The UNWTO/WTM Ministers' Summit, izolo yiWorld Travel Market kanye neWorld Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), yamukelwe kahle abahlanganyeli abavela kuhulumeni kanye nezinkampani ezizimele ngefomethi yayo entsha eguquguqukayo eholela ekuthathweni okwengeziwe okuphathekayo mayelana nendikimba yalo nyaka: Investment in Tourism Technology.
Lo nyaka, i UNWTO/Ingqungquthela Yongqongqoshe be-WTM ebibanjelwe e-World Travel Market, okungomunye wombukiso omkhulu kakhulu wokuhweba ngezokuvakasha emhlabeni (6 Novemba 2018), igxile ekutshalweni kwezimali kubuchwepheshe bezokuvakasha obunefomethi yenoveli. Ngokokuqala ngqá le ngqungquthela iveze ithimba labaholi bezinkampani ezizimele kanye nethimba longqongqoshe, okuholele ekutheni kube nokucobelelana ngemibono nemibono evulelekile newusizo yokuthi izimali ezizimele zingafakwa kanjani kubuchwepheshe obusha bezokuvakasha.
Lokhu bekusho ukuthi ongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha nabamele iqophelo eliphezulu abavela emazweni ahlanganisa iBahrain, Bulgaria, Egypt, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Uganda, Uruguay kanye ne-UK bakwazile ukucabangisisa nokusabela emibonweni eveziwe. ngezimali ezihamba phambili zokutshalwa kwezimali kwezokuvakasha nobuchwepheshe ezibandakanyeka kuphaneli, njenge-Alibaba Capital Partners, i-Atomico ne-Vynn Capital.
“Ngaphandle kokusekelwa ababambiqhaza ababalulekile kwezokuvakasha, ikakhulukazi ohulumeni, izinkampani nabatshalizimali, ukuthuthukiswa nokuqaliswa kwemikhiqizo emisha akunakwenzeka. Izingxoxo zanamuhla zisikhanyisela ngeqhaza elibalulekile layo yomibili imikhakha kanye nesidingo sokubambisana okuqinile phakathi kwezinkampani ezizimele nezikahulumeni”, kusho. UNWTO IPhini likaNobhala Jikelele uJaime Cabal evula umcimbi.
Umbono ovamile phakathi kwethimba losomabhizinisi bezinkampani ezizimele wawuwukuthi ukuphazamiseka kuholela ekushintsheni emkhakheni wezokuvakasha, kodwa umthetho ungavimbela ukuthola izimo zokutshala izimali ezikhangayo ezidingekayo ukuze kusekelwe amabhizinisi amasha aphazamisayo. Kwaphakanyiswa ukuthi umthethonqubo kufanele ulungiswe ukuze kunikezwe iziqondiso ezicacile kubatshalizimali abafisa ukufaka imali yangasese kubuchwepheshe obusha.
Abatshalizimali abambalwa bezobuchwepheshe bagqamise isidingo sokunciphisa izindleko zamathuba kanye nokususa imigoqo yokuphatha yokusungula izinto ezintsha kwezokuvakasha. "Kudingeka kube lula ukuthi abaqalayo bakhule futhi bakhule - uma imithetho ishintsha ngokushesha, abatshalizimali bazongabaza ukutshala imali," uKatherine Grass weThayer Ventures etshela ongqongqoshe.
U-Lio Chen, Umqondisi Ophethe e-Travel & Hospitality Center of Innovation enkampanini yebhizinisi ye-Plug and Play, ucele izinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe ukuthi zihlanganyele nabaqalayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe imibono, izinsiza zabantu kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali. “Ngicela ongqongqoshe ukuthi bagqugquzele izinkampani ezinhlanu eziphezulu ezweni labo ukuthi zisebenzisane nabaqalayo futhi bakhuthaze ukusungulwa kwezinto ezintsha,” usho kanje.
Mayelana nomthetho, uMichael Ellis, onguNobhala Wombuso Wezobuciko, Amagugu Nezokuvakasha ePhalamende lase-UK, uthe: “Kungumbuzo wokulinganisa, futhi kuyinselele ukuthola lokho okulungile, ikakhulukazi kwezobuchwepheshe.” Uphinde wanxusa ongqongqoshe ukuthi baqinise ukusimama futhi basize ekubhekaneni nezinkinga ezithinta isimo sezulu emhlabeni, njengokukhuphuka kokukhishwa kwekhabhoni.
Imfundo iphinde yagqanyiswa njengento eyenza ukutshalwa kwezimali kukhange kakhulu. "Imfundo ivumela ubuchwepheshe ukuthi bungene emiphakathini futhi bufake isandla ekwenzeni ezokuvakasha zibandakanye imiphakathi," kusho uBenjamin Liberoff, iPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha e-Uruguay.
“Sihlanganise izinkampani zikahulumeni nezizimele ngendlela ehlukile, futhi sithemba ukuthi kuzoletha ushintsho lwangempela kulo mkhakha. Njengoba ezokuvakasha zikhula, ubuchwepheshe buzodlala indima ebalulekile,” kusho uSimon Press, uMqondisi Omkhulu Wemibukiso weWTM London.
Inganyelwe ngu-Richard Quest we-CNN International, ingqungquthela ibe nesandla UNWTOOkubalulekile okuqhubekayo ukubeka ezokuvakasha esikhungweni se-ajenda yokusungula izinto ezintsha emhlabeni jikelele.
