Abasebenza kubakhenkethi eGalapagos: Akusekho ukukhula kwezokhenketho!

I-International Galapagos Tour Operators Association (IGTOA) icele urhulumente wase-Ecuador ukuba anciphise ukukhula kwezokhenketho kumhlaba kwiiGalapagos Islands kunye nokulawula ngononophelo ngakumbi eli candelo likhula ngokukhawuleza kwishishini lezokhenketho kwiziqithi.

Kwileta ethunyelwe kuMphathiswa wezoKhenketho e-Ecuador, u-Enrique Ponce de León ngoFebruwari 5, i-IGTOA ivakalise inkxalabo yayo yokuba izinga lokukhula kwezokhenketho olusekwe emhlabeni kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo alunakulondolozeka kwaye lunokubangela ingozi engenakuphinda ibuyiselwe kwindalo edumileyo yeziqithi. kunye nezilwanyana zasendle ezingaqhelekanga.

Phakathi kuka-2007 ukuya ku-2016, ngokweenkcukacha-manani zePaki yeSizwe yaseGalapagos, abafikayo ngokubanzi kwiiGalapagos Islands bonyuke ngeepesenti ezingama-39 (ukusuka kwi-161,000 ukuya kwi-225,000). Ngelo xesha linye, inani leendwendwe ezithatha inxaxheba kutyelelo olusekwe kumhlaba lonyuke ukusuka kuma-79,000 ukuya kwi-152,000 (ukwanda ngeepesenti ezingama-92), ngelixa ukhenketho olusekwe enqanaweni lwehlile, ukusuka kubakhenkethi abangama-82,000 ukuya kuthi ga ngaphezulu kwama-73,000 (iipesenti ezili-11 zehla) .

“Iinkampani zethu ezininzi ezingamalungu zithengisa ukhenketho olusekelwe kumhlaba kwiiGalapagos. Asiphikisani nokhenketho olusekwe kumhlaba ngamnye, kwaye, ngokulawulwa ngokufanelekileyo, siyaluxhasa, ”utshilo uJim Lutz, uMongameli weBhodi ye-IGTOA kunye noMongameli weVaya Adventures. “Kodwa inyani kukuba ikhulu leepesenti lokukhula kukhenketho lwaseGalapagos kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo kungenxa yokukhula kukhenketho olusekwe emhlabeni. Kwaye ngokungafaniyo nokhenketho olusekwe enqanaweni, apho kukho umda wenani labakhweli, akukho mda kuwo onke amanani abantu abanokuzibandakanya kukhenketho olusekwe emhlabeni. Ayizinzanga into yokuba kungabikho ukukhula okungapheliyo kukhenketho olusekwe emhlabeni kule meko ibuthathaka. ”

Ukusuka koo-1970 ukuya koo-2000s, uninzi lwabakhenkethi baseGalapagos bathathe inxaxheba kukhenketho olusekwe ezinqanaweni, ekudala lwaziwa kwilizwe liphela njengemodeli yokhenketho olunomda, nolulawulwa kakuhle. Urhulumente wase-Ecuador ubeke i-quotas engqongqo kwinani elipheleleyo leebhedi (iibhedi) ezivunyelweyo kwiinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa eGalapagos kwaye ubeke ikepisi ye-100 njengelona nani liphezulu labakhweli elinokuhamba nayo nayiphi na inqanawa. Akukho zithintelo ezifanayo okanye imigaqo elawula ukhenketho olusekwe kumhlaba. Ukuba izinga langoku lokukhula liyaqhubeka ngaphandle kokuyekiswa, kuya kubakho ngaphezulu kwesigidi esinye seendwendwe ngonyaka kwiiGalapagos Islands kwithuba elingaphantsi kweminyaka engama-35.

Imithombo yeendaba yamazwe ehlabathi iqala ukuqaphela iimpembelelo ezinokubakho koku kuhluma kukhenketho kungalawulwayo. Zombini i-CNN kunye nomshicileli wencwadi yesikhokelo u-Fodor kutshanje ubeke iziqithi kuluhlu lwazo ukuba bangatyeleli kwi-2018, bekhankanya inkxalabo malunga nefuthe elibi lezokhenketho apho.

Ngo-2007, i-UNESCO yathatha inyathelo elingaqhelekanga lokubeka ezi ziqithi kuLuhlu lweeNdawo zeLifa leMveli eNgozini ukuphendula kwizoyikiso ezahlukeneyo, kubandakanya ukhenketho olungathintelwanga kunye nokukhula kwabemi. Iziqithi zasuswa kuluhlu ngo-2010, kodwa ngoJulayi ka-2016 i-UNESCO yaphinda yakhala intsimbi ngokukhupha ingxelo eyayikhankanya ukunqongophala kwesicwangciso esiliqilima se-Ecuador sokudimaza ukukhula ngokukhawuleza kwezokhenketho njengomthombo oxhalabisayo.

"Ayikho enye indawo eMhlabeni njengeGalapagos, indawo apho ungasondela khona kunye nezilwanyana zasendle," utsho ilungu lebhodi le-IGTOA uMarc Patry, weqela le-IGTOA ilungu le-CNH Tours. “Ndihlala ndichukumisekile ngumsebenzi owenziwe ngurhulumente wase-Ecuador wokulawula ngokungqongqo ukhenketho olusekwe enqanaweni apho. Kodwa ke, xa ndithetha inyani, andibuboni ubungqina bokuba ijongene nokhenketho olusekwe emhlabeni ngendlela efanayo. Sibona itsunami yokukhula kwelo candelo. Ngaphandle kokuba kwenziwe into kungekudala, izibeka emngciphekweni wokujongela phantsi wonke umsebenzi olungileyo esele wenziwe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ”utshilo uParry, owayekuCharles Darwin Research Station iminyaka emine, elandelwa yiminyaka eli-11 esebenza kwiZiko leLifa leMveli le-UNESCO.

Ngokwenzululwazi, ukukhula okungalawulwayo kokhenketho kubeka izoyikiso ezininzi kwiziqithi zeGalapagos. Eyona nto iphambili phakathi kwabo kukuphazamiseka kokufika kweentlobo ezintsha zokufika kwemithwalo kunye nokufika kwabahambi ngenqwelomoya. Umzekelo, i-Wild Blackberry ehlasela kakhulu, ikhokelele kwilahleko yama-99 eepesenti amahlathi endalo aseScalesia kwiziqithi ezibini ezikhulu, i-Isabela neSanta Cruz. Ngalo naluphi na ukwanda kukhenketho olusekwe emhlabeni kuza ukuthunyelwa ngakumbi kwemithwalo, iziseko zophuhliso ezingaphezulu, iindlela ezingakumbi, kunye noxinzelelo ngakumbi lokukhula okuqhubekayo, into eya kuba nzima ngakumbi ukuyeka ixesha elide iqhubeka.