UNWTO Isigungu Esiphezulu Sihlangana ePunta Cana

Ngaphambi kweseshini ye-118 ye- UNWTO Isigungu esiphezulu, sakamuva UNWTO I-World Tourism Barometer ikhombise ukufika kwamanye amazwe kufinyelele ku-80% wamazinga angaphambi kobhubhane. Imiphumela yekota yokuqala yomhlaba ka-2023 ibeka ijubane lalokhu kuthambekela okukhuphukayo ukuthi kuqhubeke.

UNobhala-Jikelele uZurab Pololikashvili uthe: "Ngo-2022, UNWTO ucele umhlaba ukuthi “ucabange kabusha ezokuvakasha”. Manje sekuyisikhathi sokwenza lezo zinhlelo zisebenze. Ukwakha umkhakha wezokuvakasha osimeme, oqinile futhi obandakanya wonke umuntu kuzodinga ukutshalwa kwezimali okwengeziwe nokuqondiswe kangcono, abasebenzi abanamakhono kanye nokunye okusha. UNWTO sisebenzisana eduze namazwe ethu angamalungu ukwenza inqubekelaphambili ebonakalayo kuzo zonke lezi zindawo futhi siyahamba I-Punta Cana ngokugxila okucacile mayelana nezinhloso okwabelwana ngazo kanye nombono ofanayo womkhakha wethu.”

Ukwesekwa Okuphakeme Kwezepolitiki Kwezokuvakasha

UNWTO yemukele izithunywa ezivela emazweni angama-40 emhlanganweni wawo woMkhandlu, ngokwesekwa okuphakeme kwezombusazwe okubonisa ukubaluleka kwezokuvakasha.

• UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele u-Zurab Pololikashvili uhlangane noMongameli uLuis Abinader waseDominican Republic. Umhlangano walowo nalowo ubugxile ekutshalweni kwezimali kwezokuvakasha kanye nezemfundo, kokubili kwabelwane ngezinto ezibalulekile.

• Iseshini ye-118 ye- Umkhandlu Ophethe kubalwe ngokubamba iqhaza kwezithunywa ezisezingeni eliphezulu ezivela emazweni angama-40, kuhlanganisa namalungu oMkhandlu angama-30.

• UNobhala-Jikelele u-Pololikashvili uklonyeliswe ngendondo ye-Association of Hotels and Tourism yaseDominican Republic ngokuthi “Champion of Tourism” ngobuholi bakhe kulo mkhakha nobungane bezwe.

Ukuqondisa ezokuvakasha Phambili

The UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele unikeze Amazwe Angamalungu amazwibela omsebenzi weNhlangano kusukela kuMkhandlu Ophethe wangaphambilini (eMarrakesh, Morocco, zingama-25 kuLwezi 2022) kanye UNWTOOkubalulekile kubheke phambili:

• Umbiko kaNobhala-Jikelele unikeze umbono wakamuva wezinombolo nezitayela zezokuvakasha, ohlonza izinselele ezingase zibe khona zonyaka wezi-2023 nangale kwawo, okuhlanganisa ubunzima bezindleko zokuphila kanye nokungaqiniseki kwendawo yezombangazwe.

• Amalungu anikezwe isifinyezo salokhu UNWTOokuzuzwe yikona okubalulekile ezintweni ezibalulekile (ukutshalwa kwezimali, imfundo nemisebenzi, ukusungula izinto ezintsha nezokuvakasha kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwezindawo zasemakhaya).

• Abahlanganyeli banikezwe isibuyekezo ku UNWTOisimo senhlangano, okuhlanganisa nezinhlelo zokuvula amahhovisi amasha esiFunda naweThematic, kanye nezindlela ezintsha zokuphatha ezokuvakasha.

Gxila ekuzinzeni

Ngobusuku bangaphambi koMkhandlu oPhethe, UNWTO ubambe iqhaza ku-International Forum on Sustainable Tourism ehlelwe yiDominican Republic. EPunta Cana, UNWTO:

• umeme iDominican Republic neMaldives ukuthi zibe ngamazwe okuqala ukubhalisela i-Global Tourism Plastics Initiative, eklanyelwe ukunciphisa imfucuza kanye nokwandisa ukujikeleza kulo mkhakha;

• inikeze umbono omfishane wendima yayo eyinhloko ekuqhubekiseleni phambili ukusimama, okuhlanganisa nengxenye ye-One Planet Network, leyo UNWTO uzoqhubeka nokuhola ngo-2024-25; futhi

• yamemezela inqubekelaphambili ekwakhiweni kwezinga lokuqala eliyingqophamlando lokuqala lomhlaba Lokulinganisa Ukusimama Kwezokuvakasha

Imfundo, Imisebenzi kanye Nokutshalwa Kwezimali: Okubalulekile Kwezokuvakasha

Ngesikhathi somhlangano wawo woMkhandlu oPhethe, i UNWTO Ihhovisi likanobhala lihlinzeke ngezibuyekezo ngenqubekelaphambili eseyenziwe ekuthuthukiseni izinto ezibalulekile ezibalulekile kwezemfundo, imisebenzi kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali:

• UNWTO kanye neLucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts ibambisane ukuze bathole Iziqu zeBachelor in International Sustainable Tourism.

• Ibonisa impendulo yamalungu, UNWTO ihlelelwe ukwethula Ikhithi Yamathuluzi Ezemfundo entsha ukusiza ukwenza ezokuvakasha zibe yisifundo ezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu yonke indawo

• UNWTO Izinkombandlela Zokutshalwa Kwezimali zisebenza njengebhuloho phakathi kwabatshalizimali, izindawo okuyiwa kuzo namaphrojekthi, ngohlelo olugxile emazweni aseMelika nase-Afrika.

• Izinhlelo zokwenza i-Pan-African Tourism Fund, Isikhwama Sesiqinisekiso sokuhlinzeka ngokuvikeleka kwamabhange, abatshalizimali kanye nezikhungo zezimali, ziyaqhubeka nokuthuthuka.

Ngaphakathi kohlaka loMkhandlu oPhethe, UNWTO ibambe ISeshini Enesihloko sokuqala kwezokuxhumana kwezokuvakasha kanye neqhaza layo ekwakheni indaba entsha egxile ekubalulekeni komkhakha ekuthuthukisweni komnotho namathuba omphakathi.