Mlembi wamkulu wa CTO a Neil Walters amalankhula ku STC2019

Mmawa wabwino, nonse. Ndi chisoni chachikulu kuti sindingathe kukhala nanu lero pakutsegulira kovomerezeka kwa chaka chino Msonkhano wa ku Caribbean pa Ulendo Wokhazikika Chitukuko. Popeza kufika kwa Wotentha Wamphepo Dorian Sindinathe kukwera ndege kupita ku St. Vincent kukachita nawo ndekha misonkhano yofunika kwambiri ya CTO, yomwe, malinga ndi momwe nyengo ilili, ndi nthawi yake.

Ngakhale pali vuto ili, pali zinthu zingapo zomwe ndikuthokoza nazo. Ndine wokondwa kuti mpaka pano, kukhudzidwa kwa nyengo sikunakhale kochepa kwambiri ndipo nyanja ya Caribbean ikupitiriza - kumwetulira kwenikweni - kumwetulira kupyolera mumkuntho. Ndine wothokoza chifukwa chaukadaulo womwe wandilola kuti ndikhalepo nawo pamsonkhano uno. Chofunika kwambiri, ndikukuthokozani, nthumwi, zomwe ngakhale kuti nyengo inali yovuta, yasankha kupita ku msonkhanowu, womwe ndi umboni wa kudzipereka kwanu pa chitukuko cha zokopa alendo zokhazikika ku Caribbean.

Ife ku CTO tikufuna makamaka kuthokoza Boma ndi anthu a ku St. Vincent ndi Grenadines povomera kulandira mwambo wofunikawu. Chochitika ichi ndi chochitika choyamba cha CTO chamtundu wake chomwe chikuchitidwa ndi St. Vincent ndi Grenadines ndipo tikufuna kukuthokozani chifukwa cha kuchereza kwanu, makamaka poyang'anizana ndi nyengo kumayambiriro kwa sabata ino. Tikukuthokozaninso pakutsimikiza kwanu kokhala ndi msonkhano chifukwa chakuchedwa ndi tsiku limodzi.

Zimandisangalatsa kulankhula nanu potsegulira zomwe zimalonjeza kukhala zosangalatsa kwambiri, zopatsa chidwi masiku angapo. Chofunika kwambiri, tikuyembekeza kuti kumapeto kwa nthawiyi, zokambiranazi zidzatsogolera kuzinthu ndi mgwirizano zomwe zidzathandizanso kukonzanso makampaniwa omwe timadalira kuti chuma chathu chikhale chokhazikika.

Zowonadi, lingaliro la kukhazikika, lomwe silinamveke zaka 30 zapitazo, tsopano lakhala mawu omveka, monga momwe ziyenera kukhalira. Mochulukirachulukira, tikuzindikira kuti mawu awa, omwe sanalankhulidwe kale m'mibadwo yam'mbuyomu tsopano ndi maziko amphamvu chifukwa amafotokoza momveka bwino momwe tiyenera kukhalira moyo wathu, kuwonjezera pa dziko lotizungulira.

Dziko la Caribbean ndi gawo lathu la dziko lapansi, ndipo monga kwina kulikonse padziko lapansili, limabwera ndi mawonekedwe ake apadera achilengedwe. Ilo lachirikiza moyo kwa zaka zikwi (mwinamwake mamiliyoni) ndipo likupitirizabe kutero ngakhale pamene moyo kulikonse ukukhala wovuta kwambiri. Ife monga oyang’anira tili ndi udindo woonetsetsa kuti tikuthandiza pa moyo wathu panopa komanso m’tsogolo.

N’zophunzitsa kwambiri kuti mutu wa msonkhanowu uli ndi mawu akuti ‘Kusunga Zinthu Moyenera’. Tiyenera kukhala patsogolo m'maganizo mwathu kusakhazikika pakati pa chitukuko chathu monga mtundu wa anthu ndi kusintha komwe tayambitsa m'dziko lotizungulira. Kumapeto kwa Nyengo ya Chitsulo momwe tikukhalamo munthu wawona milingo yokulirapo ya chitukuko cha makina ndi sayansi. Ndipotu, n’zoonekeratu kuti chitukuko cha anthu m’zaka XNUMX zapitazi chaposa mmene dziko lapansi linasinthira kuti ligwirizane ndi zimenezi. Izi zabweretsa zovuta zina monga kusintha kwa nyengo komwe tikukumana nawo masiku ano.

Ndiye tsopano, tabwera ku zokopa alendo. Monga dera lomwe limadalira kwambiri zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi, palibe kukayika kuti zokopa alendo - makamaka - ndiye gwero lalikulu lachuma m'derali. Miyandamiyanda ya nzika zathu zimadalira zokopa alendo m’njira zachindunji ndi zosalunjika. Kuphatikiza pa ntchito zomwe zathandizira mwachindunji mabanja aku Caribbean, zokopa alendo zathandiziranso pomanga masukulu ndi zipatala, kukonza zida ndi misewu, ndipo nthawi zambiri zasintha moyo wa anthu m'derali. Izi zasintha, nthawi zina, kukhala pafupifupi chitukuko chodabwitsa m'maiko ena m'zaka makumi atatu zapitazi, makamaka poyerekeza ndi zaka makumi atatu zapitazo. Ndipo, monga chitukuko cha anthu padziko lonse lapansi motsutsana ndi ubale wachilengedwe womwe ndidanena kale, chitukuko cha zokopa alendo ku Caribbean nthawi zina sichinagwirizane ndi chilengedwe chomwe kukulaku kwachitikira.

Misonkhano ngati iyi ndi yofunika kwambiri, chifukwa imapereka nsanja zofalitsira machitidwe abwino omwe angathandize, ngati atakhazikitsidwa bwino, athandize kuthetsa kusiyana ndikuonetsetsa kuti mgwirizano wa symbiotic pakati pa ntchito zokopa alendo ndi malo omwe amagwirira ntchito. M'derali, monga madera ena adziko lapansi, zokopa alendo zimalowa m'malo osiyanasiyana, osati dzuwa, nyanja ndi mchenga. Tsopano kuposa kale lonse, alendo ndi osonkhanitsa zochitika osati zochitika zilizonse, koma zochitika zenizeni. Izi zikuyika kufunika kwa chikhalidwe, cholowa, anthu, chuma ndi zachilengedwe za m'derali pamene tikufuna kukonza zokopa alendo kuti zikwaniritse zosowa zomwe zikukulirakulirabe.

Ndi bizinesi ngati iyi, yomwe imayenda gawo lalikulu la miyoyo yathu kwinaku tikudalira zinthu zambiri zomwe tili nazo, dongosolo lokhazikika la zokopa alendo ndilofunika, ngakhale timayang'ana mozama za chitukuko cham'mbuyomu ndikuyang'ana zamtsogolo. Monga momwe mungaganizire, zosinthazi monga kusintha kwina kulikonse, zimadza pamtengo. Pa nthawiyi, kusintha kumalimbikitsidwa pamene mayiko ambiri azachuma sangakwanitse kupeza ndalama zowonjezera.

CTO ikudzipereka kupereka machitidwe abwino kwa mamembala ake, omwe angagwiritsidwe ntchito kukwaniritsa cholinga chachikulu cha chitukuko chokhazikika cha zokopa alendo. Njira yathu yakhala kufunafuna njira zobweretsera machitidwe abwinowa pogwiritsa ntchito zidziwitso zamakono ndi njira zomwe zilipo.

Gawo lachiwiri la mawu akuti: 'Kutukuka kwa Tourism mu Era of Diversification', likuzindikira kufunikira pakukula kwa zokopa alendo ku Caribbean kuti tilandire katundu wathu wosiyanasiyana. Izi ndizofunikira makamaka pamene tikuzindikira kuti ena mwa mpikisano wathu waukulu, monga malo oyendera alendo aku Asia ndi Pacific - makamaka - adamanga malonda awo okopa alendo kuyambira pansi polandira zinthu zawo zosiyanasiyana zachilengedwe ndi chikhalidwe. Msonkhanowu udzafuna kufufuza mizati yachuma, chilengedwe ndi chikhalidwe cha chikhalidwe cha anthu, potero perekani njira yothetsera vuto la zokopa alendo.

Ntchito zopititsa patsogolo zokopa alendo sizikanatheka popanda mgwirizano wapamtima. Chifukwa chake, pokhazikitsa Sustainable Tourism Development Programme, CTO imagwira ntchito limodzi ndi mabungwe osiyanasiyana am'madera ndi mayiko kuti apititse patsogolo kulumikizana kwa magawo osiyanasiyana, kukulitsa kukula ndi zotsatira za zomwe tikuchita, kuthandizira pakukulitsa luso la anthu amderali ndikuwonjezera kupikisana komwe kuli mamembala.

Njira ziwiri zodziwika bwino zomwe zachitika zaka ziwiri zapitazi zakhala ntchito ya 'Climate Smart and Sustainable Caribbean Tourism Industry, yothandizidwa ndi Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) kudzera mu ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Management Programme. Ntchitoyi yathandizira kwambiri kukonzanso ndondomeko ya Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Policy Framework, kupereka maphunziro ndi zida zoyendetsera masoka, komanso maphunziro a m'madera ndi chidziwitso cholimbikitsa ntchito zokhazikika.

Pulojekiti ya Innovation for Tourism Expansion and Diversification ndi njira ina yomwe ikuchitika m'chigawochi ndi thandizo la ndalama ndi luso lochokera ku Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility ya Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Ntchitoyi yomwe imayang'ana kwambiri zokopa alendo (CBT), ifika pachimake pakuperekedwa kwa zida zoyendera zokopa alendo kumayiko aku Caribbean, kafukufuku wamsika wozama pazakufunika komanso kufunitsitsa kulipirira zochitika za CBT ndi ntchito kulimbikitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa malipiro a digito ndi ukadaulo wawallet pakati pa Tourism Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

Pogwira ntchito yake yothandizira chitukuko cha zokopa alendo, CTO ili ndi udindo womwe umaganizira za kufunikira kosunga zinthu zabwino, kuwonjezera phindu, kulimbikitsa dera bwino, kugwirizanitsa anthu am'deralo ndikulimbitsa mgwirizano pakati pa zokopa alendo ndi magawo ena azachuma. CTO imagwira ntchito mogwirizana ndi maiko omwe ali mamembala ake ndi othandizana nawo kuti athandizire kukhazikitsidwa kwa mfundo zokwanira komanso kukhazikitsa njira zopezera phindu ndi mwayi womwe ungakhalepo komanso kuchepetsa ziwopsezo ndi zovuta zomwe zingakhudze kukhazikika kwa zokopa alendo ku Caribbean.

Tikuyembekezera kupitiriza mgwirizano kupyola msonkhano uno. Ndichiyembekezo chathu chachikulu kuti zokambirana ndi zokambiranazi zikuthandizira kupititsa patsogolo ntchito zokopa alendo mderali.

Ndikukuthokozani.