Unkosikazi Wokuqala wase-Iceland, uNkz. Eliza Jean Reid, uhlonishwe yi-Institute of South Asian Woman (ISAW) ngesikhathi se-ITB Tourism Trade Fair e-Berlin, eJalimane. UNkz. Reid uwine indondo ye-ISAW Women of Excellence Yokuthuthukisa Intuthuko Esimeme.
Kusukela ngo-2010 ukuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo i-Eyjafjallajökull e-Iceland, ubuhle obumangalisayo bezwe obesekuyisikhathi eside buyimfihlo egcinwe kahle manje base bugqame kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele. Izwe lalingeke liphinde lifane. Esikhathini esisuka lapho, izwe libone ukwanda okungakaze kubonwe kwenani lezivakashi, kukhule eminyakeni emi-5 ezayo ngamaphesenti amangalisayo angama-264.
Ukuze kuzuzwe izifiso ezisimeme zezokuvakasha ngezwe, uhulumeni ugxilisa ukunaka kwakhe elungelweni lomuntu ngamunye lokuhamba, amandla okuthwala izindawo zezivakashi, ukuthuthukiswa kwezindawo, ukwanda kokuqapha, ulwazi olwengeziwe olunikezwa izivakashi, kanye nokubamba iqhaza kwezivakashi ngenkuthalo ekubhekeni izindleko. Ngokubona kwawo wonke lawa maqiniso, i-Iceland kufanele ikwazi ukuhlangana ndawonye ukuze ngokuhlangene yenze ezokuvakasha zibe amandla okwenza okuhle.
Umcimbi wokuklomelisa ulandele uchungechunge lwezinkulumo ezithi “Global Tourism – Trends and Challenges” lapho i-St.Ange yangena emsamo ngemva kukaSolwazi Jeffrey Lipman nezikhulumi ebezikhuluma nezithunywa ebezihlangene eceleni kwe-ITB. Ezinye izikhulumi ezangena emsamo ongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha abavela eJamaica naseMauritius kanye nabamele abavela eNdiya kanye ne-CEO ye-PATWA.
“I-World Tourism incike kakhulu kunangaphambili kubaholi abazisa intuthuko esimeme. Namuhla ngithulela isigqoko uNkosikazi Wokuqala wase-Iceland ngokuba yisibonelo esihle endleleni esimeme yentuthuko,” kusho u-St.Ange.
Lowo owake waba nguNgqongqoshe waseSeychelles uthe ngesikhathi evula inkulumo yakhe wathi ezokuvakasha zihamba kahle njengoba lokhu kwaqinisekiswa yinhlangano UNWTO kanye nezifunda zethu. Ushayele ihlombe iGreece ngokususa imboni yabo yezokuvakasha ngendlela engakaze yenzeke ngaphambilini, nokwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi iyasiza ekuguquleni umnotho wayo. Lokhu ukusho phambi kukaNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha waseGreece phakathi kwabanye oNgqongqoshe bezokuVakasha abaningi abavela ku-Community of Nations.
Ephuzwini elithinta izitayela nezinselelo ezibhekene nezokuvakasha zomhlaba wonke, uNgqongqoshe wangaphambili waseSeychelles ukhulume ngezindiza, ukuphepha, izinsongo, nezimpi njengezinselelo amazwe abhekene nazo ngale kwemingcele yawo nangaphandle kwamandla awo.
Ehlangana nenani labezindaba zokuvakasha ngoSuku Lokuvula lwe-ITB 2019, u-Alain St.Ange uthe uyaqhubeka nokwazisa imibukiso yezokuvakasha efana ne-ITB, ngoba ihlanganisa umhlaba wezokuvakasha. “Kufanele sizuze emibuthanweni enjalo. Abahleli bombukiso basiletha sonke endaweni eyodwa, futhi ngamunye wethu unomthwalo wemfanelo wokuthola izinzuzo esizifunayo,” kusho u-St.Ange.
