IYunivesithi yaseHong Kong Polytechnic yanikezela ubuNjingalwazi obuBambisayo kuGqr. Taleb Rifai, unobhala jikelele weZizwe eziManyeneyo zoKhenketho lweHlabathi (UNWTO), nge-9 kaFebruwari ngenxa yegalelo lakhe elixabisekileyo kuphuhliso lweshishini lehlabathi lokhenketho.
Ngokukhawuleza emva kwesigqeba sokunikezelwa kwesivumelwano, uGqirha Rifai wabelana ngemibono yakhe neengcali zeshishini, izifundiswa kunye nabafundi bePolyU kwintetho yesidlangalala eyayinesihloko esithi "Umzi mveliso wezoKhenketho kwiHlabathi: Imiceli mngeni yangoku kunye nethemba."
UNjingalwazi Kaye Chon, ongunjingalwazi ongusihlalo kunye nomlawuli weSikolo seHotele noLawulo lwezoKhenketho (SHTM) uthe: “Ngelixa umhlaba wonke uchatshazelwe kukudodobala kwezoqoqosho ngandlela thile okanye enye kwaye ngoku sijonge kubuyiso, thina Ndonwabile ukuba uGqirha Rifai abelane nathi ngemibono yakhe kushishino lokhenketho lwehlabathi. Njengentloko yequmrhu lezokhenketho nelikwisikhundla sakhe esitsha njengoNjingalwazi wethu, esi sikolo kunye nabafundi baso sijonge phambili ekubeni baxhamle kulwazi lukaGqirha Rifai kunye namava amakhulu kushishino kwicandelo lolawulo lwezokhenketho. ”
Kwintetho, uGqirha Rifai wathetha ngalo nyaka unemiceli mngeni ka-2009. Uthe, “Ingxaki yezoqoqosho kwihlabathi liphela ibangelwe kukungaqiniseki malunga nesifo i-A (H1N1) esijike unyaka ka-2009 wangomnye weminyaka enzima kwicandelo lezokhenketho. Nangona kunjalo, iziphumo zeenyanga ezidlulileyo zibonisa ukuba kuyaqhubeka ukubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo kwaye kwangaphambi koko kwaye ngesantya esiphezulu kunokuba bekulindelwe. ”
Ngokuchasene nemeko yokunyuka kwamanani okhenketho lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nezalathi zezoqoqosho zizonke kwezi nyanga zidlulileyo, UNWTO iqikelela ukukhula kokufika kwabakhenkethi kumazwe ngamazwe okuphakathi kwe-3 ekhulwini kunye ne-4 ekhulwini ngo-2010. I-International Monetary Fund (IMF) isandula ukutsho ukuba ukuchacha kwehlabathi kwenzeka “ngokuphawulekayo” ngokukhawuleza kunokuba bekulindelwe. "Ngenxa yoko, i-2010 yayiza kuba ngunyaka wenguqu enikezela ngamathuba aphezulu ngelixa ingaphelisi ingozi ephantsi," kusho uDkt Rifai.
Nangona ukubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo kukhangeleka kusendleleni, uGqirha Rifai walumkisa ukuba u-2010 useza kuba ngunyaka onzima. “Amazwe amaninzi akhawulezile ukusabela kule ngxaki kwaye asebenzise amanyathelo okunciphisa ifuthe lawo kunye nokukhuthaza ukubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo. Ngelixa silindele ukukhula kubuye ngo-2010, ukurhoxa kwangoko kwezi ndlela zokukhuthaza kunye nesilingo sokunyusa irhafu eyongezelelweyo kungabeka emngciphekweni isantya sokubuyela kukhenketho, ”utshilo. Ngokwenyani uGqirha Rifai wacela iinkokheli zehlabathi ukuba zibambe umoya, odibanise uluntu lwehlabathi ekujonganeni nale mingeni kwaye bathathe ithuba lokuyila ikamva elizinzileyo.
UGqr. Taleb Rifai uthathe isikhundla njengonobhala jikelele we UNWTO ngo-Oktobha 2009. Waye ngunjingalwazi wezokwakha, ucwangciso, kunye noyilo lwedolophu kwiYunivesithi yaseJordan ukusuka 1973 ukuya 1993. Ukususela 1993 ukuya 1995, wakhokela Jordan yokuqala Mission Economic ukuya US, ukukhuthaza urhwebo, utyalo-mali, kunye nobudlelwane kwezoqoqosho. Kwisikhundla sakhe njengomlawuli jikelele weQumrhu lokuKhuthaza uTyalo-mali eJordan ukususela ngo-1995 ukuya ku-1997, uGqr. Njengegosa elilawulayo leNkampani yeSamente yaseJordan, wayalela iprojekthi yokuqala enkulu yoshishino lwabucala kunye nohlengahlengiso ngo-1999.
UGqr. Rifai usebenze njengosihlalo we UNWTO Ibhunga lesiGqeba ukusuka ku-2002 ukuya ku-2003 ngexesha lakhe njengomphathiswa wezokhenketho. Ukususela ngo-2003 ukuya ku-2006, wayengumncedisi womlawuli-jikelele kunye nomlawuli wengingqi kwi-Arab States ye-International Labor Organization. UGqr. Rifai wonyulwa njengosekela nobhala jikelele we UNWTO ngo-2006. Wangena kwisikhundla sikanobhala jikelele ngo-Oktobha 2009 kwaye uya kuhlala esihlalweni kude kube sekupheleni kuka-2013.
I-SHTM yabekwa kwindawo yesibini kwihlabathi phakathi kwezikolo zehotele nezokhenketho ngokusekwe kuphando nakwizifundo zokufunda, ngokophononongo olupapashwe kwiJournal of Hospitality & Tourism Research ngoNovemba 2009. Esi sikolo sinentsebenziswano kudala UNWTO, i-arhente ekhethekileyo yeZizwe eziManyeneyo kunye nombutho wamazwe ngamazwe ohamba phambili kwinkalo yokhenketho. Ukususela ngo-1999, isikolo sichongwe ngu UNWTO njengelinye lamaziko oqeqesho ehlabathi kuThungelwano lweMfundo noQeqesho. Isikolo sikwasebenza UNWTOIKomiti eLawulayo yeBhunga lezeMfundo.
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