Iworkshop yengingqi yolawulo lwendawo ezinzileyo kunye nentengiso iphelile eSaint Lucia ngokuzibophelela kwabathathi-nxaxheba ekuphuculeni imveliso yezokhenketho kunye nokubandakanyeka kwabachaphazelekayo.
The 27-31 March workshop, organized by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the United Nations agency, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), brought together 26 stakeholders in the tourism industry from 12 CTO member countries to explore ways to make their destinations and the region more globally competitive.
“Ucweyo lufanelekile kakhulu. Inika abachaphazelekayo ithuba lokujonga ukhenketho oluzinzileyo, olubaluleke kakhulu kwimimandla yethu kunye namazwe aseCaribbean, "kusho uPercival Hanley, umphathi jikelele weBrimstone Hill Fortress National Park Society eSt.
"Ukhenketho lelinye lamashishini amakhulu kumazwe ethu kwaye linentsingiselo kuqoqosho lwethu, kwaye lelinye lamashishini akhulayo ayakuchaphazela kakhulu indawo yethu, hayi ngoku kodwa nakwixesha elizayo," wongeze watsho.
Ngethuba lesemina yeentsuku ezintlanu, abathathi-nxaxheba babelane ngezenzo ezilungileyo, kubandakanywa nempumelelo yeendawo ezingaphandle kweCaribbean.
Kwakuyinto yokuvula amehlo ku-Elecia Myers, umlawuli ophezulu wesicwangciso sobuchule kunye novavanyo kwinkonzo yezokhenketho yaseJamaica, owathi ngoku uya kujonga ulawulo lwendawo oluzinzileyo kunye nokuthengisa ngokukhanya okucwangcisiweyo.
“Bendijonge ukuba ndingenza njani na ukumisela iinkqubo kwinqanaba likazwelonke ukuqinisekisa ukuba kukho ukulandelwa ngaphakathi kwee-arhente zethu, nangaphakathi kubasebenzi bethu abachaphazelekayo – abakwiihotele, iindawo ezitsala umdla, ababoneleli ngeenkonzo zezothutho – indlela yokufaka isicwangciso sobuchule ngentsingiselo ethe chatha. ngendlela enokumetwa ukuze sikwazi ukuyilandela ngokuhamba kwexesha,” utshilo.
KwiZiqithi zaseTurks naseCaicos iiseshini bezibaluleke kakhulu kuba ilizwe likwisiphambuka sokuba lifuna ukuya phi malunga nophuhliso lokhenketho, utshilo uBrian Been, igosa eliphezulu lophuhliso lwemveliso kwiBhodi yabakhenkethi yaseTurks naseCaicos.
"Nanini na xa sithetha ngokuzinza, sivame ukuthembela kwicala lokusingqongileyo, kwaye singaqondi ukuba kufuneka kubekho indlela elungeleleneyo," watsho.
Iworkshop ifike ngexesha apho iindawo ekusingwa kuzo zinika ingqwalasela enkulu ekuphuhliseni imveliso, kwaye amajelo eendaba ezentlalo atshintsha indlela okwenziwa ngayo ukuthengisa ukhenketho.
Phakathi kwemimandla ephambili ephononongweyo ibe kukusungula izinto ezintsha kwintengiso, ukukhuphisana kwindawo ekusingwa kuyo, ukuphuhlisa amava okhenketho oluzinzileyo kunye nemifuziselo eyimpumelelo kulawulo lwendawo ekusingwa kuyo kunye nentengiso. Abathathi-nxaxheba baye bakwazi ukukhupha inkqubo yokufunda kweli gumbi ukuya kwihlabathi lokwenyani ngokuya kukhenketho lokufunda ukuya e-Fond Latisab Creole Park, eLushan Country Life naseSulfur Springs kunye neVolcano ukuze bafumane amava obomi bokwenyani.
“Ulawulo oluzinzileyo lwendawo ekusingwa kuyo kunye nokuthengisa ngummandla uninzi lwamazwe akummandla wethu awujonga nzulu – ukuba singamaketha njani ngempumelelo kwaye silawule iindawo esisingise kuzo ukuze sikwazi ukukhuphisana nehlabathi,” utshilo uBonita Morgan, umlawuli we-CTO wodibaniso lwezixhobo kunye nokukhuthaza uphuhliso. uphuhliso.
The executive training workshop was organized by the CTO and the UNWTO through its Themis Foundation, and was held in collaboration with the Saint Lucia ministry of tourism and the board of tourism.
“This UNWTO/CTO workshop main objective was to constitute a participative platform where we all could share experiences and knowledge as well as instruments that can be applied back in participants’ countries, institutions, businesses and destinations. And I believe we have achieved that objective by bridging theory and practice in a very participative workshop,” said Alba Fernández Alonso, the course coordinator at the Themis Foundation, the entity responsible for implementing the UNWTO’s education and training program.
