Agasti 6, 2018. I-International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) International Year of Community Tourism and Peace, eyasungulwa ngokubambisana ne-Countrystyle Villages as Businesses, izophetha ngomgubho eNgqungqutheleni Yezokuvakasha Yomphakathi Yamazwe Ngamazwe IIPT eNyuvesi YaseNtshonalanga. I-Indies (UWI) Visitors' Lodge e-Kingston, Jamaica kusukela ngoNovemba 12 – 15, 2018.
Le Ngqungquthela ihlangene ne-Countrystyle Villages as Businesses, I-UWI Open Campus, i-Caribbean Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Livelihoods, Making Connections Work Ltd UK/Diaspora Connect 2022, i-YES Foundation, i-National Best Communities Foundation kanye ne-UWI Tourism Society. Izobandakanya izifundo eziyisibonelo zezokuvakasha zomphakathi ezivela e-Jamaica, esifundeni sase-Caribbean nase-Afrika futhi ihloniphe izinhlangano zezokuvakasha zomphakathi ezivelele kanye nabantu esidlweni sasemini sama-Community Tourism Awards. Indikimba yengqungquthela ithi “Ukwakha imiphakathi njengamabhizinisi.”
Isikhulumi esiqavile kuzoba nguMhlonishwa. U-Audley Shaw, uNgqongqoshe Wezimboni, Wezohwebo, Wezolimo Nezokudoba, ozokwabelana naye ukweseka kwakhe uhlelo lokuthuthukisa umphakathi oluhlinzekwa yi-Countrystyle Villages as Businesses kanye ne-Academy of Community Tourism ngokubambisana ne-UWI Open Campus. Umhlahlandlela nokuqeqeshwa kwalolu hlelo kwezokuvakasha, ezohwebo namanye amakhono kwenza amadolobhana nabantu ngabanye bahlomule emathubeni anhlobonhlobo adalwa ezokuvakasha zomphakathi.
Ezinye zezihambeli/abethuli abakhethekile bazobandakanya uNkk. Diana McIntyre–Pike, uMongameli/umsunguli we-Countrystyle Villages as Businesses, uMongameli we-IIPT Caribbean kanye noMdidiyeli we-IIPT International Community Tourism Network; I-Pro-Vice Chancellor kanye Nothishanhloko we-UWI Open Campus, uDkt. Luz Longsworth; UDkt. Louis D'Amore, Umsunguli/uMongameli we-IIPT; U-Alison Kenning Massa, iPhini Likamongameli Wezindawo Zasemakhaya njengamabhizinisi; UDkt. Marcia Brandon, i-CEO ye-Caribbean Centre of Excellence
Okokuziphilisa Okusimeme; UDkt. Carolyn Hayle, UWI Mona; UMelanie Taylor, uMongameli we-UWI Tourism Society; Gillian Rowlands, Iphini likaMongameli IIPT Caribbean; U-Valerie Dixon, iPhini Likamongameli I-Countrystyle Villages njengamabhizinisi; U-Mark Pike, uMphathi-Jikelele, i-ATL Automotive Car Rentals; U-Jacqueline daCosta, uSihlalo Isisekelo Sikazwelonke Semiphakathi Engcono Kakhulu; U-Paulette Jones, uMqondisi Wephrojekthi, i-Diaspora Connect 2022; UMfundisi Solomon Mruka, uMongameli/Umxhumanisi we-Africa Community Tourism Network; Ithimba le-Barbados Community Tourism Network; I-Lopinot, i-Trinidad ne-Tobago, ithimba; Arlene McKenzie, Rastafari Indigenous Village St. James; U-Alexander Pike, uMphathi-Jikelele we-R Hotel; UJames Samuels, uSihlalo, i-Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Ikomidi Lokukhangisa i-Kingston kanye ne-Tourism Product Development Co Linkages Hub; U-Valerie Veira, uMqondisi Omkhulu, we-Jamaica Business Development
Isikhungo (JBDC); U-Theo Chambers, Umsunguli kanye ne-CEO Finyelela ku-Jamaica.com & Iklabhu yesaphulelo ye-VIP yaseCaribbean; USharon Parris-Chambers Umxhumanisi Wezobudlelwane Bomphakathi/Umshicileli Caribnewsroom.com; kanye noDkt. Kadamawe K'Nife, U-Lecturer UWI and Patron, Community Tourism Trust Fund (COMTRUST)
Ngemva kwengqungquthela, izithunywa ziyamenywa ukuba zibambe iqhaza kolunye lwezinkambo ezinhlanu zeCommunity Tourism Study Tours. Izinketho zohambo lokufunda losuku olulodwa yilezi: Kingston and Environs Community Experience Lifestyle Tour; I-Marvellous Mandeville kanye ne-Resource Village Tour + u-Marcus Garvey kanye ne-Taino Heritage, e-Manchester; Treasure Beach Community Experience Tour kuhlanganise Lover's Leap, St. Elizabeth; I-South Coast Adventure Tour ehlanganisa i-YS Falls ne-Black River Safari, i-St. Elizabeth; kanye ne-Beeston Spring Village Community Experience Lifestyle Tour, e-Westmoreland.
NgokukaDiana McIntyre-Pike, uMongameli/umsunguli we-Countrystyle Villages as Businesses and Coordinator we-IIPT International Community Tourism Network, “le ngqungquthela ibalulekile ukukhombisa izinzuzo zezomnotho zokuthuthukisa imiphakathi yasemakhaya nesemadolobheni njengamabhizinisi okukhuthaza nokuheha. amathuba okutshalwa kwezimali kosomabhizinisi bendawo endaweni abakuyo ngokuqeqeshwa nemfundo esingayinikeza ku-Academy for Community Tourism (ACT) ngokubambisana ne-UWI Open Campus.”
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- According to Diana McIntyre-Pike, President/Founder of the Countrystyle Villages as Businesses and Coordinator of the IIPT International Community Tourism Network, “this conference is an important one to show the economic benefits of developing rural and urban communities as businesses to promote and attract investment opportunities for local entrepreneurs in their own environment through training and education which we can provide from the Academy for Community Tourism (ACT) in partnership with the UWI Open Campus.
- The International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) International Year of Community Tourism and Peace, initiated in collaboration with Countrystyle Villages as Businesses, will end with a celebration at the IIPT International Community Tourism Conference at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Visitors' Lodge in Kingston, Jamaica from November 12 – 15, 2018.
- The Conference is in collaboration with Countrystyle Villages as Businesses, the UWI Open Campus, the Caribbean Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Livelihoods, Making Connections Work Ltd UK/Diaspora Connect 2022, the YES Foundation, the National Best Communities Foundation and the UWI Tourism Society.
