Bungwe la World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Initiative Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism (MST) idalimbikitsidwa sabata yatha pomwe gulu lake logwira ntchito linakumana ku Madrid (24-25 October). Pambuyo pa maphunziro oyendetsa bwino oyendetsa ndege kuti atulutse deta yodalirika komanso yofananira, ntchitoyi ikuchitika ndi cholinga chofuna kuti dongosolo la MST likhazikitsidwe ngati muyezo wachitatu wapadziko lonse wokhudza ziwerengero zokopa alendo.
Gulu la akatswiri omwe akupanga ndondomeko yowerengera za Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism adakumana kuti akhazikitse zolinga zazikulu za MST initiative za 2019. Ntchitoyi ikupanga dongosolo lokonzekera deta yokhudzana ndi momwe zokopa alendo zimakhudzira kukhazikika ndikukonzekera kuti zivomerezedwe ngati chachitatu. mulingo wapadziko lonse wokhudza ziwerengero zokopa alendo ndi UN Statistics Commission (UNSC).
Zina mwa madera omwe amakambitsirana pamsonkhano wa gulu la 24-25 October anali kufotokoza mwachidule maphunziro oyendetsa ndege omwe anachitika ku Germany, Philippines ndi Saudi Arabia kuti ayese kufunikira kwa MST, ndi zomwe zasonyeza kuthekera kwa ndondomeko yomwe ikufunsidwa muzochitika zitatu zosiyana za dziko. Izi zikutanthauza kuti dongosolo la MST likukonzekera kuperekedwa ngati mulingo wapadziko lonse lapansi.
Mchaka cha 2019 gulu logwira ntchito la MST lidadzipatsa ntchito yoyenga ndikulemba zisonyezo zitatu zotsata zokopa alendo kuti ziwunikire zolinga za Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ndi zomwe akufuna. UNWTO ndi bungwe loyang'anira zizindikiro zitatuzi, ndipo limagwirizanitsa chitukuko cha zizindikiro zokhudzana ndi zokopa alendo ndi mayiko ndi mabungwe a UN. Chotsatira chidzakhala kuwonetsera ndondomekoyi UNWTOMisonkhano ya 2019 ya mabungwe ake olamulira.
Mbiri yakale ya MST framework
Zowerengera zimathandizira mayiko kupanga deta yodalirika komanso yofananira m'maiko onse, nthawi ndi miyezo ina. MST ndi UNWTO-kutsogoleredwa ndi ndondomeko ya chiwerengero cha zokopa alendo, mothandizidwa ndi UNSC kuyambira March 2017. Njira yake inakhazikitsidwa mu Msonkhano Wapadziko Lonse wa 6 pa Tourism Statistics, womwe unachitikira mu June 2017 ku Manila, Philippines.
Pofuna kukulitsa luso la zokopa alendo, kuyang'anira bwino gawoli, ndikuthandizira zisankho zogwira mtima zozikidwa ndi umboni, pakufunika kuyeza bwino ntchito zokopa alendo pogwiritsa ntchito ziwerengero zaukadaulo zaukadaulo zomwe zimakhudza zachuma, chikhalidwe cha anthu, komanso kukhazikika kwachilengedwe. MST ikufuna kukulitsa miyeso ya zokopa alendo kupitilira gawo lake lazachuma kuti iyesenso kukula kwa chikhalidwe ndi chilengedwe.
Cholinga chake ndi kulumikiza System of Environmental-Economic Accounting ya UNSC ndi Tourism Satellite Account framework, yomwe ndi imodzi mwazinthu ziwiri zomwe zilipo zoyezera zokopa alendo. Lina ndi la International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics. Zonsezi zidapangidwa ndikufunsidwa ku UNSC ndi UNWTO. Njira yofananira ikukonzekera MST.
