ICosta Rica ilungele ukusingatha uhlelo olutsha oludumileyo INgqungquthela Yomhlaba Wonke Yokhenketho Oluzinzileyo: IPlanethi, Abantu, Uxolo (P3), eyenzeka nge-9-11 ngo-Okthobha eSan José, ikomkhulu lelizwe. Iforam, eza kuzinyaswa nguNobhala Jikelele woMbutho wezoKhenketho weHlabathi (UNWTO) UTaleb D. Rifai, womeleza ngakumbi indawo yeCosta Rica njengeyona nto iphambili kukhenketho oluzinzileyo oluhlanganisiweyo kwihlabathi.
Ushicilelo lwesithandathu lweNkomfa ye-P3 yamkela oosomashishini abangama-25 bamazwe ngamazwe kunye neenkokheli zehlabathi, kubandakanywa nomcebisi ohloniphekileyo weqhinga lehlabathi u-Anita Mendiratta kunye noShannon Stowell, i-Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA), kunye noMnu Rifai. Injongo yomcimbi weentsuku ezintathu kukutshintshiselana ngolwazi kunye namava kunye nokuvelisa iiprojekthi ezintsha ezenza ukuzibophelela ekuzinzeni, zombini kunye noluntu.
Iforamu yalo nyaka ingena kuNyaka weHlabathi woKhenketho oluZinzileyo kuPhuhliso – uLuis Guillermo Solís, uMongameli waseCosta Rica, wongeniswa njengoNozakuzaku oKhethekileyo UNWTO njengokuqatshelwa komsebenzi wobuvulindlela welizwe kukhenketho oluzinzileyo. Kuthathwa "njengendlela yokuphila", izenzo zozinzo zibonwa kuyo yonke imimandla yaseCosta Rica, yamkelwe ngabo bonke abemi kwaye yamkelwe ngabatyeleli.
Ukuzinza ikwayinto ephambili kwiBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseCosta Rica (ICT), eneModeli yoPhuhliso lwezoKhenketho oluZinzileyo eye yafumana ukuqondwa kwihlabathi liphela. Phantse wonke umbane waseCosta Rica ngoku uveliswa kwimithombo enokuhlaziywa. Ngapha koko, ilizwe laseMbindi Merika, eliqhayisa nge-5% yendalo eyahlukeneyo kwihlabathi, ijolise ekubeni lilizwe lokuqala ukungathathi hlangothi kwikhabhoni ngo-2021.
UMauricio Ventura, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho eCosta Rica, uthi: “INkomfa ye-P3 sisiganeko esiphambili kuthi sokubonisa umhlaba iModeli yoPhuhliso loKhenketho oluZinzileyo iCosta Rica ebilukhuthaza ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu. Ikwalilungelo lokwenene ukuba noMnu Rifai, oyena mmeli ubalaseleyo wokhenketho emhlabeni, nathi. Sonke sijonge phambili ekumamkeleni eCosta Rica. ”
INkomfa ye-P3 iya kubanjelwa kwi-Real Intercontinental Hotel kwaye iququzelelwe yiBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseCosta Rica (i-ICT) kunye ne-Costa Rican Chamber of Ecotourism kunye ne-Sustainable Tourism (CANAECO). Iintlelo ezintlanu ezidlulileyo ziye zadibanisa abathathi-nxaxheba abangaphezu kwe-1,100 kunye neengcali ezingaphezu kwe-100 ezivela kwihlabathi liphela.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- This year's forum falls in the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development – Luis Guillermo Solís, President of Costa Rica, was named Special Ambassador to the UNWTO as recognition of the country's pioneering work in sustainable tourism.
- The P3 Conference will be held at the Real Intercontinental Hotel and is organised by the Costa Rica Tourism Board (ICT) and the Costa Rican Chamber of Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism (CANAECO).
- “The P3 Conference is a key event for us to show the world the Model of Sustainable Tourism Development that Costa Rica has been promoting for over three decades.
