I-BANGKOK (ngoSeptemba 26, 2008) - Omnye wabakhenkethi abahamba phambili bezokhenketho behlabathi, uDkt. Ian Yeoman uya kuba sisithethi esiphambili kwi-Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) yeForam yeSicwangciso soKhenketho, edibanisa abathengisi bezokhenketho, abacwangcisi kunye namaqhinga. ukusuka kwingingqi yeAsia Pacific.
UGqr. Yeoman ngomnye wababukeli abambalwa abachwephesha bebhola ekhatywayo abagxile kukhenketho lwehlabathi kunye noshishino lokhenketho. Ulwenze lwagqibelela urhwebo lwakhe njengomcwangcisi wemeko ye-VisitScotland, apho waseka inkqubo yokucinga ngekamva ngaphakathi kumbutho esebenzisa iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokumisela uqoqosho kunye nobuchule bokucwangcisa iqhinga.
Ukuthatha indawo eKunming, eChina (PRC) ngo-Oktobha 30 - ngoNovemba 1, 2008, iforamu ye-PATA iya kugxininisa kwindlela engcono kakhulu yophando kunye nokusetyenziswa kwayo ekuphuhliseni nasekuqhutyweni kwesicwangciso sokhenketho. Kwisithuba seentsuku ezimbini ezizeleyo, abathunywa baya kuzimasa iindibano zocweyo ezifundisayo ezihlanu nezisebenzayo kunye nesemina egxile eTshayina.
Ukuza kwincopho yento enokuba ngunyaka onzima kushishino ngo-2009, iQonga liza kuxhobisa abaqeqeshi beshishini lezokhenketho ngeengcamango ezintsha, imibono kunye nobuchule bokujongana neyona ndawo inzima yokusebenza.
NgokukaGqr. Yeoman, “Ishishini lezokhenketho lehlabathi lijongene nemingeni emininzi kwixesha elifutshane kunye notshintsho lwesakhiwo kwixesha elide. Yiba nomfanekiso welizwe lezixeko ezizinzileyo, uhambo oluya emajukujukwini, izizwe eziya emfazweni ngenxa yonikezelo lwamanzi, izibonelelo zokuhamba zekhabhoni zobuqu kunye nokunqongophala kweoli. Ezi zezinye zeenguqu ezinokuthi zenzeke phakathi ngoku kunye no-2050.
Ngenxa yokungaqiniseki kwezoqoqosho kwiimalike zezemali okanye ukukhula okubonakalayo kubuchwepheshe, ishishini lethu kuya kufuneka ligxininise ngakumbi kushishino olulungileyo kunye nocwangciso lwemeko. IForam yeQhinga lezoKhenketho ye-PATA ezayo isinika ithuba elihle lokuba siqaqambise ezona ndlela zilungileyo kwaye sizibandakanye kwiingxoxo ezivulelekileyo neengcali kushishino.”
UGqr. Yeoman ngoku ungunjingalwazi onxulumene noLawulo loKhenketho kwiYunivesithi yaseVictoria, eNew Zealand. Eyona ncwadi yakhe yamva nje, Abakhenkethi Ngomso: Iimeko kunye neeTrendi, ijonga ukuba umkhenkethi wehlabathi uza kuya phi eholideyini ngo-2030 kwaye baya kwenza ntoni.
Usisithethi esidumileyo kwiinkomfa kwaye wachazwa yi-UK Sunday Times njengeyona nto iphambili kweli lizwe ingcali yekamva eliqaqambileyo. UGqr. Yeoman wenze iiprojekthi zokucebisa kwiqela lamaqumrhu okhenketho kuquka noMbutho weZizwe eziManyeneyo woKhenketho lweHlabathi.
“Siyavuya ukuba noGqr. Yeoman abe kunye nathi kwiForam yeQhinga lezoKhenketho le-PATA ezayo. Amava akhe anzulu ngemiba eyahlukahlukeneyo kushishino lwezokhenketho kunye nefuthe lazo kwiindlela zokukhula aya kwamkelwa kakhulu ngabathunywa. Sinethamsanqa elikhulu lokuba no-Ian kulo msitho, utshilo uJohn Koldowski, umlawuli-Iziko lobuntlola lobuChule, iPATA.
Umsitho wamazwe ngamazwe ucetywa ngentsebenziswano noLawulo lwezoKhenketho lwePhondo laseYunnan kunye noLawulo lwezoKhenketho lukaMasipala waseKunming. Ixhaswa ngamafemu ophando oluhamba phambili lokhenketho, i-Insignia Research kunye ne-DK Shifflet kunye ne-Associates kwaye ivunywe ngokusemthethweni yi-China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), i-Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) kunye ne-Tourism Industry Association yaseCanada (TIAC).
ULWAZI OLWENGCACISO:
UMnu. Oliver Martin
UMlawuli oDityanisiweyo – iZiko lobuNgqogqo beQhinga
Umbutho wohambo lwePacific Asia
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Iselula: + 66 81 9088638
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MALUNGA NEPATA
I-Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) ngumbutho wobulungu osebenza njenge-catalyst yophuhliso olunoxanduva lwe-Asia Pacific yohambo kunye noshishino lokhenketho. Ngothelelwano namalungu e-PATA abucala kunye necandelo likarhulumente, ikhulisa ukukhula okuzinzileyo, ixabiso kunye nomgangatho wohambo nokhenketho ukuya, ukusuka nangaphakathi kummandla.
I-PATA ibonelela ngobunkokheli kwiinzame ezidibeneyo zorhulumente ophantse ube li-100, imibutho yokhenketho yelizwe kunye nesixeko, ngaphezulu kweenqwelomoya ezingama-55 zamazwe ngamazwe kunye neendlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa kunye namakhulu eenkampani zeshishini lokuhamba. Ukongeza, amawaka eengcali zokuhamba angaphezulu kwezahluko ezingama-30 zePATA kwihlabathi liphela.
Iziko le-PATA ye-Strategic Intelligence Centre (i-SIC) inikezela ngedatha engenakuthelekiswa nanto kunye nokuqonda, kuquka ne-Asia Pacific izibalo ezingenayo neziphumayo, uhlalutyo kunye noqikelelo, kunye neengxelo ezinzulu kwiimarike zokhenketho ezicwangcisiweyo. Ngolunye ulwazi, nceda u tyelele Www.PATA.org .
MALUNGA NEFOMU YEQHINGA LE-PATA TOURISM 2008
Ukwenzeka eKunming, eChina, nge-30 ka-Okthobha – nge-1 kaNovemba ka-2008, iingcali zentengiso yehlabathi jikelele kunye nophando ziya kukhokela iindibano zocweyo ezifundisayo ezintlanu (kunye nesemina egxile eTshayina) kwaye ikhuthaze abathathi-nxaxheba ukuba babelane kwaye baxoxe ngeyona ndlela ilungileyo yokusebenza. I-PATA iya kudala umoya wengxoxo engafihlisiyo, evulelekileyo kunye nentsebenziswano, apho abathunywa bamazwe ngamazwe nabaseTshayina baya kukwazi ukunxibelelana noontanga.
I-PATA ikhuthaza uphando olukwinqanaba eliphezulu, iingcali zokuthengisa kunye nocwangciso ezivela kwiibhodi zokhenketho zesizwe, zikarhulumente/zephondo kunye nezengingqi, iinkampani zeenqwelomoya, iihotele, izikhululo zeenqwelo moya kunye nezinto ezitsala umdla/abasebenzi ukuba baye kweli qonga libalulekileyo.
Nangona umnyhadala uya kujoliswa ikakhulu kumxholo we-Asia Pacific, ukuhamba kwehlabathi kunye neendlela zokhenketho kunye nemiba iya kuxoxwa.
Ukubhalisela iForam KUSIMAHLA kwaye indawo ilinganiselwe. Inkqubo epheleleyo kunye neenkcukacha zobhaliso zifumaneka kwi-www.PATA.org/forum.
Ubhaliso luvala ngo-Okthobha 3, 2008.
