- Isikhathi seBMOTA sitshale imali ochungechungeni lwezinhlelo zokwakha amandla kanye nezindawo zokuphatha lapho ziya khona ne-GSTC.
- Ababambiqhaza boHlelo Lokuqeqeshwa Kwezokuvakasha Olugcinekayo babemele izingxenye ezehlukene zezinhlangano zomphakathi nezizimele ezivela ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene zaseBahamas.
- I-GSTC ibisebenza nezinqwaba ze-The Bahamas Family Islands kumasifundisane nasezinhlelweni.
Ngesikhathi sokuphazanyiswa kohambo lwe-COVID-19 emhlabeni wonke ngonyaka we-2020, iBMOTA yabeka imali ochungechungeni lwezinhlelo zokwakha amandla kanye nezindawo zokuphatha lapho ziya khona ne-GSTC. Ukubeka ukuthuthukiswa nokuphathwa kwezokuvakasha okusimeme njengendawo eseqhulwini yokwakhiwa nokuqiniswa, iBMOTA ihlele ukuthi ababambiqhaza babasebenzi nabemboni yezokuvakasha babambe iqhaza kwiseshini eku-inthanethi ye-GSTC's Sustainable Tourism Training Program (STTP). Ababambe iqhaza bamele isigaba esiphambanweni sezinhlangano zomphakathi nezizimele ezivela ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene zaseBahamas, kufaka phakathi iNew Providence, i-Andros, iHarbour Island, i-Abaco, i-Eleuthera, iSan Salvador, i-Exuma, iLong Island, iBimini, iCat Island neGrand Bahama Island.
Ezinyangeni ezilandelayo, i-GSTC ibisebenza nezinqwaba ze-The Bahamas Family Islands ezingqungqutheleni nasezinhlelweni zokuxhasa ukusungulwa kweMikhandlu Yokuphathwa Kwezindawo ezosebenzisa imigomo ye-GSTC Destination Criteria. Amalungu omkhandlu azwakalise ukujabula ngaleli thuba lokwakha intuthuko eqhubekayo yemiphakathi yangakubo. Kokubili i-GSTC neBahamas babheke phambili ukwabelana ngemiphumela yalo msebenzi ezinyangeni ezizayo.
“Ubuhle bomzimba obuphoqelelayo nokwehluka ngokwendawo kweziQhingi ze-The Bahamas kubenza indawo ephezulu yezivakashi ezivela kuyo yonke imikhawulo yomhlaba unyaka nonyaka,” kusho uMhlonishwa. UDionisio D'Aguilar, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Nezindiza eBahamas. "Sikubona kungumsebenzi wethu ukuqinisekisa ukuthi senza konke okusemandleni ukugcina impilo yezwe lethu imvelo nokuvikelwa kokuhlukahluka kwayo ezizukulwaneni ezizayo, futhi ukuhlangana kwethu neGSTC kuyisinyathelo esibalulekile kulolo hambo."
"Siyajabula ukuba nguzakwethu emizamweni yomhlaba ye-GSTC futhi sibheke phambili ekuthuthukiseni ukuzibophezela kwethu kwezokuvakasha okusimeme e-The Bahamas, sisebenzisa izindlela abaya kuzo njengesiqondiso esibalulekile empumelelweni," kuphawula uKristal Bethel, uMqondisi Omkhulu, iSustainable Tourism, iBahamas UMnyango Wezokuvakasha Nezindiza.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “We are grateful to be a partner in GSTC's global efforts and look forward to enhancing our commitment to sustainable tourism in The Bahamas, using their destination criteria as a critical guide to success,” remarked Kristal Bethel, Senior Director, Sustainable Tourism, the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism &.
- In the months following, GSTC has been working with several of The Bahamas Family Islands on workshops and programming to support the establishment of Destination Stewardship Councils which will implement the GSTC Destination Criteria.
- “We see it as our duty to ensure that we are doing all that we can to maintain the health our country's environmental ecosystems and protection of its biodiversity for the future generations, and our alignment with GSTC is an essential step in .
