I-Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) iqinisekisile unyulo lwamalungu amabini amatsha kwiBhodi eLawulayo izolo: UDkt. Chuwit Mitrchob, uSekela Mlawuli-Jikelele weeNdawo ezichongiweyo zoLawulo lwezoKhenketho oluZinzileyo (DASTA), kunye noSharzede Datu Haji Salleh Askor, i-CEO yeBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseSarawak (STB). Ngaphaya koko, uRaki Phillips, iCEO yeRas Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA), uqeshwe njengelungu leBhodi yesiGqeba.
Oku kuqeshwa kwaqinisekiswa ngoLwesibini, ngo-Epreli 22, ngexesha leNtlanganiso yoNyaka ye-PATA ye-74 (AGM), eyenzeka kwiNgqungquthela yoNyaka ye-PATA 2025 (PAS 2025) e-Istanbul, eTurkey.
"UDkt. Chuwit, uSharzede kunye noRaki baye baba ngabaxhasi abamangalisayo bePATA kwiminyaka, banikela ngexesha labo, ubuchule kunye nothando ngeendlela ezenze ngokwenene umehluko," kusho i-CEO yePATA uNoor Ahmad Hamid emva kokuqinisekiswa. "Igalelo labo, njengamalungu eBhodi yangaphambili kunye nabaxhasi abakhutheleyo bemisitho yethu kunye namanyathelo ethu, ancede ukuqhubela phambili umgomo wethu wokukhulisa ukhenketho ngendlela ethembekileyo nebandakanyayo. Ndivuyisana nabo ngokusuka entliziyweni, kwaye ndijonge phambili ekwakheni intsebenziswano yethu kwiminyaka ezayo."
Unyulwe ngamalungu eBhodi ye-PATA iminyaka emibini, uDkt Mitrchob kunye noNksz Salleh Askor baya kusebenzisana namanye amalungu eBhodi yesiGqeba ukuqhubela phambili iinjongo zoMbutho zokukhuthaza uphuhliso lokhenketho olunoxanduva kummandla wase-Asia Pacific. Baza kuphumelela amalungu eBhodi eLawulayo aphumayo uGerald Perez, uSekela Mongameli weGuam yeendwendwe Bureau, kunye noNoredah Othman, i-CEO ye-Sabah Convention Bureau, emele iBhodi yezoKhenketho ye-Sabah.
UGqr. Chuwit Mitrchob usebenza njengoSekela Mlawuli-Jikelele weMimandla eMiselweyo yoLawulo loKhenketho oluZinzileyo (i-DASTA) ngaphakathi kwiSebe lezoKhenketho kunye neMidlalo yase-Thailand. Ube ngundoqo ekukhuthazeni intsebenziswano phakathi kwe-DASTA kunye nemibutho yezokhenketho yamazwe ngamazwe, kuquka neenzame zakhe zobuvulindlela zokuhlanganisa i-Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) kumanyathelo okhenketho oluzinzileyo lwaseThailand.
Ukongeza, wadlala indima ebalulekileyo ekusekweni kwe-Asian Ecotourism Network (AEN). Ubuchwephesha bakhe bubandakanya ukhenketho lwekhabhoni ephantsi, ukhenketho lokuyila, ukhenketho lwe-gastronomy, kunye nokhenketho olusekwe kuluntu, kwaye ukhokele izixeko ekufakweni kwazo kwi-UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN), ngakumbi iSukhothai (IsiXeko sokuCwangcisa soBugcisa kunye noBugcisa boMntu) kunye nePhetchaburi (IsiXeko soBuchule seGastronomy).
Sharzede Datu Hj. USalleh Askor usebenza njengeGosa eliyiNtloko lesiGqeba se-STB kwaye ukwalilungu leBhodi yabaLawuli bayo. Phambi kwexesha lakhe e-STB, wayenezikhundla ezibalulekileyo zobunkokeli kumacandelo ahlukeneyo, kuquka ne-Malaysian conglomerate, umcebisi ngezentengiso, kunye neziko lemiboniso yamazwe ngamazwe kunye nendibano.
Ngaphezulu kwamashumi amathathu eminyaka yobuchwephesha kunxibelelwano lwentengiso oluhlanganisiweyo, uphawu, uxanduva loshishino lwentlalo (CSR), kunye nolawulo lwesigqeba, uSharzede ungumcebisi onomdla wokhenketho olubandakanyayo. Uqinisekisa ukuba wonke umntu ochaphazelekayo ubalulekile ekwandiseni iprofayile yeSarawak yehlabathi. Umbono wakhe ujolise ekusekeni ukhenketho olunenkathalo kunye ne-niche njengesiseko secandelo lezokhenketho e-Sarawak, ngokwenjenjalo ukuqinisa uqoqosho lwasekhaya kunye nokudibanisa izenzo ezizinzileyo zokusingqongileyo kwisikhokelo sokhenketho sommandla.
URaki Phillips ukhokela ukuqhubela phambili kobuchule kweRas Al Khaimah njengendawo ephambili yokhenketho kwaye yamkelwe njengoSomashishini woNyaka wama-2023 yimagazini yaseArabia Business. Kwisikhundla sakhe, uzinikele kungekuphela nje ekwandiseni ukhuphiswano lweshishini lokhenketho kodwa nasekukhuthazeni uqoqosho kunye nentlalontle ye-Emirate, ngelixa ephucula umgangatho wobomi kubo bonke abahlali bayo.
UGq. Mitrchob, uNksz Salleh Askor, kunye noMnu. Phillips baya kusebenzisana namanye amalungu eBhodi yesiGqeba, kuquka uPeter Semone, uSihlalo wePATA; USuman Pandey, uMongameli we-Explore Himalaya Travel & Adventure; Luzi Matzig, uSihlalo we-Asian Trails Ltd.; UNoor Ahmad Hamid, i-CEO ye-PATA; U-Ben Montgomery, uMmeli weNkampani kwiiHotele neeNdawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide kuCenta; UHenry Oh, uSihlalo we-Global Tour Ltd.; Mayur Patel, iNtloko ye-Asia kwi-OAG; SanJeet, uMlawuli weDDP Publications Private Limited; kunye no-Alexander Rayner, i-CEO ye-SmartData.travel Limited (iZiko loKhenketho lweCyber).