I-LEXINGTON, Kentucky - "Yeka umcimbi omuhle enhlokodolobha yezwe," kusho uTom Jaffa we-Jaffa Travel & Receptive Services eSeattle, ongusihlalo weKomidi Lobudlelwano Likahulumeni le-NTA. “Eminyakeni ecishe ibe ngu-20 yokuhambela ukhongolose egameni le-NTA kanye nemboni yethu, lokhu bekungenye yokuvakasha okuhle kakhulu engike ngaba nakho. Ithimba lethu livakashele kuwo wonke amahhovisi kakhongolose wesifunda saseWashington, futhi sesivele sibona imiphumela. ”
Bangaphezu kuka-300 ochwepheshe bezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha abavela ezifundazweni ezingu-45 bavakashele amakhulukhulu ePhalamende lase-US kanye nabameleli—abahlanganisa ingxenye engaphezu kwengxenye yeCongress—ngesikhathi Esiya Kuwo: Capitol Hill ngesonto eledlule eWashington, DC Lokhu kundiza okusemthethweni, okuhlelwe yi-US Travel Association. kanye ne-NTA, i-Southeast Tourism Society kanye ne-Destination Marketing Association International, kuhlanganiswe ukumela nemfundo.
USihlalo Webhodi le-DMAI u-Greg Edwards naye uwulinganisele umcimbi wezinsuku ezimbili waba yimpumelelo. “Indawo okuyiwa kuyo: ICapitol Hill ikhombise ngempela ubumbano kubo bonke abalingani bezokuvakasha, okuhlanganisa izinkampani, izinhlangano zokumaketha izindawo oya kuzo, izinhlangano eziphathelene nezokuvakasha kanye namahhovisi ezokuvakasha kahulumeni,” kusho u-Edwards, ophinde abe ngumongameli weGreater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau. "Ngikholwa ukuthi senze amaphuzu aqinile mayelana namathuba okuqinisa imboni yezokuvakasha yaseMelika."
Ngaphambi kokuvakashela izishayamthetho, amalungu e-NTA ayi-100 nangaphezulu abambe iqhaza kumaseshini okufundisa nezikhulu ezikhethiwe, abaholi abavela ezinhlanganweni zikahulumeni nezinhlangano zezokuvakasha, nabagqugquzeli abangochwepheshe, bonke bedingida izindaba zezokuvakasha. Amaseshini alungisele abahlanganyeli imihlangano namasenenja nabameleli babo, kusho uPatti Culp, uMqondisi Omkhulu woMkhandlu Wezokuvakasha wase-Alabama kanye nomamukeli we-NTA's James D. Santini Award ngokuzibophezela kwesikhathi eside ekukhulumeni.
“Abaholi bethu bekhongolose bafunde kithina ngezinto esizesekayo,” kusho uCulp. "Sibakhuthaze ukuthi baqinise ukuzibandakanya kwabo ekusetshenzisweni kwezinyathelo ezibalulekile."
Isikhungo sezomthetho se-NTA sezinto ezibalulekile ezibalulekile ezithinta izindlela zokwandisa ezokuvakasha ngokunciphisa imingcele kubahambi bamazwe ngamazwe, ukuqhubeka nemizamo yokuthengisa e-US kanye nokwenza ngcono ingqalasizinda yezokuthutha yesizwe.
Ngenkathi ngiseWashington, abaqhubi bezokuvakasha abambalwa be-NTA nabaholi bajoyine i-United Motorcoach Association kanye ne-Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ye-Motorcoach Safety Roundtable. “Iseshini yethu iholele ezinhlelweni eziningi ezizosiza i-FMCSA ifundise abavakashi futhi yenze ezokuthutha ngezithuthuthu ziphephe, okuyinto egxilwe yi-NTA,” kusho uLisa Simon, uMongameli we-NTA. "Sibheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana ne-FMCSA kanye ne-UMA ukuthuthukisa nokukhuthaza le mibono."
