Abafundi abangaphezu kuka-150, abasafunda, abafundisi kanye nezingcweti zasezimbonini zaseGuam, phesheya kwezilwandle naseziqhingini zasePacific ezingomakhelwane babambe iqhaza e-PATA Youth Symposium 2016, ebiseNyuvesi yaseGuam Calvo Field House ngoMeyi 18, 2016. Ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi “Weaving Our Islands Tourism Ikusasa Ndawonye: Ukuvikela isiko, ukuthuthukisa izinga lempilo kanye nokwenza isiqhingi esivumelana nemvelo,” uchungechunge lwaqala ngaphambi kweNgqungquthela Yonyaka ye-PATA 2016 futhi isingathwe ngokukhululekile yiNyuvesi yaseGuam ngosizo lweGuam Visitors Bureau (GVB).
Uhlelo olusemthethweni luqale ngekheli likaDkt Annette Taijeron Santos, iDini, Isikole Sebhizinisi Nokuphathwa Komphakathi, eNyuvesi yaseGuam. UDkt Santos uthe, “Indikimba yeNgqungquthela Yentsha ikhuluma ngokubaluleka kokusebenzisana ukuze kubhekwane nezinkinga ezisongela indawo engokwemvelo yeZizwe zethu zaseziQhingini zasePacific. Umhlangano ofana nalona usikhumbuza ngesibopho sethu sokuba izakhamuzi ezibambe iqhaza okumele zilalele ikhwelo lokuvikela amanzi ethu, umhlaba wethu nomoya wethu.”
UDkt Robert A Underwood, uMongameli, weNyuvesi yaseGuam, uhalalisele abahleli ngokwakha inkundla yokuthi abaholi bezimboni nabafundi babelane ngemibono futhi baxoxe ngezindaba ezifanele. “Kuwo wonke amagama asetshenziswe endikimbeni yochungechunge lwanamuhla, ‘ukuphatha uguquko’ yikhona okubaluleke kakhulu, futhi okunzima ukulihumusha nokwenza,” kusho uDkt Underwood. “Ukuphatha uguquko kungamazwi angenalutho uma singakusebenzeli ukuphatha ibhizinisi lezokuvakasha. Alikho ifomula ephelele yalokhu, kodwa kufanele kube nemigomo ethile kanye nezilinganiso esizisungulayo nesisebenzela kuzo ukuze sakhe umnotho weziqhingi osimeme osekelwe kwezokuvakasha futhi ovikela ngesikhathi esifanayo imithombo yethu yemvelo nendlela yethu yokuphila.”
UNksz Pilar Laguaña, onguMqondisi weGlobal Marketing, iGuam Visitors Bureau (GVB), uthe, “Sonke siyazi ukuthi ezokuvakasha ziwumkhakha wokuqala waseGuam, ongenisa imali engaphezu kuka-US$1.4 billion emnothweni wethu futhi ehlinzeka ngemisebenzi engaphezu kuka-18,000. Le mboni imele amaphesenti angama-60 emali engenayo yebhizinisi lesiqhingi sethu kanye namaphesenti angaphezu kwama-30 ayo yonke imisebenzi engeyona eyenhlangano esiqhingini. Impumelelo yezokuvakasha iyibhizinisi lawo wonke umuntu futhi ngiyaziqhenya ukubona abaholi abaningi bakusasa kanye nezingcweti ezisencane bethatha izinyathelo zokuthuthukisa ukuqonda kwabo isimo semboni yethu kanye nomhlaba osizungezile.”
Isikhulu Esiphezulu se-PATA uMario Hardy siphawule ukuthi i-Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) idlala indima ebalulekile ekusekeleni isizukulwane esisha ukuba sibe abaholi besikhathi esizayo bemboni ngemisebenzi eminingi efana ne-PATA Intern and Associate Programme lapho iNhlangano yamukela abafundi bamazwe ngamazwe ukuba thatha i-internship yezinyanga ezi-3 e-PATA. “Sihlinzeka intsha ngenkundla yokwabelana ngemibono yayo nabaholi bezokuvakasha emicimbini yethu eminingi efana ne-PATA Youth Symposium, i-PATA International Youth Forum kanye ne-PATA Annual Summit. Njengomkhakha okhulayo, sidinga abantu abaningi abafana nawe embonini yezokuvakasha. Sinethuba elikhulu lokuthuthuka emsebenzini ngakho sicela ujoyine imboni yezokuvakasha neyokuvakasha ukuze sibe nekusasa elingcono lesiqhingi,” kusho uMnu Hardy.
Lolu hlelo lwasungulwa ngokuqondisa kukaDkt Chris Bottrill, uSihlalo we-PATA Human Capital Development Committee (HCD) kanye neDean, Faculty of Global and Community Studies, eNyuvesi yaseCapilano. UDkt Bottrill waphawula ukuthi ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke, futhi sekunesikhathi eside, kuyinselelo ebaluleke kakhulu ebhekene neplanethi yethu futhi enye yezinsongo ezinkulu enhlalakahleni yemboni yezokuvakasha. I-Youth Symposium ibiyithuba labafundi nabaholi bezimboni lokuxoxa ngezinselele kanye nezinketho zeminyaka ezayo zeGuam nezinye izizwe zasePacific. Wengeze wathi, “Inhloso yethu bekuwukuhlonza izwi abantu bendawo abangabelana ngalo ngalezi zindaba ezibalulekile futhi sisize ekuhlonzeni izindlela zokweluka isiko nolwazi lweziqhingi lube yizixazululo zekusasa. Abafundi babonise ukuqonda okukhulu futhi bachaza izinhlobonhlobo zezindlela ezisukela ekuqapheleni umthwalo wemfanelo womuntu siqu wokunciphisa imithelela nokwabelana ngolwazi, ukubamba iqhaza kanye nokuhola amaphrojekthi okunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni, ukusebenzisa amaketanga okuhlinzeka endawo ngemikhiqizo yezokuvakasha kanye nolwazi, nokuhlonza nokwakha ompetha bomphakathi nxazonke. izinqubo zezokuvakasha ezinomthwalo wemfanelo. Umcimbi ube yimpumelelo enkulu futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukuqhubeka nezingxoxo kanye nokuthatha ezinye izinyathelo ndawonye mayelana nenselelo yokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu.”
UMnu Eric Ricaurte, Umsunguli kanye noMphathi Omkhulu, uGreenview, wethule isethulo 'Ngenselelo yokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kwezokuvakasha eGuam nakwezinye Izizwe Zasesiqhingini sasePacific'. Ugcizelele ukuthi, “Iziqhingi zasePacific zingezinye zezifunda ezithinteka kakhulu ekuguquguqukeni kwesimo sezulu. Kudingeka siqine futhi sibe yisibonelo somhlaba mayelana nendlela yokuphila ngaphakathi kwebhalansi yeplanethi. Wonke umvakashi kufanele ashiye azi kabanzi ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu futhi afunde ukuthi iziQhingi zasePacific zibhekana kanjani nakho. ”
UMnu Stewart Moore, uSihlalo, we-PATA Sustainability Committee kanye ne-CEO, i-EarthCheck, e-Australia wethule ngesihloko esithi 'Ubuchwepheshe bokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu: Ukuzivumelanisa nokushintsha nokunciphisa imithelela'. Uveze ukuthi amathuluzi okuphatha okusimeme kanye namazinga aya ngokuya ukusetshenziswa ekuklanyweni, ukwakhiwa kanye nokusebenza kwengqalasizinda yezokuvakasha. Ukwakha kanye nengqalasizinda ngendlela efanele kuzoletha izinzuzo zezenhlalo, ezomnotho kanye nezemvelo emiphakathini ezosingatha.
UMnu Oliver Martin, uzakwethu, i-Twenty31 Consulting Inc., e-Canada ubuyekeze izethameli ngesihloko esithi 'Ukufinyelela nolwazi: ukunika amandla ukuhamba, ukuphatha ukukhula'. Ubalule ukuthi ukumaketha kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo kubalulekile ekudaleni umuzwa wokuphuthuma ukuzovakashela le ndawo namuhla. Amashifu abalulekile emakethe embonini naseGuam ukuthi abahambi beminyaka eyinkulungwane bazobusa ngo-2031; ezokuvakasha zendawo, eziyiqiniso kanye nezomphakathi zizobusa; ubuchwepheshe buzogqugquzela ukuziphatha kwabathengi, futhi ukumaketha kwezokuvakasha kanye nokukhula okukhulu kuzodinga ukuphathwa ngendlela ehlelekile.
Bonke ababambiqhaza babelane ngemibono yabo ezingxoxweni zetafula elizungezayo ngalezi zihloko ezilandelayo:
1. IGuam nezinye izizwe zaseziQhingini zasePacific zingakuthonya kanjani ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke?
2. Ingabe ezokuvakasha ezengeziwe zingenzeka? Singayivikela kanjani indawo esiyithandayo?
Abahlanganyeli bajabulele ukudlala kwamasiko okuthakazelisayo okuhlanganisa isethulo sezinkondlo kanye nokusebenza kwamasiko e-Palau.
