Ukusayinwa kwe-Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) kwenzeka ngexesha le-FITUR, owona mboniso mkhulu wezorhwebo wezokhenketho eSpain, phakathi ko-Co-Chair we-Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (I-GTRCMC) kunye noMphathiswa wezoKhenketho oHloniphekileyo. U-Edmund Bartlett kunye naBaphathi abaPhezulu be-Mastercard, bezisa unyuso olukhulu kwimisebenzi yeZiko.
“Ixesha le-MOU libalulekile njengoko sifuna ukwakha ukomelela kwihlabathi jikelele kukhenketho. Oku kuya kunceda ukuqinisa igunya lethu lokuvelisa kunye nokuguqula imibono emitsha ibe yizisombululo ezibonakalayo zokwakha ukomelela. Ngenxa yokuba kungenxa yemibono emitsha kunye nokutsha esiya kukwazi ukuziqhelanisa, ukuphendula kwaye siphumelele emva kokuphazamiseka kwishishini, "watsho u-Co-Chair we-GTRCMC kunye noMphathiswa wezoKhenketho uBartlett.
Mastercard, eyesibini ngobukhulu emhlabeni jikelele, idale i-hub entsha esebenza kunye noorhulumente kunye nee-arhente zecandelo likarhulumente ukukhawulezisa iinzame zabo zedijithali, kunye nokwenza izinto ezintsha, uphando, kunye nokudala izisombululo kwi-ecosystem yokhenketho. Ngokusebenza ngokusondeleyo noorhulumente, ii-arhente zecandelo likarhulumente nelabucala, kunye nabasemagunyeni kwezokhenketho kwihlabathi liphela, iTourism Innovation Hub inceda ekudaleni ukhenketho oluzinzileyo, oluqukayo, nolukwaziyo ukuzimela.
“Ubhubhani we-COVID-19 ubonise ukubaluleka kobudlelwane babucala norhulumente. Kungobu buhlakani apho iJamaica yakwazi ukuphinda ivule imida yayo kwakamsinya nje emva kokuba ubhubhane ubethe kwaye yahlala ivulekile. Le ntsebenziswano ne-Mastercard linyathelo eliya kwicala elililo njengoko sizisa ezona ngqondo zibalaseleyo kunye nobuchule bokwakha ukomelela kwezokhenketho,” utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
Ukusayinwa kuza kwiiveki ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba i-GTRCMC kunye nabalingane bayo bamazwe ngamazwe babambe iNkomfa yeGlobal Tourism Resilience e-Kingston, eJamaica, ukususela ngoFebruwari 15-17, 2023, kwiKomkhulu leNgingqi yeYunivesithi yaseWest Indies.
“Njengoko silungiselela ukwamkela izithethi zezizwe ngezizwe ezingaphezu kwamashumi amane eziphuma kwihlabathi liphela, eziya kuthi zibonelele ngokunzulu malunga nokomelela kwezokhenketho, ukutyikitywa kwe-MOU ne-Mastercard kusexesheni kwaye kuya konyusa iinzame zethu kakhulu,” utshilo uNjingalwazi Waller, uMlawuli oyiNtloko we. I-GTRCMC.
The Ukuqiniswa kweZokhenketho kwiHlabathi liphela kunye neZiko loLawulo lweNtlekele, ikomkhulu laseJamaica, yayiyiziko lokuqala lezemfundo elizinikele ekujonganeni neengxaki kunye nokuqina kwishishini lokuhamba lommandla. I-GTRCMC inceda iindawo ekusingwa kuzo ekulungisweni, ekulawuleni nasekubuyeleni kwakhona kwiziphazamiso kunye/okanye kwiintlekele ezichaphazela ukhenketho kwaye zibeke emngciphekweni uqoqosho kunye neendlela zokuphila kwihlabathi jikelele. Ukususela ekusekweni kwayo ngo-2018, amaziko amaninzi esatellite aphehlelelwe eKenya, eNigeria naseCosta Rica. Amanye akwiphulo lokusiwa eJordan, eSpain, eGreece naseBulgaria.
