Ibhodi yezoKhenketho eSingapore (I-STB) iye yazisa amalinge amabini amatsha ajolise ekwandiseni ukhenketho oluzinzileyo kunye nokuxhasa iSicwangciso soHlaza saseSingapore sika-2030. Inyathelo lokuqala yiGlobal Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) Attraction Criteria, emele umgangatho wokuqala wehlabathi olungiselelwe ngokukodwa ukutsala umdla. Inyathelo lesibini yi-MICE Venue Sustainability Playbook, isikhokelo esineenkcukacha esilungiselelwe ukuphucula izenzo ezihambelana nokusingqongileyo kwicandelo leeNtlanganiso, iNkuthazo, iiNgqungquthela, kunye neMiboniso (MICE).
La manyathelo abhengezwe nguMnu. Alvin Tan, uMphathiswa kaRhulumente wezoRhwebo kunye noShishino, kunye neNkcubeko, uLuntu kunye noLutsha, ngexesha leNkomfa yeGlobal ye-GSTC yezoKhenketho eZinzileyo, apho iSingapore ibamba okokuqala. Le nkomfa isebenza njengeqonga lemibutho kunye nabantu abazinikele kuhambo oluzinzileyo kunye nokhenketho ukwabelana ngezimvo, ukukhuthaza intsebenziswano, nokuseka intsebenziswano.
UNksz Ong Huey Hong, iGosa eliyiNtloko loZinzo le-STB, uthe, “La manyathelo abalulekile ekubekeni i-Singapore njengendawo ephambili yedolophu ezinzileyo kwaye ibonise ukuzinikela kwethu kuzinzo. Ngokudala imigangatho ekumgangatho wehlabathi kunye nokuxhobisa ishishini ngezixhobo zokusebenza, asikho nje ukuqhubela phambili icandelo lethu lezokhenketho kodwa sinegalelo kwiinzame zozinzo lwehlabathi kukhenketho.
I-GSTC Attraction Criteria isebenza njengophawu lwamazwe ngamazwe lokuzinza kuhambo nokhenketho. Isetyenziselwa iinjongo zemfundo, ukuqulunqwa komgaqo-nkqubo kumashishini, kunye nokuvavanya yimibutho kunye nee-arhente zikarhulumente, kunye nokusebenza njengesiseko soqinisekiso. Iphuhliswe ngenkxaso ye-STB, i-GSTC Attraction Criteria ijolise ekusekeni umgangatho wozinzo wehlabathi jikelele wokutsala umdla, ukubonelela ukuqonda okwabelwanayo kwezenzo ezizinzileyo kwihlabathi jikelele. Umtsalane ungalindela ithuba lokufaka isicelo sesatifikethi ekuqaleni kuka-2026, emva kokungena kunye nokuvunywa kwe-GSTC kwamaqumrhu esiqinisekiso.
UMnu. Randy Durband, i-CEO ye-GSTC, uthe ukwaziswa kwe-GSTC Attraction Criteria imele ukuqhubela phambili okubonakalayo, okuphuma kwiinyanga ezili-14 zentsebenziswano nokuzibophelela. Uvakalise umbulelo ngamagalelo enziwe yi-STB, athe anegalelo kule mpumelelo. Ukhuthaze bonke abachaphazelekayo ukuba basebenzise eli thuba ukuze bakhokele icandelo lezokhenketho kwikamva elizinzileyo.
Ngo-2023, i-Singapore yakhokela ngokuqhuba inkqubo yesizwe yeCarbon kunye neNkunkuma yeBaseline kushishino lweMICE, yazimisa phakathi kwezizwe zokuqala kwihlabathi jikelele ukuthatha inyathelo elinjalo. Ukuqaphela indima ebalulekileyo yeendawo ngaphakathi kwe-ecosystem ye-MICE, lo msebenzi uhlanganise idatha yozinzo ukusuka kwiindawo ezintandathu ezizinikeleyo ze-MICE e-Singapore, igxile kumandla, amanzi, kunye ne-metrics yenkunkuma. Isiseko esinesiphumo sibonelela ngeseti ethembekileyo yedatha ekhutshwayo enokulandelelwa ngonyaka, ivumela i-STB kunye noshishino ukuba luphucule ulawulo lwalo lwenkunkuma kunye nokukhutshwa kwekhabhoni.
Iziphumo zibonisa ukuba i-avareji yokukhutshwa kwekhabhoni ehambelana neendawo ze-MICE kumntu ngamnye okhoyo yi-14.13 kg ye-carbon dioxide, kunye nokusetyenziswa kwamandla okwenza i-94% yale mveliso. Isebenzisa iimbono ezifunyenwe kulo msebenzi, i-STB iphuhlise i-MICE Venue Sustainability Playbook, ejolise ekuncedeni iindawo ze-MICE ekulawuleni ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni yazo. Le Playbook ibonelela ngezindululo ezinokuthathwa ukuze kuphuculwe ukusebenza kakuhle kwamandla, ulawulo lwenkunkuma, kunye nolondolozo lwamanzi, ihambelane neenjongo zozinzo lweendawo.
Ukongeza, i-Playbook ibandakanya isakhelo sokususa ikhabhoni, ibonisa ezona zenzo zilungileyo ezivela kwiindawo ezakhelwe injongo zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe ze-MICE, kwaye idibanisa izikimu zenkxaso zikarhulumente zokukhuthaza ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni kwiindawo zonke ze-MICE zase-Singapore.
NgoMeyi walo nyaka, iBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseSingapore (STB) yazisa i-Legalcy Toolkit, ejolise ekuncedeni abacwangcisi beentlanganiso kunye nabaququzeleli beminyhadala yoshishino ukuba bafumane ukuqonda okunzulu ngelifa kunye nefuthe, ngelixa bekwabakhokela ekudaleni awabo amanyathelo.
Isebenzisa esi sixhobo, i-STB iza kuphumeza inkqubo yokulinga yenkuthazo ngexesha leNkomfa yeGlobal ye-GSTC yoKhenketho oluZinzileyo eSingapore. Ukubonisa ngakumbi ukuzinikela kwe-STB ekunciphiseni ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni kwimisitho yoshishino, abazimasi kwiNkomfa ye-GSTC bayakhuthazwa ukuba banciphise ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni okubangelwa kuhambo lwabo lomoya ngokufumana iikhredithi zekhabhoni ezikumgangatho ophezulu ngeprojekthi ethembekileyo yokuphelisa.
Abathathi-nxaxheba ababandakanyekayo kweli nyathelo baya kufumana ikhadi lexabiso elilayishwe kwangaphambili, elinokuthi lisetyenziswe kwizithuthi zikawonkewonke eSingapore. Le nkqubo ijonge ukwazisa malunga nokukhutshwa kwekhabhoni ehambelana nokuhamba ngomoya kunye nokukhuthaza abathunywa ukuba bathathe uxanduva lokukhupha izinto ezikhutshwayo, ekugqibeleni bakhuthaze amava ahambelana nokusingqongileyo kunye namava azinzileyo kulo lonke uhambo lwabo.