The Umbutho woKhenketho weHlabathi (UNWTO) kwaye i Umbutho wezokutya nezolimo kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo (i-FAO) batyikitye iMemorandam yokuQondana ezakwenza ukuba ezi arhente zimbini zisebenzisane ukuqhubela phambili iinjongo ekwabelwana ngazo ezinxulumene nokukhula okuzinzileyo noxanduva lokhenketho lwasemaphandleni.

Ekukhokeleni impendulo yecandelo kwi-COVID-19 kwaye ngoku ikhokela ukuqaliswa kwakhona kokhenketho, UNWTO ebesebenza ngokusondeleyo namanye amaziko e-UN ukususela ekuqaleni kwale ngxaki ikhoyo. Le MoU intsha iza emva koSuku lweHlabathi loKhenketho lowama-2020, olwalubhiyozelwa kwihlabathi liphela kumxholo okhethekileyo woKhenketho noPhuhliso lwasemaPhandleni. Phantsi kwesivumelwano, UNWTO kwaye i-FAO iya kwakha isicwangciso-nkqubo sentsebenziswano eyomeleziweyo, kubandakanywa nokwabelana ngolwazi nezibonelelo.

UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele uZurab Pololikashvili uthe: “Esi siVumelwano sokuQonda phakathi UNWTO kwaye i-FAO igxininisa ubume obunqamlezileyo bokhenketho kunye nokubaluleka kwentsebenziswano kuwo onke amanqanaba ukuqinisekisa ukuba icandelo lisebenzela wonke umntu. Zombini ukhenketho kunye nezolimo ziyindlela yokuphila yoluntu kwihlabathi liphela. Isivumelwano sifike ngexesha njengoko sithatha unyaka ka-2020 njengonyaka woKhenketho kuPhuhliso lwasemaPhandleni. Lo ibingumxholo woSuku lweHlabathi lwezoKhenketho, esilubhiyozele kule veki, siqaqambisa indima ekufuneka idlalwe lukhenketho ekuboneleleni ngamathuba kuluntu lwasemaphandleni nokuqhuba ukuvuseleleka kwentlalo noqoqosho.”

Ukomelela, ukuvelisa izinto ezintsha kunye nethuba

Eyona njongo iphambili yentsebenziswano iya kuba kukwandisa ukomelela kwamaphandle uluntu ngokuchaseneyo nezothuso kwezentlalo nezoqoqosho ngokukhula kwezokhenketho nokwenza ukuba lube loluzinzileyo nolubandakanya wonke umntu. Kuyo yonke inethiwekhi yoluntu ye-GIAHS ye-FAO (iiNkqubo zeLifa leMveli eliBalulekileyo kwiZolimo), ukhenketho luhamba phambili ekulinganiseni, icandelo liqeshe abantu basetyhini nolutsha libanike negalelo kuhlumo loqoqosho. Ukhenketho lukwangumkhuseli welifa lenkcubeko elinobutyebi elibonakalisa uninzi loluntu kwinethiwekhi ye-GIAHS, umzekelo ngokugcina iintsomi kunye nezinye izithethe ziphila zizizukulwana ezizayo.

Ukuqhubela phambili, i-MoU entsha ithi UNWTO kwaye i-FAO iya kusebenza kunye ukuseka isicwangciso semimandla ethe ngqo ngakumbi yentsebenziswano. Imiba ephambili ephambili, njengoko ichaziwe kwisivumelwano, iquka ukukhuthaza ushishino phakathi koluntu lwasemaphandleni, ingakumbi phakathi kolutsha nabasetyhini, ngenjongo yokubabonelela ngokufikelela kwiimarike zasekhaya nezehlabathi jikelele ngeemveliso zabo. Eminye imiba ephambili ibandakanya ukukhuthaza imfundo nezakhono ukuze kubonelelwe uluntu ngamathuba kwicandelo lezokhenketho.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

Umbutho wezoKhenketho weHlabathi (UNWTO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see the two agencies work together to advance shared goals relating to the sustainable and responsible growth of rural tourism.
“This Memorandum of Understanding between UNWTO and the FAO emphasises the cross-cutting nature of tourism and the importance of cooperation at every level to ensure the sector works for everyone.
A central aim of the collaboration will be to increase the resilience of rural communities against social and economic shocks through growing tourism and making it both more sustainable and inclusive.