Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba Wonke (UNWTO)'s Isemina Yamazwe Ngamazwe Yokuhlanganisa Ezokuvakasha Kwamasiko Ngokusungula Nobuchwepheshe kanye Nomhlangano Wama-40 Wamalungu Ahlangene Waphetha ngekhwelo elivuselelwe lokuba umphakathi ubambe iqhaza ekuthuthukiseni ezokuvakasha kwamasiko usebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obusezingeni eliphezulu (12-14 November 2018, Hamedan, Islamic Republic of Iran). ).

Izinto eziheha amasiko nezamagugu ziwukhiye ekuthuthukisweni kwezokuvakasha emazweni amaningi emhlabeni jikelele, futhi ukuqanjwa kabusha nobuchwepheshe kungenza lezi zindawo ezihehayo zifinyeleleke kalula ngenkathi kugcinwa ingqikithi yazo, kuphetha isemina. Iphinde yagcizelela ukuthi ukusungula izinto ezintsha kanye nobuchwepheshe kufanele kunikeze amandla, kunokuba kuvinjwe amalungelo, abantu abasingathayo kanye nemiphakathi futhi kungayisiza ekugcineni ubuqiniso bayo, kuyilapho ukuthuthukiswa nokulondolozwa kwamagugu amasiko kufanele kube yingxenye yezinhlelo zasekhaya nezikazwelonke zokuthuthukiswa kwenhlalakahle yezomnotho ngokusebenzisa ezokuvakasha nobuchwepheshe.

“Ubuchwepheshe nokuqamba izinto ezintsha, okuhlanganisa ne-ICT, kungathuthukisa izinga lesipiliyoni sezivakashi. Ingathuthukisa ukubusa, inzuzo kanye nokuphila kahle kwabahlali. Futhi ingagcina izinsiza zamagugu ezingaphatheki nezibambekayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ezokuvakasha kwamasiko,” kusho UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele uZurab Pololikashvili evula umcimbi.

“Uhlu oluhlukene lwamasiko namagugu emhlabeni lwakha izindlela ezingcono kakhulu nezindlela zokuxhumanisa abantu bomhlaba – kodwa kuphela uma amalungelo namalungelo abo bobabili abavakashi kanye nezivakashi ehlonishwa futhi ephendulwa. Futhi ukusungula izinto ezintsha nobuchwepheshe kungasiza”, kwengeza iPhini likaMongameli wase-Iranian u-Ali Asghar Mounesan, ophinde ahole i-Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcraft and Tourism Organization (ICHTO).

Isemina ivumelene ngokuthi ukubusa okunolwazi kanye nezinqubomgomo eziphathelene nokusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe obusha nezindlela ezintsha zingahola ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha futhi kuvulele umkhakha iminyango, ngokulondolozwa nokuvuselelwa kwamagugu amasiko enye yezinzuzo zakhona eziyinhloko. Iphinde yagqamisa ukuthi kuziphathimandla zezokuvakasha, ukubamba iqhaza, nokusebenzisana nomphakathi osingethe indawo kufanele kube umshayeli woshintsho oluqhutshwa ubuchwepheshe. Kunxuswe ukuthi ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha kungagcini nje ngokukhulisa izinzuzo futhi kunciphise izindleko ukuze kube nokuncintisana okukhulu, kodwa futhi kusabela kulokho okulindelekile kanye nezidingo zababungazi nezivakashi ngokufanayo.

Isemina ihlelwe ngabakwa UNWTO, I-ICHTO kanye ne-Alisadr Tourism Company. Eceleni kwayo, uHamedan wadlala njengosokhaya UNWTO Ingqungquthela yama-40 yamaLungu Axhumene nayo, lapho bekubanjwe khona izingxoxo ezisebenzayo njenge UNWTOAmalungu Angaphansi Azwakalise imibono yawo kanye neziphakamiso ngoHlelo Lokusebenza Lomnyango Wamalungu Ahlangene lwango-2019.

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It also stressed that innovation and technology should empower, rather than disenfranchise, host populations and communities and can assist them in retaining their authenticity, while cultural heritage development and preservation should be a part of local and national plans for socioeconomic development through tourism and technology.
“The world's diverse range of culture and heritage form the best means and ways to connect peoples of the world – but only if the rights and privileges of both host and guest populations are respected and responded to.
The seminar agreed that informed governance and policies surrounding uptake of new technologies and innovative practices can guide tourism development and open doors for the sector, with conservation and revitalization of cultural heritage one of its main benefits.