I-PATA iklelisa izikhulumi ze-Adventure Travel and Responsible Tourism Conference

I-Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) iqoqe inqwaba yabaholi bemicabango, abasunguli namavulandlela ukuze babelane ngemininingwane yabo nolwazi ngomunye wemikhakha yezokuvakasha ekhula ngokushesha kakhulu engqungqutheleni ezayo ye-PATA Adventure Travel and Responsible Tourism Conference nase-Mart. 2019 (ATRTCM 2019) e-Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.

Umcimbi, osingathwe ngokukhululekile yi-Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board, uzoba seGanga Resort GMVN kusukela ngoFebhuwari 13-15 onendikimba ethi 'Vuselela Umphefumulo Wakho Ngokuhamba'.

“Ukuhamba nge-Adventure sekungomunye wemikhakha yezokuvakasha ekhula ngokushesha njengoba abahambi befuna ulwazi olusha, olungaphezu kolwejwayelekile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izivakashi zifuna ukuhlanganisa imisebenzi enempilo ezinhlelweni zazo zohambo. Umcimbi walo nyaka uzocubungula kokubili ezokuvakasha kwe-adventure kanye nokuphila kahle kanye nendlela engcono yokusebenzisa lezi zimboni ezikhulayo,” kusho isikhulu se-PATA uDkt. Mario Hardy. “I-Rishikesh, e-India enengemuva lezintaba ezinde phakathi kwemisindo egelezayo yamanzi acwebe njengekristalu inikeza indawo ekahle yalo mcimbi, ehlanganisa kokubili injabulo nokuthula.”

Ezokuvakasha zinamandla okuvuselela kanye nokuguqula kodwa kule minyaka yokuvakasha ngokweqile kanye nokuvakasha kwabantu abaningi, ukuvuselelwa kabusha akwenzeki ngokwendalo. Kungumphumela wokuhlela ngokucophelela izindawo okuyiwa kuzo, ukuklanywa kokuhlangenwe nakho okucatshangelwayo ngabaqhubi bezokuvakasha kanye nokuqaphela kwezivakashi. Uhlelo lwalo nyaka lwengqungquthela luhlola izingqikithi zokuvakasha okuyi-niche, ikakhulukazi lezo ezihlukile kwe-Rishikesh – indawo yokuvuselelwa ngempilo yayo kanye nemikhiqizo yokuvakasha.

Izikhulumi eziqinisekisiwe zifaka u-Ajay Jain, uSomlomo, Umbhali kanye Nomnikazi - Kunzum Travel Cafe; U-Apoorva Prasad, Umhleli Oyinhloko kanye Nomsunguli - Ijenali yangaphandle; UMariellen Ward, Umxoxi Wezindaba Zedijithali, Umkhangisi Wokuqukethwe kanye Nomhambi - Breathedreamgo; UDkt. Mario Hardy, i-CEO - i-PATA; U-Daw Moe Moe Lwin, uMqondisi kanye nePhini likaSihlalo – i-Yangon Heritage Trust; U-Mohan Narayanaswamy, uMqondisi Ophethe – Umkhakha Wokuvakasha; uNatasha Martin, uMqondisi Ophethe – i-Bannikin Asia; U-Paul Brady, I-Strategist yokuhlela - Skift; Philippa Kaye, Umsunguli - Okuhlangenwe nakho KwamaNdiya; Rajeev Tewari, CEO - Garhwal Himalayan Explorations Pvt. Ltd.; Robin Weber Pollak, uMongameli – Journeys International; Rohan Prakash, CEO - Trip 360; U-Shradha Shrestha, uMphathi – Ukukhuthazwa Komkhiqizo kanye Nokumaketha Kwebhizinisi, Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha laseNepal; Trevor Jonas Benson, uMqondisi weFood Tourism Innovation – Culinary Tourism Alliance; U-Vivienne Tang, Umsunguli - Indawo Deluxe, kanye no-Yosha Gupta, Umsunguli - uMeraki.

Ingqungquthela izocubungula izihloko ezahlukahlukene ezihlanganisa 'Ukuvuselela Umphefumulo Wakho Ngokuhamba'; 'Ukuxoxa Indaba Ukuthengisa Ukuhamba ku-Instagram'; 'Ukusebenzisa Ukuzinza Ukufakazela Isikhathi Sesikhathi Esizayo'; 'Amathrendi eNdiya'; 'Ukudala Okuhlangenwe nakho Okuvuselelayo'; 'Ukumaketha Abahambi Abasha'; 'Ezokuvakasha Njengethuluzi Lokuvuselela'; 'Indaba Ekhethekile Yokuvuselelwa KwamaNdiya', kanye 'Nokugcina Imiphefumulo Yethu: Ubuholi Obuqhutshwa Umbono Kwezokuvakasha Kokuzilibazisa'.

Izungezwe phakathi kwezitshalo eziluhlaza ezigadwe amagquma amangalisayo asenyakatho ye-Uttarakhand, idolobha elinokuthula laseRishikesh livame ukubizwa ngokuthi `Inhlokodolobha Yeyoga Yomhlaba'. Idolobha liheha abavakashi abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba ngemidlalo yalo eminingi yokuzijabulisa efana ne-white-water rafting, cliff-jumping, kayaking kanye nokukhempa. Yaziwa ngele-'Gateway to the Garhwal Himalayas', iRishikesh iphinde ibe yindawo eqokiwe yokuqala uhambo oluya esikhungweni sezokuvakasha sase-Himalaya nezindawo ezingcwele.