U-Alessio Virgili, uMongameli we-ELTA; U-Maria Elena Rossi, uMqondisi Wezokumaketha Nokukhuthaza we-ENIT; kanye noFrederick Boutry, Diversity & Nightlife Marketing Advisor of Visit Brussels bathamele ukwethulwa kwenhlangano.
Isimemezelo sokuzalwa kwe-ELTA senziwe ngesikhathi seNgqungquthela Yomhlaba wonke ye-IGLTA yama-38 eMilan e-Italy ngo-Okthoba 2022, kodwa yayisivele isiwumbungu kusukela ngo-Ephreli 22, lapho, eMilan, i-European States General of LGBTQ Tourism yayihlelwe I-AITGL ngaphansi kwe-High Patronage yePhalamende laseYurophu.
Kulowo mcimbi, “i-Guidance Manifesto for LGBTQ+ Tourism” yokuqala yayisidwetshiwe futhi yamukelwa abameleli bamazwe angu-15 aseYurophu ababekhona kulo mcimbi. Lapho izalwa, i-ELTA, ngokombono wezimiso zokuziphatha, yasekela ngokushesha i-European Tourism Manifesto, Ikhodi Yokuziphatha ekhuthazwa yi-ECTAA (European Travel Agents' and tour Operators' Associations), futhi yayijoyine uhlelo lwe-United Nations Free & Equal. Kulezi zinsuku, i-EasyJet, i-Federturismo, i-Accor Hotel Italia, kanye ne-Best Western Italia nayo yayijoyine umfelandawonye.
Ukuvakasha kwe-LGBTQ + ngaphambi kwalolu bhubhane kwabiza ama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-75, futhi naphezu kwenhlekelele, ngo-2021, kwase kufinyelele kuma-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-43. Ngo-2019, izinombolo zinqoba izibalo zangaphambilini.
Abavakashi bakhetha ukuya ezindaweni ezisekela umphakathi wabo ngokukhululekile, isidingo umfelandawonye waseYurophu ofuna ukuhlangabezana nokwakhiwa kokuhlela okuchaziwe kanye nethrekhi ephawulwe yi-European Union.
"Inhloso eyisisekelo ye-ELTA," kuchaza uMongameli u-Virgili, "ukukhuthaza ukuhlukahluka, ukulingana, nokufakwa ngokubambisana nezikhungo zaseYurophu kanye nokweseka izinkampani zendawo kanye nezindawo. Uhlaka lwamanje lokungqubuzana, ukubhebhetheka kwenhlekelele yezomnotho, kuletha imiphumela emibi kakhulu ezingeni lezenhlalo. Ngeshwa kulezi zikhathi ezingokomlando, kulula ukuwela ekunakeni okuncane ezinhlosweni zokufakwa ezichazwe yi-European Agenda emkhakheni wokusimama, ngakho-ke, namuhla kunanini ngaphambili, sidinga ukubumbana futhi sikhuthaze ukuthuthukiswa kwamabhizinisi nomphakathi ngokusho kombiko. endleleni esimiswe ngaphambili.”
Umthetho we-ELTA uhlinzekela ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha kanye ne-LGBTQ+ yokwamukela izivakashi e-Europe kanye nokweseka amalungu enhlangano ekuheheni ezokuvakasha ezibandakanya bonke abantu. Phakathi kwezibopho ezibaluleke kakhulu ukusebenzelana okusebenzayo kokweseka izinkampani ezisebenza ngokuhambisana nokusimama komphakathi kanye nezinjongo zohlelo lwe-DE&I (Diversity Equity & Inclusion).
Okungezwe kulokhu izinjongo zokukhula zezimakethe ze-LGBTQ+ ngokwabelana ngedatha, ucwaningo, amaphrojekthi, kanye nemilando yamacala. Abahlanganyeli bazokwazi ukuhlangana ngesikhathi se-European States General of LGBTQ+ Tourism, ehlelwe yi-Conventions and Visitors Bureau ebambe iqhaza kumfelandawonye, emazweni ahlukene isikhathi ngasinye, ngenhloso yokusingatha imidiya, abagqugquzeli, izikhulumi, kanye nabaqhubi bezokuvakasha abavela kuwo wonke amazwe. emhlabeni wonke ukuthatha isitoko futhi uhlole isimo sobuciko. Izinkundla zokucobelelana ngolwazi ze-B2B nohambo lomndeni zizokwengezwa kulo mcimbi.
“Ukujoyina i-ELTA,” kuphetha u-Virgili, “kusho ukuba yingxenye yeqoqo lemibono namaphrojekthi ku-LGBTQ+ Tourism, ukuba nocwaningo lomkhakha, ukuqeqeshwa ngohlelo lwe-European DE&I, ukuxhumana okuthuthukile nokudidiyelwe, kanye nokuba nokufinyelela ku-European Generals of LGBTQ+ ezokuvakasha. ”
