Iziqhingi ezincane zinxuswa ukuthi zenze ezokuvakasha zibaluleke kakhulu ekuthuthukisweni okusimeme

Ukubona ukubaluleka kwezokuvakasha emnothweni kanye nentuthuko esimeme yezifundazwe eziningi ezithuthukile eziqhingini ezincane (i-SIDS) nezinye iziqhingi, kanye namathuba nezinselelo ezithize eziqhingini ekuphishekeleni ezokuvakasha ezisimeme, i-World Tourism Organisation icele izinhlaka ze-UN kanye namanye amazwe omhlaba. ama-ejensi, ohulumeni be-SIDS, iziphathimandla zikazwelonke nezendawo zezinye iziqhingi, kanye nemboni yezokuvakasha, ukubeka ezokuvakasha njengento ehamba phambili ohlelweni lokuthuthukisa iziqhingi.

Abahlanganyeli abangaphezu kuka-150 abavela emazweni angu-30 babuthana eSt. Denis, eLa Reunion, UNWTO/Inkomfa Kahulumeni WaseFrance Yokuthuthukiswa Okusimeme Kwezokuvakasha Eziqhingini, futhi yacela ukuba ezokuvakasha zibekwe njengento esemqoka enkulumweni-mpikiswano ngentuthuko esimeme eziqhingini.

Ingqungquthela yagqamisa lezi zindaba ezibalulekile ezilandelayo:

• Ezokuvakasha ziwumgogodla wentuthuko esimeme eziqhingini - eziqhingini eziningi, ezokuvakasha ziwumsebenzi wezomnotho obaluleke kakhulu, onamathuba acacile okukhula kwesikhathi esizayo. Ngakho-ke ezokuvakasha kufanele zigxile kakhulu ku-ajenda yentuthuko esimeme yeziqhingi futhi zibekwe eqhulwini ezinhlelweni zokusekela i-SIDS nezinye iziqhingi.

• Amagugu emvelo namasiko njengempahla eyinhloko ezokuvakasha eziqhingini - ezokuvakasha zibekwe kahle ukuze ziqwashise futhi zisekele izinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo eziyingqayizivele kanye namagugu acebile amasiko eziqhingi, okuncike kuwo. Ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha kumele kuhlelwe futhi kulawulwe ngokucophelela ukuze kube nomthelela omuhle emithonjeni yeziqhingi, indawo ezungezile kanye nemiphakathi futhi kubhekane nezinselelo zokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu.

• Ubambiswano njengesisekelo sokuzuza okwengeziwe ngokubambisana - amaqembu eziqhingi angasebenza kangcono uma esebenza ndawonye ekukhuthazeni ezokuvakasha ezisimeme. Isinyathelo se-Vanilla Islands esixhumanisa iziqhingi eziyisikhombisa ze-Indian Ocean - i-Comoros, i-La Reunion, i-Madagascar, i-Maldives, i-Mayotte, i-Mauritius ne-Seychelles - siyamukelwa njengesibonelo sendlela yokusebenzisana.

• Ukuxhumana kweziqhingi njengento edingekayo ukuze uphumelele kwezokuvakasha - Izindawo eziya eziqhingini zincike kwezokuthutha ngendiza ukuze zinikeze ukufinyelela okuphumelelayo ezimakethe eziyimithombo. Izinqubomgomo zezokuvakasha nezokuthutha kumele zididiyelwe ukuze kuqhutshekwe nokukhula okugcwele ekuxhumaneni futhi kuvikeleke izinzuzo zomnotho emiphakathini yaseziqhingini.

Izincomo ezinemininingwane yamaphuzu ayi-14 ezithathwe engqungqutheleni zizodluliswa ngu UNWTO kuNobhala Wezizwe Ezihlangene njengegalelo lomkhakha wezokuvakasha engxoxweni mayelana nentuthuko esimeme yeziqhingi, ngokubheka Ingqungquthela Yesithathu Yamazwe Ngamazwe Nge-SIDS ezoba seSamoa ngoSepthemba 2014.