I-eTN eSri Lanka enegalelo elityunjwe kwibhodi yamanye amazwe ye-Asia Eco-Tourism Network 

USrilal Miththapala, ubuntu kumzi mveliso ophezulu wezokhenketho kunye negalelo rhoqo eTurboNews osuka eSri Lanka, uqeshwe kwiBhodi yeAsia Eco-Tourism Network, (AEN) ukuqala nge-1 Januwari 2019. Ekuqaleni uzakusebenza njengelungu elingavoti ebhodini, isithuba seenyanga ezi-6, emveni koko uyonyulwa njengelungu elipheleleyo lebhodi kwiAGM ngoJuni 2019.

USrilal ujoyina enye iSri Lankan ebhodini, uHiran Cooray, uSihlalo weqela leJet Wing.

Inethiwekhi yeAsia yezoKhenketho (i-AEN) yintloko e-Bangkok, kwaye amazwe angamalungu asekwayo aquka iJapan, iMalaysia, iSri Lanka, iThailand, iNepal, iChina, uMzantsi Korea, iMongolia, i-Indiya, iLaos, iPakistan, iBhutan, i-Indonesia, iBangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines kunye Australia. Eli linyathelo lengingqi ye-Global Ecotourism Network (GEN)

Iinjongo eziphambili ze-AEN zibandakanya:

• Ukunxibelelana nabachaphazelekayo kutyelelo lwe-AEN ngolwazi, kunye nentengiso kunye namathuba oshishino
• Ukudala amathuba amatsha onxibelelwano kubathathi-nxaxheba kwi-AEN ecotourism.
• Ukubonelela abathathi-nxaxheba be-AEN ecotourism ngezixhobo zale mihla ze-eLearning, amathuba oqeqesho kunye nedatha yentengiso.
• Ukuphembelela abenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo kunye nokugxininisa ukubaluleka kokwamkela uphawu lwehlabathi kunye nokuqinisekiswa.

I-AEN ixhasa ibhunga loKhenketho oluZinzileyo lweHlabathi (i-GSTC) kunye neendlela zalo zokuzinza ukuzinza kwababoneleli bokuhamba, indawo yokuhlala, indawo ekuyiwa kuzo, kunye nabasemagunyeni e-Asiya nangaphaya.

I-Srilal inamava angaphezulu kweminyaka engama-25 yamava kushishino lokubuka iindwendwe, okokuqala ezandleni zolawulo lokusebenza, emva koko kuphuhliso lobuchule kwezokhenketho.

Ngenqanaba lokuqala kubuNjineli boMbane, emva koko wamkela ishishini lokubuka iindwendwe, umsebenzi wakhe waqala ngokufumana amava okusebenza kakuhle, elawula igumbi laseSri Lanka elikhokelayo lamagumbi angama-200 ehotele ihotele iRio Hotelina eBentota. Uye emva koko ngokuthe ngcembe wanyusa ileli wayiqhubela phambili imisebenzi yamaqela ejonge kwiihotele ezine, kunye nolawulo lwesicwangciso-qhinga, ukuthengisa kunye nophuhliso

Iminyaka yakhe yokugqibela eli-10 kwicandelo labucala yayiyi-CEO ye-Serendib Leisure Management, eyayine-portfolio yeehotele ezintathu ezithandwayo eziphantsi kolawulo lwayo. Uzukiswa ngokuguqula enye yehotele yeqela, ihotele Sigiriya, ibe yindawo eyaziwayo ehotele, ngexesha lakhe njenge-CEO. Ihotele yaphumelela amabhaso aliqela kuzwelonke nakwamanye amazwe ngomsebenzi wayo kuphuhliso oluzinzileyo kunye nokusetyenziswa kwenkqubo. IPATA igunyazise isifundo samatyala malunga nebali lempumelelo ehotele.

Ngenxa yemizamo yakhe wawongwa ngeGreen Jobs ngo-2008 ngurhulumente waseSri Lanka

I-Srilal ikwanokubhencwa okubonakalayo kwibala lezokwamkela iindwendwe kumazwe ngamazwe, ithatha inxaxheba kwaye ihambisa amaphepha kwiindibano ezininzi zamanye amazwe, iindibano zocweyo kunye neentshukumo zohambo, ngakumbi kwiAsia Pacific Region.

WayenguMongameli woMbutho wamahotele abakhenkethi eSri Lanka (i-THASL), umbutho ophambili wabucala wokhenketho eSri Lanka ukusukela ngo-2009 ukuya ku-2010.

Emva kokusebenza kwiCandelo laBucala, wakhokela i-EU ephumeleleyo e-SWITCH ASIA 'Greening Sri Lanka Hotels' projekthi eyayilawulwa yiCeylon Chamber of Commerce eyayiyeyona ndawo iphambili yozinzo eSri Lanka. Iprojekthi yagwetywa njengeyona projekthi ibalaseleyo ye-EU SWITCH ASIA eMzantsi Asia kwaye yaboniswa kwi-EU eBrussels.

Ethetha ngale ndibano ihloniphekileyo, uMiththapala uthe “Ndizive ndizolile, kwaye kwangaxeshanye ndinebhongo, ngokufumana olu lwamkelo lwamazwe ngamazwe ngomsebenzi endiwenzileyo ukukhuthaza uphuhliso lokhenketho oluzinzileyo kwilizwe lethu. Lilungelo elikhulu ngokwenene. Ndiza kuzama ke ngoku ukwabelana ngolwazi lwam, kunye namava endiwafumeneyo, kunye nezifundo endizifundileyo ngokuzama ukukhuthaza uphuhliso lokhenketho oluzinzileyo eSri Lanka, namanye amazwe anomdla eAsia. ”

Uye wahlekisa "Ngelishwa ngamanye amaxesha ngabantu bamanye amazwe abayiqondayo iinzame zakho", mhlawumbi beveza ukukhathazeka kwakhe nabasemagunyeni kwezokhenketho eSri Lanka athe wazuza kancinci kubo ukuqhubela phambili unobangela wophuhliso lokhenketho oluzinzileyo. “Abadlali babucala ngabo abakhokelayo ngoku. Akukho mgaqo-nkqubo ucacileyo okanye kugxilwe kwabasemagunyeni. ”

Ngoku uthathe umhlala-phantsi, wenza imisebenzi eyahlukeneyo yokubonisana noPhuhliso loKhenketho oluZinzileyo, iNdalo kunye noBomi baseKhaya. Usebenze nemibutho emininzi yabucala, kubandakanya uninzi lwee-NGOs kunye nokuhamba kancinci ngeprojekthi yeBhanki yeHlabathi eIndiya.

USrilal ukwangumhlohli otyelele iindwendwe kwiYunivesithi yasePlymouth e-UK naseMonash University eMelbourne kwimixholo yozinzo. Ukwaqhuba iindibano zocweyo kuqeqesho kwindlela yokusetyenziswa okuzinzileyo, enika izifundo kunye nokwenza intetho ngoZinzo, ubomi basendle kunye nokusingqongileyo ezikolweni nakwiminye imibutho. Ube sisithethi esiphambili kwinqaku lotyelelo lwezendalo kunye neeforamu zokhenketho ezizinzileyo.

Ungumlingani wabo bobabini iZiko leeNjineli zoMbane e-UK, kunye noMfo weZiko lokuBuka iindwendwe e-UK.

Ngexesha lakhe lokuphumla ngoku ulandela ukuthanda kwakhe ukonwabela ubomi basendle, okusingqongileyo, kunye nokufunda kunye nokujonga iindlovu zasendle.