IGLTA Foundation idagwirizana ndi a Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) kuti apereke mwayi wapadera kwa wophunzira wapaulendo waku Hong Kong Polytechnic University kuti apite nawo ku Msonkhano Wapadziko Lonse Wapachaka wa 35 wa International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association, yokhazikitsidwa pa Meyi 9-12 ku Toronto, Canada.
Thanakarn (Bella) Vongvisitsin wasankhidwa kuti akakhale nawo pamsonkhanowu, womwe umadziwika kuti ndi msonkhano woyamba wamaphunziro ndi maukonde pamakampani azokopa alendo a LGBTQ padziko lonse lapansi.
"IGLTA Foundation ndiwolemekezeka kuyanjana ndi bungwe lodziwika bwino monga PATA kuti lipereke mwayi kwa achinyamata oyenerera pantchito yawo kuti amvetsetse komanso kulimbikitsa zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi za LGBTQ," atero wapampando wa IGLTA Foundation Board, Gary Murakami, CMP, CMM. ndi MGM Resorts International. "Timakhulupirira kwambiri kuti mwayi wopeza maphunziro ndi maukonde pa IGLTA Annual Global Convention ndi mzati wa zoyesayesa za Foundation komanso kugwira ntchito ndi PATA ndiye chinsinsi cha kupambana kwathu."
Thanakarn (Bella) Vongvisitsin, mbadwa ya ku Thailand, akugwira ntchito yake ya Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) ku School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) ku The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Maphunziro a msonkhano amapereka ulendo wolipira ndalama zonse komanso kulembetsa msonkhano ku mwambowu.
"Ndi mwayi wanga waukulu komanso mwayi wanga woti ndilandire PATA/IGLTA Scholarship yomwe imathandizira ulendo wanga wopita ku msonkhano waukulu kwambiri padziko lonse wokopa alendo wa LGBTQ," atero a Vongvisitsin. "Ndili wokondwa kuphatikiza zomwe ndakumana nazo mwachindunji monga woyimira LGBTQ, membala wa gulu la transgender komanso mbiri yanga yofufuza mu zokopa alendo ndi kasamalidwe ka alendo kuti ndithandizire mokwanira pakufufuza zokopa alendo za LGBTQ. Ndikuwona kuti maphunzirowa ndiye chiyambi changa, ndipo mwayiwu undithandiza kuphunzira njira zabwino kuchokera kwa akatswiri okopa alendo a LGBTQ. "
Ichi ndi chaka chachisanu ndi chimodzi chomwe IGLTA Foundation yapereka pulogalamu yake ya Building Bridges Scholarship Program kwa ophunzira azokopa alendo komanso eni mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono, ndipo aka ndi nthawi yachiwiri kuti anthu osapindula agwirizane ndi bungwe lina pa ntchitoyi. IGLTA ndi PATA adapanga mgwirizano mu 2015 ndipo njira yofunsira thandizoli inali yotsegukira kwa ophunzira omwe amapita ku mabungwe amaphunziro omwe ndi mamembala a PATA International.
"PATA imakhulupirira kuti onse okhudzidwa ndi maulendo ndi zokopa alendo ali ndi mawu ofanana omwe ayenera kumveka, ndipo tikupitirizabe kuyesetsa kukhazikitsa milatho kuti anthu onse abwino ochokera m'mayiko onse athe kupezana ndi kumverana chisoni. Kuphatikiza apo, nthawi zonse takhala tikuyimira mwamphamvu pakukula kwa akatswiri okopa alendo m'derali. Maphunzirowa akuwonetsa kudzipereka kwathu pazochita zonsezi, "adatero mkulu wa PATA Dr. Mario Hardy. "Ndikufuna kukuthokozani ndekha Bella chifukwa chosankhidwa kukhala ndi mwayi waukuluwu kuti amvetse mozama za malonda oyendayenda ndi zokopa alendo, komanso zotsatira zazikulu zokopa alendo omwe amagonana amuna okhaokha komanso akazi okhaokha ali ndi chikhalidwe komanso zachuma padziko lonse lapansi."
Mu 2017, zochita za PATA zimayang'ana kwambiri a Young Tourism Professional (YTP), ndikugogomezera kufunikira kopanga ndalama zambiri pakukulitsa ndi kulimbikitsa chidziwitso ndi luso la ophunzira omwe akuchita nawo ntchito zokopa alendo, kasamalidwe ka alendo komanso maphunziro a digiri yofananira. Bungweli lidawunikiranso kufunikira kofunikira kukhazikitsa ndi kukhazikitsa njira zophunzitsira za YTPs pomwe akufuna kupititsa patsogolo ntchito ndi kukulitsa luso. M'chakachi, PATA inakhazikitsa gulu la umembala wa YTP Student, ndikupereka nsanja kwa ophunzira a YTP kuti alumikizane ndi makampani ambiri a PATA.
"Ndife okondwa kudziwa kuti Ms Bella Vongvisitsin ndiye wopambana pa PATA-IGLTA Foundation Sponsorship ya chaka chino," atero Pulofesa Kaye Chon, Dean, Pulofesa Wapampando komanso Pulofesa wa Walter Kwok Foundation ku International Hospitality Management, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong. Yunivesite ya Kong Polytechnic. "Ngakhale ndikuthokoza luso lake, kudzipereka komanso kugwira ntchito molimbika, tiyenera kuthokoza PATA chifukwa cha mwayi woperekedwa ku mabungwe omwe ali mamembala ake. Bungwe la Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Hotel and Tourism Management limanyadira kukhala membala wa PATA ndipo lakhala likuchirikiza zinthu zambiri zomwe bungweli lachita popititsa patsogolo chitukuko cha zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi.”
Mgwirizano wopambana pakati pa PATA ndi IGLTA walola mabungwe onsewa kugawana chidziwitso kudzera mu kafukufuku ndi zofalitsa, kupereka nawo gawo mobwerezabwereza pazochitika, kuthandizira maudindo omwe amavomerezana, komanso kupititsa patsogolo mwayi wopeza phindu kwa mamembala a mabungwe onsewa. Monga gawo la mgwirizano, IGLTA ipereka mitengo yochotsera ophunzira kuti alowe nawo IGLTA 35th Annual Global Convention. Ophunzira omwe akufuna kupita nawo ayenera kutumiza imelo [imelo ndiotetezedwa].
Komanso, Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa PATA Dr. Mario Hardy adzakhalanso akukamba nkhani yaikulu pa LGBT+ Travel Symposium ku Bangkok, Thailand kuyambira Juni 29-30. Chochitikacho chimakonzedwa ndi Out There Publishing, pomwe othandizira akuphatikiza PATA ndi IGLTA.
IGLTA Foundation Building Bridges Scholarship Program idapangidwa kuti izithandizira m'badwo wotsatira wa LGBTQ akatswiri oyenda (ndi ogwirizana). Olandira maphunzirowa amatenga nawo gawo mu pulogalamu yonse ya msonkhano wa IGLTA, kuwonetsetsa kuti adzakhala ndi mwayi wolumikizana ndi atsogoleri amakampani oyendayenda ochokera padziko lonse lapansi, kulandira upangiri kuchokera kwa akatswiri m'malo omwe amawakonda komanso kupezeka pamisonkhano yamaphunziro.
