UNWTO Secretary General adasankhidwa kukhala pulofesa wothandizira wa PolyU

Yunivesite ya Hong Kong Polytechnic idapatsa Dr. Taleb Rifai, mlembi wamkulu wa United Nations World Tourism OrganisationUNWTO), pa February 9 poyamikira thandizo lake lamtengo wapatali pa chitukuko cha ntchito zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi.

Mwambowo utangotha, Dr. Rifai anauza anthu ogwira ntchito m’mafakitale, akatswiri a maphunziro, ndiponso ophunzira a ku PolyU, m’nkhani yapoyera ya mutu wakuti “World’s Tourism Industry: Current Challenges and Prospects.”

Pulofesa Kaye Chon, wapampando wapampando komanso mkulu wa School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) anati: “Ngakhale kuti dziko lonse lapansi lakhudzidwa ndi kusokonekera kwachuma m’njira imodzi kapena imzake ndipo tsopano tikuyang’ana kubweza ngongole, ife tiri otanganidwa kwambiri. Ndasangalala kukhala ndi Dr. Rifai kutigawana nafe masomphenya ake okhudza ntchito zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi. Monga mkulu wa bungwe loona zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi komanso paudindo wake watsopano monga pulofesa wotsogolera, sukuluyi ndi ophunzira ake akuyembekeza kupindula ndi chidziwitso cha Dr. Rifai komanso chidziwitso chambiri chamakampani pankhani yoyendetsera ntchito zokopa alendo.

Pa phunziroli, Dr. Rifai analankhula za chaka chovuta kwambiri cha 2009. Iye anati, “Vuto lazachuma padziko lonse lapansi lomwe linakula chifukwa cha kusatsimikizika kwa mliri wa A (H1N1) kudapangitsa chaka cha 2009 kukhala chimodzi mwa zaka zovuta kwambiri pantchito zokopa alendo. Komabe, zotulukapo za miyezi yaposachedwa zikusonyeza kuti kuchira kukuchitika ndipo ngakhale pang’onopang’ono komanso mofulumira kwambiri kuposa mmene ankayembekezera poyamba.”

Poyerekeza ndi kukwera kwa ziwerengero zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi komanso zisonyezo zonse zachuma m'miyezi yaposachedwa, UNWTO likulosera za kuchuluka kwa odzaona alendo ochokera m’mayiko osiyanasiyana pakati pa 3 peresenti ndi 4 peresenti mu 2010. Bungwe la International Monetary Fund (IMF) posachedwapa lanena kuti kuchira kwapadziko lonse kukuchitika “mwambiri” mofulumira kuposa mmene amayembekezera. "Chotsatira chake, 2010 idzakhala chaka cha kusintha kopereka mwayi wopita patsogolo popanda kuthetsa zoopsa," adatero Dr. Rifai.

Ngakhale kuti kuchira kukuwoneka kuti kukuyenda bwino, Dr. Rifai anachenjeza kuti chaka cha 2010 chidzakhala chaka chovuta. "Maiko ambiri adachitapo kanthu mwachangu pavutoli ndipo adayesetsa kuchitapo kanthu kuti achepetse zovuta zake ndikuthandizira kuchira. Ngakhale tikuyembekeza kuti chiwonjezeko chidzabweranso mu 2010, kuchotsedwa msanga kwa njira zolimbikitsira izi komanso kuyesa kupereka misonkho yowonjezereka zitha kuyika pachiwopsezo kukweranso kwa ntchito zokopa alendo, "adatero. Dr. Rifai adapempha atsogoleri apadziko lonse lapansi kuti agwire mzimu, womwe unagwirizanitsa dziko lonse lapansi polimbana ndi zovutazi ndikupeza mwayi wopanga tsogolo lokhazikika.

Dr. Taleb Rifai adakhala mlembi wamkulu wa UNWTO mu October 2009. Iye anali pulofesa wa zomangamanga, mapulani, ndi kamangidwe mizinda pa yunivesite ya Jordan kuchokera 1973 mpaka 1993. Kuchokera 1993 mpaka 1995, iye anatsogolera Jordan Economic Mission yoyamba ku US, kulimbikitsa malonda, ndalama, ndi ubale zachuma. Paudindo wake monga director wamkulu wa Investment Promotion Corporation ku Jordan kuyambira 1995 mpaka 1997, Dr. Rifai anali wokhudzidwa kwambiri popanga mfundo ndikukhazikitsa njira zoyendetsera ndalama. Monga mkulu wa bungwe la Jordan Cement Company, adatsogolera pulojekiti yayikulu yoyendetsera anthu komanso kukonzanso zinthu mu 1999.

Dr. Rifai anali wapampando wa bungwe la UNWTO Executive Council kuyambira 2002 mpaka 2003 munthawi yake ngati Minister of Tourism. Kuchokera mu 2003 mpaka 2006, anali wothandizira wamkulu ndi mkulu wa chigawo cha Arab States wa International Labor Organization. Dr. Rifai anasankhidwa kukhala wachiwiri kwa mlembi wamkulu wa UNWTO mu 2006. Anakhala mlembi wamkulu mu October 2009 ndipo adzakhala pa udindowu mpaka kumapeto kwa 2013.

SHTM idasankhidwa kukhala yachiwiri padziko lonse lapansi pakati pa masukulu a hotelo ndi zokopa alendo potengera kafukufuku ndi maphunziro, malinga ndi kafukufuku wofalitsidwa mu Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research mu Novembala 2009. UNWTO, bungwe lapadera la United Nations komanso bungwe lotsogola padziko lonse pankhani yokopa alendo. Kuyambira 1999, sukuluyi idasankhidwa ndi UNWTO monga amodzi mwa malo ake ophunzitsira padziko lonse lapansi mu Education and Training Network. Sukuluyi imagwiranso ntchito UNWTOKomiti Yoyang'anira Bungwe la Maphunziro.

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