I-Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) namhlanje isungule i-microsite yayo entsha, i-stain.pata.org. Isiza, isixhobo esitsha se-intanethi solwazi malunga nohambo oluzinzileyo kunye nentlalo-ntle nemiba yokhenketho, ixhaswa ngokuyinxenye nguMphathiswa waseJamani weNtsebenziswano yezoQoqosho noPhuhliso iBMZ, ephunyezwe yiDeutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, kunye ne-EarthCheck.
I-CEO ye-PATA uMario Hardy uthe, “Uzinzo yinxalenye yepuzzle kwishishini lethu namhlanje. Siyavuya ukwazisa ukuba ngokuphehlelelwa kwesiza esitsha, uMbutho uqaqambisa kwaye ulungise loo mba. Injongo yethu kukuba esi siza sibe sisixhobo 'sokuya' kuzo zonke izinto ezinxulumene nokhenketho oluzinzileyo nolunoxanduva loluntu.”
Olona phawu lunika umdla kule ndawo luluhlu lwezifundo ezisuka kwi-Sustainable Tourism Online, esele yenziwe yafumaneka ukuze ikhutshelwe kwi-stain.pata.org, ngoncedo lwe-EarthCheck, ebandakanya imizekelo yamanyathelo okusebenza angcono angaphezu kwama-800. Uphononongo lwezifundo ziziphumo zophando olungaphezulu kwe-US$260 yezigidi ezivela kurhulumente wase-Australia. Bagxininisa kwiindawo zokusingwa kunye noluntu, imisebenzi yoshishino, kunye neepaki kunye nenkcubeko, kunye neenkqubo ezahlukeneyo zophuhliso lokhenketho oluzinzileyo.
I-CEO ye-EarthCheck uStewart Moore yaphawula ukuba, “I-EarthCheck ichulumancile ngokubonelela ngethala leencwadi lereferensi ye-ecotourism kumalungu ePATA. I-EarthCheck Research Institute, inkampani engenzi nzuzo, iya kuqhubeka ihlaziya kwaye ihlaziya i-stain.pata.org ngezifundo zezifundo kunye neengcebiso zenkqubo malunga nendlela yokuthatha inyathelo. "
“Kulo nyaka i-EarthCheck iza kusebenza ne-PATA kunye ne-APEC ukusungula inkqubo yethu yeNdawo eziKhokeleyo kwiHlabathi. Apho siza kubonelela ngeendawo zokufikela ngestophu enye nayo yonke into abayifunayo kulawulo lwendawo, ucwangciso nophuhliso lwemveliso,” wongeze watsho uMoore.
U-Klaus Lengefeld, iNkokheli yeCandelo loKhenketho oluZinzileyo lwe-GIZ, uyixabisa kakhulu imizamo ye-PATA yokubandakanya uzinzo kwimisebenzi yabo eyahlukeneyo efana nemisitho ye-PATA, amajelo eendaba kunye nolwazi, kunye nezinye iinkonzo. “Ngenxa yenyaniso yokuba akukho webhusayithi inye enikezela ngeentlobo ezahlukeneyo zolwazi ngokuzinza kukhenketho lwase-Asia-Pacific, esi sipho sitsha nesisebenzisanayo siya kuxhasa iinzame ezikhulayo zecandelo lezokhenketho kungekuphela nje kulo mmandla ukhula ngamandla, kodwa ukwavulelekile. kubasebenzisi kwihlabathi liphela abaya kuba nokufikelela kulwazi olukhethwe kakuhle lwamva nje kuzinzo lokhenketho.
Esi siza sikwanezibakala ezikhawulezayo nezilula kunye namanani, iingcebiso nezixhobo, ithala leencwadi eligcinwe ngokucetyiswayo, kunye nezinye izixhobo ezifana nekhalenda yeenkomfa zokhenketho ezizinzileyo iziganeko kwihlabathi jikelele, isichazi-magama, kunye neenyaniso neenkcukacha-manani. Izicwangciso zexesha elizayo zesayithi ziquka izithuba ezininzi zeblogi, kunye namathuba okwandisa ukubandakanya.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “Given the fact that there is no single website offering different types of information on sustainability in tourism for Asia-Pacific, this new and interactive offer will support the increasing efforts of the tourism sector not only in this dynamic growing region, but is also open for users around the world who will have access to well-selected information on the latest in tourism sustainability.
- The site also features quick and easy facts and figures, tips and tools, a curated library of recommended reading, as well as other resources such as a calendar of sustainable tourism conferences events around the world, a glossary, and facts and statistics.
- The site, a new online tool for information on sustainable and socially responsible travel and tourism issues, is supported in part by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development BMZ, implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, and by EarthCheck.
