Ngesikhathi sokugubha iminyaka engu-75 i-Skål International, ochwepheshe bezokuvakasha abangaphezu kuka-250 abavela emhlabeni wonke bahlangene eParis. Imigubho iqale ngesidlo sakusihlwa esimnandi ngomhla zingama-27 kuMbasa, 2009 eGalerie des Fêtes eSishayamthetho Sikazwelonke saseFrance ngaphansi kwesandla sikaM. Bernard Accoyer, uMongameli wephalamende, kanye noMnu. Ertugrul Gunay, uNgqongqoshe Wezamasiko Nezokuvakasha we- I-Republic of Turkey, exhase isidlo sakusihlwa kanye nokushicilelwa kwencwadi ebonisa umlando we-Skål kule minyaka engu-75 edlule.
Ngaphezu kwamalungu e-Skål kanye nezivakashi ezikhethekile ezivela kwezinye izinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe, isidlo sakusihlwa saphinde sahanjelwa uM. Henri Novelli, uNobhala Wezwe ophethe ezokuvakasha, uHulumeni waseFrance; oMongameli beKomidi lobungane lePhalamende laseFrance/ laseTurkey, uMnu. Michel Diffenbacher kanye noMnu. Yasar Yakis; UMnu.Thierry Baudier, uMqondisi Jikelele, i-Maison de la France; uMqondisi Wezohwebo we-Air France uMnu. Christian Boireau; kanye nenani elikhulu lomongameli abahloniphekile nabadlule be-Skål International.
Imikhosi yaqhubeka "ngoSuku Lomhlaba Lwe-Skål" ngo-Ephreli 28, 2009 ngokuvakashela emathuneni asePere Lechaise, lapho kwabekwa khona umqhele wezimbali ethuneni likaFlorimond Volckaert, umongameli ongumsunguli wenhlangano futhi wabhekwa njengoyise kaSkål.
Isidlo sasemini sokuxhumana salandela ebhodini i-Bateaux Parisiens ehanjelwe ngamalungu angaphezu kwama-250 emhlabeni jikelele.
I-plaque ekhethekile yembulwa umongameli we-Skål International Hulya Aslantas e-Hotel Scribe ukuze kukhunjulwe iminyaka engu-75. Umhlangano wokuqala ka-Skål waba seHotel Scribe ngo-April 1934, futhi lokhu kakade kuphawulwe ngoqwembe olwambulwa ngo-1954 ngesikhathi sokugubha iminyaka engu-20.
Enkulumweni yakhe, umongameli we-Skål International Hulya Aslantas wathi, “Kuwukuzigqaja okukhulu nodumo kimina ukuba umongameli we-Skal World onyakeni oyingqopha-mlando kangaka.”
Wengeze ngokuthi, “u-Skål kwadingeka enze umgubho osezingeni eliphezulu kangangokuthi uzophawula lo nyaka okhethekile futhi ube yithuba lokuvuselela ukuma komnyakazo wethu; nokho, ngaphezu kwakho konke, noma yini esiyenzayo, inselele yokuqala kwaba ukuzama ukufanelekela okhokho bethu abasishiyela umlando omuhle kangaka.”
Uthe ngeminyaka yawo-1930, ezokuvakasha zazingathathwa njengemboni, futhi ubukhulu bayo banamuhla babungenakucatshangwa. Nokho uma sibheka emuva futhi sihlaziya ngokucophelela, i-Skal International isalokhu iyisinyathelo sokuqala somphakathi esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni kwezokuvakasha esinochwepheshe abaphezulu abavela kuwo wonke amagatsha emboni ngaphansi kwesambulela sayo. I-Skål ikhona emazweni angu-90 anesakhiwo esiqinile esinamalungu angaphezu kuka-20,000.
Ngalezi zici eziyingqayizivele, i-Skal International idlule ezikhathini ezishintshayo, ithatha izimo zengqondo nezindlela ezihlukile. Ekuqaleni, kwakugcizelelwa "Ubungani kanye ne-Amicale," umqondo oyisisekelo osengenye yezindinganiso eziyinhloko - ukuthuthukisa ubuhlobo obunobungane phakathi kochwepheshe.
Njengoba ezokuvakasha ziba imboni, ikakhulukazi ngeminyaka yawo-80s ngokuncintisana okwandisiwe nezindlela zokuphila ezisheshayo, amalungu e-Skål aqala ukubona amandla ayo okuxhumana, kanye nomqondo othi “Ukwenza Ibhizinisi Phakathi Kwabangane” wethulwa ngumongameli Matanyah Hecht. Umongameli wenkosikazi yokuqala, uMary Bennett, ukhethe njengendikimba yakhe kamongameli ethi, “Tourism through Friendship & Peace,” egcizelela indima ebalulekile engenziwa amalungu e-Skål kuleso sici, indikimba eyayiqokonyiswe ngaphambili owayengumongameli u-Uzi Yalon.
Ngo-1998, kwethulwa Imiklomelo Yekhwalithi yokuqala ye-“SKALITE” ukuze kuqashelwe izinga lapho ezokuvakasha ngobuningi ziba namandla.
Ngo-2002, i-Skål International yethula i-Ecotourism Awards ukusiza ukuqwashisa umhlaba wonke “ngokusimama,” okwathi ngemva kweminyaka embalwa yamukelwa ngumongameli uLitsa Papathanassi njengendikimba yakhe, “Intuthuko Eqhubekayo Kwezokuvakasha,” ekhomba amalungu e-Skål kanye emhlabeni wonke amanani okufanele siwabuke ngokucophelela kanye neminye imisebenzi yethu yobungcweti.
U-Hulya Aslantas uthe ukhethe njengendikimba yakhe kamongameli ethi, “Bridging the Cultures” ukuze akhumbuze amalungu e-Skål ngeqhaza esingalibamba “njengamanxusa okuthula” - ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izinhlelo zethu zokuvakasha zigxile ekuhwebeni kwamasiko, okuzosiza ukwandisa ukuqonda phakathi kwezizwe futhi ekugcineni kube nengxenye ekuthuleni komhlaba, okudingeka kakhulu kulezi zinsuku.
I-Skål iyaziqhenya ngokuba yinhlangano “enobungane nothando” njengezimpande zayo futhi eqhubeka nokubhekana nezihloko ezibalulekile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoba bengobani nokuthi bakuphi namuhla “njengabaholi bomhlaba kwezokuvakasha,” u-Hulya ukholelwa futhi ukuthi kuwumsebenzi wabo ukuthatha imithwalo yemfanelo ekukhuleni okunempilo nokusimeme kwemboni yezokuvakasha.
Umongameli ufisele wonke amalungu e-Skål, emhlabeni wonke, iminyaka eminingi yenjabulo, impilo enhle, ubungane, nempilo ende.
