Lokhu kwakungesikhathi sokuhlanganyela Isonto Lokuqwashisa Ngezokuvakasha Inkundla yentsha, ebiyizolo (Septhemba 28) eMontego Bay Convention Centre, eSt. Abaningi bazwakalise ukweseka kwabo ezokuvakasha futhi baveze isifiso sabo sokubandakanyeka kakhulu ohlelweni oluthi “Rethinking Tourism,” okuyindikimba yesonto.
IForamu Yentsha yahlelwa njengengxenye yochungechunge lwemisebenzi yokugubha Isonto Lokuqwashisa Ngezokuvakasha (TAW) 2022, eliqala ngoSepthemba 25 - Okthoba 1. Amanxusa avela kuma-Tourism Action Clubs ayi-17 avela ezikoleni esiqhingini sonke ahlangene kulo mcimbi, esekelwa idlanzana lababambe iqhaza embonini yomcimbi wokuxoxisana lapho bebebambe khona izintambo kwenye yezingxoxo ezintathu zephaneli, bezwakalisa imicabango yabo mayelana nalokhu: “Ezokuvakasha Esizifunayo: Impendulo Yentsha.”
Amaphaneli abekhuluma ngokungagwegwesi nabanokuqonda ahlanganisa uNgqongqoshe Omncane Wezokuvakasha, u-Sanecia Taylor; owinile we Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Tourism Essay umncintiswano, u-Theondra Hamilton kanye noNobhala we-University of the West Indies (UWI) Tourism Society, u-Britanie Hanson, kanye no-Xavier McFarlane njengomengameli.
Ezinye izingxoxo zephaneli zihlole: “Amathuba Emisebenzi Okungeyona Yendabuko Embonini Yezokuvakasha” noMqondisi weTourism Linkages Network, uCarolyn McDonald-Riley kanye nosomabhizinisi u-Ashley Rousseau, ophethwe nguJoel Nomdarkham, kanye: “Umbono Omusha: Ukuzijwayeza Ukushintsha ngenkathi Ukuhlala Kuyiqiniso” ngezethulo zika-Kris DaCosta, uMphathi Wokumaketha weDijithali, i-JTB; U-Fabian Brown, Umqondisi, Inhlangano Yangaphakathi Nomthwalo Wemfanelo Womphakathi Wenkampani, I-Bahia Principe kanye Nosomabhizinisi Wezokuvakasha kanye neciko elidumile lokuqopha, uJeffrey “Agent Sacco” Campbell.
Njengoba kuphakanyiswe iziphakamiso eziningi ngabantu abasha, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), uDkt. Carey Wallace uthe ujabule kakhulu ngokufika kwama-Tourism Action Clubs.
“Kungihlabe umxhwele ukukhalipha kwezimpendulo nokuzibophezela kwabo kwezokuvakasha okusimeme,” egcizelela ukuthi “kubalulekile ukubandakanya leso sizukulwane.”
Ukholelwa ukuthi inkundla yalolo hlobo isebenze ekuvuleni imibono yabantu abasha futhi ibanikeze ukuqonda okwengeziwe ngamathuba amaningi angokwesiko nangokwesiko kulokho osekuyimboni ehamba phambili emhlabeni futhi “ingabanika izinga lempilo elihle.”
UDkt. Wallace uthe: “Sikholelwa ukuthi sidinga ukuba nosomabhizinisi abaningi bezokuvakasha abavela kubantu bakithi, kanye nabaphathi abengeziwe bezokuvakasha, amalungu eqembu, ochwepheshe bezokupheka njengoba emaningi kangaka amathuba.” Waba nomuzwa wokuthi umuntu waseJamaican ovamile wayesawabona amathuba okuvakasha njengomsebenzi wokuphuza utshwala noma umgcini wasendlini, “engazi ukuthi maningi kakhulu amathuba ebhizinisi akhiqizwa imboni.”
Imibono yakhe isekelwe nguNkk McDonald-Riley ogcizelele isidingo sokuthi ochwepheshe abahlomula ngokuqondile emkhakheni wezokuvakasha babelane ngezindaba zabo zempumelelo, ukuze abantu abasha bagqugquzeleke ukuthi bangene ezindaweni ezinenzuzo.
UDkt. Wallace wanezela ukuthi embonini engenisa imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-4.2 zamaRandi, “ngokuqinisekile akhona amathuba noma thina bantu baseJamaica okufanele sizuze kuwo” futhi ingxenye enkulu ehileleka ekuthengeni phesheya kwezilwandle, “sikholelwa ukuthi ingathathelwa indawo imikhiqizo yasendaweni, izinsiza zendawo kanye nethalente lendawo.” Ugcizelele ukuthi i-Linkages Network ye-TEF isebenzela ukwakha amandla endawo kulezi zindawo “ukuze kwakhe ibhuloho phakathi komkhakha wezokukhiqiza nezokuvakasha.”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- He believes a forum of that nature served to unlock the ideas of the young people and give them greater insights into the numerous traditional and nontraditional opportunities in what has become the world's leading industry and “can give them a good quality of life.
- Delegations from some 17 Tourism Action Clubs from schools across the island gathered for the occasion, supported by a number of industry stakeholders for an interactive event in which they held sway in one of three panel discussions, voicing their thoughts on.
- Many voiced their support for tourism and have indicated their desire to become more involved in the process of “Rethinking Tourism,” which is the theme for the week.
