Le ngqungquthela izobanjwa kusukela ngoFebhuwari 15-17, 2023, eNyuvesi yaseWest Indies (UWI) ekomkhulu lesifunda e-Kingston, Jamaica. U-Holness uzokhuluma nenqwaba yongqongqoshe bakahulumeni abavela ezifundazweni eziningana, abeluleki benqubomgomo, ababambiqhaza bezokuvakasha bamazwe ngamazwe, izifundiswa, abaphathi bezinhlangano eziningana zamazwe ngamazwe, abaholi bamabhizinisi bamazwe ngamazwe phakathi kwabanye ababambiqhaza ababalulekile.
Ungqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett, ekugqamiseni ukubaluleka kwengqungquthela waphawula ukuthi: “Njengoba siphuma Covid-19 'ukuqinisela kwezokuvakasha' ubhubhane sekube yisizinda sezinto ezibalulekile ekuthuthukisweni kwezwe. Yize ukuvakasha nezokuvakasha ngokwesiko kuthathwa njengezinye zezingxenye ezikwazi ukumelana nokuqina komnotho womhlaba, kuphinde kwafakazela ukuthi ngesikhathi esifanayo kuthambekele ekushaqekeni, ngenxa yomthelela wemicimbi ephazamisayo emibonweni yokuheha nokuvikeleka kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo.”
Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi: “Izehlakalo ezinjalo eziphazamisayo zihlanganisa izinhlekelele zemvelo, imithelela yokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nokulahleka kwezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo, ukungavikeleki kokudla, ukungazinzi kwezepolitiki nezingxabano, usongo lokuhlasela kwamaphekula, ubugebengu be-inthanethi kanye nezindaba zokuphepha kwe-inthanethi, ukuwohloka komnotho kanye nezifo eziwubhubhane ngempela. , njengoba kuboniswa isimo esibucayi esikhona manje.”
I-Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC), okuyingxenye ehlola le ngqungquthela, iyaqhubeka nokusebenza ekwakheni ukusimama kwezokuvakasha emazweni aseMelika, e-Afrika naseMpumalanga Ephakathi.
Ngomsebenzi wabo kulezi zindawo, baye babona isidingo sokuhlanganisa okufundiwe futhi bakhe amasu okuqinisa ezokuvakasha ukuze balungiselele ukuphazamiseka okulandelayo kwendawo yokuvakasha neyokuvakasha.
Ungqongqoshe uBartlett waphawula ukuthi iJamaica izophinde izibonakalise iyingqalabutho lapho yethula iGlobal Tourism Resilience Institute yokuqala ngqa ngoFebhuwari. Ukwethulwa kwalesi sikhungo kuzoqondana nokugujwa koSuku Lomhlaba Lonke Lwezokuvakasha Oluqinile ngoFebhuwari 17. UMqondisi Omkhulu we-GTRCMC, uSolwazi Lloyd Waller, uveze ukuthi iSikhungo sizohlinzeka ngeminikelo eminingana. “Sisezinhlelweni zokusungula iSikhungo esizogxila ekuqiniseni amandla hhayi nje ezokuvakasha kuphela. Sizohlinzeka ngezifundo ezimfushane zesitifiketi, izifundo zediploma kanye ne-Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) ukuze sinikeze abantu amakhono nolwazi, ngokwezindlela zokwenza ukuthi bakwazi ukumelana nezimo,” usho kanje.
