UNWTO uvavanyo lwe-COVID-19

Ku uhlaziyo kwimpendulo yecandelo kuqhambuko lwe-coronavirus ye-COVID-19, Umbutho woKhenketho weHlabathi (UNWTO) inikezela ngovavanyo lokuqala olubhekiselele ekunciphiseni kokufika kwamazwe ngamazwe kunye neerisithi kwi-2020. Amanyathelo ezempilo yoluntu kufuneka aphunyezwe ngeendlela zokunciphisa naluphi na ukuphazamiseka okungeyomfuneko ukuhamba kunye norhwebo. Ukususela ekuqaleni kwesi sifo, UNWTO ebesebenza ngokusondeleyo neWorld Health Organisation (WHO) ukuqinisekisa ukuba oku kunjalo.

UNWTO iye yahlaziya amathuba ayo owama-2020 okufika kwabakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe ukuya kuhlumo olubi lwe-1% ukuya kwi-3%, nto leyo etolika ilahleko eqikelelwayo ye-US$30 ukuya kuma-50 eebhiliyoni zeerisithi zokhenketho. Ngaphambi kokuqhambuka kwe-COVID-19, UNWTO iqikelele ukukhula okuncomekayo nge-3% ukuya kwi-4% kulo nyaka.

Olu vavanyo lokuqala lulindele ukuba i-Asiya kunye nePacific iya kuba ngummandla ochaphazelekayo kakhulu, kunye nokuwa okulindelekileyo ekufikeni kwe-9% ukuya kwi-12%. Uqikelelo lweminye imimandla yehlabathi ngoku luphambi kwexesha ngenxa yemeko ekhula ngokukhawuleza. UNWTO igxininisa ukuba naluphi na uqikelelo kufuneka luphathwe ngononophelo kwaye lunokuhlaziywa.

Ukulungiselela ukuchacha

UNWTO icela inkxaso yezemali nezopolitiko kumanyathelo okubuyisela kwimeko yesiqhelo ajolise kukhenketho, kunye nokubandakanya inkxaso yecandelo kwizicwangciso zokubuyisela kwimeko yesiqhelo kunye nezenzo zoqoqosho oluchaphazelekayo.

Impembelelo yokuqhambuka kwe-COVID-19 iya kuvakala kulo lonke ikhonkco lexabiso lokhenketho. UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele uZurab Pololikashvili uphinda agxininise ukuba "amashishini amancinci naphakathi enza malunga ne-80% yecandelo lezokhenketho kwaye abonakaliswe ngakumbi ngezigidi zokuphila kwihlabathi liphela, kubandakanywa noluntu olusesichengeni, luxhomekeke kukhenketho".

Ukuzibophelela kwezopolitiko nakwezemali kubalulekile ekuqinisekiseni ukuba ukhenketho lungakhokelela ekuvuseleleni ngokubanzi kwezoqoqosho nakwezentlalo, njengoko oko kungqinekile kuphazamiso oludlulileyo ngakwicala lokuma okuzinzileyo kwecandelo kunye namandla alo okubuyela umva ngamandla.

Kumashumi eminyaka akutshanje, ukhenketho sele lukhulile kwaye ngoku lumiselwe ngokuqinileyo njengegalelo elibalulekileyo kuphuhliso oluzinzileyo, ukukhula koqoqosho, ingqesho kunye nokuqonda amazwe ngamazwe. Njenge-arhente ye-UN ejongene nokhenketho kunye nophuhliso oluzinzileyo, UNWTO ikulungele ukunika isikhokelo nenkxaso kumanyathelo okubuyisela amalungu ayo, icandelo lokhenketho labucala neloluntu, kuquka abaququzeleli bemisitho yokhenketho kunye nemiboniso.