UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseJamaica, oHloniphekileyo u-Edmund Bartlett uza kubamba iingxoxo kunye neengcali eziphambili kwi-gastronomy kwi-United Nations World Tourism Organisation's (UNWTO) IForam yeHlabathi yoKhenketho lweGastronomy, eyenzeka eDonostia, eSan Sebastian, eSpain, ukususela ngoMeyi 8-9, 2017. Uthi ezi ngxoxo ziya kubaluleka ekuphuhliseni ngakumbi imveliso ye-gastronomy ekuhlaleni.
“I-Gastronomy sesinye sezizathu ezikhula ngokukhawuleza zokuba abantu bahambe. Ngapha koko, imakethi ye-gastronomy yamazwe ngamazwe imalunga ne-150 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zaseMelika. Ngoko ke, njengoko siqhubeka sibeka iJamaica njengendawo efanelekileyo yokhenketho lokutya, ngokusebenzisa i-Tourism Linkages Network, ndiyakholelwa ukuba sisenayo indawo yokukhulisa imarike kwaye siqinisekise ukuba wonke umntu waseJamaican unokuvuna inzuzo - yiyo loo nto le forum ibalulekile, ” watsho uMphathiswa uBartlett.
Ngokutsho UNWTO, IForam yezoKhenketho lweGastronomy iya kunika ithuba kwiingcali ezikhokelayo kukhenketho lwe-gastronomy ukuxoxa ngemeko ekhoyo kunye nemingeni kwi-Gastronomy Tourism kwihlabathi jikelele, kubandakanywa neendawo zolawulo kunye nokutsha kwicandelo.
Iforamu iya kubanjwa kwifomathi entsha, kunye neziganeko ezahlukeneyo ezibanjelwe kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ze-gastronomy kwiLizwe laseBasque, ebonisa ukuhluka kweemveliso ezibonelelwayo.
“Nangona iingxoxo kwiforam zinika umdla kum, ndonwabile ukuba lo msitho uza kusingathwa kwiziko elidumileyo leBasque Culinary Centre. Eli liziko elinendlela yokufundisa efana kakhulu nale ndinethemba lokuyisungula eJamaica ngokusebenzisa iJamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation (JCTI), esiza kuyiseka kwesi siqithi kulo nyaka uzayo,” watsho uMphathiswa uBartlett.
I-JCTI iza kusebenzela ukukhawulezisa inguqu kumashishini okhenketho ngokubandakanya amaziko nabantu ukuze bavuselele kwaye baqalise iimbono ezintsha kunye nokusebenzisa inzululwazi nobuchwepheshe ukudlulisela ulwazi ekusebenzeni ngaphakathi kwicandelo.
Ngokufana ne-Basque, iziko liya kusebenza njengelabhoratri apho abafundi baya kufumana amava okusebenza kwiziko langoku elikwabonelela ngoqeqesho lokufumana iziqinisekiso zemfundo ezivunyiweyo kunye nezatifiketi.
Ngelixa eseSpain, uMphathiswa uza kuzimasa iSeshini ye-105 ye UNWTO Ibhunga lesiGqeba, apho ngokwesikhundla sakhe njengosihlalo we UNWTO's ibhunga lesigqeba for affiliates, uya kuphembelela esinye sezihlalo ezihlanu ezabelwe iKomishoni yoMmandla yaseMelika kwixesha lika-2018-2021.
Kwakhona uya kusebenzisa uhambo lwakhe ukwenza uthotho lwemisebenzi yokwazisa 'UNWTO, uRhulumente waseJamaica kunye neNkomfa yeQela leBhanki yeHlabathi kwiMisebenzi kunye nokuKhula okuBandakanyayo: iNtsebenziswano yoKhenketho oluZinzileyo', eya kubanjwa ngoNovemba kwiZiko leNgqungquthela laseMontego Bay
UMphathiswa wemka esiqithini izolo (ngomhla we-06 kuCanzibe) esiya kwiforum ye-gastronomy e-San Sebastian kwaye waye wajoyinwa nguNobhala osisigxina weSebe u-Jennifer Griffith. Uya kubuyela esiqithini ngoMeyi 13, 2017.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Ngelixa eseSpain, uMphathiswa uza kuzimasa iSeshini ye-105 ye UNWTO Ibhunga lesiGqeba, apho ngokwesikhundla sakhe njengosihlalo we UNWTO's ibhunga lesigqeba for affiliates, uya kuphembelela esinye sezihlalo ezihlanu ezabelwe iKomishoni yoMmandla yaseMelika kwixesha lika-2018-2021.
- Ngokutsho UNWTO, IForam yezoKhenketho lweGastronomy iya kunika ithuba kwiingcali ezikhokelayo kukhenketho lwe-gastronomy ukuxoxa ngemeko ekhoyo kunye nemingeni kwi-Gastronomy Tourism kwihlabathi jikelele, kubandakanywa neendawo zolawulo kunye nokutsha kwicandelo.
- This is an institution which has a very similar teaching style to what I hope to establish in Jamaica through the Jamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation (JCTI), which we will be establishing in the island next year,&rdquo.
