Loweruka lapitali, Cyclamen, gawo la Lebanon tour operator TLB Destinations, adakonza zokacheza ku gulu la azimayi la Wadi El Taym, Rashaya, Lebanon. Aka kanali koyamba pamndandanda wokondwerera tsiku la World Responsible Tourism Day pa Novembara 11. TLB Destinations, membala wa TOI (Tour Operator Initiatives for Sustainable Development) amalimbikitsa kuyendera ma cooperatives a amayi kuti adziwitse zomwe amayi akumidzi achita bwino komanso kupanga organic zokolola.
Msewu wopita ku Rashaya umadutsa kudziko la vinyo la Lebanon. Ili pamtunda wa maola 2 kuchokera ku Beirut ndi umodzi mwamidzi yokongola kwambiri ku Lebanon, yomwe ili ndi zomanga zachikhalidwe za nyumba zamwala zokhala ndi madenga ofiira. Zimadziwika ndi ochepa; anthu ambiri aku Lebanon sanayambepo kuyendera dera lino chifukwa cha kusakhazikika kwa ndale kwa zaka zambiri m'derali.
"Anthu a m'mudzi wa Rashaya apindule ndi ulendo wathu, kotero tikulimbikitsa anthu kuti agule zinthu kuchokera ku cooperative yakomweko," adatero Nassim Yaacoub, woyang'anira mapulogalamu, Cyclamen. Mousakka btein Jein wa azimayi, wothira nthiwatiwa, tomato, ndi napiye, tsopano akutumizidwa ndi kugulitsidwa mu shopu yamtengo wapatali yaku London. Maulendo ogula ngati amenewa akulimbikitsanso Fair Trade kumidzi yaku Lebanon.
"Kuyendera kwathu masana ku gulu la azimayi kunandidziwitsa za zinthu zakumaloko komanso miyambo yazakudya, ndipo kudakulitsa chidwi changa pazapadera zachigawo," atero a Susan Short, pulofesa waku yunivesite yemwe adalowa nawo ulendowu. "Zochita za amayiwa ndizolimbikitsa kwambiri, ndipo tiyenera kuwathandiza."
Tsikuli linatha ndi ulendo wopita kumapanga akale a malo opangira mphesa a Ksara kukakumana ndi zolawa vinyo komanso filimu yowonetsa miyambo yopanga vinyo ya Bekaa.
“Chimene chinandisangalatsa kwambiri pa tsikuli chinali anthu a m’mudzi wa Rachaya, akulandiradi; tikamadutsa kunyumba, tinali kuitanidwa kuti tilowe,” anawonjezeranso Diana Baily. "Zotsegula m'maso, ndipo ndingapangire ulendo wokayendera kumidzi yaku Lebanon kwa aliyense - mupeza kuchereza alendo, chakudya chodabwitsa, komanso zoyeserera zabwino kwambiri."
