UNWTO/Inkomfa ye-UNESCO: Ezokuvakasha kwezamasiko zigcina imiphakathi kanye namagugu aphilayo

Ingqungquthela yesithathu yezokuvakasha kwamasiko (3-5 December) ihlelwe ngokubambisana phakathi kweWorld Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) kanye ne-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) iphethwe namuhla e-Istanbul, eTurkey. Abahlanganyeli bamemezele ukweseka kwabo ezokuvakasha zamasiko njengomshayeli wokuvikela amagugu aphilayo, ukuvuselela ubuciko emadolobheni, kanye nokusabalalisa izinzuzo zezokuvakasha kwezenhlalo-mnotho kubo bonke.

Isiphetho esisemqoka engqungqutheleni kube yisidingo sokuxhumana okucacile futhi okuqinile phakathi kwezokuvakasha, amasiko kanye nababambiqhaza bomphakathi bendawo. Izinqubomgomo nezindlela zokuvakasha zamasiko kumele zibheke imibono kanye nezintshisekelo zemiphakathi yasendaweni, engasiza futhi izinhlaka zokuphatha ekulinganiseni ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha ngokulondolozwa kwamagugu nokuvikelwa. Ukuhambisa imali yezokuvakasha ekulondolozweni kwamasiko nasekuthuthukisweni komphakathi kwahlonzwa njengenselelo enkulu yokubusa.

UMongameli uMarie-Louise Coleiro Preca waseMalta ukhulume engqungqutheleni ngesikhathi kuvulwa, waqinisa ukuthi: "Ezweni lanamuhla, ubudlelwano bezokuvakasha buya bubaluleke kakhulu ukukhuthaza ukuqonda, futhi isiko lingukhiye ekufezekiseni lokhu".
IPhini likaMqondisi-Jikelele we-UNESCO uXing Qu uqinisekisile iqhaza elibalulekile lezokuvakasha, wathi: “Ezokuvakasha zinikeza ithuba elikhulu kakhulu lokweseka ukuthuthukiswa komnotho wendawo, ngenkathi kudilizwa imigoqo phakathi kwabantu. Ukuhlanganisa ubuhlakani nobuchwepheshe obusha, kanye nokuvikela amagugu kubalulekile ekuqhakambiseni ezokuvakasha ezinesibopho futhi esimeme ukuxhasa nokuhlanganisa imiphakathi eminyakeni ezayo. ”

“Amasiko angenye yezinto ezithuthukisa ezokuvakasha, ngakho ukuvikela amasiko kanye nokuqhakambisa ezokuvakasha ukuze kuthuthuke esimeme kuyingxenye yezibalo ezifanayo. Ukuthi kubuthene ongqongqoshe abangu-30 emhlabeni wonke lapha kufakazela indawo yesiko kwezokuvakasha,” kusho. UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele uZurab Pololikashvili evula umcimbi.
Le mizwa yenanelwe nangungqongqoshe wezamasiko nezokuvakasha eTurkey uMehmet Ersoy. "Ubambiswano lwezamasiko nezokuvakasha luhlinzeka ngohlaka lokusebenzisana komphakathi nezinkampani ezizimele, imfundo, ukutshalwa kwezimali kanye nokusimama," kusho uNgqongqoshe u-Ersoy.

Engxoxweni eyenganyelwe nguRajan Datar we-BBC, ongqongqoshe abangaphezu kwama-30 ababekhona baphetha ngokuthi ezokuvakasha namasiko azihlukaniseki futhi kumele zisebenzisane ukuze ezokuvakasha zingancishi amagugu amasiko nezinzuzo zawo kubavakashi nabantu bendawo. Kodwa-ke, inselelo enkulu ukusabalalisa ukuheha kwezamasiko ngaphezu kwamasayithi asunguliwe ngenkathi kulawulwa amanani amakhulu ezivakashi.

Iseshini yokuqala yengqungquthela ibigxile emandleni ezokuvakasha kwamasiko ukusiza amadolobha aguquke abe yimvelo nezindawo ezinokusimama nezinobuciko. Kuphele ngokuvumelana ukuthi imikhakha yezobuciko namasiko ingaqinisa futhi ihlinzeke ngamasu amasha kwezokuvakasha kwamasiko, yakha izixhumanisi eziguqula ezokuvakasha zibe yithuluzi lokuvikela amagugu amasiko abonakalayo futhi angaphatheki.

Usuku lwesibili lomcimbi lwanikelwa emandleni amawele ezokuvakasha ezinesibopho nentuthuko kwezobuchwepheshe ekuvikeleni amasiko angaphatheki. Kwavunyelwana ngokuthi amasu amasha aqiniswe ekuphathweni okungcono, ekukhuthazeni nasekulondolozweni kwamagugu, kanye nokwenza ezokuvakasha zamasiko zifinyeleleke kuwo wonke umuntu.

Phakathi nomcimbi, izinkampani ezinhlanu ezihamba phambili zezokuvakasha zaseTurkey zisayine Ukuzibophezela Kwezimboni Ezizimele ku- UNWTO I-Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, ikhulisa imizamo yabaholi bemboni yaseTurkey yokuqinisekisa intuthuko esimeme yalo mkhakha.

Ngomhlaka-3 UNWTO/Inkomfa Yomhlaba ye-UNESCO Yezokuvakasha Namasiko izokhipha isimemezelo, esizotholakala maduze, esichaza ukuzibophezela kwemikhakha ehlukene yabo bonke ababambiqhaza ekuqiniseni ubudlelwano bezokuvakasha namasiko njengendlela yokufeza I-Ajenda Yentuthuko Eqhubekayo yowezi-2030 yeNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene. Uhlelo olulandelayo lwengqungquthela luhlelelwe ukuba senzeka e-Kyoto, e-Japan ngo-2019.