Msonkhano wa 23 wa General Assembly wa World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) yatsegulidwa ku Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, ndi nthumwi zapamwamba zomwe zikugwirizana ndi atsogoleri a zokopa alendo ochokera padziko lonse lapansi ku msonkhano wofunikira kwambiri wa gawo la zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi.
Anthu opitilira 1,000 ochokera m'maiko 124 apita ku Saint Petersburg kukachita nawo zochitika zopitilira khumi ndi ziwiri zapadziko lonse lapansi zoyendera alendo mkati mwa sabata ino zomwe zidachitika ndi bungwe la United Nations loyang'anira ntchito zokopa alendo. Msonkhano Waukulu umapereka njira zothandizira zokopa alendo ku Agenda ya 2030 ya Chitukuko Chokhazikika ndi mawu a zokopa alendo pamtima pa United Nations ndi ndondomeko ya ndondomeko yapadziko lonse.
Misonkhano yayikulu komanso zokambirana zidzayankha mitu ikuluikulu kuphatikiza ntchito yotsogola yotsogola popititsa patsogolo ntchito zachitukuko, mgwirizano pakati pa anthu wamba, komanso malo azinthu zatsopano komanso mabizinesi mtsogolo mwa zokopa alendo, zomwe zikuwunikira makamaka pakupanga ntchito, maphunziro ndi kulimbana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo.
Posonyeza kufunika kwa mwambowu, Purezidenti wa Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin adalankhula ndi nthumwi kudzera pavidiyo yojambulidwa mwapadera. Purezidenti Putin adawona kuti unali "ulemu waukulu" kuti St Petersburg achite Msonkhano Waukulu ndikuwonetsa chikhumbo chake choti Russia ichite nawonso Tsiku la World Tourism Day mu 2022.
Kutsegula General Assembly, UNWTO Mlembi-General Zurab Pololikashvili adauza mamembala a bungweli ndi mamembala ake ogwirizana nawo kuti kuthekera kwenikweni kwa zokopa alendo monga dalaivala wakukula kwachuma, chitukuko chokhazikika komanso kufanana sikunachitike.
“Khalidwe la 'bizinesi monga mwachizolowezi' silimapangitsa kusintha komwe tikufuna kuwona. Ntchito zokopa alendo zikuyenera kuwonetsa zenizeni zakusintha kwa dziko, "a Pololikashvili adauza General Assembly.
“Izi zikutanthauza kuti amalimbikitsa mzimu wazamalonda. Zimatanthawuza kuphunzitsa anthu ntchito za mawa. Ndipo zikutanthawuza kukhala otseguka kuzinthu zatsopano, kuphatikiza mphamvu yaukadaulo yosintha momwe timayendera - komanso phindu lomwe ntchito zokopa alendo zingabweretse zimafalikira momwe zingathere. "
General Assembly ikuchitika patangodutsa masiku ochepa kuchokera pomwe UNWTOBarometer yaposachedwa kwambiri ya World Tourism Barometer idawunikira mphamvu ndi kulimba kwa zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi. Malinga ndi zidziwitso zaposachedwa, obwera padziko lonse lapansi omwe adafika padziko lonse lapansi adakula ndi 4% pakati pa Januware ndi June 2019 poyerekeza ndi nthawi yomweyi ya 2018. Kukula uku kudatsogozedwa ndi Middle East (+8%) ndi Asia ndi Pacific (+6% ), ndi maulendo apandege otsika mtengo, chuma champhamvu padziko lonse lapansi komanso kuwongolera bwino kwa visa zonse zomwe zimathandizira kuti zinthu ziziyenda bwino.
