Iinkcukacha zoluhlu lwezithethi ziye zatyhilwa kulo nyaka uSuku lweHlabathi loKhenketho (WTD), oluza kubanjelwa eRiyadh ngoSeptemba 27-28.
Ngamagosa karhulumente angaphezu kwama-500, iinkokeli zeshishini kunye neengcali ezisuka kumazwe angama-120 ziye zehla eRiyadh kulo msitho, inqanaba lokuzimasa libonisa ukubaluleka kwe-WTD 2023 ekutshateni ikamva lokukhula kwecandelo lezokhenketho kwihlabathi.
Ububanzi bezithethi ezikwinqanaba eliphezulu bubonisa impembelelo ehlangeneyo kulo lonke ushishino ukubhiyozela impumelelo yeli candelo ngelixa kujongwa izisombululo kweyona mingeni inzima. Izithethi ezibhengezwe namhlanje ziquka:
• Obekekileyo u-Ahmed Al-Khateeb, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseSaudi Arabia
• Zurab Pololikashvili, uNobhala Jikelele woMbutho weZizwe eziManyeneyo woKhenketho weHlabathi (UNWTO)
• Obekekileyo uKhalid Al Falih, uMphathiswa woTyalo-mali waseSaudi Arabia
• UPhakamileyo uPrincess Haifa Bint Mohammed Al Saud, uSekela Mphathiswa wezoKhenketho
• Obekekileyo uPatricia de Lille, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseMzantsi Afrika
• Obekekileyo uNikolina Brnjac, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho neMidlalo weRiphabhliki yaseCroatia
• Obekekileyo uMehmet Ersoy, uMphathiswa weNkcubeko noKhenketho waseTurkey
• Obekekileyo uRosa Ana Morillo Rodriguez, uNobhala kaRhulumente, uMphathiswa woShishino, uRhwebo kunye noKhenketho eSpain
• UJulia Simpson, iCEO yeWorld Travel & Tourism Council
• UPansy Ho, uNobhala Jikelele weQonga leHlabathi loQoqosho loKhenketho
• UCaptain Ibrahim Koshy, iCEO yeSaudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA)
• UPierfrancesco Vago, iCEO ye-MSC Cruises
• UGreg Webb, iCEO yeTravelport
• UMatthew Upchurch, iCEO yeVirtuoso
• URitesh Agarwal, i-CEO ye-OYO
UAntónio Guterres, uNobhala-Jikelele weZizwe Ezimanyeneyo, wathi: “Ukhenketho lunamandla okuqhubela phambili nokuqondana. Kodwa ukuze kunikwe izibonelelo zayo ezipheleleyo, la mandla kufuneka akhuselwe kwaye akhuliswe. Ngolu Suku lweHlabathi loKhenketho, siyayiqonda imfuneko ebalulekileyo yotyalo-mali oluluhlaza ukuze kwakhiwe icandelo lezokhenketho elibonelela abantu kunye nesijikelezi-langa. Ngoko ke masenze ngakumbi ukusebenzisa amandla apheleleyo okhenketho oluzinzileyo. Kuba ukutyala imali kukhenketho oluzinzileyo kutyalo-mali kwikamva elingcono lomntu wonke. ”
I-WTD 2023 iza kubanjwa phantsi komxholo othi “uKhenketho kunye noTyalo-mali olusiNgqongileyo” ngenjongo yokukhuthaza intsebenziswano yehlabathi ukuphonononga amathuba otyalo-mali ukomeleza ukomelela kweshishini lezokhenketho, ukuqhubela eli candelo kwikamva elikhokelwa lutyalo-mali neligxile ngokuzinzileyo. Lo msitho weentsuku ezimbini uza kubona iinkokeli zezokhenketho zithatha inxaxheba kwiintetho eziphambili kunye neengxoxo zephaneli ezizinze kwisithathu UNWTO imixholo engundoqo: abantu, iplanethi kunye nenkqubela. Abathathi-nxaxheba baya kuphonononga amandla okhenketho kunye nendima yecandelo ekuvaleni iinkcubeko, ukulondoloza okusingqongileyo, kunye nokukhuthaza intsebenziswano nelizwe eliqhakamshelweyo.
Usuku lokuqala luya kuphonononga UNWTO umxholo 'woKhenketho kunye noTyalo-mali kokusiNgqongileyo' ngokusebenzisa iiphaneli ukusuka kumandla okhenketho ekwakheni iibhulorho; ukutyala imali kwizakhono zoluntu; ukubanakho kweendawo zokhenketho ezingacatshangelwanga kangako; imingeni kunye nezisombululo ekuphumezeni ikamva elizinzileyo; ukuvala umsantsa wokusungula kunye nokuxhobisa amashishini. Ngorhatya losuku lokuqala, isidlo sangokuhlwa siya kubanjwa kwindawo yelifa le-UNESCO yaseSaudi Arabia iDiriyah, njengombhiyozo we-WTD 2023.
IQonga leeNkokeli zoKhenketho liza kubanjwa kusuku lwesibini phantsi komxholo othi 'Ukhenketho lwaBantu, iMpumelelo kunye neNgxoxo yeeNkcubeko'. Iseshoni yecandelo likarhulumente iya kuphonononga ikamva elizinzileyo loshishino, ngelixa iseshoni yecandelo labucala iya kuphonononga uhambo olungenamthungo ukuya esiphelweni. Iseshoni yonikezelo ye-WTD 2024 nayo iya kuqhutywa phakathi kweSaudi Arabia neGeorgia, ngaphambi kokuba iGeorgia isingathe umsitho kulo nyaka uzayo.
Ubungakanani bomsitho obanjelwe eRiyadh bubonisa ukubaluleka okuncanyathiselwe ngurhulumente waseSaudi kuphuhliso lwecandelo lezokhenketho kwihlabathi. UBukumkani bonyulwe njengoSihlalo weBhunga eliLawulayo loMbutho weZizwe eziManyeneyo woKhenketho lweHlabathi (UNWTO) ngo-2023, kwaye yasingatha iNgqungquthela yeHlabathi yeBhunga lokuHamba noKhenketho eRiyadh kunyaka ophelileyo.
Ngokwakutshanje UNWTO Ingxelo yeBarometer, uMbindi Mpuma uxele ezona ziphumo zingcono ngoJanuwari-Julayi 2023, kunye nokufika kwama-20% ngaphezulu kwamanqanaba angaphambi kobhubhane. Lo mmandla uyaqhubeka nokuba ngowokuphela kwamanqanaba e-2019 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, kunye neSaudi ibone ukukhula okumangalisayo okuphindwe kabini kwi-(+58%).
