Ikhono eliyingqayizivele lezokuvakasha njengethuluzi lokuqhuba i-ajenda yentuthuko esimeme yomhlaba selibheke phambili emcimbini okhethekile obusingathwe yiNhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba (UNWTO) e-Geneva, eSwitzerland.
Iseshini, enesihloko esithi “Tourism Financing for the 2030 Agenda” ibibanjwe ngesikhathi sokubuyekezwa kweGlobal Aid for Trade ka-2019 endlunkulu yeNhlangano Yezohwebo Yomhlaba (i-WTO). UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele UZurab Pololikashvili iqale izingxoxo ngokuqhakambisa indima ebalulekile edlalwa umkhakha wezokuvakasha womhlaba wonke ekukhuleni komnotho nasekuvuleni amathuba emisebenzi.
Ongqongqoshe, ababambisene nentuthuko kanye nezikhungo ezixhasa ngezimali kudingeka baqonde kangcono futhi babone ukuthi ezokuvakasha zinganikela kanjani kwi-Ajenda Esimeme yowama-2030. Ezokuvakasha zishiwo ngokusobala njengokuhlosiwe kwezinhloso ezintathu kwezingu-17 zeNtuthuko Esimeme (8, 12 no-14), noma kunjalo, njengoba izikhulumi emhlanganweni waseGeneva zaphawula, ukuze umkhakha ukwazi ukubona amandla awo amakhulu, inani losizo nezimali zentuthuko eqondiswe kwezokuvakasha idinga ukwandiswa kakhulu. Ukuvula amandla wezokuVakasha ekufezekiseni i-Ajenda yowezi-2030 kudinga inhlanganisela yezinhlaka zenqubomgomo ezisebenzayo nezinamandla, isenzo esithuthukisiwe somkhakha wangasese, kanye nendlela entsha yokubambisana kwezokubambisana kwezentuthuko.
"Lesi yisikhathi esibalulekile emkhakheni wezokuvakasha kanye nowezentuthuko yamazwe omhlaba," kusho uMnu Pololikashvili.
“Ukuqinisa nokuvula izinhlelo zosizo kwezokuvakasha kuzosiza lo mkhakha ukuthi ube wumgqugquzeli wokudala amathuba emisebenzi, uthuthukise inhlalo nomnotho kanye nokwehlukahlukana komnotho. UNWTO siyalamukela ithuba lokujoyina ongqongqoshe, abaholi bezokuvakasha kanye nozakwethu kulezi zingxoxo ezibalulekile lapha e-Geneva. Ngokusebenzisana singasebenzisa amandla okwakhiwa kosizo olusha futhi siqinisekise ukuthi akekho osalayo njengoba ezokuvakasha zishintsha izimpilo emhlabeni jikelele.”
Abajoyine noMnu. Pololikashvili kulesi seshini nguNks. Arancha González, uMqondisi oMkhulu, i-International Trade Center (i-ITC), u-Dkt. Rania Al- Mashat, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, I-Arab Republic yase-Egypt, Mnu. Toshiyuki Nakamura, Umqondisi Jikelele, Japan I-International Cooperation Agency (i-JICA), kanye neNks. Caroline Freund, Umcondzisi Wekuhwebelana, Simo Sekuhlanganisela Nekutshalwa Kwemali, iBhange Lemhlaba
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Tourism is explicitly mentioned as a target in three of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (8, 12 and 14), though, as speakers at the Geneva session noted, for the sector to really realize its enormous potential, the amount of aid and development financing directed towards tourism needs to be increased significantly.
- “Ukuqinisa nokuvula izinhlelo zosizo kwezokuvakasha kuzosiza lo mkhakha ukuthi ube wumgqugquzeli wokudala amathuba emisebenzi, uthuthukise inhlalo nomnotho kanye nokwehlukahlukana komnotho.
- Unlocking Tourism's potential for realizing the 2030 Agenda requires a combination of effective and robust policy frameworks, enhanced private sector action, and an innovative approach to partnerships for development cooperation.
