STOWE, Vermont, USA –Iziko laMazwe ngaMazwe loXolo ngoKhenketho (IIPT) linebhongo ukwazisa ukuba lityikitye iMemorandam yokuQonda (MOU) kunye noMbutho wezoKhenketho weHlabathi (i-World Tourism Organization)UNWTO). I-MOU ibonelela ngentsebenziswano phakathi UNWTO kunye ne-IIPT ekuphumezeni imisebenzi kunye neziganeko ezinxulumene nokhenketho kunye noxolo ekuphenduleni iimfuno kunye nomdla UNWTO Amazwe angamaLungu, icandelo lokhenketho lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye noluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe, kunye nokuphuhlisa izindululo zomgaqo-nkqubo ukwandisa indima yokhenketho kwi-ajenda yokwakha uxolo.
IIPT yazalwa ngokuphendula kwimiba yehlabathi phakathi kwiminyaka yoo-1980: ukwanda kwempixano eMpuma-Ntshona, umsantsa okhulayo phakathi kwezona ndawo zingenazo nezingafumanekiyo emhlabeni, imeko-bume ewohlokayo, ukuphulukana nokwahlukahlukana kwezinto, kunye nokunyuka kobunqolobi. Yazalwa ngo-1986, uNyaka woXolo weZizwe eziManyeneyo woXolo, unombono wohambo nokhenketho waba ngowokuqala ehlabathini “Ishishini loXolo lweHlabathi” - ishishini elikhuthaza kwaye lixhasa inkolelo yokuba wonke umhambi unokuba “nguMmeli woXolo.”
Ngenkomfa yayo yokuqala eyabanjelwa eVancouver ngo-1988, kwaye ukusukela oko, i-IIPT iye yanikezelwa ekukhuthazeni nasekuququzeleleni “injongo ephezulu yokhenketho” - ukhenketho olunegalelo ekuqondeni kwamazwe aphesheya phakathi kwabantu abahlukeneyo kunye neenkcubeko zosapho lwethu lwehlabathi, intsebenziswano phakathi kwamazwe, umgangatho ophucukileyo wendalo esingqongileyo, ulondolozo lweentlobo ngeentlobo zezinto eziphilayo, ukuphuculwa kwenkcubeko kunye nelifa lemveli, uphuhliso oluzinzileyo, ukunciphisa intlupheko, kunye nokusonjululwa kwempixano- nangala manyathelo, kunceda ukuzisa ilizwe elinoxolo, elinobulungisa, kunye nozinzo.
UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele, uTaleb Rifai, ugxininise amandla okhenketho ekwakheni uxolo kwaye waphinda wachaza indima ebalulekileyo ye-IIPT ekufakeni isandla kwinkcubeko yoxolo.
“Ezokhenketho zinokuba sesona sixhobo sisebenzayo ekwakheni uxolo, njengoko sisizisa abantu kwihlabathi liphela, sibenza ukuba babelane ngezimvo, iinkolelo, kunye nemibono eyahlukeneyo; olu tshintshiselwano lusisiseko sokuqondana, ukunyamezelana, kunye nokuphuculwa kwabantu. ”
UMseki we-IIPT kunye noMongameli uLouis D'Amore uthe: “Siwonge kakhulu ukungena kule MOU noMbutho weHlabathi wezoKhenketho. UNWTO uye waxhasa amaphulo e-IIPT ukususela ekusekweni kwayo kwi-1986 kwaye ube liqabane kunye nathi kwiinkomfa ezinkulu ze-IIPT kunye neengqungquthela eziqala ngeNkomfa yethu yokuQala yeHlabathi eVancouver, ukuya kwiNkomfa yethu ye-5 ye-IIPT yase-Afrika eLusaka, eZambia. Sijonge ngabomvu kumathuba avezwa yile MOU kunye nokusebenzisana ngakumbi UNWTO ekukhuthazeni 'Inkcubeko Yoxolo NgoKhenketho.'”
Umbono we-IIPT woxolo uquka uxolo ngaphakathi kwethu; uxolo nabamelwane bethu "kwilali yehlabathi"; uxolo nendalo; uxolo nezizukulwana ezidlulileyo-ngokuhlonipha amasiko, inkcubeko kunye nezikhumbuzo abazishiyileyo njengelifa labo; uxolo nezizukulwana ezizayo-eyona nto iphambili kuphuhliso oluzinzileyo; kunye noxolo nomdali wethu, kusibuyisela isangqa esipheleleyo kubuxolo ngaphakathi kwethu.
Impumelelo ye-IIPT ibandakanye inani lezinto zokuqala: okokuqala ukwazisa umxholo woPhuhliso lwezoKhenketho oluZinzileyo (iNkomfa yeVancouver 1988) - iminyaka emine phambi kweNgqungquthela yaseRio; Iikhowudi zokuqala zeenqobo ezisesikweni kunye nezikhokelo zoKhenketho oluZinzileyo (1993) - unyaka ube mnye emva kwengqungquthela yaseRio; Isifundo sokuqala samazwe aphesheya esithi "Iimodeli zeZona ndlela ziQhelekileyo - uKhenketho neNdalo esiNgqongileyo (1994); kunye nomthetho wokuqala waso nasiphi na isizwe emhlabeni "kuKhenketho kwiNkxaso ye-UN Millennium Development Goals" njengelifa leNkomfa yesi-4 ye-IIPT yase-Afrika, e-Uganda, 2007.
Iingqungquthela ze-IIPT zivelise uthotho lwezibhengezo kubandakanya iSibhengezo se-Amman soXolo nezoKhenketho esamkelwe ngokusesikweni njengoxwebhu lwe-UN, kwaye kutsha nje isiBhengezo saseLusaka kuKhenketho noTshintsho lweMozulu, esasasazwe ngokubanzi. Ezinye izinto ezibandakanyiweyo zibandakanya ukusasazwa ngokubanzi kwe-IIPT Credo yaMhambi oXolo, uMmeli weeMbasa zoXolo ngeempumelelo ezibalaseleyo ekufakeni isandla "kwiNkcubeko yoXolo ngezoKhenketho," kunye nothotho lwezifundo ezinikezelwa kubafundi baseyunivesithi ababhala elona phepha libalaseleyo kwimixholo kwiinkomfa zethu ezahlukeneyo kunye neengqungquthela.
Okokugqibela, zingaphezu kwama-450 iiPaki zoXolo ezinikezelwe kwizixeko needolophu ezahlukeneyo zehlabathi ukusukela ngo-1992 ngeprojekthi ye-IIPT “yeePaka zoxolo kulo lonke elaseKhanada” ekhumbula isikhumbuzo seminyaka eli-125 yeCanada njengesizwe. IiPaki Zoxolo ziye zanikezelwa eUnited States, eJordan, eSkotlani, eItali, eGrisi, eTurkey, eMzantsi Afrika, eTanzania, eZambia, eUganda, kwiiPhilippines, eThailand naseJamaica. Kuyaphawuleka ukuba ziiPaki Zoxolo eBetaniya Ngaphesheya kweYordan, indawo awabhaptizelwa kuyo uKristu; ePearl Harbor, eHawaii; (uNobhala Jikelele we-UN) iNdawo yeSikhumbuzo saseDag Hammarskjold, eNdola, eZambia; iUganda Martyr's Trail, eUganda; kunye neVictoria Falls, eZambia.
Amanyathelo e-IIPT ebexhasa ishumi leminyaka le-UN loXolo kunye noBundlobongela kuBantwana beHlabathi, iiNjongo zoPhuhliso lweMillennium ye-UN, kunye UNWTO IKhowudi yeeNqobo zokuziphatha. I-Uganda yayililizwe lokuqala kwihlabathi ukwazisa "uMthetho wezoKhenketho ekuxhaseni iinjongo zoPhuhliso lweMillennium ye-UN" njengelifa le-4th IIPT African Conference.
Ngolwazi oluthe kratya, yiya ku www.iipt.org.
