UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett uthi umhlangano wokuqala webhodi weGlobal Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre kuhlelwe ukuba ube seLondon kusasa. Leli qembu lizoxoxa ngokwakhiwa nokuqaliswa kwesu elisemthethweni, lokuthuthukisa lesi Sikhungo.
“Sizobe sisingatha okokuqala ngqa emlandweni wezokuvakasha, ibhodi leGlobal Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre. Ngibheke phambili ekusebenzisaneni namalungu ahlonishwayo ebhodi, kulo mhlangano obaluleke kakhulu. Ibhodi lethu lehluke kakhulu, futhi linezifundiswa ezivela kuwo wonke amazwekazi. Lokhu kwehlukahlukana ngicabanga ukuthi yikhona okungaba nomthelela omkhulu kulesi sikhungo ekusaseni lethu, ”kusho uNgqongqoshe.
Lesi sikhungo sizobekwa e-UWI Mona Campus futhi sizokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni ngesikhathi somhlangano ohambisana neCaribbean Marketplace Expo eMontego Bay, kusuka ngoJanuwari 29-31, 2019.
Inhloso ephelele yalesi Sikhungo kuzoba ukuhlola (ucwaningo / ukuqapha), ukuhlela, ukubikezela, ukunciphisa, nokuphatha ubungozi obuhlobene ne-Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management. Lokhu kuzofezwa ngezinhloso ezinhlanu - Ucwaningo Nentuthuko, Ukugqugquzela Nokuxhumana, uHlelo / Ukwakhiwa Kwephrojekthi Nokuphathwa, kanye Nokuqeqesha nokwakha Amandla.
Izonikwa umsebenzi wokuqamba, ukukhiqiza nokukhiqiza amathuluzi, imihlahlandlela nezinqubomgomo ukusiza ngemizamo yokulungiselela nokuthola kabusha ababambiqhaza bezokuvakasha abathintwe ukuphazamiseka okuhlobene nesimo sezulu, ubhadane, ubugebengu obenziwa ngamakhompyutha kanye nobuphekula obenziwa nge-cyber.
Ngokusho kukaNgqongqoshe, “Umphumela wokuqala esizoba nawo ovela kulesi Sikhungo ngemuva kokwethulwa, uzoba uhlaka lwenqubomgomo yomhlaba yokuqiniswa kwezokuvakasha kwesimo sezulu okuzosiza amazwe ukuthi ahlelele futhi alulame ekuphazamisweni okukhulu kwesimo sezulu. Lolu hlaka lube ngumphumela weNgqungquthela Yamazwe aseMelika Yezokuvakasha Esanda kubanjelwa e-University of the West Indies Indlunkulu Yesifunda ngoSepthemba 13, 2018 ”.
Umhlangano uholwa yiNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha (UNWTO) UNobhala Jikelele, uDkt. Taleb Rifai, ozibophezele ekusebenzeni njengoSihlalo we-pro tem.
Amalungu ebhodi afaka phakathi uMhlonishwa. U-Earl Jarett, Isikhulu Esiphezulu, Iqembu Lezwe laseJamaica; USolwazi Sir Hilary Beckles, Iphini Likashansela wase-The University of the West Indies; USolwazi Lee Miles, uSolwazi weCrisis and Disaster Management, eBournemouth University; kanye noPrince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, onguSihlalo weKhomishini yaseSaudi Yezokuvakasha kanye Namagugu Kazwelonke.
Amanye amalungu ebhodi alesi Sikhungo nguMnu. Brett Tollman, iSikhulu Esiphezulu, i-Travel Corporation; Inxusa u-Dho Young-shim, uSihlalo, UNWTO I-Sustainable Tourism for Eliminating Poverty (ST-EP) Foundation, Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba; UDkt Mario Hardy, Isikhulu Esiphezulu, iPacific Asia Travel Association kanye noMnu Ryoichi Matsuyama, uMongameli, Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Kazwelonke yaseJapan.
UNgqongqoshe uBartlett uqaphele ukuthi lo mhlangano uzofaka nezinye izivakashi ezikhethekile ezifana noMongameli weCaribbean Hotel & Tourism Association, uPatricia Affonso-Dass, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO yoMkhandlu Wezwe Wokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha, uDavid Scowsill noMqondisi weNational Travel kanye IHhovisi Lezokuvakasha eMnyangweni Wezohwebo wase-US, Isabel Hill.
“Lesi siqoqelalwazi sobuntu bomhlaba wonke, esikwazile ukusihlanganisa, singubufakazi bokusebenza kweJamaica emazweni omhlaba njengomdlali ophambili kwezokuvakasha. Sijabule ngamathemba okuletha lolo lwazi, izinga lesipiliyoni nobungcweti eJamaica naseCaribbean, okuzosenza sikwazi ukuba yisizinda sangempela sezingxoxo zokuqiniswa komhlaba wonke, ”kusho uNgqongqoshe.
I-Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre yamenyezelwa okokuqala “ngeSimemezelo saseMontego Bay”, esethulwe ngonyaka odlule. UNWTO I-Global Conference on Sustainable Tourism, e-Montego Bay, e-St James.
Lesi sikhungo sizobandakanya iVirtual Tourism Observatory, ezobheka, ibikezele futhi ihlole izinsongo ezindaweni ezingaya emhlabeni jikelele.
Ngesikhathi eseLondon, uNgqongqoshe uzojoyinwa nguDonovan White, uMqondisi Wezokuvakasha; UJennifer Griffith, uNobhala Ongunaphakade eMnyangweni Wezokuvakasha; Dkt. Lloyd Waller, uMeluleki / Umxhumanisi Omkhulu, kuNgqongqoshe; UGis'elle Jones, Ucwaningo Nokulawulwa Kobungozi Esikhwameni Sokuthuthukisa Ezokuvakasha; no-Anna-Kay Newell, uMsizi Omkhulu
Umshicileli we-eTN uJuergen Steinmetz uzohambela lo mhlangano webhodi njengoSihlalo we-International Coalition of Tourism Partners.
