UMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett ulibangise eJalimane ngeSonto ezoba yingxenye ebalulekile yomhlangano obhekwe ngabomvu. Umhlangano we-ITB Berlin, manje eqhubekayo eJalimane.
Njengoba ithintwe ubhadane lwe-Coronavirus, lesi yisiteji sokuqala sobuso nobuso somhlangano omkhulu wezokuvakasha emhlabeni kusukela kwaqala i-COVID-19 futhi kuhlelwe ukukhombisa izitayela eziwujuqu futhi kunikeze amathuba angenamkhawulo ebhizinisi lezokuvakasha.
I-Berlin Convention, eqala ngoMashi 7-9, iyisikhungo sokucabanga esihamba phambili embonini yezokuvakasha, eheha ochwepheshe bezokuvakasha, abenzi bezinqumo ezibalulekile, abathengi abakhulu nabathengisi kwezohwebo lwezokuvakasha lwamazwe ngamazwe. “Njengoba umkhakha wezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele uqhubeka nokukhula emthelela wobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 siyajabula ukukwazi ukuzihambela mathupha e-ITB Berlin, futhi sizosebenzisa leli thuba ukuqhubekisela phambili ukukhuthaza i-Destination. Jamaica, ukuqinisa ubudlelwano obukhona futhi sakhe obusha njengoba sifuna ukugqugquzela ukukhula okuqhubekayo emkhakheni wezokuvakasha,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
Ukubamba iqhaza kukaNgqongqoshe kuzombona njengesikhulumi esiqavile kanye nohlu lwezingxoxo esihlokweni esithi “Izindaba Ezintsha Zokusebenza Ekuhambeni.”
Okunye okugqamile ekubambeni iqhaza kukaNgqongqoshe uBartlett kumbona naye ethula inkulumo yosuku emcimbini wokubungaza uSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha Lwezokuvakasha kulandela ukugunyazwa ngenyanga edlule yiNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene ukuthi lolu suku lugujwe minyaka yonke. Lokhu ngemuva Imizamo yaseJamaica ukuze kuqinise ukuqina kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke ngokuphakamisa ukuqokwa ngokusemthethweni komhla ziyi-17 kuNhlolanja njengoSuku Lokuqinisela Ezokuvakasha Lomhlaba wonke minyaka yonke kube yimpumelelo enkulu.
Uhambo lukaMnu. Bartlett luhlanganisa nenani lemihlangano yezinga eliphezulu mayelana nezihloko ezinjengalezi: “Uhlelo Lokuqashwa Kwamazwe Ngamazwe,” izindiza ezintsha nokunye ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha. Uzophinde abambe iqhaza emisebenzini nezinhlelo zabezindaba ezimbalwa kanye nomhlangano wamazwe amabili noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Wombuso wase-Saudi Arabia, Umhlonishwa u-Ahmed Al Khateeb.
Ukwengeza, uMnu. Bartlett uzoba yisivakashi esikhethekile ku-Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) International Travel Awards. Engqungqutheleni ye-ITB ngo-2019, iJamaica yaklonyeliswa ngomklomelo we-PATWA wendawo oya kuyo unyaka. Imiklomelo ihlonipha abantu nezinhlangano eziphumelele kahle kanye/noma ezibambe iqhaza ekukhuthazeni ezokuvakasha ezivela emikhakheni ehlukene yokuhweba ngezokuvakasha kanye nabahlinzeki bezinsizakalo ezihlobene ngokuqondile noma ngokungaqondile nemboni.
Ngaphambi kokuba abuyele ekhaya ngoMgqibelo, mhla ziyi-11 kuNdasa, uNgqongqoshe uzophinde ahlangane namalungu omphakathi waseJamaican eNxusa laseJamaica eBerlin.
