Tsiku la World Tourism Day lochokera kwa Secretary General wa CTO

The Bungwe la Caribbean Tourism (CTO) alowa nawo gulu lapadziko lonse lapansi lero pakukondwerera Tsiku Lokopa alendo Padziko Lonse Lapansi 2019 pansi pa mutu wakuti, “Zokopa alendo ndi Ntchito: Tsogolo Labwino kwa Onse”.

Tourism ndiyo yomwe imapeza ndalama zambiri m'derali, pomwe dziko la Caribbean likulandira alendo okwana 30.2 miliyoni komanso maulendo 29.3 miliyoni oyenda panyanja mu 2018, zomwe zikupanga ndalama pafupifupi $39.3 biliyoni pazachuma zachigawo.

Gawoli limapereka mwayi wosiyanasiyana wolemeretsa miyoyo ya okhalamo. Imayendetsa ntchito zopindulitsa, ndalama ndi mwayi wochita bizinesi, zimathandizira kuti pakhale njira zina zopezera moyo wathanzi komanso zimathandizira chitukuko cha anthu, zomwe zayamba kuphatikizapo chitukuko m'madera akumidzi ndi osauka.

Pamsonkhano wathu wa Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC) womwe wachitika posachedwapa ku St. Vincent ndi ku Grenadines, tidamva kuchokera kwa anthu amitundu yosiyanasiyana komanso anthu ena ammudzi momwe mabizinesi oyendera alendo akupitilizabe kukhala njira zosinthira chikhalidwe cha anthu popereka njira zolimbikitsira akazi, kuchitapo kanthu kwachinyamata mwatsatanetsatane. ntchito ndikuthandizira kuthetsa umphawi m'madera monga anthu a Charles Town maroon ku Jamaica, mudzi wa Rewa ku Guyana ndi Hopkins Village ku Belize. Tidamvanso kuchokera ku Bahamas momwe pulogalamu yake ya People to People imathandizira kwambiri miyoyo ya anthu wamba a Bahamas omwe amalandila ndikulumikizana ndi alendo.

Pasanathe sabata imodzi pambuyo pa STC, tinalandira chikumbutso chowopsa cha ziwopsezo zowopsa za tsogolo lowala zomwe zokopa alendo zimalonjeza pamene mphepo yamkuntho yotchedwa Hurricane Dorian inawononga zilumba ziwiri - Abaco ndi Grand Bahama - kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Bahamas kumene inakhala kwa masiku awiri. Ndi mphepo zosasunthika za 185 mph ndi mphepo yamkuntho, Dorian anali chitsanzo chimodzi chowonjezereka cha mphepo yamkuntho, zomwe tikuopa kuti zayamba kufala kwambiri m'derali.

Zochitika za Dorian, pamodzi ndi Matthew mu 2016 ndi Irma ndi Maria ku 2017, zikugogomezera kufunika kofulumira kwa kusintha kwa masoka achilengedwe omwe amachititsidwa ndi kusintha kwa nyengo ndi kusintha kwa nyengo (CVC), Ayeneranso kuwunikira chithandizo chofunikira ndi gawo la zokopa alendo. , makamaka maboma a mayiko, kuti alimbikitse kupirira kwanyengo. Asayansi aneneratu pakati pa zovuta zina za CVC, kuwonjezeka kwafupipafupi komanso kuopsa kwa masoka achilengedwe.

Zochitika zanyengo zamphamvu zimenezi m’zaka zinayi zapitazi zikusonyeza bwino lomwe kuti nthaŵi yoti tichitepo kanthu ndi ino. Ndikofunika kuonetsetsa kuti kusintha kwa nyengo ndi kukhazikika kwa gawoli, kuti Caribbean iteteze ndi kusunga udindo ndi luso la zokopa alendo monga injini ya kukula kwa chikhalidwe ndi zachuma, jenereta wa ntchito ndi maziko a tsogolo la onse.

Tiyenera kudzifufuza tokha ndikukonzanso, ndipo nthawi zina, kumanganso bizinesi yofunikayi poonetsetsa kuti "kugwiritsa ntchito bwino chuma cha chikhalidwe cha anthu, chilengedwe, chikhalidwe ndi zachuma panjira yofanana komanso yodzisamalira. Zolepheretsa zomwe zimachitika chifukwa cha masoka achilengedwewa zimatipatsa mwayi wamphamvu kwambiri woti 'timangenso bwino', kubwereka mawu odziwika ndi m'modzi mwa mamembala athu pambuyo pa mphepo yamkuntho mu 2017.

Tiyeni tiyambe ulendo wosintha ziwopsezo zathu kukhala mwayi, kuti limodzi ndi mphamvu zomwe zilipo zamtundu waku Caribbean zitha kutithandiza kusuntha zokopa alendo kuti zikhale bizinesi yolimba kwambiri. Imodzi yokhala ndi zokopa alendo, zopangira ntchito zatsopano ndi mwayi kwa anthu athu ndikupanga tsogolo labwino la onse.