The Umbutho woKhenketho wePacific (i-SPTO) hnjengoko kubhengeziwe ukurhoxiswa komsitho wenkulumbuso - Utshintshiselwano loKhenketho eMzantsi Pacific (SPTE), eyayimiselwe i-25th Kunye ne26th UCanzibe eChristchurch, eNew Zealand.
Ibanjwa ngonyaka ukususela ngo-2014, i-SPTE liqonga elixabisekileyo lothethathethwano phakathi kwamaqabane ohambo lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nabathengisi bokhenketho bommandla kunye nababoneleli. Ngo-2019, umnyhadala watsala abathathi-nxaxheba abavela kwiimarike ezinde nezimfutshane ezibandakanya i-Australia, iNew Zealand, iPortugal, iChina kunye neNetherlands.
Ngelixa ebhengeza ukurhoxiswa kwinkomfa yoonondaba izolo emva kwemini, u-CEO we-SPTO, uChristopher Cocker, ugxininise ukuba eyona nto ibalulekileyo kwezokhenketho ePacific ngabantu bayo kwaye ibiphambili kwinkqubo yokwenza izigqibo.
"Eli sisihlandlo sokuqala ukuba siwurhoxise umsitho kwaye ngokwenza oko siziva ngathi sibonisa ubunkokeli kunye noxanduva ngexesha lokungaqiniseki".
“Abantu bethu yeyona nto yethu ixabisekileyo kwaye kufuneka sibakhusele ngazo zonke iindlela. Siza kulungelelanisa izixhobo zethu kunye neenzame zethu zokuxhasa isithuba se-COVID-19 yeenzame zokubuyisela amalungu ethu ”.
Kwelo nqaku, i-CEO ikwabhengeze ukumiliselwa kwe Ingxowa-mali yokubuyisa iPacific Wave, ejolise ekukhuthazeni, ekudibaniseni nasekubandakanyeni iNtsapho yoKhenketho ePacific kunye nabachaphazelekayo.
"Ukhenketho lushishino olomeleleyo nolomeleleyo, siza kubuya umva kule nto kwaye injongo yale ngxowa-mali kukuxhasa iinzame ze-COVID-19 zamalungu ethu kunye nabachaphazelekayo", utshilo.
"Sinombulelo kakhulu kuNZ Maori Tourism, iqabane elixabisekileyo le-SPTO, abathe bazisa ngobubele njengabaxhasi bokuqala ngegalelo lesisa le-NZD $ 50,000".
“Ngoku kunakuqala, kufuneka sidibane ukuze soyise imiceli mngeni eziswe yi-COVID-19. Kungoko ndibiza amahlakani ophuhliso, abanikeli kunye neendwendwe ezixabisekileyo zeshishini kunye nabachaphazelekayo ukuba baxhase iinzame zoKhenketho lwePasifiki ngokusebenzisa iNgxowa-mali yokuFumana iGagasi lePacific ”.
Umnumzana Cocker uthe i-SPTO izakukhokelwa ngamalungu angamalungu ayo kunye nabachaphazelekayo ngokubhekiselele kumalinge ngqo aza kuxhaswa yingxowa-mali.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- "Ukhenketho lushishino olomeleleyo nolomeleleyo, siza kubuya umva kule nto kwaye injongo yale ngxowa-mali kukuxhasa iinzame ze-COVID-19 zamalungu ethu kunye nabachaphazelekayo", utshilo.
- "Eli sisihlandlo sokuqala ukuba siwurhoxise umsitho kwaye ngokwenza oko siziva ngathi sibonisa ubunkokeli kunye noxanduva ngexesha lokungaqiniseki".
- While announcing the cancellation at a press conference yesterday afternoon, SPTO CEO, Christopher Cocker, emphasized that Pacific tourism's greatest asset is its people and that was at the forefront of the decision making process.
