I-Global Travel Association Coalition (GTAC), ehlanganisa izinhlangano nezinhlangano ezinkulu zezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele, yamukela Unyaka Wamazwe Ngamazwe Wezokuvakasha Okuqhubekayo Kwentuthuko ka-2017 njengethuba lokugcizelela amathuba amakhulu ezenhlalo nezomnotho alethwe umkhakha kuyo yonke imiphakathi, njengoba kanye namandla ayo okumela ukuqondana, ukuthula kanye nentuthuko esimeme emhlabeni wonke.
I-GTAC iqukethe izinhlangano ezinkulu emkhakheni wezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele, okuyi-ACI, i-CLIA, i-IATA, i-ICAO, i-PATA, UNWTO WEF, kanye WTTC. Ihlose ukukhuthaza ukuqondwa okungcono kweqhaza le-Travel & Tourism njengomgqugquzeli wokukhula komnotho nokuqashwa kwabantu, kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuthi ohulumeni bathuthukisa izinqubomgomo ezifaka isandla ekukhuleni kwemboni okunenzuzo, okusimeme kanye nesikhathi eside.
Ekhulumela i-GTAC, uTaleb Rifai, uNobhala Jikelele, UNWTO, wathi:
“Unyaka nonyaka bangu-1.2 billion abantu abavakashela phesheya. Lezi, kanye nezigidigidi ezengeziwe ezihambela kuleli, zakha umkhakha onegalelo elingama-10% e-GDP yomhlaba wonke emnothweni womhlaba kanye nomsebenzi owodwa kweziyi-1. Ezokuvakasha seziphenduke ipasipoti yokuchuma, umshayeli wokuthula, namandla okuguqula impilo yezigidigidi.
UNobhala-Jikelele weNhlangano Yezizwe, u-Antonio Guterres, emyalezweni wakhe ngesikhathi kwethulwa uNyaka Wamazwe Ngamazwe obanjelwe eMadrid, eSpain, zingama-18 kuJanuwari:
“Umhlaba ungasebenzisa futhi kumele usebenzise amandla ezokuvakasha njengoba silwela ukufeza i-Ajenda ka-2030 Yentuthuko Eqhubekayo. Ezintathu kweziyi-17 Izinjongo Zokuthuthukiswa Okusimeme (ama-SDG) zihlanganisa okuhlosiwe okuhlobene nezokuvakasha: Umgomo wesi-8 wokuthuthukisa ukukhula nomsebenzi ohloniphekile, umgomo we-12 wokuqinisekisa ukusetshenziswa nokukhiqiza okusimeme, kanye nomgomo we-14 wokulondoloza imithombo yasolwandle. Kodwa ezokuvakasha nazo zinqamula ezindaweni eziningi ezihlukene zempilo, futhi zibandakanya imikhakha eminingi yezomnotho ehlukahlukene kanye nemisinga yezenhlalo-masiko, kangangokuthi zixhumene nayo yonke i-Ajenda. Ngale kwentuthuko elinganisekayo ezokuvakasha engayenza, iphinde ibe ibhuloho lokuqondana kangcono phakathi kwabantu abavela kuzo zonke izigaba zokuphila.
“Okumenyezelwe yiNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene, Unyaka Womhlaba Wonke Wokuvakasha Okuqhubekayo Kwentuthuko (2017) yisikhathi esibalulekile sokwenza lo mkhakha obalulekile ube namandla okwenza okuhle. Ngezinyanga eziyi-12 zezenzo zomhlaba wonke, kuzosinikeza ithuba lokuthi sonke sikhuthaze indima yethu njengenjini yokuthuthukiswa komnotho, njengendlela yokwabelana ngamasiko, ukwakha ukuqondana kanye nokushayela umhlaba onokuthula kakhudlwana.”
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