IVanuatu ibamba umhlangano woMkhandlu WezabaNgqongqoshe Bezokuvakasha

ONgqongqoshe Bezokuvakasha abavela emazweni ayi-17 aseziqhingini zasePacific bazohlangana ePort Vila ngesonto elizayo (ngoLwesihlanu, ngo-Okthoba 27) ukuhambela umhlangano waminyaka yonke woMkhandlu Wongqongqoshe Bezokuvakasha kanye nokuxoxa ngezinto eziningi ezibalulekile zokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha esifundeni.

Umhlangano woNgqongqoshe ngoLwesihlanu uzobona ukuvuthwa kwesonto kweminye imihlangano esezingeni eliphakeme ye-SPTO eVanuatu, konke kuhloswe ngakho ukuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha esifundeni kanye nokunikela kwezokuvakasha okusimeme.

Umhlangano woMkhandlu woNgqongqoshe manje osuneminyaka engama-27, uhlelwa minyaka yonke yi-SPTO, okuyisikhungo esiphakeme sokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha kanye nokumaketha, ngokubambisana nezwe ngalinye elibambile.

Izinto ezise-ajenda zifaka phakathi i-China Pacific Tourism Year (CPTY) 2019 kanye ne-China Pacific Tourism Development kanye namaphrojekthi wesifunda axhaswe ngabanikeli abanjenge-Asian Development Bank (ADB). ONgqongqoshe bazophinde baziswe ngezethulo ezivela kuGreen Climate Fund, eNew Zealand Maori Tourism, Trip Advisor kanye nePacific Asia Travel Association (PATA).

Emcimbini wokuhola uMhlangano Womkhandlu WabaNgqongqoshe, i-SPTO izophinde futhi iqondise umhlangano wabo bonke Abaphathi Bezentengiso kanye nabaPhathi bamazwe we-SPTO ukuxoxa ngohlelo lokukhangisa lwesifunda lwe-SPTO ngoLwesibili Okthoba 24.

Umhlangano uzobuyekeza imisebenzi yezokumaketha ye-SPTO ngonyaka wezi-2017 futhi ubheke phambili kumasu nemisebenzi yokumaketha ekhona ngo-2018. Uhlelo lokukhangisa lwesifunda lwe-SPTO lwango-2018 luzokwethulwa ukuze luvunyelwe ngaphambi kokulethwa kwalo emhlanganweni weBhodi le-SPTO ukuze luvunyelwe okokugcina.

Okunye okuvelele emhlanganweni wokumaketha kufaka phakathi isibuyekezo esivela ku-Trip Advisor kumthengi wokuqala obhekene nomkhankaso wokumaketha wedijithali owenziwe ngo-2017 nezinhlelo zokukhulisa lokhu kube ngu-2018.

"Kulindeleke ukuthi kube yisonto elixakekile kithina eVanuatu njengoba futhi sinengqungquthela yokuqala ngqa yePacific Tourism Insights, nokuyinto esijabulisa kakhulu njengesifunda," kusho Isikhulu Esiphezulu se-SPTO, uChris Cocker.

"Silindele lowo mhlangano ukufaka isandla ekuqondeni nasezindleleni ezintsha zokusiza ekwenzeni ngcono indlela esenza ngayo ibhizinisi lezokuvakasha esifundeni nokuthi usibeke ezingeni elilandelayo," engeza.

I-SPTO isebenzisana nePacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) iHhovisi Lezokuvakasha eVanuatu (VTO) ngokuxhaswa yi-Air Vanuatu ukusingatha i-PTIC eVanuatu Convention Centre ePort Vila ngoLwesithathu Okthoba 25.

Ingqungquthela ihlanganisa umugqa onamandla futhi oyingqayizivele wabaholi bomcabango wamazwe omhlaba ekucabangeni okusha nokuphazamisayo ngezihloko ezibalulekile okufanele zihlaziywe futhi kuxoxwe ngazo kufaka phakathi; ukuxhuma nesihambi esisha, umehluko phakathi komthengi nomthengi, ubunzima nokubuyiselwa kanye nezithako zempumelelo nokusimama.

"I-PTIC inikeza ithuba elifanele labo ababambe iqhaza embonini yezokuvakasha ePacific ukuthola ukuqonda okujulile ngokuthi bangalilungiselela kanjani ikusasa kanye nezinguquko ezingenakugwenywa kwezobuchwepheshe nentuthuko ezothinta izimpilo zabantu," kusho uMnu Cocker.

“Izingxoxo ezibalulekile okulindeleke ukuthi zithakazelise iPacific ngukuqanjwa kwezobuchwepheshe nokubaluleka kwemininingwane yezokuvakasha. Ngokuya ngamasu amasha, i-intanethi iyaqhubeka nokuguqula ukumaketha kwezokuvakasha kanye nokusatshalaliswa kwemikhiqizo emhlabeni jikelele. Isifunda sasePacific sehluleke ngezindlela eziningi ukuhambisana nezinga lenguquko kwezobuchwepheshe kanye nemithelela yokuthi lolu shintsho lunamabhizinisi nezokuvakasha kanye namaHhovisi Ezokuvakasha Kazwelonke, ”engeza.

"Imininingwane yezokuvakasha ibalulekile uma ubheka ukuthi ezokuvakasha ziyimboni esheshayo eshukumisa isidingo sokuhlaziywa kwedatha ngokushesha nokwenza izinqumo ngokushesha."

Ababambiqhaza abalikhulu namashumi amahlanu kulindeleke ukuthi bahambele ingqungquthela evela eVanuatu nakwamanye amazwe kanti ukubhaliswa kusavulelekile kulabo abasenentshisekelo.

Izingxoxo zengqungquthela zihlose ukufaka isandla ekufezeni izinjongo zePacific Tourism Strategy yowezi-2015-2019 enikezela ngohlaka lwamasu lokuxhasa ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha ePacific. Ingqungquthela uqobo kulindeleke ukuthi inikeze ukuhlangana okuyingqayizivele kwezokuxhumana, ukufunda nokukhula.

NgoLwesine, Okthoba 26, iBhodi le-SPTO lizohlangana futhi eVanuatu ukwamukela uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-SPTO lwango-2018 futhi kuxoxwe ngeminye imisebenzi eminingi ye-SPTO kufaka phakathi iSouth Pacific Tourism Exchange 2018 ne-2019.