IJamaica; Septhemba 10, 2020: Usihlalo weGlobal Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center, u-Edmund Bartlett uthi ngale komthelela omubi wezomnotho, ubhadane lwe-COVID-19 luphinde lwaveza nemithelela ehlukahlukene yezepolitiki, ezendawo kanye namasiko emhlabeni wonke.
“Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi ubhadane oluqhubekayo luye lwaqinisa amandla ombuso endimeni yawo yendabuko njengomvikeli womphakathi, njengoba ohulumeni emhlabeni jikelele bebehamba phambili ekuxhumaniseni izimpendulo, ukugadwa nokuqapha, nokuhlela imizamo yokusiza umnotho ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwemingcele, ”Kusho uMnu Bartlett.
Wengeze wathi: “Kuchazwe ngokufanelekile njengesihlanganisi esikhulu, ubhadane alusindisanga muntu njengoba sibonile amanye amandla endabuko omhlaba enwetshelwa aze afinyelela imikhawulo yawo, kuyindida ukuthi amanye amazwe amancane akwazi ukuphatha ukusabalala lo bhubhane lusebenza kahle. ”
UMnu Bartlett uphinde wakugcizelela ukuthi abenzi bomgomo babhekane nezinqumo ezinzima kakhulu ngenxa yalolu bhubhane. “Cishe bekunzima ngabaholi abaningi bomhlaba ukuthi babalekele umthelela ovelele wezepolitiki wezimpendulo zabo zenqubomgomo kulo bhubhane. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi izinqumo ezisemqoka zenqubomgomo seziya ngokuya ziba ngaphansi kwezinhloso eziningi ezincintisanayo, okumele zilinganiswe kahle ngokulingana, ”kusho yena.
Wayekhuluma e Isikhungo se-Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management (GTRCMC) uchungechunge lwesithathu lwe-Edmund Bartlett Lecture Series, olusingathwe ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi, 'Geopolitics and the Coronavirus: Implications for Global Travel and Tourism,' ngoLwesithathu, Septhemba 9.
Lo mcimbi, obusakazwa ngabantu abangaphezu kuka-3,000 XNUMX emhlabeni jikelele, uhlanganise ababambiqhaza bakuleli nabakwamanye amazwe ababelana ngemikhuba emihle kanye nezifundo ezimayelana nobhubhane lwezokuvakasha kanye nokuphathwa kokuqina kwezomnotho, ukuthuthukisa inqubomgomo yesikhathi eside kanye nezixazululo zamasu.
Izikhulumi zifaka phakathi uSolwazi Sir Hilary Beckles, uSekela-Shansela wase-University of the West Indies; Inxusa uDho Young-shim, uSihlalo, Ummeli Alumni Wezizwe Ezihlangene we-SDGS; USolwazi Lee Miles, uSolwazi weCrisis and Disaster Management eBournemouth University; USolwazi James Kungu, uMqondisi we-GTRCMC, eMpumalanga ye-Afrika; kanye noDkt Taleb Rifai, uSihlalo Obambile we-GTRCMC.
Ukulandela izethulo zabo, izikhulumi zibambe iqhaza ezingxoxweni mayelana: nokuthi ukuthuthuka kwezomnotho ezimakethe eziyimithombo emikhulu kukuthinta kanjani ukuvuselelwa kwezokuvakasha zomhlaba wonke; izinto ezizokwakha ukuheha kwendawo okuya kuyo kanye nokuthandwa yizivakashi esikhathini sangemva kwe-COVID-19 nokuthi ikusasa lezokuvakasha lizobukeka kanjani ezifundeni ezinjengeCaribbean, Latin America, Africa ne-Asia.
Ngenkathi encoma uBartlett ngokuphatha kwakhe umthelela wobhubhane embonini yezokuvakasha eJamaica, uSolwazi Beckles ucele ukuthi kube nengqungquthela yezokuvakasha yomhlaba wonke ezosiza ohlelweni lokululama.
"Isiphakamiso sami ukuthi lesi yisikhathi sokudlula ama-bial-laterals… Kufanele siqhubekele phambili ekuhlanganyeleni okuhlangene. Sidinga ingqungquthela yezokuvakasha yomhlaba wonke esuselwe esisekelweni sokuthi ukusebenzisana kwamazwe amaningi kuphela okungabeka isisekelo sokutholakala ngempumelelo kwalo mkhakha, lapho izinhloko zohulumeni zikulungele ukuhlala ukuxoxa nge-geopolitics nangeqiniso lokuthi ngeke kube khona ukukhula komnotho ngaphandle kokukhula umkhakha wezokuvakasha.
Lokhu singakwenza ngesisekelo senkabazwe, noma ngabe sakha amabhulokhi aleyo ngqungquthela yomhlaba, lapho izingxoxo zenqubomgomo zingenzeka khona mayelana nezingqinamba ezibalulekile, ”kusho uBeckles.
Wabuye wabelana ngokuthi uyajabula ukuthi iCaribbean ikwazile ukusondela kakhulu kwezesayensi ekuphathweni kokuqukethwe kwe-COVID-19 futhi ithole imiphumela ebaluleke kakhulu nehlaba umxhwele.
"ICaribbean ibisemkhakheni ophezulu waleyo mpumelelo yokuqukethwe kodwa asikaze sikubone emithonjeni yezindaba, ukusetshenziswa kweCaribbean njengesibonelo [noma] ukusetshenziswa kweCaribbean njengenye yezimpumelelo kulolu hambo," kusho uSt. U-Beckles.
I-GTRCMC, ezinze eNyuvesi yaseWest Indies, eMona Campus, inikwe umsebenzi wokwakha, ukukhiqiza nokukhiqiza amathuluzi, imihlahlandlela nezinqubomgomo zokubhekana nenqubo yokululama kulandela inhlekelele. Lesi Sikhungo sizophinde sisize ngokulungela, ukuphatha kanye nokululama ekuphazamisekeni kanye / noma ezinkingeni ezinomthelela kwezokuvakasha futhi ezisongela iminotho nempilo emhlabeni wonke.
