U-Saint Lucia uvotelwe njengosihlalo woMbutho wezoKhenketho kwiCaribbean (i-CTO), kunyulo namhlanje lomphathiswa wezokhenketho uDominic Fedee, ophelisa ixesha leminyaka emi-2 le-Bahamas, elinyukele kwisikhundla eBarbados ngo-2016.
Unyulo lwakhe lwenziwe ngokuhlwa nje e-Atlantis Resort kwiSiqithi seParadesi apho i-CTO ibibambe khona intlanganiso jikelele yonyaka phambi kokuvulwa ngokusesikweni kweNkomfa yeNkcubeko yezoKhenketho (i-SOTIC).
Emva kokonyulwa kwakhe, uMnu Fedee uthe wazithoba kwaye wayezingca ngokuba oogxa bakhe babeke ithemba labo kuye. Usihlalo omtsha ukwathe: “Sinethuba lokuqhubela phambili ukomelela kwenjongo yethu xa sisonke. Akunyanzelekanga ukuba sisebenzise inzame zethu ekusebenzisaneni kwethu kwinqanaba le-CTO ukunceda ukuqhubela phambili intshukumo yokudityaniswa ngokubanzi kwaye i-CTO inokubonwa kwi-ilk efanayo ne-West Indies cricket kunye neDyunivesithi yase West Indies njengebali lempumelelo lokumanyanisa iCaribbean phambili.
“I-Caribbean yenye yezona ndawo zomeleleyo kunye nezona zintle kwaye zinomnqweno wokuhamba emhlabeni kodwa ikwasisiseko esingasetyenziswanga kakhulu kwaye ithuba likho kuthi lokuqinisekisa ukuba sisebenzisa amandla ophawu kwizinto ezilungileyo Iindawo ezikwiCaribbean. ”
Umphathiswa wase-Saint Lucian ubize u-Tiffany Howard, igosa eliyintloko elilawulayo le-Saint Lucia Tourism Authority, njengosihlalo webhodi yabalawuli ye-CTO, ukusukela, ngokomgaqo-siseko we-CTO, usihlalo webhodi kunye nosihlalo weBhunga labaPhathiswa kunye AbaKomishinala boKhenketho kufuneka bevela kwilizwe elinye.
Ukongeza kunyulo lukasihlalo, kwonyulwa oosekela sihlalo ukuba basebenze kwikomiti yesigqeba sebhodi yabalawuli ukumela amaqela amancinci - iCuracao, emele iDutch Caribbean; IHaiti imele i-French Caribbean; I-Bahamas kunye neJamaica, ezimele amazwe azimeleyo oLuntu lweCaribbean kunye neCayman Islands ezimele imimandla yaseBritane engaphaya kwezilwandle. Le komiti iya kugqitywa ngabameli abavela kwicandelo labucala.
Ivoti yanamhlanje ibihambelana nomgaqo-siseko weCTO oyalela ukuba unyulo lubanjwe rhoqo emva kweminyaka emibini kwaye usihlalo akanakho ukuqhuba imiqathango ngokulandelelana.
Inkomfa yalo nyaka e-Atlantis Paradise Island Resort ihlelwe ngokubambisana ne-Bahamas 'yezokhenketho kwaye ixhaswe yiMartinique's Aimé Césaire International Airport, iCititech Solutions, iJetBlue kunye neDelta Air Lines, ngenkxaso evela kwiAmerican Airlines, eBahamas Air, eCaribbean. Iinqwelomoya kunye neInterCaribbean Airways.
Jonga iklip yevidiyo emfutshane kasihlalo omtsha Apha.
Ngolwazi oluthe kratya ngeSOTIC, Cofa apha.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “The Caribbean is one of the strongest and one of the most iconic and aspirational travel brands in the world but also it is the most underutilized and the opportunity exists for us to ensure that we utilize the strength of the brand for the collective good of the destinations of the Caribbean.
- Umphathiswa wase-Saint Lucian ubize u-Tiffany Howard, igosa eliyintloko elilawulayo le-Saint Lucia Tourism Authority, njengosihlalo webhodi yabalawuli ye-CTO, ukusukela, ngokomgaqo-siseko we-CTO, usihlalo webhodi kunye nosihlalo weBhunga labaPhathiswa kunye AbaKomishinala boKhenketho kufuneka bevela kwilizwe elinye.
- We have to spare no effort to use our collaboration at the CTO level to help to advance the wider integration movement and the CTO can be seen in the same ilk as West Indies cricket and the University of the West Indies as success stories to unite the Caribbean further.
