UMphathiswa uAlain St.Ange waseSeychelles uya kwisiqithi sase-US saseGuam kwiNgqungquthela yoNyaka ye-PATA ye-2016. Oku kulandela ileta yesimemo esisemthethweni esiya kuMphathiswa waseSeychelles nguMario Hardy, iGosa eliyiNtloko yeSigqeba sePATA, ukuba uMphathiswa uSt.Ange abe sisithethi esiphambili kwingqungquthela yonyaka yePATA eGuam ngoMeyi 18-21 eya kubanjelwa eDusit Thani. Guam Resort.
I-Pacific Asia Travel Association (i-PATA) ngumbutho ongenzi nzuzo ovunywa kumazwe ngamazwe ngokusebenza njenge-catalyst yophuhliso olunoxanduva lokuhamba nokhenketho ukuya, ukusuka, kunye nangaphakathi kwingingqi ye-Asia Pacific. Umbutho ubonelela ngenkxaso elungelelanisiweyo, uphando oluphangaleleyo, kunye neziganeko ezintsha kwimibutho engamalungu, equka ama-97 karhulumente, urhulumente, kunye namaqumrhu okhenketho esixeko; Iinqwelo-moya ezingama-27 zamazwe ngamazwe, izikhululo zeenqwelo-moya, neendlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa; amaziko emfundo angama-63; kunye namakhulu eenkampani zeshishini lokuhamba eAsia Pacific nangaphaya. Amawakawaka ochwephesha abahambahambayo bakwizahluko ze-PATA zasekhaya ezingama-43 kwihlabathi liphela. Umbutho ukwaneeofisi ezisemthethweni okanye ummeli eBeijing, eSydney, naseLondon.
“Eli yayilithuba legolide lokonyusa ukubonakala kweSeychelles eAsia kwaye sasingenakuphoswa. I-Air Seychelles iqalise iinqwelomoya ezingamisiyo eziya eBeijing e-China, kwaye njengelizwe, besisebenza ngokukhutheleyo ukubanga isabelo sethu esilungileyo sabakhenkethi abavela e-Asiya ngokubanzi. Ndikunye noSharanjit Leyl, umsasazi weendaba ze-BBC omodareyitha iNgqungquthela yaseGuam, siqinisekile ukuba iSeychelles ikwazile ukuphinda ibonwe, iqatshelwe, kwaye ifumane ukubonakala okufunekayo okuqhubeka kuyidinga ukuze ihlale ifanelekile kwihlabathi lokhenketho, ” watsho uMphathiswa uAlain St.Ange xa wayelungiselela ukuya eGuam.
Kule ntlanganiso yaseGuam, i-CEO ye-PATA, uMario Hardy, uthe: "Amanani okuqala avela kwi-PATA abonisa ukuba iindawo ezingama-38 kwingingqi ye-Asia Pacific zamkele izigidi ezingama-537.8 zabatyeleli bamazwe ngamazwe ngo-2015, kwaye elo nani kulindeleke ukuba lifikelele ngaphezu kwe-650 yezigidi ngo-2020. Nangona oku kukhula kuncomeka ngokuqinisekileyo, kuyanyanzeleka ukuba omabini icandelo likarhulumente nelabucala basebenzisane ukuqinisekisa ukukhula okuzinzileyo nokunenkathalo kweshishini lezohambo nokhenketho. I UNWTO/Ingxoxo-mpikiswano yabaPhathiswa bePATA lelona qonga lifanelekileyo lokuhlanganisa omabini amaqela ukuba asebenzele ezi njongo.
Kwaye kwicala lakhe, i UNWTO USosiba-jikelele, uTaleb Rifai, wathi: “Iziqithi zilikhaya lezona zityalo zityebileyo zaselwandle nezasemhlabeni eMhlabeni. Ngenxa yoku, zikwayindawo ephezulu yokuya kwizigidi zabakhenkethi nyaka ngamnye. Imeko ekhethekileyo yendawo yeziqithi izenza zibe zizodwa, kodwa kwangaxeshanye, oku kubangela imingeni eliqela kubo, kubandakanywa uzinzo, utshintsho lwemozulu, unxibelelwano lomoya, kunye nokubeka iziqithi njengeendawo ezikhethwa kakhulu kwiingqondo zabakhenkethi. Le Ngxoxo yaBaphathiswa iza kusebenza njengomsebenzi obalulekileyo wokulungiselela uNyaka weHlabathi woKhenketho oluZinzileyo kuPhuhliso, wama-2017, owamkelwe yiNdibano yeZizwe eziManyeneyo.”
“Esi sisihlandlo sokuqala iPATA kunye neZizwe eziManyeneyo zoKhenketho lweHlabathi zidibana ukuze zibambe le ntlanganiso iyimbali ePasifiki. Ingxoxo ngemiba ebalulekileyo, efana nokufudumala kwehlabathi kunye nokhenketho oluzinzileyo, ibaluleke kakhulu kummandla kunye noshishino lwezokhenketho lwehlabathi, "utshilo uMlawuli oyiNtloko weGVB uNathan Denight. “IGuam ibiyindawo yengingqi yePasifiki kangangamakhulu eminyaka, kwaye kule mihla siphila kuyo, siseMelika eAsia kunye neyona ndawo ifanelekileyo yokuya kwiintlanganiso ezikwinqanaba eliphezulu. Sijonge phambili ekwamkeleni zonke iindwendwe nezithethi ezityeleleyo kwiparadesi yethu yesiqithi.”
PATA kunye ne UNWTO bawongwa ngokukodwa ukuba nembongi yaseMarshall, umbhali, umzobi, kunye nentatheli uKathy Jetnil-Kijiner bavule ngokusesikweni ingxoxo. Isibongo sakhe sigxile ekukhuliseni ulwazi ngemiba kunye nezoyikiso ezijongene nabantu baseMarshall Islands. Uye wadlala kumsitho wokuvula iNgqungquthela ye-UN yeMozulu yowama-2014 eNew York kunye neNkomfa yeZizwe eziManyeneyo yoTshintsho lweMozulu yowama-2015 (COP 21) eParis.
Ngaphandle koMphathiswa oHloniphekileyo u-Alain St.Ange, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho neNkcubeko, eSeychelles, ezinye izithethi eziqinisekisiweyo ziquka u-Andrew Dixon, uMnini, iNikoi kunye neZiqithi zaseCempedak; UDerek Toh, uMseki kunye ne-CEO, WOBB; UGerald Lawless, iNtloko yezoKhenketho kunye neZindwendwe, i-Dubai Holding; Jon Nathan Denight, uMphathi Jikelele, i-Guam Visitors Bureau; UMark Schwab, i-CEO, i-Star Alliance; UMorris Sim, uMseki-Msebenzi kunye ne-CEO, i-Circos Brand Karma; kunye noZoltan Somogyi, uMlawuli oLawulayo weNkqubo kunye noLungelelaniso kwiWorld Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).
I-Seychelles lilungu elisekwe Umanyano lwaMazwe ngaMazwe lwaBalingani bamaKhenketho (ICTP) . Ngolwazi oluthe kratya nge-Seychelles Umphathiswa Wezokhenketho neNkcubeko u-Alain St. Ange, Cofa apha.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is a not-for-profit association that is internationally-acclaimed for acting as a catalyst for the responsible development of travel and tourism to, from, and within the Asia Pacific region.
- With Sharanjit Leyl, the BBC World News presenter moderating the Guam Summit, we are sure that Seychelles was be able to once again be seen, be noticed, and also get the needed visibility it continues to need to remain relevant in the world of tourism,”.
- “Guam has been a regional hub in the Pacific for hundreds of years, and in this modern age, we are America in Asia and the perfect destination for high-level meetings.
