USimone Bassous, uMqondisi Omkhulu weSahluko saseNew York sePacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), wabelane ngalokho I-PATA ilungu Lloyd Cole ushone namuhla. Uthe:

Ngidabuke kakhulu namuhla. Silahlekelwe nguLloyd Cole.

E-Lloyd sasinomngane, esasisebenza naye, ilungu, isihambi esikanye naye - isakhamuzi somhlaba.

ULloyd ugubhe usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwama-92 e-Rehab e-Riverdale, NY. Wawa, wahlinzwa, futhi waya esikhungweni sokulungisa isimo ayesithandayo, kodwa kamuva Covid-19 izindaba eziyinkimbinkimbi. Ngenxa yokuthi wayengavunyelwe ukuba nezivakashi, wayengenayo i-computer. Wangitshela ukuthi ufuna ukuphuma futhi ubheke ngabomvu ukuya ekhaya.

ULloyd wabamba iqhaza emicimbini eminingi yemboni yezokuvakasha ngangokunokwenzeka futhi wahamba ngangokunokwenzeka. Wayesezibekile kakade idili lethu laminyaka yonke Lonyaka Omusha Wezinyanga.

U-Lloyd udlule ngokuthula ebuthongweni bakhe namuhla. Sizophuthelwa ukujula kolwazi lwakhe, intshiseko yakhe yokuhamba, kanye nobuhlakani bakhe.

I-PATA yasungulwa ngo-1951 futhi iyinhlangano engenzi nzuzo ebiyizwi elihamba phambili negunya kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha esifundeni sase-Asia Pacific. I-Association ihlonishwa umhlaba wonke ngokusebenza njengomgqugquzeli wokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha ukuya, ukusuka, nangaphakathi kwesifunda sase-Asia Pacific. I-PATA ihlinzeka ngokumela okuhambisanayo, ucwaningo olunobuhlakani, kanye nemicimbi emisha ezinhlanganweni ezingamalungu.

Ikomkhulu le-PATA lizinze e-Siam Tower, Bangkok, Thailand. I-PATA inamahhovisi e-China nase-Sydney, kanye nabamele e-Dubai nase-London.

I-PATA isiza amalungu ayo akhe ibhizinisi lawo, amanethiwekhi, abantu, uhlobo, kanye nemininingwane. Imisebenzi yayo eyinhloko igxile ocwaningweni olunokuqonda, ukumela okuhambisanayo, kanye nemicimbi emisha. Lezi zinsika ezintathu zisekelwe esisekelweni sokuthuthukiswa komnotho wabantu, kuyilapho ukusimama kanye nomthwalo wemfanelo emphakathini kuwuphahla phezu kwenhlangano, ukuyivikela ngekusasa.