Iinkokeli zoshishino lwezohambo lwezenkolo kwi-World Religious Travel Expo kunye neNkomfa yeMfundo esanda kuqukunjelwa ingxelo engcono kunamanani alindelekileyo kwaye iqikelele ukuqhubeka ukomelela kukhenketho olusekelwe kwinkolo ngenxa yokuzinikela phakathi kwabathengi abahambahambayo bezenkolo.
Uhlaziyo oluhle kunye noqikelelo lwabathathi-nxaxheba beWRTA Expo - kubandakanywa abameli abavela eSwitzerland, eCyprus, eTurkey, ePalestine, kwaSirayeli, eJamani, eGrisi naseJordani - ziqinisekisa iziphumo zengxelo yamva nje ye-World Tourism Organization, echaza ukuba ukhenketho lwezenkolo lubonakalise ukunyamezela. uxinzelelo lokudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi ngenxa yokuba alubonwa njengento emnandi kodwa kunokuhamba ngenjongo.
“Ngenxa yohlobo lokhenketho lonqulo, luye lwangqineka luthambile yaye lomelele, kwanakwimeko yezoqoqosho yangoku,” watsho uKevin J. Wright, umongameli weWorld Religious Travel Association (WRTA) nosihlalo walo Mboniso.
Ngabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-300 abahamba minyaka le ngezizathu zenkolo nezohambo ngezonqulo kunye nengeniso engaphezulu kwe-18 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi minyaka le, ukhenketho lwezenkolo luye lwaba lishishini elibalulekileyo lehlabathi. I-WRTA inika ingxelo yokuba ukhenketho lokholo namhlanje alulohambo nje lwezonqulo, njengoko lubandakanya abakhenkethi abahamba ngenqanawa, iiholide zamavolontiya, iihambo zohambo, iiholide zokuzonwabisa, neenkomfa kunye nemisitho. Enyanisweni, uhambo lwezenkolo alugxininisi kwindawo ekuya kuyo, kodwa kwinjongo yohambo: ukuqinisa ubudlelwane kunye nokholo.
Amagqabantshintshi oMboniso wesibini wonyaka:
• U-Keith Powell, umbhali kunye "nomvuseleli weshishini," ukhumbuze abathunywa be-Expo ukuba "banamandla amakhulu kunye noxanduva lokutshintsha ubomi" ngamava ohambo oluguqukayo.
• UGqr. Khouloud Daibes, umphathiswa wezokhenketho kunye nezinto zakudala ePalestine, uthathe inxaxheba kuMboniso weWRTA unyaka wesibini ulandelelana. Wachaza ukwanda kohambo oluya ePalestine kwaye wachaza ukuzinikela kwakhe ekuncedeni abanikezeli bezohambo bakhe ipotifoliyo yokuhamba ngenkolo yasePalestina ezinzileyo kunye neyongezelelweyo.
• Iphaneli yoMhlaba oNgcwele, umsitho wokutyobela uMboniso weWRTA, waphinda wabonisa uhlaziyo oluvela kubameli baMazwe eBhayibhile. UMesut Ozbe we-Ofisi kaRhulumente yaseTurkey yeNkcubeko kunye ne-Tourism Office ibike ukuba i-10% yabakhenkethi eTurkey beza ngeenjongo zonqulo. UEliezer Hod, umalathisi wommandla waseNtshona weSebe lezoKhenketho lakwaSirayeli, uxelele abaphulaphuli ukuba “unikele ingqalelo epheleleyo kuhambo lwamaKristu oluya kwaSirayeli.” UNayef H. Al-Fayez, umlawuli olawulayo weBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseJordan, unike ingxelo yokuba iBethaniya phesheya kweYordan – indawo yesithethe yokubhaptizelwa kukaYesu – itsala abantu abaninzi baseMelika kunabo nabuphi na ubuzwe obungaphandle kwamazwe angabamelwane eJordan. Amagosa avela eGrisi naseSipro anike ingxelo ngeshishini elikhulayo lokuhamba ngenqanawa ngokwenkolo kwiMeditera, kunye nokwanda kokuthandwa kwiindawo zokuhlala zeemonki kuwo omabini la mazwe.
• UGreg Stielstra, umbhali weFaith-Based Marketing and Pyromarketing, wabelane nabathunywa beExpo ngokubaluleka “kokukhonza” imarike yezenkolo, hayi “ukuthengisa” kuyo.
• Ngexesha lokuvula kwakhe intetho ephambili enesihloko esithi “Yenza u-2010 ube nguNyaka oMhle kunabo bonke” (umxholo osemthethweni we-Expo 2009), uMongameli we-WRTA uWright wabelane ngezicwangciso zohambo lwakhe oluzayo oluya e-Armenia, enye yeendawo ezivelayo zohambo olusekelwe elukholweni.
• Ubusuku bokugqibela benkomfa bubonise umnyhadala ozinyaswe kakuhle okhethwayo “weTourism Rocks”, itheko lomjuxuzo lesisa ukuze kuxhamle iTourism Cares (http://www.tourismcares.org), umbutho wesisa weshishini lokhenketho wolondolozo, ulondolozo, ubuyiselo kunye nemfundo, kunye nesisa esisemthethweni se-WRTA.
2010 iNkolo Travel Outlook
• Abakhenkethi balindele iindwendwe ezingama-500,000 ze-Oberammergau Passion Play eJamani, eyenzeka kanye kwiminyaka elishumi.
• I-Spain ibhengeze u-2010 njengonyaka ongcwele ngenxa yokuba umthendeleko we-St. James, Julayi 25, ungeCawa, oko kuthetha ukuba abaninzi baya kuhambela eSantiago de Compostela, i-cathedral yayo ine-relic ye-St. James the Apostle.
• UNyaka waBafundisi, apho abafundi beesemina nabefundisi abaninzi besiya eArs, eFransi, apho uSt. John Vianney wakhonza khona ubomi bakhe bonke bobubingeleli, uyaqhubeka ukuya kutsho ngoJuni, ka-2010.
• Umboniso onqabileyo weShroud yaseTurin e-Italy uya kuvulwa ngo-2010.
Ngaphezulu kwabathathi-nxaxheba be-550 - kubandakanywa nabathengisi be-300 kunye nabathengi be-200 - baye kwi-World Religious Travel Expo kunye neNkomfa yezeMfundo ka-2009, eyayibanjwe ngoNovemba 14-16 kwi-Atlantis Resort eReno, Nev. ukuya eTanzania naseTurkey, bathathe inxaxheba. Ngaphandle kokudodobala koqoqosho okube negalelo ekwehleni kokuzinyaswa kwabantu kwiinkomfa zorhwebo ngokubanzi, uMboniso weWRTA ugqithise amanani abebezimase kunyaka wawo wokuqalisa ka-30.
Umboniso we-WRTA udityaniswe nendibano yonyaka yoMbutho weSizwe woKhenketho (NTA). Okwangoku, i-35 yepesenti yabaqhubi be-NTA banikezela ngeemveliso zokhenketho lwezenkolo, kwaye i-NTA kunye ne-WRTA zifuna ukwandisa ukukhula kokhenketho lwezenkolo ngokuzisa omabini amathuba obulungu kwimfundo kunye nophuhliso lobungcali.
Umboniso we-WRTA wonyaka ozayo uya kuphinda ubanjwe kunye nendibano ye-NTA (ngoNovemba 13-17) eMontreal, eQuebec, eKhanada. I-WRTA sele iqalisile ukwamkela umbonisi, ubhaliso lwabazimasi kunye nenkxaso ye-2010 World Religious Travel Expo.
I-WRTA Expo yonyaka ixhaswa yi-World Religious Travel Association, eyasungulwa kwi-2007 nguWright. Incwadi yakhe yamva nje, I-Christian Travel Planner (eyakhutshwa ngo-2008 nguThomas Nelson), yeyona ncwadi yesikhokelo yakha yapapashwa kuhambo olusekelwe elukholweni. Inguqulelo ehlaziyiweyo yeYuropu yakhe yeMonastery & Convent Guesthouses yakhululwa ngo-2008 yiLiguori Publications. (www.wrtaexpo.com, www.wrtareligioustravel.com.)
