukhethekile u-Anita Mendiratta, obambe iqhaza eTurboNews, ngenkathi ukushicilelwa kwethu kusungula iqembu le-CNN Task futhi wayengumeluleki ophezulu wangaphambili UNWTO Unobhala Jikelele uDkt. Taleb Rifai. Ube ngumeluleki okhethekile kaNobhala-Jikelele wamanje u-Zurab Pololikashvili futhi akazange alahlekelwe amazwi akhe anomusa nahlakaniphile ephatha ama-akhawunti wezokuxhumana womphathi wakhe.

Ukwehla kwamandla emali, inkinga yamandla, nempi e-Ukraine, kanye nezinkomba ezisanda kukhishwa zesizini kaKhisimusi noNcibijane esibuthakathaka ezindaweni ezifana neHawaii kufanele kukhombise ukuthi zintekenteke kangakanani izibikezelo eziningi zokukhula okuqhubekayo.

Senza kahle okwamanje, futhi u-2023 uzosikhanyisela ngokuthi umkhakha wethu uzoqhubeka kanjani nokuthuthuka ngezinto eziningi ezidlalayo.

I-Guam inendlela enhle, ekhala ngo-2023 ngombukiso we-drone. Phela, iGuam yindawo lapho iMelika iqala khona ngo-2023.

Unyaka Omusha Ojabulisayo, futhi kulabo abagubha uKhisimusi, uKhisimusi Ojabulisayo kubo bonke abathembekile eTurboNews abafundi. Aloha!

UJuergen Steinmetz
Umshicileli eTurboNews