NgoJuni 2018, iNgqungquthela Yamazwe Ngamazwe Yokuvikelwa Kwezingane Ezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha izosingathwa uHulumeni wase-Colombia ngokubambisana ne-World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), ECPAT International, nabanye ababambiqhaza. Njengokwakhela iNgqungquthela Yamazwe Ngamazwe, kubanjwa izingqungquthela zezifunda, kanti e-Afrika, lokhu kuzoba mhla ziyisi-7 kuNhlaba wezi-2018, eThekwini, eNingizimu Afrika, ukuze kuhambisane ne-Africa's Travel Indaba futhi isekelwe Ibhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika.
Umcimbi uzohlola izinyathelo ezisheshisiwe zokuqaliswa kwezincomo zocwaningo lomhlaba wonke olumayelana nokuxhashazwa ngokocansi kwezingane kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha (SECTT) futhi unikeze umhlahlandlela wokubhekana nale nselelo yomhlaba wonke. Ucwaningo lomhlaba wonke lwathuthukiswa ngokubambisana nabalingani abangama-67 emhlabeni jikelele (kuhlanganise UNWTO, I-Interpol, kanye ne-UNICEF). Lolu cwaningo lunezincomo eziqondene nomkhakha ezithile ezingama-46 kubabambiqhaza abahlukahlukene okuhlanganisa nezinkampani ezizimele (njengezinkampani zezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha, imboni ye-ICT, nezinkampani abasebenzi bazo abahambela ibhizinisi.
Izincomo ziwela ngaphansi kwezindawo ezinhlanu zokungenelela ezihlukene: ukuqwashisa, ukuvimbela, ukubika, ukuqeda ukungajezisi kanye nokufinyelela ebulungiswa, nokunakekelwa nokubuyisela, futhi zihambisana nokufezekiswa Kwezinjongo Zokuthuthukiswa Okusimeme (SDGs) - eziningi zazo eziphathelene ukuvikelwa kwezingane kanye nezokuvakasha ezisimeme. Lolu cwaningo beluqondiswe ithimba elisebenza ngezinga eliphezulu futhi laziswa ngezifundo ezinemininingwane ezivela kuzo zonke izifunda namazwe amaningana, kanye neminikelo evela kochwepheshe nezingane. Ithula isithombe esithuthuke kakhulu senkinga yokuxhashazwa ngokocansi kwezingane kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha, okuhlanganisa ne-Afrika, futhi izincomo zayo ziyisihluthulelo sokuthuthukisa izimpendulo zezinkampani ezizimele ukuze kuvinjelwe futhi kuliwe nalobu bugebengu. Okutholwe yiwo kuqinisekisa ukuthi asikho isifunda esingakathintwa yile nselelo futhi alikho izwe “elingenalo ukuzivikela komzimba.”
Isizathu seNgqungquthela
Eminyakeni emibili ngemva kokwethulwa kwe-Global Study, isidingo semizamo edidiyelwe yokuqinisekisa ukuhunyushwa okuhlelekile kokuzibophezela esenzweni asinakugcizelelwa kakhulu. Lokhu kubizelwe emihlanganweni eyahlukene okuhlanganisa nengqungquthela yokulwa nokuxhashazwa ngokocansi kwezingane kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha (SECTT) eyayiseNingizimu Afrika ngoNhlangulana wezi-2017 nasemhlanganweni “weTransition Meeting” wocwaningo lwamazwe ngamazwe, ebiseMadrid UNWTO ngoJulayi 2017. Kuyo yomibili imihlangano, ababambiqhaza ababalulekile kanye nabalingani bocwaningo lomhlaba wonke bacele isinyathelo esididiyelwe sokulwa ne-SECTT futhi bazibophezele ezenzweni ezibambekayo ngokumelene
I-SECTT. Engqungqutheleni yaseNingizimu Afrika, ikhwelo lokuba kube neNgqungquthela Yesifunda Emayelana Nokuvikelwa Kwezingane Ezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha senziwa owayenguSihlalo we UNWTO Ikhomishini ye-Afrika.
NgoSepthemba 2017, i- UNWTO yamukele umbhalo we-Framework Convention on Ethics in Tourism, okuyithuluzi eliyisibopho elinezinhlinzeko zokuvikela izingane futhi ibophezela izinhlangano zezifundazwe ukuthi zikuphoqelele ezingeni likazwelonke uma sezikugunyazile lapho kuqala ukusebenza. Njengoba imibuso nezinkampani ezizimele zifuna ukukhuthaza ezokuvakasha ezisimeme ukuze zithuthuke, ilungelo lezingane lokuvikelwa ebudloveni nasekuxhashazweni kufanele libe senhliziyweni yazo zonke izenzo ezingaphakathi kohlaka lwezinqubo zebhizinisi ezinokuziphatha nezinomthwalo wemfanelo. Umkhakha ozimele ungabambiqhaza ababalulekile ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi kubekwa izindlela ezisebenzayo ukuze ezokuvakasha zithuthuke ngokusimeme, ngaphandle kokufaka izingane kunoma yiluphi uhlobo lokuxhashazwa. Ngakho-ke, kunesidingo sokuqhubeka nokugqugquzela nokwenza lula ukuqaliswa kwezincomo zocwaningo lomhlaba wonke ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi ukuvikelwa kwezingane kuhlala ku-ajenda yezokuvakasha.
Abathintekayo abehlukene esifundeni sebezithathele izinyathelo zokuvikela izingane noma sebevele basezinhlelweni zokwenza lokho. Lokhu kubandakanya i-Africa Airlines Association (AFRAA), izinkampani zezindiza (ezifana neSouth African Airways, Rwanda Air, Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways), ACCOR Hotels in Africa, kanye neFair Trade and Travel (FTT). Emhlabeni jikelele, izinkampani ezinkulu zamahhotela nezokuhamba bezilokhu ziziphatha ngendlela efanele ekusetshenzisweni kweKhodi Yokuziphatha ukuze kuvikelwe izingane kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha, njenge-Carlson Wagonlit Travels, AccorHotels, Hilton, kanye ne-TUI. Izinkampani eziningi, okuhlanganisa nemikhiqizo eyaziwayo njengeMarriott, Uber USA, kanye ne-American Airlines, ziye zavuma ubukhulu benkinga futhi zinqume ukujoyina Ikhodi. Ngenxa yalezi ntuthuko, futhi njengokwakhiwa kwengqungquthela yamazwe ngamazwe, kuzobanjwa izingqungquthela zesifunda mayelana nokuvikelwa kwezingane kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha. E-Afrika, umcimbi uzosingathwa ngaphambi kwe-Africa Travel Indaba, ehlanganisa ndawonye izinkampani ezizimele ezivela e-Afrika yonkana.
Izinhloso zeNgqungquthela
Inhloso enkulu yale ngqungquthela ukukhulisa nokuqinisa intando nezenzo zezombusazwe ekuvikeleni izingane kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha ngokusekelwe ezincomweni zocwaningo lomhlaba wonke nge-SECTT, njengomnikelo wesifunda ekufezeni ama-SDG. Ngakho-ke, ingqungquthela izoba nalezi zinhloso ezilandelayo:
- Ukwenza lula inkhulumomphendvulwano esezingeni eliphezulu nabamele imboni yezokuvakasha ukuze kuthuthukiswe
izinqubo zebhizinisi ezinomthwalo wemfanelo ekuvikeleni izingane kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha.
- Ukwabelana ngezinqubo ezithembisayo ngezinkampani ezihamba phambili zezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha e-Afrika ngombono wokunikeza umnikelo wesifunda eNgqungqutheleni Yamazwe Ngamazwe Yokuvikelwa Kwezingane Ezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha ezoholela ekwakhekeni kwezibopho zomhlaba wonke.
- Ukuthuthukisa ukubambisana kwesifunda ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuvikelwa kwezingane kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha.
Ifomethi Yenkomfa
Kucatshangwa ukuthi le ngqungquthela izoba yemikhakha eminingi futhi ihlelwe ngokubambisana kanye nokusebenzisana nababambiqhaza ababalulekile embonini yezokuvakasha kanye nezokungcebeleka njenge UNWTO Ikhomishini ye-Afrika, iminyango yezokuvakasha, izinhlangano zesifunda sase-Afrika, ama-ejensi e-UN, abamele umkhakha ozimele, nama-CSO. Indlela ehlelwe ngayo le ngqungquthela izohlanganisa izinkulumo eziqavile zabameli bezinga eliphezulu bongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha kanye nemboni yezokuvakasha nezokungcebeleka. Kuzoba nezingxoxo nezingxoxo zababambe iqhaza ababalulekile ukuze babelane ngemikhuba yabo nokuzibophezela ekuvikeleni izingane kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha.
Le ngqungquthela ihlelelwe ukuthi ihambisane ne-African Travel Indaba ukuze kwandiswe futhi kwakhele phezu kwezibophezelo ezikhulayo zongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha mayelana nezokuvakasha ezisimeme nezinesibopho, kanye nokufinyelela ekubambeni iqhaza okubanzi kwemboni yezokuvakasha neyokuvakasha kulo mcimbi. Le ngqungquthela kulindeleke ukuthi yamukele Ukuzibophezela Komkhakha Ozimele Wokuvikelwa Kwezingane Ezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha e-Afrika, okuzokwethulwa UNWTO Ikhomishana yaminyaka yonke yeKhomishana ye-Afrika kanye neNgqungquthela Yamazwe Ngamazwe Yokuvikelwa Kwezingane Ezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha, yomibili izobanjwa ngoJuni 2018 eNigeria naseColombia, ngokulandelana.
Abahlanganyeli
Le ngqungquthela kulindeleke ukuthi ihehe ababambiqhaza abayikhulu, abathathwe ikakhulukazi kohulumeni base-Afrika, i-African Union, i-Regional Economic Commissions (RECs), izinkampani ezizimele (okuhlanganisa amahhotela, izinkampani zezindiza, izikhungo zezokuvakasha nabavakashi, izinkampani zamatekisi, izinkampani ze-ICT, namabhange. ), amaphoyisa, izinhlangano ze-UN, ama-NGO, ama-CSO, abezindaba, kanye nochwepheshe ngabanye.
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe, sicela uthinte: UNksz Violet Odala, Uchwepheshe we-SECTT, i-Africa ECPAT International. I-imeyili: [i-imeyili ivikelwe]
I-ECAT International ikwazisa ukwesekwa kwezimali kweNgqungquthela Yase-Afrika Yokuvikelwa Kwezingane Ezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha evela ku-Human Dignity Foundation (HDF).
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- This has been called for at various meetings including at a conference on combatting Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism (SECTT) held in South Africa in June 2017 and at the “Transition Meeting” for the global study, hosted in Madrid by the UNWTO ngoJulayi 2017.
- NgoSepthemba 2017, i- UNWTO adopted the text for a Framework Convention on Ethics in Tourism, which is a binding instrument with provisions on child protection and obliges states parties to enforce at the national level once they ratify it upon its entry into force.
- As a build-up to the International Summit, regional conferences are being hosted, and in Africa, this will be held on May 7, 2018, in Durban, South Africa, to coincide with the Africa's Travel Indaba and is supported by the African Tourism Board.
