Kwinyathelo elibalulekileyo lokukhuthaza uzinzo noxanduva kwicandelo lezokhenketho, iSeychelles ibe lilungu leGlobal Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC).
The I-GSTC luthungelwano lwehlabathi lwabantu abanengqondo efanayo kunye nemibutho ezinikele ekukhuthazeni izenzo zokhenketho ezizinzileyo kwihlabathi jikelele. Ukungena kweSeychelles kolu thungelwano kubonisa ukuzibophelela kwayo ekufundeni kumava ezinye izizwe kunye nokwabelana ngezenzo zayo ezizinzileyo, ngaloo ndlela inegalelo kwikamva elizinzileyo loshishino lokhenketho lonke.
Ethetha malunga nobulungu be-GSTC, uNksk. Sherin Francis, uNobhala oyiNtloko wezoKhenketho, wathi ayilobulungu nje baseSeychelles kodwa isibhengezo sokuzinikela okuqhubekayo kwendawo yokhenketho, njengoko iSeychelles iqhubela phambili iinzame zayo zozinzo ngokusungulwa kwe uphawu lwe-Sustainable Seychelles.
“Kuyasivuyisa ukuba yinxalenye yothungelwano lwehlabathi labantu abanengqondo efanayo abazinikele kwiimbono ezifanayo kunye nophuhliso lwecandelo lokhenketho elinokuziphatha okuhle nelinesimilo. Sikwajonge nokufunda ngakumbi malunga nezinto ezenziwa zezinye izizwe kunye nokukhuthaza nokufundisa abantu malunga nendlela yokwenza utshintsho oluhle kwiindawo zabo kunye negalelo kwikamva elizinzileyo ngokwabelana ngamava ethu azinzileyo. "
I-Seychelles Sustainable Tourist Label (SSTL), ulawulo lokhenketho oluzinzileyo kunye nenyathelo lokuqala lonikezelo lwezatifiketi elisebenza kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, yayiyilelwe ukukhuthaza izenzo ezisebenzayo nezizinzileyo zoshishino. Isebenza njengesiseko sophawu olutsha lwasekhaya, olwaziwa ngokuba yi-Sustainable Seychelles brand.
Uphawu lweSeychelles oluZinzileyo lujolise ekuphakamiseni uzinzo eSeychelles ukuya kwiindawo eziphakamileyo ezingazange zibonwe ngaphambili, ngenjongo ekwabelwana ngayo yokugcina indawo ekuyiwa kuyo kwizizukulwana ezizayo. Ngokujolisa kwimvisiswano kunye noxanduva olwabiweyo, uphawu lufuna ukunika imephu yendlela ecokisekileyo yokuphumeza kunye nokuqhubela phambili izenzo ezizinzileyo kulo lonke icandelo lohambo kunye nokhenketho kunye namashishini akufutshane. Ngokukhuthaza intsebenziswano kunye nokuthatha inxaxheba okusebenzayo, uphawu lunethemba lokuqinisekisa ukuba iSeychelles ihlala icocekile kwaye inesazela sokusingqongileyo.
Ngokujoyina GSTC, Seychelles yomeleza ukuzinikela kwayo kukhenketho oluzinzileyo kwaye ifumana ukufikelela kuthungelwano lwehlabathi lwemithombo kunye nobuchule obuya kunceda indawo ekusingwa kuyo ukufezekisa iinjongo zayo zozinzo.
URandy Durband, iCEO ye-GSTC, uvakalise uchulumanco kukuqukwa koMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseSeychelles njengelungu le-GSTC. “Ukhenketho, xa kuthethwa ngalo ngombono wozinzo, lunamandla okuba sisibane senguqu encomekayo, lukhanyise inkqubela-phambili yoqoqosho lwasekuhlaleni kunye nokuhlanganisa uluntu lwehlabathi ngokuqonda. Sinqwenelela iSeychelles impumelelo kuhambo lwayo olusingise kukhenketho oluzinzileyo. "
Malunga neSeychelles zoKhenketho
I-Tourism Seychelles ngumbutho osemthethweni wokuthengisa indawo yokuya kwiZiqithi zaseSeychelles. Uzibophelele ekuboniseni ubuhle bendalo obukhethekileyo beziqithi, ilifa lenkcubeko, kunye namava obutofotofo, iTourism Seychelles idlala indima ebaluleke kakhulu ekukhuthazeni iSeychelles njengendawo yokuqala yokuhamba kwihlabathi jikelele.
