The Ezokuvakasha zaseJamaica UNgqongqoshe, uMhlonishwa u-Edmund Bartlett, uthi u-Ephreli 2020 usuku olubekelwe ukuvula ngokusemthethweni iSatellite Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre eNepal. Lesi simemezelo silandela ukuhambela kukaNgqongqoshe uBartlett eNepal ukuyophothula izingxoxo zeMemorandamu Yokusebenzisana yokusungula lesi Sikhungo.
“Ukusungulwa kwale Satellite Centre entsha eNepal kungenye yezinyathelo ezithokozisayo eziya ekwakheni amandla okuqina emhlabeni jikelele ngocwaningo nokwabelana ngolwazi ngesikhathi sangempela. Lesi sikhungo sizoba seTribhuvan University, lapho kuhlala khona abafundi abalinganiselwa ku-200,000 abazofaka isandla kakhulu kulwazi nasekuthuthukisweni kwemikhuba emihle esifundeni, ”kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
Inhloso yokusungula izikhungo zomhlaba jikelele zeSatellite Tourism Resilience Centres ukwakha inethiwekhi yamathangi okucabanga azothuthukisa izixazululo zokuphazamiseka komhlaba okuba nomthelela embonini yezokuvakasha. Lokhu kuphazamiseka kubandakanya imicimbi yesimo sezulu efana neziphepho nokuzamazama komhlaba, ubuphekula nobugebengu obenziwa nge-inthanethi, phakathi kokunye.
UNgqongqoshe uBartlett wengeze ngokuthi “Ngijabule nokuthi i-GTRCM ibilokhu ithola izingcingo ezivela kwamanye amazwe anjengeChina, iCambodia, iMyanmar kanye ne-India ukuthi kusungulwe amanye la maSathelayithi Centres futhi manje sizoqala izingxoxo ngohlaka lokuvula lezi Zikhungo. Isimemezelo sokuthi lezi Zikhungo zisungulwe, sikhuluma ngesidingo somhlaba wonke sokuqinisekisa ukusebenza kwemboni yezokuvakasha ngokwakha amandla okuqina. ”
Ukusungulwa kweSatellite Centre eNepal kulandela ukusungulwa kweSatellite Center eKenya muva nje. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-GTRCM izophinde futhi isungule izikhungo zeSatellite eSeychelles, eNingizimu Afrika, eNigeria, naseMorocco ukukhulisa ukufinyelela kwayo kuleli zwekazi.
Ekuqhakambiseni ukubaluleka kwalesi Sikhungo esisha, uMqondisi oMkhulu we-GTRCM, uSolwazi Lloyd Waller uqaphele ukuthi “Ukuba khona kwe-GTRCM eNepal kunweba ukufinyelela nobubanzi besikhungo ukuze sikwazi ukuhlola nokubhekana nezinkinga zokuqina kwezokuvakasha e-Asia, ngenkathi ngasikhathi sinye sikwazi iZikhungo ezikwezinye izifunda zomhlaba ukuthi zikwazi ukuthola ubuchwepheshe obuvela e-Asia. ”
I-GTRCM, eyamenyezelwa okokuqala ngonyaka we-2017, isebenza ezimeni zomhlaba ezibonakala hhayi ngezinselelo ezintsha kuphela kepha nangamathuba amasha ezokuvakasha emzameni wokuthuthukisa umkhiqizo wezokuvakasha kanye nokuqinisekisa ukusimama kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele.
Inhloso enkulu yalesi Sikhungo ukusiza ukulungela ukufika, ukuphathwa, nokululama ekuphazamisekeni kanye / noma ezinkingeni ezinomthelela kwezokuvakasha futhi ezisongela umnotho nempilo emhlabeni jikelele.
UNgqongqoshe kulindeleke abuye eNepal ngeSonto, ngoJanuwari 5, 2020.
Okuningi izindaba ngeJamaica.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- In highlighting the significance of this new Centre, Executive Director of the GTRCM, Professor Lloyd Waller noted that “The presence of a GTRCM in Nepal extends the reach and scope of the Centre to be able to examine and address tourism resilience issues in Asia, while at the same time enabling Centres in other regions of the world to access expertise from Asia.
- I-GTRCM, eyamenyezelwa okokuqala ngonyaka we-2017, isebenza ezimeni zomhlaba ezibonakala hhayi ngezinselelo ezintsha kuphela kepha nangamathuba amasha ezokuvakasha emzameni wokuthuthukisa umkhiqizo wezokuvakasha kanye nokuqinisekisa ukusimama kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele.
- Minister Bartlett added that “I am also pleased that the GTRCM has been receiving calls from other countries such as China, Cambodia, Myanmar and India to establish more of these Satellite Centres and we will now begin discussions for the framework to open these Centres.
