Umhlonishwa u-Ahmed bin Aqil Al-Khateeb, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Wombuso wase I-Saudi Arabia waphinde wakhuluma neKhomishini Yesifunda, ebibanjwe ngesonto eliyingqophamlando loMbuso, UNWTO nezokuvakasha eMpumalanga Ephakathi. Uthe: “ISaudi Arabia iyaziqhenya ngokuba neqhaza kulesi simemezelo esibucayi, esizodala indlela entsha eya phambili emkhakheni wezokuvakasha eMpumalanga Ephakathi, hhayi nje kuphela ekubuyiseleni ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus kodwa nokwakha isiko elisha lesifunda lokusebenzisana kanye nokubambisana. ukuxhumanisa ezokuvakasha eMpumalanga Ephakathi.”
Ngokumelene nokwasemuva kokuvula okuyingqophamlando kokusha UNWTO Ihhovisi lesiFunda e-Riyadh iziphakamiso nokhetho ezinhlakeni ezisemthethweni ze UNWTO nemigwamanda yabo engaphansi nayo yabanjwa, igcwaliswa UNWTOukuzibophezela kuphrothokholi ngisho nasezikhathini eziyinselele. I-Egypt ivotelwe ukuthi isebenze njengoSihlalo weKhomishana Yesifunda YaseMpumalanga Ephakathi ngo-2021-23, kulandela i-United Arab Emirates okuzophela iminyaka emibili ezayo. UNWTO I-General Assembly eMarrakesh ngo-Okthoba. Ukwengeza, uMbuso wase-Saudi Arabia ubeke phambili ukhetho lwawo lokusingatha uSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha lapho uzungeza ubuyela esifundeni saseMpumalanga Ephakathi ngo-2023. Amazwe Angamalungu azocelwa ukuthi avume ukungenela uMhlangano Jikelele.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, UNWTO iyaqhubeka nokuqhubekisela phambili okunye okubalulekile okubalulekile, ukukhuthaza ukutshalwa kwezimali kwezokuvakasha. E-Riyadh, UNWTO umemezele ukusebenzisana okusha okuyingqopha-mlando ne-World Bank Group kanye noMnyango Wezokuvakasha wase-Saudi. I-Memorandum of Understanding entsha izobona lezi zinhlangano ezintathu zibambisana ekuqaliseni iTourism Community Initiative futhi zisebenzele ukusungulwa kwe-Multi-Donor Trust Fund yomhlaba wonke ezinikele kwezokuvakasha kuphela.
UNWTO kanye noMnyango Wezokuvakasha waseSaudi Arabia usayine isivumelwano sokukhuphula izinga UNWTO Tourism Online Academy, ethembele ekusekelweni yi-IE University. Inhloso eyinhloko kuzoba ukwakhiwa kwezifundo ezivuliwe ze-inthanethi ezingama-50 ezitholakala ngezilimi ezinhlanu, nezikhungo zemfundo ephakeme ezihlinzeka ngokuqukethwe okuthile ukuqeqesha nokuqinisekisa ochwepheshe abangaphezu kuka-30,000 eMpumalanga Ephakathi.
