IPhuket ilungiselela ukuqhubela phambili i-ajenda yozinzo njengoko ilungele ukusingatha i-PHIST 2019, umsitho wonyaka odibanisa ishishini lokuhamba kumlo wokuchasana nokuthotywa kwemekobume kwiindawo zeziqithi zase-Southeast Asia.
Iququzelelwe yi Phuket Hotels Association, I-C9 Hotelworks kunye ne-Greenview, i-PHIST (Iihotele zasePhuket zeZiqithi eziQinisekisa uKhenketho) 2019 yinkomfa yosuku olunye ekhululekileyo eyenzeka ngoLwesine we-23 Septemba 2019 kwi-Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa. Isiganeko esibalulekileyo siya kuqokelela malunga ne-1,000 abathunywa, kubandakanywa ngaphezu kwe-70 yeehotele eziphambili ze-Phuket, abathengisi kunye nabanye abachaphazelekayo abaphambili abavela kulo lonke ummandla, ukuxoxa ngemiba ebalulekileyo yendalo kunye nokuqulunqa iindlela zokuhlangabezana nazo ngqo.
Kulo nyaka, ugxininiso oluphambili luya kuba kukwehla kokufika kweendwendwe ePhuket, kunye nendlela ukhenketho oluzinzileyo olunokunceda ngayo ukukhokelela ekubuyiseni. I-PHIST 2019 iya kuzinyaswa nguKanokkrittika Kritwutthikorn, uGunyaziwe wezoKhenketho we-Thailand uMlawuli we-Phuket, oya kubonelela ngesishwankathelo sendlela Igunya lezokhenketho laseThailand ijolise ekuqinisekiseni ikamva lexesha elide lesi siqithi ngokujolisa abahambi abakumgangatho ophezulu, abaqwalaselwe indalo.
"Ukwehla kwamva nje kokufika kwabantu ePhuket kubonisa indlela enokuba yingozi ngayo i-boom kunye nokhenketho olukhulu. Ngaphezulu kwe-15,000 lamagumbi amatsha ehotele amiselwe ukungena emarikeni kule minyaka mihlanu izayo, kodwa ngubani oza kuwagcwalisa? IPhuket, njengazo zonke iziqithi ekusingwa kuzo, kufuneka iphuhlise ishishini lokhenketho elizinzileyo elisebenzela esi siqithi, likhuselekile kuqoqosho lwehlabathi, kwaye liqinisekisa ukugcinwa kobutyebi bendalo besiqithi kwizizukulwana ezizayo. Siyavuya ukusebenzisana ne-TAT kwi-PHIST 2019 ukunceda ukudala ikamva elisebenzayo lePhuket, ”utshilo uBill Barnett, uMlawuli oLawulayo, iC9 Hotelworks.
Omnye umthunywa obalulekileyo iya kuba nguWilaiporn Pitimanaaree, uSekela Mongameli oMkhulu weQela le-Pattana eliMbindi, osebenzise i-PHIST yonyaka ophelileyo ukubhengeza isibhambathiso sabo sokuyeka ukunika abathengi babo iingxowa zeplastiki. Oku kukhokelele ekuthotyweni kweengxowa zeplastiki ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezine ngenyanga.
Iindwendwe e-PHIST 2019 ziya kusebenza ngokuqhubekayo ne-TAT kunye nomnye nomnye ukuyila iindlela zoyilo kunye nezantlandlolo zokulawula ukhenketho oluninzi kwiindawo zeziqithi zase-Southeast Asia. Ekupheleni kosuku, abathathi-nxaxheba baya kutyikitya isibhambathiso sentsebenziswano kulawulo oluzinzileyo lweshishini lezokhenketho.
Ezi zithembiso ziyasebenza: kulo nyaka uphelileyo kwi-PHIST 2018, iihotele ze-Phuket Hotels Association's 71 zavuma ukususa iibhotile zamanzi zeplastiki ezisetyenziselwa enye kwiipropati zabo. Oku kukhokelele ekuncipheni kwe-51% ngo-2019, kwaye ngaphezulu kwe-4.4 yezigidi zeebhotile zasindiswa. Ukongeza, uMbutho weehotele zasePhuket ngoku uphehlelela iSikhokelo esiMkhulu esiHlaza, ingqokelela yezimvo kunye nezenzo ezilungele indalo.
I-PHIST 2019 iya kujolisa kwakhona ukubandakanya isizukulwana esilandelayo, ngothotho lweendibano zocweyo zabantwana nemisebenzi. Iforamu iya kuba nomdlalo wokugqibela weGreen Beat 60, ukhuphiswano lokwenza ifilimu olumema amaqhawe e-eco ayo yonke iminyaka ukuba athethe kwimiba ebalulekileyo.
“Kwi-PHIST ka-2019, sifuna ukunyusa uzinzo ukuya phezulu kwi-ajenda ngokujongana nomba ophambili ojongene nesiqithi saseAsia: ukusuka kukhenketho oluninzi ukuya kwikamva elizinzileyo. Sifuna ukuba bonke abatyeleli bakwazi ukuzibonela iindawo zethu ezintle, kodwa oku kufuneka kuphunyezwe ngaphandle kokuba nefuthe elibi kwindalo esingqongileyo,” utshilo u-Anthony Lark, uMongameli wePhuket Hotels Association.
Umxhasi ophambili wePHIST 2019 yiBlue Tree Phuket, indawo entsha yamanzi kunye nokuzonwabisa emiselwe ukuba ibe yeyona nto inomtsalane kusapho lwesiqithi. Iseti ngaphezu kwe-140 rai, i-complex enomtsalane inemigangatho emine yaselwandle iklabhu, indawo yokomelela, iklabhu yabantwana, iindawo ezininzi zokuthengisa kunye ne-17 F&B yevenkile, kunye neseko eliphambili iCrystal Lagoon enkulu. IBlue Tree imele isizukulwana esitsha sophuhliso lokhenketho olubeka uzinzo entliziyweni yalo, ukwakha ngokuthembekileyo ukusuka phantsi ukuya phezulu, kusetyenziswa iindlela eziphucukileyo ezandisa ukonga kwamanzi kunye nombane, ngelixa kucuthwa ukusetyenziswa kweekhemikhali kunye nokunciphisa inkunkuma.
“I-Blue Tree Phuket inebhongo ngokuba neqabane le-PHIST 2019, njengenxalenye yeenzame zethu eziqhubekayo ukwenza ishishini lokhenketho lommandla wethu libe luhlaza. Sichithe le minyaka mibini idlulileyo siphuhlisa ukhenketho lwethu olukumgangatho ophezulu, oludibeneyo kunye neziko lezolonwabo ngendlela enoxanduva nenempembelelo ephantsi. Sijonge phambili ekusebenzeni nePhuket Hotels Association ukuqhubela phambili ingxoxo malunga nokhenketho oluzinzileyo, utshilo uMichael Ayling, iCEO yeBlue Tree Phuket.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- PHIST 2019 will be attended by Kanokkrittika Kritwutthikorn, the Tourism Authority of Thailand's Director for Phuket, who will provide an overview of how the Tourism Authority of Thailand is aiming to ensure the island's long-term future by targeting more high-end, eco-conscious travelers.
- Phuket, like all island destinations, needs to develop a sustainable tourism industry that works for the island, is immune to global economic volatility, and ensures the preservation of the island's natural resources for generations to come.
- Phuket is preparing to drive forward the sustainability agenda as it readies to host PHIST 2019, the annual event that unites the travel industry in the fight against environmental degradation in Southeast Asia's idyllic island destinations.
