Jamaica ithuthukise ukuma kwayo esigabeni sezokuvakasha emhlabeni ngokuqokwa kwayo njengelungu lesigungu esiphezulu seNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha (UNWTO) ngo-2023-2027.
UNgqongqoshe uBartlett lizomela isifunda saseMelika futhi lizohlala emkhandlwini wokuthatha izinqumo ohlonishwayo onamazwe ayi-159 njengamazwe angamalungu UNWTO.
Ekubungazeni impumelelo, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, uMhlonishwa. Edmund Bartlett, uthe, “IJamaica ibiphakathi kwamazwe aqhuba kahle kakhulu eMelika ehola ekululameni kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha. Ukukhethwa kanye ne-Colombia ukumela ozakwethu besifunda kuyilungelo elimangalisayo, futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukufaka isandla ngokugcwele emizamweni yenhlangano yokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha njengento ethuthukisa umnotho esimeme emazweni asathuthuka ikakhulukazi.”
“Sijabulile ngendlela amazwe angamalungu abonisa ngayo ukuzethemba. Ngiyaqhubeka nokumema ukusebenzisana okujulile phakathi kozakwethu besifunda njengoba sisebenzela ukwakha ukuqina esifundeni nakwamanye amazwe. Siphakathi kwezifunda ezithembele kakhulu kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni, futhi kubalulekile ukuthi imibono yethu imelwe ezingeni eliphezulu,” kwengeza ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha.
I-Columbia iphinde yavotelwa ukuthi ihlale eMkhandlwini Ophethe. I-Jamaica ne-Columbia izokwengeza umbono oqinile we-Caribbean nenkulumo ku- UNWTO.
I-Jamaica iqokelwe esikhundleni UNWTO UMkhandlu oPhethe izolo emhlanganweni weCommission of the Americas (CAM) wama-68 e-Quito, e-Ecuador.
UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha ujabule kakhulu ngalolu khetho ngemuva kokumiswa iminyaka emi-4 kwi-UN World Tourism Organisation. Ngokuphambene, lokhu kuwukuketula umbuso kwangempela UNWTO njengoba iJamaica iyizwe elifundisa umhlaba ngokoqobo ngezindawo ezibalulekile zezokuvakasha.
Njengoba uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica ehlezi njengelungu le- UNWTO Mkhandlu oPhethe, lokhu kusho ingcebo yezinsiza nolwazi kulethwe etafuleni.
UMnu. Bartlett unguSihlalo Obambisene weBhodi Yesikhungo Sokulawulwa Kwezokuvakasha Komhlaba Wonke (Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre)I-GTRCMC). Umgomo omkhulu weSikhungo ukusiza ukulungela indawo okuyiwa kuyo, ukuphatha, kanye nokululama eziphazamisweni kanye/noma ezinkingeni ezithinta ezokuvakasha nezisongela umnotho nempilo emhlabeni jikelele.
Lolu hlelo oludingeka kakhulu lweGlobal Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center lukhombisa kakhulu UNWTO njengoba igubha i-UN Tourism Resilience Day njalo ngoFebhuwari 17. I-UN General Assembly esinqumweni esithi A/RES/77/269 imemezela isidingo sokugqugquzela ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha okuqinile ukuze kubhekwane nokushaqeka, kucatshangelwa ukuba sengozini komkhakha wezokuvakasha ezimeni eziphuthumayo.
Ezinye izinqumo ezivela emhlanganweni zihlanganisa ukukhethwa kwe-Dominican Republic ukuthi isebenze njengoMongameli weKhomishini Yesifunda YaseMelika ngo-2023-2025. I-Argentina neParaguay bakhethelwe ukusebenza njengamaSekela-Mongameli we-CAM ngesikhathi esifanayo kanye nase UNWTO I-General Assembly izobanjwa ngo-Okthoba.
UNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett ubebambe iqhaza ochungechungeni lwamaphaneli, izethulo kanye nezingqungquthela ezigxile ekutshalweni kwezimali kwezokuvakasha kanye namathuba emazweni aseMelika. Inani eliphakeme kakhulu lama-68th I-CAM bekuyiSemina Yokutshalwa Kwezimali ebihlola ukugqugquzelwa kokutshalwa kwezimali ngokubambisana kwezobuchwepheshe, ukwakha amandla okuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha kanye nokuthola uxhaso lwezimali olusheshisa ukusimama kwesimo sezulu emkhakheni wesifunda.
Kwavunyelwana ngokuthi iCuba izosingatha i-69th I-CAM ihlelelwe u-2024.
UMkhandlu oPhethe unomthwalo wemfanelo wokuphatha nokusebenzisa izinqumo zamasu ezithathwa yi UNWTO.
BONAKALA ESITHOMBE: Ungqongqoshe u-Edmund Bartlett wabelane ngelensi no-Niels Olsen, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Ecuador; Sofía Montiel de Afara, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, eParaguay; kanye noCarlos Andrés Peguero, iPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, eDominican Republic ngaphambi kokumenyezelwa kokhetho lwakhe UNWTO Isigungu esiphezulu. - isithombe sihlonishwa yi-Jamaica Tourism Ministry
