UMbutho weZizwe eziManyeneyo woKhenketho lweHlabathi (UNWTO) INgqungquthela yabaPhathiswa, eyayibanjwe ngexesha le-World Travel Market (WTM) eLondon kwiveki ephelileyo ibone ukuvulwa okuchulumancisayo kunye noKhenketho lwaseSri Lanka olunikela ngengoma/iDVD “Ilizwe elifana nelinye; A Tourism EarthLung” – isibongozo kwingoma ka-Alston Koch yokukhathalela uMama woMhlaba.
Unozakuzaku wezoKhenketho eSri Lanka, u-Alston, uye waqhwaba izandla abathunywa ababekwisamithi yabaphathiswa, waza emva koko wanikezela, kwiNkomfa yeeMbasa zoKhenketho eziSebenzayo eVirgin Airlines. Ukuphehlelelwa kweDVD yomculo – “Ilizwe elifana nelinye; I-Tourism EarthLung” yayilandela inyathelo elathathwa ngo-Oktobha ka-2007 xa iSri Lanka's: Tourism's EarthLung, yaziswa kwihlabathi kwinkomfa yehlabathi yesibini 'engoTshintsho lweMozulu noKhenketho' eDavos, eSwitzerland. Inkqubo ye-EarthLung ifuna ukwenza iSri Lanka ibe yindawo yokuya ngaphandle kwekhabhoni ngo-2018. Le ngcamango yokuqhawula umhlaba yavunywa UNWTO njengendlela eya phambili kukhenketho; ikwanaso nesibongozo esinamandla kubahambi kwaye ngakumbi kwabo bahamba kwiindawo zokuhanjwa ezinde, ekuthomalaliseni ubutyala bohambo. Umsebenzi weSri Lanka kulondolozo kunye nesazela sendalo esingqongileyo kweminye imimandla, nawo, wagxininiswa kwingqungquthela yabaphathiswa apho uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho uMilinda Moragoda kunye nosihlalo we-Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau baye banikezela ngombono weSri Lanka kunye neenzame zokufumana iwonga lokungathathi hlangothi kwekhabhoni.
“Eli linyathelo lokugxila kumcimbi wotshintsho lwemozulu kunye nemfuneko yokuba bonke bathathe amanyathelo okuqinisekisa. Akukho ndawo esikufumanayo kweli nqanaba, kwaye yonke iSri Lanka kufuneka isebenze kunye ukuyenza yenzeke. Icandelo loMphathiswa Wezendalo kunye neMithombo yeNdalo lizinikele ekuqinisekiseni ukuba iSri Lanka lilizwe eliluhlaza, kwaye ukhenketho lwaseSri Lanka lubonelela ngokuqhubela phambili kwezo nzame. Onke amacandelo kubandakanya ezemfundo, amahlathi, ulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle, ukhenketho, kunye nezinto ezinjalo kufuneka zisebenzisane ukuze zikwazi ukwenzeka kwaye kuphela kwendlela esinayo. Ukunciphisa utshintsho lwemozulu namhlanje ayisiyonto intle ukuyenza, kodwa ngumba wokusinda kwethu. Ukhenketho oluxhomekeke kwindalo nakwezentlalo nenkcubeko, kufuneka lube phambili ekusebenziseni abalondolozi bendalo kunye nabo bonke abemi ekufezekiseni oku, ”utshilo uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho. "Impumelelo yethu iyakuba xa abasebenza elunxwemeni kunye nabanye abakhenkethi beyamkela le nzame, njengabanini bezokhenketho ngokusesikweni," wongeze watsho.
“Ilizwe elingazange libekho; Umhlaba woKhenketho, ”iDVD yomculo enengoma kunye namazwi ka-Alston, ijolise kwindalo etyebileyo yaseSri Lanka -ukubeka indawo eluhlaza ngokuhlaba ikhwelo kubemi bonke bomhlaba ukuba bathathe amanyathelo ngoku.
Phakathi kwezinto ezininzi zokuncoma ingoma efunyenweyo, yayiyeyoMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseBritane, uBarbara Follet, owathi, "Le yenye yeengoma ezilungileyo kakhulu endiyivileyo kulo nyaka kwaye imiboniso yaseSri Lanka ngasemva yayintle," kunye noluvo lukasihlalo, iWorld Travel Market, uFiona Jeffery, owathi, “Le yingoma echukumisayo, kwaye la mazwi akhuthazayo aya kunceda ukuqhubela phambili inyathelo leEarthLung kwihlabathi liphela.” Uqhube wathi, "Esi sisipho ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo seSri Lanka kwihlabathi."
Eli phulo lixhaswa nguMbutho wezoKhenketho weHlabathi weZizwe eziManyeneyo kunye nosekela Nobhala Jikelele uGeoffrey Lipman obongamele le seshoni uthe, “Lixesha ngoku lokuba sakhe uMhlaba woLuntu woMhlaba, apho singabelana khona ngolwazi ngemizamo yethu omnye komnye sihambe. sisonke ukuze siphumeze injongo yethu efanayo yokunciphisa izinto ezibangela ukunyuka kobushushu emhlabeni. ”
ISri Lanka ikhanya ngemincomo emibini kwiNtengiso yeHlabathi yoKhenketho
UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho uMilinda Moragoda kunye noSihlalo, iQumrhu leeNkuthazo zoKhenketho uRenton de Alwis benze iinkcazo-ntetho kwi UNWTO ISamithi yabaPhathiswa boKhenketho nge-11 kaNovemba ka-2008 nakwi-World Responsible Tourism Day ngoNovemba 12 kwi-World Travel Market eLondon. Baye babelana ngeengcinga zabo kunye nombono wabo wokusebenzela i-carbon-clean Sri Lanka ngo-2018.
Umphathiswa ugxininise isidingo sokubandakanya bonke abathathi-nxaxheba kwaye wakhankanya ukuba umceli mngeni yayingekokufumana nje ukuzibophelela kubanini bezokhenketho ngokusesikweni, kodwa kukwenza nokuba 'ulwandle boy' aqonde kwaye aphendule kwimfuno yokunciphisa unobangela wotshintsho lwemozulu.
Amazwi omphathiswa aqinisekisiwe xa iiVirgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards ngo-2008 zinika imbasa iProjekthi yoLondolozo lweeFudo eSri Lanka 'ngokuncoma kakhulu,' kwicandelo lokuLondolozwa kweeNtsholongwane ezisengozini. Isicatshulwa sabagwebi sathi, 'IProjekthi yoFudo yoLondolozo iyaqatshelwa ngomsebenzi wayo “nabazingeli abangenamvume” kunye nempumelelo yayo ekukhuthazeni “amakhwenkwe aselwandle” ukuba abe ngabakhaphi babofudo, abenegalelo elikhulu ekukhuseleni iindawo ezihlala kuzo ufudo, ezinelunda ngazo iwonga elitsha kunye nendima abayidlalayo kulondolozo lweemfudo. '
Kuluhlu olukhulu lwehotele, ihotele iSigiriya nayo yanconywa kakhulu, isiza nembali yokuya eSri Lanka. Ngokuncoma, iijaji zithe 'uSigiriya uyibuyisele kwakhona ihotele ukuze yonyuse ukusebenza kwayo ngamandla kunye nozinzo; ilinganisa ukusebenza kwayo njengesixhobo solawulo kuphuculo oluqhubekayo kwaye yabelana ngolwazi olo nabanye ukubakhuthaza ukuba banciphise ezabo iimpembelelo kokusingqongileyo. '
Phakathi kwabo babekuloo nkomfa bachukunyiswa ngumsebenzi waseSri Lanka kulondolozo lwendalo, bekukho i-anchor ye-BBC kunye nomninimzi we-Hard Talk uStephan Sackur kunye noMark Edwards, intatheli eyaziwayo ye-Hard Rain Foundation. Bathe ingoma kunye neenzame ziyakhuthaza kwaye bachukunyiswa yimizamo yaseSri Lanka. Kwisidlo sasemini se-BBC kwangolo suku lunye, intloko ye-BBC yeendaba ze-Global John Simpson wabhekisa eSri Lanka 'njengendawo apho uziva wamkelekile kwaye ufunwa khona.'
