Imininingwane yohlu lwezikhulumi idaluliwe ngoSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha Lonyaka (WTD), oluzoba seRiyadh ngoSepthemba 27-28.
Njengoba izikhulu zikahulumeni ezingaphezu kuka-500, abaholi bezimboni kanye nochwepheshe abavela emazweni angama-120 bezokwehlela e-Riyadh kulo mcimbi, izinga lababekhona libonisa ukubaluleka kwe-WTD 2023 ekudwebeni ikusasa lokukhula komkhakha wezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele.
Ububanzi bezikhulumi ezisezingeni eliphezulu bukhombisa umfutho ohlangene embonini yonkana ukugubha impumelelo yomkhakha kuyilapho kubhekwa izixazululo ezinseleleni zawo ezicindezela kakhulu. Izikhulumi ezimenyezelwe namuhla zihlanganisa:
• Umhlonishwa u-Ahmed Al-Khateeb, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Saudi Arabia
• Zurab Pololikashvili, uNobhala-Jikelele weNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha (UNWTO)
• Umhlonishwa u-Khalid Al Falih, uNgqongqoshe Wezokutshalwa Kwezimali wase-Saudi Arabia
• Ubukhosi Bakhe u-Haifa Bint Mohammed Al Saud, iPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha
• Umhlonishwa uPatricia de Lille, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eNingizimu Afrika
• Umhlonishwa u-Nikolina Brnjac, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Nezemidlalo waseRiphabhulikhi yase-Croatia
• Umhlonishwa uMehmet Ersoy, uNgqongqoshe Wezamasiko Nezokuvakasha waseTurkey
• Umhlonishwa u-Rosa Ana Morillo Rodriguez, uNobhala Wezwe, uMnyango Wezimboni, Wezohwebo Nezokuvakasha wase-Spain
• U-Julia Simpson, i-CEO ye-World Travel & Tourism Council
• U-Pansy Ho, uNobhala Jikelele we-Global Tourism Economy Forum
• UCaptain Ibrahim Koshy, oyi-CEO ye-Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA)
• U-Pierfrancesco Vago, i-CEO ye-MSC Cruises
• UGreg Webb, i-CEO ye-Travelport
• U-Matthew Upchurch, i-CEO ye-Virtuoso
• U-Ritesh Agarwal, i-CEO ye-OYO
U-António Guterres, uNobhala-Jikelele we-UN, uthe: “Ezokuvakasha zingamandla anamandla enqubekelaphambili nokuqondana. Kodwa ukuze ulethe izinzuzo zawo ezigcwele, la mandla kufanele avikelwe futhi akhuliswe. Ngalolu suku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha, siyasibona isidingo esibalulekile sokutshalwa kwezimali kwemvelo ukuze kwakhiwe umkhakha wezokuvakasha oletha izidingo kubantu neplanethi. Ngakho-ke masenze okwengeziwe ukusebenzisa ikhono eligcwele lezokuvakasha ezisimeme. Ngoba ukutshala imali kwezokuvakasha okusimeme kutshala ikusasa elingcono labo bonke abantu.”
I-WTD 2023 izobanjwa ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi “Tourism and Green Investments” ngenhloso yokukhuthaza ukusebenzisana komhlaba wonke ukuhlola amathuba okutshalwa kwezimali ukuze kuqiniswe ukusimama kwemboni yezokuvakasha, kuqondise lo mkhakha ekusaseni eliholwa ukutshalwa kwezimali neligxile ngokuqhubekayo. Lo mcimbi wezinsuku ezimbili uzobona abaholi bezokuvakasha bebamba iqhaza ezinkulumweni ezibalulekile nasezingxoxweni ezigxile kwezintathu UNWTO Izindikimba eziwumongo: abantu, iplanethi nokuchuma. Ababambiqhaza bazohlola amandla ezokuvakasha kanye neqhaza lomkhakha ekuhlanganiseni amasiko, ukulondoloza indawo ezungezile, kanye nokuthuthukisa umhlaba ovumelanayo futhi oxhumene.
Ngosuku lokuqala uzohlola UNWTO indikimba ethi 'Tourism and Green Investments' ngamaphaneli asukela emandleni ezokuvakasha ekwakheni amabhuloho; ukutshala imali emandleni abantu; amandla ezindawo zokuvakasha ezingadalulwa kancane; izinselelo nezixazululo ekuzuzeni ikusasa elisimeme; ukuvala igebe lokusungula kanye nokunika amandla amabhizinisi. Ngobusuku bosuku lokuqala, kuzosingathwa isidlo sakusihlwa endaweni yamagugu ye-UNESCO yase-Saudi Arabia i-Diriyah, njengomgubho we-WTD 2023.
Isigcawu Sabaholi Bezokuvakasha sizobanjwa ngosuku lwesibili ngaphansi kwesiqubulo esithi 'Tourism for People, Prosperity and Intercultural Dialogue'. Iseshini yomkhakha kahulumeni izohlola ikusasa elisimeme lemboni, kanti iseshini yomkhakha ozimele izohlola uhambo olungenamthungo ekupheleni ukuya ekupheleni. Iseshini yokunikezelwa kwe-WTD 2024 izophinde yenziwe phakathi kweSaudi Arabia neGeorgia, ngaphambi kokusingatha umcimbi waseGeorgia ngonyaka ozayo.
Izinga lomcimbi osingathwa e-Riyadh likhombisa ukubaluleka okunamathiselwe nguhulumeni wase-Saudi ekuthuthukisweni komkhakha wezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele. UMbuso uqokwe njengoSihlalo woMkhandlu oPhethe weNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha (UNWTO) ngo-2023, futhi isingathe iNgqungquthela Yomhlaba Wonke yoMkhandlu Wokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha e-Riyadh ngonyaka odlule.
Ngokusho kwakamuva UNWTO I-Barometer Report, i-Middle East ibike imiphumela emihle kakhulu ngoJanuwari-Julayi 2023, nabafikayo ngama-20% ngaphezu kwamazinga angaphambi kobhubhane. Lesi sifunda sisaqhubeka nokuba yisona sodwa esedlule amazinga ka-2019 kuze kube manje, njengoba iSaudi ibona ukukhula okumangalisayo okunamadijithi amabili (+58%).
