- UMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett, onguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseJamaica, namhlanje wabelane ngemicabango yakhe nge-Vaccine Diplomacy.
- Noma kunikezwe imishanguzo engaphezu kwezigidi eziyinkulungwane, amazwe ampofu kakhulu emhlabeni manje abhekene nengozi yokuba yizisulu zokwehluleka okukhulu kokuziphatha okuxhumene nokusatshalaliswa okungalingani kwemithi yokugomela emhlabeni jikelele.
- The Impilo Ngaphandle Kwemingcele isinyathelo ngu World Tourism Network iyavumelana nokuhlolwa kukangqongqoshe, ixwayisa ngokuthi ukuvuselelwa kwezokuvakasha kanye nokululama konke kulo mhlaba oxhunyiwe kungabambezeleka iminyaka ngaphandle kokuthi kube nesixazululo sokusatshalaliswa komuthi osheshayo kuwo wonke umuntu.
UNgqongqoshe uBartlett uthe ekuhloleni kwakhe:
Njengoba umnotho womhlaba wonke uzama ukuzulazula onyakeni wesibili wokuphazamiseka, ukungazinzi, kanye nokwehla komnotho okujulile okuxhumene nobhadane oluqhubekayo, ukunakekelwa komhlaba wonke manje sekushintshe kakhulu ukukhomba izimo ezidingekayo ukwenza lula ukuvuselelwa komnotho ngesikhathi esiphephe futhi esifushane ngangokunokwenzeka. Ngokuphikisana nalokhu okwenzekile, unyaka we-2021 uphawulwe ngodlame lomhlaba wonke ngabaholi bezwe nomphakathi wezesayensi ukuthuthukisa nokunikezela ngemithamo emikhulu yemithi yokugoma evunyelwe ngokomtholampilo emazweni omhlaba wonke.
Kusukela ngoMeyi, 2021, kuye kwanikezwa imithamo yokugoma engaphezu kuka-1.06 billion emhlabeni wonke, okulingana nemithamo eyi-14 kubantu abayi-100. I-World Health Organisation ikubonile ukuthi okungenani sekugonywe imishanguzo eyehlukene eyisikhombisa kuwo wonke amapulatifomu amathathu emazweni anabantu abangaphezu kwama-200 abazofaka umuthi wokugoma ekuthuthukisweni, okungaphezu kwama-60 asentuthukweni yomtholampilo. Kulindeleke ukuthi kukhiqizwe izigidigidi zemithi yokugoma emhlabeni wonke ngonyaka we-2021.
Lokhu ngokungangabazeki intuthuko ethembisayo. Mayelana nempi yomhlaba wonke yokulwa nalolu bhubhane, impela sisendaweni engcono kakhulu kunangezinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule. Yize kunjalo, kukhona, kepha, kukhona ukukhathazeka okuqhamukayo okufanele kuxazululwe ngokungathi sína futhi ngokuphuthumayo uma umkhankaso wokugoma womhlaba wonke uzogcina ubuqotho bawo futhi ufeze umphumela oyifunayo wokuvikeleka komhlambi we-COVID womhlaba.
Amazwe ampofu kakhulu emhlabeni manje abhekene nengozi yokuba yizisulu zokwehluleka okukhulu kokuziphatha okuxhunyaniswe nokusatshalaliswa okungalingani kwemithi yokugomela emhlabeni jikelele. Iqiniso ukuthi kuphela u-7.3% wabantu bomhlaba abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa zabantu abathola okungenani umuthi owodwa womuthi wokugoma kuze kube manje.
Lokhu kukhombisa isixwayiso esivela kochwepheshe bokubhebhetheka kwezifo, ukuthi abantu abangaphezu kwama-75% emhlabeni bazodinga ukugonyelwa ukubhubhisa lolu bhubhane ngokugcwele. Okubaluleke kakhulu, ama-48% noma cishe isigamu semithamo enikezwe kuze kube manje iye emazweni anemali ephezulu noma ngamaphesenti ayi-16 kuphela wabantu bomhlaba.
Ngenkathi umuntu oyedwa kwabane emazweni ahola kakhulu manje esegonyelwe iCovid-19, munye kuphela kubantu abangaphezu kwama-500 emazweni ampofu othole ijab.
Ngokuya ngomkhuba wamanje wokungalingani komgomo kulinganiselwa ukuthi amazwe angama-92 ampofu kakhulu emhlabeni ngeke akwazi ukufinyelela ezingeni lokugonywa ngamaphesenti angama-60 wabantu bawo kuze kube unyaka ka-2023 noma kamuva. Kusho ukuthini lokhu ukuthi, ngokweqiniso, noma ikuphi okungenzeka ukuthi umhlambi wezilwane ungatheleleki cishe izinyanga eziningi - uma kungenjalo - iminyaka, engaqhubeka nokwandisa le nkinga unomphela.
Ngokombono wesifunda, umbhali wezokuvakasha uDavid Jessop uphawula ukuthi ngenkathi ezinye izizwe zaseCaribbean, ikakhulukazi iziQhingi zaseCayman, i-Aruba, neMontserrat, sezigome ngokuphelele amaphesenti amakhulu wabantu bazo, umuthi wokugoma ukhishwa ezindaweni eziningi ezizimele zaseCaribbean ezisemuva kakhulu.
Izilinganiso ezinikeziwe zikhomba ukuthi i-Antigua inikeze okungenani umthamo owodwa kuma-30% wabantu bayo; IBarbados neDominica ama-25%; I-St Kitts 22%; IGuyana 14%; ISt Vincent i-13%; ISt Lucia neGrenada 11%; IBelize 10%; IDominican Republic 9%; ISuriname 6%; IBahamas 6%; IJamaica 5%; kanti iTrinidad 2%.
Uma kubhekwa ukubaluleka okucatshangwa manje kokugoma kubaholi bezokuzinza komhlaba wonke eCaribbean nakwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba osathuthuka kumele bahlangane ukuze benze amandla nezwi elihlangene ekukhuliseni ukukhathazeka kwethu kuzo zonke izinhlaka zamazwe omhlaba mayelana nokungalingani komuthi wokugoma. Impela, isimo samanje sokungalingani kwemithi yokugoma kufanele siguqulwe ngokumangazayo njengoba imizamo yokuvuselela umnotho womhlaba ingenakukwazi ukubambezeleka noma ukwelulwa iminyaka, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwezifunda ezithinteke kakhulu.
Umkhakha wezokuvakasha, ikakhulukazi, kumele ube seqhulwini emkhankasweni womhlaba wonke wokulwa nokungalingani kwemithi yokugoma. Umkhakha wezokuvakasha uxhasa umsebenzi owodwa kwemisebenzi eyishumi emhlabeni jikelele. Lokhu kuhumushela emisebenzini engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-330, okucishe kube yizigidi ezingama-60 kuya kweziyi-120 esezilahlekile kusukela ngonyaka odlule.
Iminotho ethembele kwezokuvakasha, njengaleyo eseCaribbean, isivele ilahlekelwe yi-12% ye-GDP yayo uma iqhathaniswa nesivumelwano somnotho somhlaba wonke esingu-4.4%. Ezokuvakasha ziyinjini yokukhula eCaribbean futhi ukuphazanyiswa kwayo isikhathi eside kudala inhlekelele yezomnotho enemiphumela emibi kuzo zonke izingxenye zomnotho wezwe.
Ngempela, izigidi zezakhamizi ngokuthembele ngqo noma ngokungaqondile ngokuthembela kwezokuvakasha ukuze ziziphilise kwezomnotho zikulangazelele ukuphonswa intambo. Ubufakazi obunokwethenjelwa manje bukhombisa ukuthi ezokuvakasha zithole isikhundla somkhakha omkhulu kakhulu ukuthi ungahluleka. ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukuthi lo mkhakha usinde phakathi nangaphandle kwenhlekelele yamanje ukuze uqhubeke nokufeza indima yawo ebalulekile njengomgogodla obalulekile wokuvuselelwa nokukhula komnotho emhlabeni.
Imboni yezokuvakasha, kuwo womabili amazinga omhlaba kanye nesifunda, kufanele ikhulume kakhulu ngokulingana komuthi wokugoma kunalokho ebikade inakho futhi ibambe iqhaza elibaluleke kakhulu ekuxazululeni le nkinga uma imboni izobuyela kunoma imuphi umqondo wokujwayeleka ngaphandle kokulingana komuthi wokugoma, lapho ngeke kube khona ukutakula kokuhamba. Ngokusobala, lapho ubhadane luphela ngokushesha, abantu abasheshe baqale ukuhamba futhi futhi bakhiqize izimali ezibalulekile ezakhamuzini zamazwe aphethwe.
Umkhakha ngaleyo ndlela unentshisekelo ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi ukululama kwenzeka ngokushesha okukhulu. Okubalulekile, abantu abakule mboni banamapulatifomu, ukuxhumana, ubuchwepheshe kanye nomthelela emhlabeni jikelele ngakho-ke bayakwazi ukukhuluma ngokucacile nangokuzwakalayo kubenzi bezinqubomgomo ngemiphumela yokuthi izinto zihamba kanjani kodwa nokuthi bangasebenza kanjani ngendlela efanelekile yokuziphatha. Imboni yezokuvakasha, empeleni, inesibopho sokuziphatha sokukhulumela izigidi zabasebenzi bezokuvakasha esifundeni sonke nasemhlabeni wonke ababhekene nobunzima obungakaze bube khona.
Ekuhlaziyweni kokugcina, uma ukuvuselelwa komnotho waseCaribbean kuzoqala kulo nyaka uma umsebenzi uzobuyiselwa futhi nezokuvakasha zibuye ngendlela ephawulekayo, eminye imigomo eminingi yokugoma idinga ukwenziwa itholakale maduzane. Udaba lokuphakelwa kwemithi yokugoma ngakho-ke alugcini nje ngokuvikela impilo yomphakathi, kepha ngolokuvuselela umnotho isikhathi eside nokuzinza.
Uma ukusatshalaliswa kwemithi yokugoma emhlabeni wonke kuba nokulingana okuphelele unyaka wonke, kunethuba elinamandla lokuthi ukubuyela kwezokuvakasha kufinyelele ezingeni elijwayelekile ngasekupheleni konyaka nangaphezulu kungenzeka. Ngempela, singabona ukukhuphuka okukhulu kubavakashi abavakashela izivakashi njengoba sibheke esikhathini sonyaka wezokuvakasha wasebusika sango-2021 uma silungisa le ndaba ecindezelayo yokungalingani kwemithi yokugoma.
Okwamanje, njengoNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, ngizoqhubeka nokwenza icala kubasebenzi bezokuvakasha abaphambili ukuthi babe phakathi kwamaqembu aphambili okugoma kusenesikhathi, ngethemba lokuthi iningi lizogonywa ngokuphelele esikhathini esifushane.
Lokhu kuzobaluleka maqondana nokuqinisekisa ukuthi siyakwazi ukuzuza ukuthembela kwezigidi zabantu abavela ezimakethe ezinamazinga aphezulu okugoma, abangahamba maduzane, leyo ndawo eJamaica iphephile, nokuthi kunengozi encane kakhulu yokutheleleka ekuzeni lapha. Ngakho-ke, ukuncintisana okujwayelekile komkhakha wethu wezokuvakasha kuzoxhunyaniswa nokusebenza ngempumelelo nokusheshisa kokugoma emkhakheni.
UMhlonishwa. UNgqongqoshe uBartlett ungumamukeli we Umklomelo Weqhawe Lwezokuvakasha by World Tourism Network ngobuholi bakhe bomhlaba wonke ekulweleni ezokuvakasha ukuze sisinde ubhubhane lomhlaba wonke.
