Ted Turner alengeza za Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria yoyamba ku World Conservation Congress

Woyambitsa ndi Wapampando wa United Nations Foundation Ted Turner adalumikizana ndi Rainforest Alliance, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) ndi United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) lero kulengeza njira zoyendera zoyendera zokhazikika padziko lonse lapansi ku IUCN World Conservation Congress. Njira zatsopanozi - zochokera pazambiri za machitidwe abwino omwe achotsedwa pamiyezo yomwe ikugwiritsidwa ntchito pano padziko lonse lapansi - idapangidwa kuti ipereke njira yofananira yowongolera zomwe zikuyenda bwino zokopa alendo komanso kuthandiza mabizinesi, ogula, maboma, mabungwe omwe siaboma. ndi mabungwe a maphunziro kuti awonetsetse kuti zokopa alendo zimathandiza, osati kuvulaza, anthu ammudzi ndi chilengedwe.

"Kukhazikika kuli ngati mwambi wamabizinesi akale akuti: 'simusokoneza mphunzitsi wamkulu, mumangokhalira kuchita chidwi'," adatero Turner. "Tsoka ilo, mpaka pano, makampani oyendayenda ndi alendo alibe njira imodzi yowadziwitsa ngati akutsatiradi mfundo imeneyi. Koma Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC) isintha izi. Iyi ndi njira yopambana - yabwino kwa chilengedwe komanso yabwino kwa makampani okopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi. "

Francesco Frangialli, Mlembi Wamkulu wa bungwe la United Nations World Tourism Organization anati: “Alendo oposa 900 miliyoni ochokera kumayiko ena adayenda chaka chatha UNWTO aneneratu za alendo 1.6 biliyoni pofika chaka cha 2020. Pofuna kuchepetsa mavuto omwe amabwera chifukwa cha kukulaku, kukhazikika kuyenera kumasulira kuchokera ku mawu kupita ku zenizeni, ndikukhala kofunika kwa onse okhudzidwa ndi zokopa alendo. Ntchito ya GSTC mosakayika ikhala gawo lalikulu lazambiri zokopa alendo komanso gawo lofunikira pakupangitsa kukhazikika kukhala gawo lofunikira la chitukuko cha zokopa alendo.

Njirazi zidapangidwa ndi Partnership for Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC Partnership), mgwirizano watsopano wa mabungwe 27 omwe akuphatikizapo atsogoleri a zokopa alendo ochokera m'mabungwe abizinesi, aboma komanso osapeza phindu. M'miyezi 15 yapitayi, mgwirizanowu udakambirana ndi akatswiri okhazikika komanso makampani azokopa alendo ndikuwunikanso ziphaso zopitilira 60 zomwe zidalipo kale komanso njira zodzifunira zomwe zakhazikitsidwa kale padziko lonse lapansi. Pazonse, njira zopitilira 4,500 zawunikidwa ndipo anthu opitilira 80,000, kuphatikiza oteteza zachilengedwe, atsogoleri amakampani, akuluakulu aboma ndi mabungwe a UN, apemphedwa kuti apereke ndemanga pazotsatira zomwe zachitika.

“Ogula amafunikira miyezo yovomerezedwa ndi anthu ambiri yosiyanitsa zobiriwira ndi zobiriwira. Izi zidzalola kuti zitsimikizidwe zenizeni za machitidwe okhazikika m'mahotela ndi malo osungiramo malo komanso ena ogulitsa maulendo, "anatero Jeff Glueck, mkulu wa malonda a Travelocity / Sabre, membala wa GSTC Partnership. "Apatsa apaulendo chidaliro kuti atha kupanga zisankho zothandizira kukhazikika. Athandiziranso othandizira oganiza zamtsogolo omwe akuyenera kutamandidwa chifukwa chochita bwino. ”

Zopezeka pa www.gstcouncil.org, mfundozi zimayang'ana madera anayi omwe akatswiri amalimbikitsa ngati mbali zofunika kwambiri zokopa alendo okhazikika: kukulitsa phindu la zokopa alendo pazachuma ndi madera; kuchepetsa zotsatira zoipa pa chikhalidwe cha chikhalidwe; kuchepetsa kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe; ndi kukonzekera kukhazikika. GSTC Partnership ikupanga zida zophunzitsira ndi zida zaukadaulo zowongolera mahotela ndi oyendera alendo pakukwaniritsa zofunikira.

"American Society of Travel Agents ikuwona kuti ndikofunikira kwambiri kukhala gawo la mgwirizano wapadziko lonse lapansi womwe ukutsogolera kufotokozera kamodzi kokha zomwe zikutanthauza kukhala kampani yokhazikika yoyenda," adatero William Maloney, Chief Operating Officer wa ASTA. . "Monga bungwe lomwe lili ndi pulogalamu yakeyake ya Green Member, ndi udindo wathu kuwonetsetsa kuti zomwe tikuchita pokonzekera zobiriwira za ogulitsa zikugwirizana ndi zomwe zikuchitika padziko lonse lapansi. Njirazi zipatsa mamembala athu malangizo omwe akufunika kwambiri kuti awone kudzipereka kwa mabizinesi amtsogolo pazaulendo wokhazikika pomwe akupatsa ogula chidziwitso chomveka bwino komanso chodalirika pamayendedwe omwe amasankha."

"Ntchito ya Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria ikufuna kutsogolera bizinesiyo kunjira yokhazikika - yomwe ikugwirizana ndi zovuta zanthawi yathu ino: kulimbikitsa ndi kugwirizanitsa chuma chadziko lonse cha Green Economy chomwe chimatukuka chifukwa cha chidwi osati likulu lazachuma chathu. -zinthu zofunikira zachilengedwe," adatero Achim Steiner, Mlembi wamkulu wa United Nations ndi Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme.

"Mgwirizano wa Rainforest umakondwerera zotsatira za GSTC Partnership, zomwe timakhulupirira kuti zithandiza ntchito zokopa alendo kuti zikhale zokhazikika," adatero Tensie Whelan, Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa Rainforest Alliance. "Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria yomwe yapangidwa ikonza zofunikira zomwe Sustainable Tourism Stewardship Council idzafune kuchokera pamapulogalamu ovomerezeka ndikuthandizira apaulendo kukhala ndi chitsimikizo kuti akuthandiza, osati kuwononga chilengedwe."

"Mgwirizano wa GSTC ndi ntchito yothandizana kuti tipeze njira zomwe zimafunikira komanso kumvetsetsa njira zoyendera alendo," atero a Janna Morrison, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Corporate Social Responsibility ku Choice Hotels International. "Zokopa alendo ndi bizinesi yofunika komanso yomwe ikukula yomwe imathandizira kukhazikika ndipo idzapindula momveka bwino ndi dongosolo lofanana. Pamapeto pake, kuyesayesa kumeneku kubweretsa chiyambukiro chabwino pamadera ndi chilengedwe. ”

"Expedia imanyadira kuthandizira Mgwirizano wa Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria ndikudzipereka kugwiritsa ntchito njirazi monga muyezo wopangira bwenzi loyenda 'lokhazikika'," adatero Paul Brown, Purezidenti Expedia Partner Services Group ndi Expedia North America. "Ogwiritsa ntchito masiku ano ali ndi chidwi kwambiri kuposa kale lonse kuti aphatikize machitidwe okhazikika m'miyoyo yawo, ku Expedia ndife olimbikitsidwa komanso odzipereka kukhala mtsogoleri paulendo wokhazikika. Timanyadira anzathu oyenda nawo - mahotela ndi oyendera alendo - omwe achita bwino kale m'derali, ndipo tikuyembekeza kuti adzakhazikitsa malire kwa anzawo padziko lonse lapansi. Tikukhulupirira kuti apaulendo athu awona ndikuyamikira khama lomwe anzathu akudutsamo kuti akwaniritse izi ndikufika pachimake chokhazikika. ”