Ukusayinwa kwe-Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) kwenzeka ngesikhathi i-FITUR, umbukiso omkhulu wezokuvakasha e-Spain, phakathi kuka-Co-Chair we-Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (I-GTRCMC) kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett kanye nezikhulu eziphezulu ze-Mastercard, okuletha umfutho omkhulu ekusebenzeni kweSikhungo.
“Isikhathi sale MOU sibalulekile njengoba sifuna ukwakha ukuqina emhlabeni jikelele kwezokuvakasha. Lokhu kuzosiza ukuqinisa igunya lethu lokukhiqiza nokuguqula imibono emisha ibe izixazululo ezibambekayo zokwakha ukuqina. Ngoba kungenxa yemibono emisha kanye nokuqanjwa okusha lapho sizokwazi khona ukuzivumelanisa nezimo, ukuphendula futhi siphumelele ngemva kokuphazamiseka embonini,” kusho Co-Chair we-GTRCMC kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha u-Bartlett.
Mastercard, okuyinhlangano yesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni elungisa izinkokhelo, idale isikhungo sokusungula esisebenza nohulumeni nama-ejensi womkhakha womphakathi ukuze kusheshiswe imizamo yabo yokwenza idijithali, kanye nokusungula izinto ezintsha, ucwaningo, nokudala ngokuhlanganyela izixazululo kuwo wonke umhlaba wezokuvakasha. Ngokusebenzisana eduze nohulumeni, izikhungo zikahulumeni nezizimele, kanye neziphathimandla zezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke, iTourism Innovation Hub isiza ekudaleni imboni yezokuvakasha esimeme, ebandakanyayo, futhi eqinile.
“Ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 lwaveza ukubaluleka kokubambisana komphakathi nezizimele. Kungalokhu kubambisana lapho iJamaica yakwazi khona ukuvula kabusha imingcele yayo ngemuva nje kokuba ubhubhane luhlasele futhi luhlale luvulekile. Lokhu kubambisana ne-Mastercard kuyisinyathelo esisendleleni efanele njengoba siletha izingqondo nezingcweti ezingcono kakhulu ukuze sakhe ukusimama kwezokuvakasha,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
Ukusayinwa kuza emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba i-GTRCMC kanye nozakwethu bamazwe ngamazwe isingathe Ingqungquthela Yomhlaba Wonke Yokuqina Kwezokuvakasha e-Kingston, e-Jamaica, kusukela ngo-February 15-17, 2023, eNdlunkulu Yesifunda YeNyuvesi yase-West Indies.
"Njengoba silungiselela ukwamukela izikhulumi zamazwe ngamazwe ezingaphezu kwamashumi amane ezivela emhlabeni wonke, ezizohlinzeka ngemininingwane ejulile mayelana nokusimama kwezokuvakasha, ukusayinwa kwe-MOU ne-Mastercard kusesikhathini futhi kuzothuthukisa imizamo yethu kakhulu," kusho uSolwazi Waller, uMqondisi Omkhulu we I-GTRCMC.
The Isikhungo Somhlaba Wonke Sokuqiniswa Kwezokuvakasha kanye Nezinhlekelele, enekomkhulu e-Jamaica, kwakuyisikhungo sokuqala sezinsiza zezemfundo esizinikele ekubhekaneni nezinkinga nokuqina embonini yezokuvakasha yesifunda. I-GTRCMC isiza izindawo ekuyiwa kuzo ekulungeni, ekuphathweni nasekululameni ekuphazanyisweni kanye/noma ezinkingeni ezithinta ezokuvakasha futhi ezisongela umnotho nempilo emhlabeni jikelele. Selokhu yasungulwa ngo-2018, izikhungo eziningi zesathelayithi zethulwe eKenya, eNigeria naseCosta Rica. Amanye asezinhlelweni zokusatshalaliswa eJordan, Spain, Greece naseBulgaria.
