Sukulu yoyamba ya LGBTQ+ yoperekedwa ndi IGLTA Foundation

Managing Director wa Ntsako Travel Africa Lipian Mtandabari adalandira mphoto yoyamba yapadziko lonse lapansi LGBTQ + Maphunziro a Travel Association Foundation kutenga nawo gawo mu pulogalamu ya masters ku CETT, School of Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy ku University of Barcelona. Pulogalamu yachaka chimodzi mu LGBTQ + zokopa alendo ndi yoyamba mwa mtundu wake, kupatsa ophunzira mwayi mwayi wokhala atsogoleri osintha zokopa alendo kudzera mu chitsanzo chozikidwa pa ulemu ndi kuphatikizidwa. 

Lipian, wochokera ku Zimbabwe, adakhazikitsa Ntsako Travel Africa mu 2018 kuti akhazikitse ntchito zokopa alendo za LGBTQ+ mu Africa, molunjika ku Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana, ndi Zambia. Iye akuti kupititsa patsogolo nkhaniyo ndizovuta popanda maphunziro apamwamba, ngakhale atakhala zaka zambiri pazambiri zokopa alendo.

"Kukhala katswiri wodziwa zambiri LGBTQ + zokopa alendo ku kontinenti ya Africa, kontinenti yomwe maphunziro akadali ndi gawo lalikulu pakutsimikizira luso la munthu komanso luso lantchito, ali ndi zovuta zambiri," adatero Lipian. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti kuyeneretsedwa kumeneku kudzandilola kuwonjezera chidziwitso changa, luso langa komanso kukhala ogwirizana kwambiri ndi zomwe ndimakonda kwambiri tsiku ndi tsiku. Ndine wokondwa kuti ndasankhidwa ndipo sindikukayika kuti zoyesayesa zanga popititsa patsogolo ntchito zokopa alendo za LGBTQ+ tsopano zakula.

Maphunzirowa adapangidwa ndi mgwirizano wowolowa manja wa Queer Destinations kuti apindule membala wabizinesi yaying'ono Mtengo wa IGLTA ndikuthandizira maphunziro apamwamba apamwamba a CETT, omwe adayambitsa gawo lake loyamba mwezi uno. 

Komiti yophunzirira IGLTAF idalimbikitsidwa ndi nkhani ya Lipian komanso kudzipereka kwake LGBTQ + zokopa alendo. M'mbuyomu adalandira IGLTAF David Martin Small Business Fsoci kuti akakhale nawo ku 2019 Mtengo wa IGLTA Msonkhano Wapadziko Lonse ku New York City.

"Tikuthokoza Lipian posankhidwa kuti alowe pulogalamu ya CETT ya 2022. Ntchito yake inakwera pamwamba chifukwa chokonda kwambiri zokopa alendo za LGBTQ + osati ku Africa kokha, komanso padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo tikudziwa kuti adzathandizira kwambiri makampani athu," adatero Mlembi Wachiwiri wa IGLTAF Eddie Canaday, yemwe adatsogolera komiti yosankha. "Tidalandira zopempha kuchokera kwa gulu labwino kwambiri la ofuna kuchita bizinesi ku IGLTA ndipo timawathokoza onse chifukwa chodzipereka kwawo LGBTQ + zokopa alendo ndipo ndikuyembekeza kupereka mwayi wochulukirapo ngati uwu m'zaka zikubwerazi. "

Kutumikira pa komiti yosankha maphunziro a IGLTAF: Eddie Canaday, Pitani ku Salt Lake; Pamela Herr, PH Zochitika; Rika Jean-Francois, ITB Berlin; Dougal Mckenzie, Google; Jim McMichael, Las Vegas CVA; ndi Gary Murakami, Teneo Hospitality Group.