PUERTO IGUAZU, Argentina - Ukusukela kwintlanganiso yokugqibela ye UNWTO I-Executive Council ngo-Okthobha wama-2009, amathuba oqoqosho lwehlabathi aye aphucuka ngokuthe ngcembe, nemfuno yokhenketho nayo iphinda ikhula ngamandla. Ibambe ngqo ilandela i UNWTO IKomishini yaseMelika, iSeshini yama-88 yeBhunga eliLawulayo, eyayibanjelwe ePuerto Iguazú, eArgentina, ukususela ngomhla wesi-6 ukuya kweyesi-8 kuJuni, ngowama-2010, yaba lithuba lokuba UNWTO amalungu ukucinga ngemingeni yexesha elizayo ejongene neshishini lezokhenketho kunye nokuba umbutho ungalungisa njani ngokufanelekileyo.

Ishishini lezokhenketho liye latshintsha ngokukhawuleza nangokubonakalayo ukusukela oko UNWTO yasekwa ngowe-1975. Ngowe-1975, kwakukho abakhenkethi abazizigidi ezingama-222, abangama-75 ekhulwini kubo babekumazwe ali-15, phantse onke evela kumazwe ahambele phambili kwezoqoqosho. Ngo-2009, eli nani liye lanyuka laya kutsho kwi-880 yezigidi, amazwe asakhasayo nasakhasayo atsala umyinge wama-50 ekhulwini wabafikeli. Ngaxeshanye, imingeni emitsha nentsokothileyo ngoku ijongene nokhenketho, ukusukela kwimo yezulu ukuya kutsho kumsantsa okhulayo wophuhliso kunye nokungaqiniseki koqoqosho oluqhubekayo apho ishishini kufuneka lisebenze.

Ngenxa yale nyaniso intsha, UNWTO liqhuba inkqubo yohlaziyo ukuze kulungiswe ngcono ukhenketho lwangoku nolwexesha elizayo kunye nemingeni yehlabathi. Ukuvula iSeshini ye-88 yeBhunga eliLawulayo, usihlalo weBhunga kunye noMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseCosta Rica, uCarlos Ricardo Benavides, wamkele indima ephambili yombutho ngexesha lobunzima boqoqosho lwehlabathi lwakutsha nje, kunye nenkqubo eqhubekayo yohlengahlengiso.

Kwingxelo yakhe kwiSigqeba soLawulo, UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele, uMnu. Taleb Rifai, uhlaziywe amalungu malunga nemeko yeshishini kwaye wachaza amanyathelo aqhubekayo okwenza umbutho womelele kwaye ulungele ukujongana nemingeni ekhulayo. UMnu. Rifai ukwaqinisekisile ukuba, “Nangona unyaka ka-2009 ibingowona nyaka unzima kwishishini lezokhenketho, eli candelo liye labonakala liqinile yaye lixhathise ngaphezu kwamanye amaninzi, libonisa ukubaluleka kwalo ekudaleni amathuba emisebenzi nasekungeniseni imali.”

Ngokumalunga nenjongo yombutho yokubandakanya ukhenketho kwi-ajenda yehlabathi njengomqhubi wohlumo loqoqosho nophuhliso, uNobhala-Jikelele wabelane namalungu ngeentshukumo ezenziweyo; ezizezi iintlanganiso eziye zabanjwa neentloko ezininzi zamazwe kunye neepalamente kunye nenkxaso yazo “kwisizathu sokhenketho.” Kulo mxholo, iBhunga ligxininise ukuba ilizwe ngalinye kufuneka lithethe ngamandla kwinqanaba likazwelonke ngokubaluleka kwecandelo lezokhenketho njengomvelisi wemisebenzi nobutyebi.

Ukuqaphela ubume behlabathi bemingeni ekhoyo ngoku kunye nokukhumbula ukuvalwa kwangoko kwendawo yomoya yaseYurophu ngenxa yelifu lomlotha, iBhunga liphinde libonise imfuneko yokuqinisa intsebenziswano phakathi kwamalungu kunye nokuphuhlisa izixhobo ezintsha, izikhokelo, kunye nezikhokelo zentsebenziswano yamazwe ngamazwe kunye nokuqonda.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

Opening the 88th Session of the Executive Council, the chairman of the Council and the Minister of Tourism of Costa Rica, Carlos Ricardo Benavides, welcomed the leading role of the organization during the recent global economic crisis, as well as the ongoing restructuring process.
Held directly following the UNWTO Commission for the Americas, the 88th Session of the Executive Council, held in Puerto Iguazú, Argentina, from June 6-8, 2010, was an opportunity for UNWTO amalungu ukucinga ngemingeni yexesha elizayo ejongene neshishini lezokhenketho kunye nokuba umbutho ungalungisa njani ngokufanelekileyo.
Ukuqaphela ubume behlabathi bemingeni ekhoyo ngoku kunye nokukhumbula ukuvalwa kwangoko kwendawo yomoya yaseYurophu ngenxa yelifu lomlotha, iBhunga liphinde libonise imfuneko yokuqinisa intsebenziswano phakathi kwamalungu kunye nokuphuhlisa izixhobo ezintsha, izikhokelo, kunye nezikhokelo zentsebenziswano yamazwe ngamazwe kunye nokuqonda.