Ungqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseJamaica uBartlett uzohambela UNWTO Inkundla yezokuvakasha kweGastronomy

UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha e-Jamaica, uMhlonishwa u-Edmund Bartlett uzoba nezingxoxo nongoti abahamba phambili be-gastronomy eNhlanganweni Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha (UNWTO) I-World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism, eyenzeka e-Donostia, e-San Sebastian, eSpain, kusukela ngoMeyi 8-9, 2017. Uthi lezi zingxoxo zizobaluleka ekuthuthukisweni okuqhubekayo komkhiqizo we-gastronomy endaweni.

“I-Gastronomy ingesinye sezizathu ezikhula ngokushesha zokuthi abantu bahambe. Eqinisweni, imakethe ye-gastronomy yamazwe ngamazwe ilinganiselwa ku-$150 billion. Ngakho-ke, njengoba siqhubeka nokubeka iJamaica njengendawo ekahle yokuvakasha kokudla, ngokusebenzisa iTourism Linkages Network, ngikholwa ukuthi sisenayo indawo yokukhulisa imakethe futhi siqinisekise ukuthi wonke umuntu waseJamaica angathola izinzuzo - yingakho le nkundla ibalulekile, ” kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.

Ngokusho the UNWTO, IForamu Yezokuvakasha Kwe-Gastronomy izohlinzeka ngethuba kochwepheshe abahamba phambili kwezokuvakasha kwe-gastronomy ukuze baxoxe ngesimo samanje nezinselelo ku-Gastronomy Tourism emhlabeni wonke, okuhlanganisa nezindawo zokuphatha kanye nokusungula izinto ezintsha kulo mkhakha.

Lesi sithangami sizobanjwa ngendlela entsha, imicimbi ehlukene izobanjelwa ezindaweni ezahlukene ze-gastronomy kulo lonke elase-Basque Country, ikhombisa ukuhluka kwemikhiqizo ehlinzekwayo.

“Yize izingxoxo kulesi sithangami zingithakasela kakhulu, nami ngijabulile ukuthi umcimbi uzosingathwa esikhungweni esidume umhlaba wonke iBasque Culinary Centre. Lesi yisikhungo esinesitayela sokufundisa esicishe sifane nalokhu engithemba ukukusungula e-Jamaica ngokusebenzisa i-Jamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation (JCTI), esizoyisungula esiqhingini ngonyaka ozayo,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.

I-JCTI izosebenzela ukusheshisa uguquko lwamabhizinisi ezokuvakasha ngokuxoxisana nezikhungo nabantu ukuze bagqugquzele futhi baqale imibono emisha kanye nokusebenzisa isayensi nobuchwepheshe ukuze kudluliselwe ulwazi ekusebenzeni ngaphakathi komkhakha.

Njenge-Basque, lesi sikhungo sizosebenza njengelabhorethri lapho abafundi bezothola ulwazi olunzulu esikhungweni sesimanje esihlinzeka ngoqeqesho lokuthola iziqinisekiso zemfundo ezihlonishwa umhlaba wonke kanye nezitifiketi.

Ngenkathi eseSpain, uNgqongqoshe uzophinde ahambele ISeshini ye-105 ye- UNWTO Isigungu esiphezulu, lapho esikhundleni sakhe njengosihlalo we UNWTOIsigungu esiphezulu sezinkampani ezisebenzisanayo, uzonxenxa esinye sezihlalo ezinhlanu ezinikezwe i-Regional Commission of the Americas ngesikhathi sika-2018-2021.

Uzosebenzisa nohambo lwakhe ukwenza uchungechunge lwemisebenzi yokuphromotha ye 'UNWTO, Uhulumeni wase-Jamaica kanye neNgqungquthela Yeqembu LeBhange Lomhlaba Emayelana Nemisebenzi Nokukhula Okuhlanganisiwe: Ubambiswano Lwezokuvakasha Okuzinzile', ezoba ngoNovemba eMontego Bay Convention Centre

UNgqongqoshe usuke esiqhingini izolo (Meyi 06) ukuyokwethamela isithangami se-gastronomy e-San Sebastian futhi wajoyinwa nguNobhala Omkhulu WoMnyango u-Jennifer Griffith. Uzobuyela esiqhingini ngoMeyi 13, 2017.