Usuku lwesithathu lwe-World Travel Market 2013 (uLwesithathu, we-5 kaNovemba) luqinisekise inani lezivumelwano zoshishino kumgangatho womboniso olona suku lukhulu lwentshukumo yokhenketho enoxanduva ehlabathini – uSuku lweHlabathi loKhenketho oluThatha uxanduva lwenzeka.
Amava kaTurismo Andalucia aqhelekile kwii-DMO ezininzi (imibutho yentengiso yendawo ekusingwa kuyo) eziyayo. Iqinisekisile ukuba ngosuku olunye (ngoLwesibini) isayine izivumelwano kunye nabaqhubi abakhenkethi abahlukeneyo abahlanu, babambe iingxoxo kunye neenqwelomoya ezimbini zeenqwelomoya ezinkulu zase-UK kwaye yakwazi ukubhengeza ummandla uya kubamba inkomfa ye-arhente yokuhamba kunyaka ozayo. Iphinde yahlaziya isivumelwano kunye nebhanki yebhedi eyayinoxanduva kulo nyaka lokuzisa ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha sesigidi sokulala ebusuku.
INtloko yeNtengiso yeHlabathi u-Antonio Martin-Machuca Ales uthe: “I-WTM ibaluleke kakhulu kwaye ukuza kuthi ga ngoku siphumelele kakhulu. Kulo nyaka uzayo lo mmandla kufuneka ubone phakathi kwe-10% kunye ne-15% ngaphezulu kweBrits ethatha ithuba le-gastronomy yethu, inkcubeko, ikhefu edolophini, i-ski kunye nemveliso yegalufa.
I-Canary Islands iSekela likaMphathiswa wezoKhenketho u-Ricardo Fernandez uthe iziqithi zine-WTM enkulu ye-2013, ngoko ke wandiswa ukuhlala kwakhe kumsitho. “Baninzi abantu abandicele iintlanganiso kangangokuba ndihlala ixesha elide ukuze ndibafake bonke,” utshilo, esongeza “ngomkhenkethi omnye siza kwenza okuninzi kulo nyaka uzayo.”
UFernandez wongezelela ukuba kwi-WTM 2013 iqela leziqithi zaseCanary liye lakwazi ukugxila ekuphuculeni amakhonkco kunye nokwandisa umthamo ovela kwiimarike ezikhulayo zaseRashiya naseFransi kunye neemarike eziphambili zemveli.
Impumelelo yeCanaries kulo nyaka iyinto eyothusayo encinci emva kwesiphumo esihle esivela kwi-2012. UFernandez uthe, njengesiphumo esithe ngqo se-WTM2012, iziqithi zabona ukwanda kwe-1.3 yezigidi zezihlalo zomoya kwixesha langoku lasebusika.
Kwenye indawo, Tyelela iFlanders, iqabane eliyinkulumbuso le-WTM lika-2013, liqinisekisile ukuba liya kuba nobudlelwane obufanayo kunye ne-WTM kunyaka ozayo. Ikwaveze amanye amanyathelo njengenxalenye yephulo layo lokuthengisa ikhulu leminyaka yeMfazwe eNkulu kulo nyaka uzayo, ibandakanya uhambo olusingethwe yibhlog olundwendwela iindawo eziphambili kunye nokuya kwimisitho yesikhumbuzo.
Ezinye izicwangciso zonyaka ozayo ezibhengezwe yiFlanders kwi-WTM zibandakanya iprojekthi eqingqiweyo yokubambisana, i-Comingworld, Khumbula Me. Ezinye iziqwenga ezingama-600,000 zobugcisa be-ceramic ziya kwenziwa kwaye nganye inikwe ithegi yenja enegama lejoni eliwileyo kwaye ibekwe ebaleni eYpres.
Izivumelwano zijolise kwi-WTM, kodwa iingxoxo zikwayinxalenye ebalulekileyo yonikezelo lwayo lonke. Inqwelomoya sisihloko esinokwahlula izimvo. UMlawuli oyiNtloko weLondon Heathrow uColin Matthews uthe ukuba nezikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezimbini e-UK azinakusebenza. Ikomishini karhulumente wase-UK ngoku ivavanya iindlela zokwandisa izikhululo zeenqwelomoya zaseLondon. UMatthews wayezigxeka kakhulu izicwangciso zikaloliwe ohamba ngesantya esiphezulu odibanisa iHeathrow neGatwick. “Asiyonyani leyo,” watsho. "Siza kuba nendawo enye okanye singabikho, asiyi kuba nambini," kwaye wayixhasa ingxoxo yakhe ngemizekelo yendlela ulwando lwesikhululo seenqwelomoya oluye lwaphathwa kakubi eShanghai naseTokyo.
NgoLwesithathu umhla wesi-6 kuNovemba ikwaluSuku lweHlabathi loKhenketho oluThatha uXanduva, olubhiyozelwa eWTM ngeqela leesemina kunye neengxoxo zamaqela. IiMbasa zeResponsible Tourism nazo zanikezelwa. Oyena mntu uphumeleleyo ibiyi-TUI Netherlands, eyafumana iwonga ngenxa yomsebenzi wayo wokujongana nokhenketho lwabantwana ngokwesondo kumantla eBrazil.
Ukhenketho oluthatha uxanduva ngummandla obanzi kakhulu, kwaye enye inkalo iWTM ethe yabandakanyeka kuyo yindima yabasetyhini kushishino. Abasetyhini benza ngaphezu kwesiqingatha seshishini kodwa abamelwanga ngokwaneleyo kwinqanaba lesigqeba.
IYunivesithi yaseNtshona yeNgilani uMhlohli oMkhulu kuPhuhliso lwezoKhenketho lwaMazwe ngaMazwe uGqr Stroma Cole, uthe ingxelo yeqela le-Equality In Tourism ibonise ngaphantsi kwe-15% yamalungu ebhodi kwiifemu zase-UK ngabasetyhini - kwaye i-25% yeenkampani azinabafazi kwaphela kwiibhodi.
Enye iseshoni eqhelekileyo kwi-WTM yi-OutNow LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) Masterclass. Umsunguli kunye ne-CEO u-Ian Johnson uveze uphando olutsha oluqikelela ukuba uluntu lwe-LGBT luya kuchitha ngaphezu kwe-$ 200bn ekuhambeni kwi-2014. Ngaphakathi koku, imali echithwe yi-British LGBT yoluntu iya kudlula i-$ 10bn.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Some 600,000 pieces of ceramic art will be created and each given a dog tag with the name of a fallen soldier and placed in a field in Ypres.
- The Canary Islands Vice Minister of Tourism Ricardo Fernandez said the islands have had a great WTM 2013, so much so he is extended his stay at the event.
- “So many people have asked me for meetings that I am staying longer to fit them all in,” he said, adding “with one tour operator we are going to do a lot in the coming year.
