Ingqungquthela Yongqongqoshe be-WTM inselele umkhakha ukuthi ucabange kabusha ezokuvakasha

Abaholi bezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke bazophinde bahlangane eNgqungqutheleni yoNgqongqoshe Imakethe Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba eLondon, 7-9 Novemba 2022. 

The UNWTO futhi WTTC isiqongo ku WTI-M izoqhuba inkulumo-mpikiswano mayelana nezindlela zokucabanga kabusha ngekusasa lalo mkhakha - okuqhubekisela phambili ukuthuthukiswa komnotho ngesikhathi kubhekwana nenkinga yesimo sezulu.

Umbuthano waminyaka yonke waminyaka yonke wongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha uzoba ngomkhulukazi NgoLwesibili, 8 Novemba 2022, ngesikhathi seWorld Travel Market - umcimbi ohamba phambili emhlabeni wonke wemboni yezokuvakasha, lapho 'Ikusasa Lokuhamba Liqala Manje'.

Ongqongqoshe, abaphathi bezimboni, abamele intsha, kanye nongoti bayamenywa ukuba babambe iqhaza engqungqutheleni enesihloko esithi 'Rethinking Tourism'.

Kusukela ngo-2007, iWorld Travel Market London kanye ne-United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) basebenze ngokubambisana ukuze babambe ingqungquthela yonyaka esezingeni eliphezulu, egxile emathubeni abalulekile kanye nezinselelo ezibhekene nomkhakha.

Ingqungquthela yango-2022 izohlinzeka ngesithangami esifike ngesikhathi sa UNWTO, lo Umkhandlu Wezwe Wokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha (WTTC), kanye nongqongqoshe bakahulumeni abamele zonke izifunda emhlabeni wonke ukuze bajoyine abaholi bezokuvakasha abavela ezinkampanini ezizimele ukuze babelane ngemibono, balolonge izinqubomgomo zesikhathi esizayo, futhi basekele ukutholwa.

U-Zeinab Badawi, intatheli ye-BBC World News, uzosingatha ingqungquthela, ehlanganisa zombili izinkampani zikahulumeni nezizimele ukuqinisekisa ukuthi kuba nengxoxo enobulungiswa kodwa eshukumisa ingqondo.

UJuliette Losardo, uMqondisi we-WTM London Exhibition, uthe: 

“Le kuzoba yiNgqungquthela yoNgqongqoshe ye-16 e-World Travel Market, ehlanganisa abenzi benqubomgomo ukuze baxoxisane nabaholi bezinkampani ezizimele nabamele intsha – bonke babelana ngombono wabo ngekusasa lomkhakha wethu.

"Sizobuza ukuthi sibhekana kanjani nezinsongo ezinkulu zokusimama kwemboni ngemuva kwezinxushunxushu nemiphumela yalolu bhubhane - nokuthi ongqongqoshe bangawasekela kanjani amabhizinisi nezindawo zokuvakashela ukuze bafeze amandla abo amakhulu. 

“Ingqungquthela yangonyaka odlule ibheke izindlela zokudala ikusasa elisimeme futhi umcimbi walo nyaka uzokwakhela phezu kwaleyo nqubekelaphambili, kubhekwe ukuthi singalinganisa kanjani imithwalo yethu yemfanelo yesimo sezulu nesidingo sokuthuthukisa imisebenzi yezokuvakasha kanye namathuba omnotho.

“Le ngqungquthela izonikeza ithuba lamazwi amasha anemibono emisha - lawo anikeza izixazululo zobuchwepheshe kanye nabantu abasha abanemibono emisha.

“Kumele siqinisekise ukuthi abantu abasha bayabandakanywa ekuthathweni kwezinqumo futhi babambe iqhaza elibonakalayo ekulolongeni indlela umkhakha wethu othuthuka ngayo.”

UNWTO, i-ejensi yeZizwe Ezihlangene yezokuvakasha, ihola ingxoxo njengoba lo mkhakha ubheka ukwakha umkhakha obandakanya wonke umuntu, oqinile, futhi ozinzile.

Kwasiza ekulolongeni iSimemezelo Se-Glasgow Sesenzo Sesimo Sezulu Ezokuvakasha, esethulwe ngokusemthethweni eNgqungqutheleni Ye-UN Yokuguquguquka Kwesimo Sezulu (i-COP26) ngoLwezi odlule futhi esihehe abantu abasayinile abangaphezu kuka-600 esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka.

NgoJulayi, UNWTO ibambe iNgqungquthela Yentsha Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba Wonke, eyaphetha ngokwethulwa kwe-Sorrento Call to Action, umbono ogqamile wokuthi abantu abasha babambe iqhaza elibonakalayo ekuvuseleleni ezokuvakasha okuzinzile, okubandakanya konke.

Zurab Pololikashvili, UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele, uthe: 
“Sithathe igxathu elikhulu kusukela engqungqutheleni yongqongqoshe yangonyaka odlule, ngenxa yentuthuko efana neGlasgow Declaration neGlobal Youth Tourism Summit.

“Ingqungquthela yongqongqoshe yalo nyaka e-WTM izohlanganisa inqubekelaphambili yethu futhi isize ekusunguleni amasu afinyelela kude ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi zonke izifunda nayo yonke imikhakha yezokuvakasha ingakwazi ukuvuselela ngendlela eqotho nephumelelayo.”

WTTC isanda kwethula i-Net Zero Roadmap yayo yomkhakha wezokuvakasha kanye nezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke, ozokweseka le mboni ekulweni nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu. Imephu yomgwaqo inikeza imihlahlandlela ebambekayo kanye nezincomo ukusiza ukuqondisa amabhizinisi ohambweni lwawo oluya kuziro.

UJulia Simpson, WTTC UMongameli, kanye ne-CEO, bangeze: 
“Ingqungquthela Yongqongqoshe yaminyaka yonke iyithuba eliyingqayizivele lokubuza imibuzo ebaluleke kakhulu mayelana nokuthi umkhakha wezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha uzobukeka kanjani kusasa – kanye nokuthola izixazululo ezizosenza sikwazi ukufeza izinhloso nezifiso zethu.

“Umkhakha wezokuvakasha nowokuvakasha uyimbangela yesenzo sezulu esiphusile kanye nokunciphisa intuthu engcolisayo, njengoba kufakazelwa wuhlelo lwethu lwe-Net Zero Roadmap olusekela umkhankaso womkhakha wethu wokuba ungabi nalutho.”

Ingqungquthela Yongqongqoshe e-World Travel Market, ngokuzihlanganisa UNWTO futhi WTTC - Ukucabanga kabusha ngezokuvakasha - kwenzeka ULwesibili, 8 November 2022, kuWorld Travel Market yaseLondon Isiteji Esizayo kusukela 10.30-12.30.