UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett umemezele ukuthi iJamaica izosingatha ingqungquthela yokusimama nababambe iqhaza ababalulekile emhlabeni jikelele kanye nabaholi bemicabango ngoSepthemba 13 eNyuvesi yaseWest Indies, eMona. Usuku lwakhethwa ukuze kukhunjulwe iziphepho u-Irma no-Maria, ezimbili zezinhlelo zesimo sezulu ezicekeleke phansi kakhulu ezike zathinta isifunda.
“Le ngqungquthela iyingxenye yemizamo yomnyango wami yokwakha ukuqina esifundeni nasemhlabeni jikelele. Ukwakhiwa kokuqina sekubaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni oxhumene kakhulu futhi osengozini yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, izifo eziwubhubhane kanye nobhubhane, ubushokobezi kanye nobugebengu be-inthanethi, "kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
Ingqungquthela yokusimama, ezobanjwa ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi ‘Tourism Resilience through Global Synergies’, izozama ukuhlola ukuphazamiseka okukhona nokuvelayo okuhlobene nokuphathwa kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele; hlola ubungozi balokhu kuphazamiseka emkhiqizweni wezokuvakasha womhlaba; futhi ihlonze uhlaka lwesu oluhlangene kanye nokusebenza ngokubambisana phakathi naphakathi kwezinhlangano ezinkulu zikahulumeni, ezingekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni kanye nezamabhizinisi ukuze kubhekwane nakho kanye nokuthuthukisa amasu okunciphisa lokhu kuphazamiseka komhlaba.
Ekhuluma namuhla esithangamini sabezindaba eMontego Bay ememezela le ngqungquthela, uNgqongqoshe uBartlett wengeze ngokuthi lokhu “Kuyisandulela sokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni kwe-Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center ngoJanuwari wonyaka ozayo futhi lesi sikhungo sizoba yisizinda somhlaba wonke sokusiza. ukulungela indawo okuyiwa kuyo, ukuphatha kanye nokululama ekuphazamisekeni kanye/noma ezinkingeni ezithinta ezokuvakasha nezisongela umnotho nempilo emhlabeni jikelele.”
I-Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre ibe ngomunye wemiphumela emikhulu yeNgqungquthela Yomhlaba Wonke Emayelana Nemisebenzi kanye Nokukhula Okuhlanganisiwe: Ukubambisana Kwezokuvakasha Okusimeme ngaphansi kokubambisana okuhloniphekile kweNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha (UNWTO), Uhulumeni wase-Jamaica, I-World Bank Group kanye ne-Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Kuhlelelwe ukugcinwa eNyuvesi yase-West Indies, eMona, lesi Sikhungo sizoba noSihlalo Webhodi Labaqondisi kanye namaPhini kaSihlalo ahlanganisa uDkt. Talib Rifai, owake waba UNWTO UNobhala Jikelele kanye noMhlonishwa uMhlonishwa. Edmund Bartlett, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha e-Jamaica. UDkt Mario Hardy, Isikhulu Esiphezulu sePacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) kanye noProfesa Lee Miles, uProfesa weCrisis management e-Bournemouth University, eNgilandi bazoba amalungu eBhodi Labaqondisi.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Speaking today at the press conference in Montego Bay to announce the summit, Minister Bartlett added that this is “A precursor to the official launch of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre in January next year and this centre will be the global hub to assist destination preparedness, management and recovery from disruptions and/or crises that affect tourism and threaten economies and livelihoods globally.
- The resilience summit, to be held under the theme ‘Tourism Resilience through Global Synergies', will seek to assess existing and emerging disruptions related to tourism management globally; examine the risk of these disruptions to the global tourism product.
- Slated to be housed at the University of the West Indies, Mona, the Centre will have a Chairman of the Board of Directors and Vice Chairmen include Dr.
