Inkomfa yesithathu yokhenketho lwenkcubeko (i-3-5 kweyoMnga) iququzelelwe ngokubambisana phakathi koMbutho wezoKhenketho weHlabathi (UNWTO) kunye neUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) iqukunjelwe namhlanje eIstanbul, eTurkey. Abathathi-nxaxheba babhengeze inkxaso yabo kukhenketho lwenkcubeko njengomqhubi wokukhusela ilifa lemveli ephilayo, ukuvuselela ubuchule bokuyila ezixekweni, nokusasaza iinzuzo zokhenketho zentlalo noqoqosho kubo bonke.
Isigqibo esingundoqo esisuka kwinkomfa yaba yimfuneko yonxulumano olucacileyo nolomeleleyo phakathi kokhenketho, inkcubeko kunye nabachaphazelekayo ekuhlaleni. Imigaqo-nkqubo yokhenketho lwenkcubeko kunye nezicwangciso-qhinga kufuneka zithathele ingqalelo iimbono kunye nomdla woluntu lwasekuhlaleni, olunokuthi kananjalo luncedise amabhunga olawulo ekulungelelaniseni uphuhliso lokhenketho kunye nolondolozo lwelifa lemveli nokhuselo. Ukuhambisa ingeniso yokhenketho kulondolozo lwenkcubeko nophuhliso loluntu kwachongwa njengomngeni ongundoqo wolawulo.
UMongameli Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca waseMalta uthethe kwinkomfa ekuvuleni kwayo, egxininisa ukuba: "Kwihlabathi lanamhlanje, idiplomacy yezokhenketho ibaluleke kakhulu ukukhuthaza ukuqonda, kwaye inkcubeko ingundoqo ekufezekiseni oku".
USekela Mlawuli-Jikelele we-UNESCO u-Xing Qu uyiqinisekisile indima ebalulekileyo yokhenketho, esithi: “Ukhenketho lubonelela ngethuba elikhulu lokuxhasa uphuhliso loqoqosho lwasekhaya, lo gama lusiphula imiqobo phakathi kwabantu. Ukuqinisa ubuchule bokuyila kunye nokuveliswa kwezinto ezintsha zobuchwepheshe, kunye nokukhusela ilifa lemveli kubalulekile ekukhuthazeni ukhenketho olunenkathalo noluzinzileyo ukuxhasa nokumanyanisa uluntu kwiminyaka ezayo. "
“Inkcubeko yenye yezinto ezikhuthaza ukukhula kokhenketho, ngoko ke ukukhusela inkcubeko elilifa kunye nokukhuthaza ukhenketho kuphuhliso oluzinzileyo yinxalenye yenxaki enye. Ukuhlanganisana kwabaphathiswa abangama-30 abavela kwihlabathi liphela kubonisa indawo yenkcubeko kwezokhenketho,” utshilo. UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele uZurab Pololikashvili evula umsitho.
Ezi mvakalelo zabethelelwa ngumphathiswa wenkcubeko nokhenketho waseTurkey uMehmet Ersoy. "Inkcubeko kunye nentsebenziswano yezokhenketho inika isakhelo sentsebenziswano yoluntu-yabucala, imfundo, utyalo-mali kunye nokuzinza," uMphathiswa u-Ersoy wongezelela.
Kwingxoxo-mpikiswano eyayimodareyithwe nguRajan Datar we-BBC, abaphathiswa abangaphezu kwama-30 ababekho bagqibe kwelokuba ukhenketho kunye nenkcubeko azahlulwa-hlulwa kwaye kufuneka basebenzisane ukuze ukhenketho lungacinezeli ilifa lenkcubeko kunye neenzuzo zalo kubakhenkethi nabemi basekuhlaleni. Nangona kunjalo, owona mceli-mngeni kukusasaza umtsalane wokhenketho lwenkcubeko ngaphaya kweendawo ezisele zimiselwe ngeli lixa ulawula inani elikhulu labatyeleli.
Iseshoni yokuqala yale nkomfa igxininise kwisakhono sokhenketho lwenkcubeko ukunceda izixeko zibe ziindawo ezizinzileyo neziyilayo kunye neendawo ekusingwa kuzo. Iphele ngesivumelwano sokuba amacandelo oyilo nenkcubeko anokomeleza kwaye abonelele ngokuyila kukhenketho lwenkcubeko, enze amakhonkco ajike ukhenketho lube sisixhobo sokukhusela ilifa lenkcubeko elibambekayo neliphathekayo.
Usuku lwesibini lomsitho lunikezelwe kwimpembelelo ekabili yokhenketho olunenkathalo kunye nenkqubela phambili yezobuchwepheshe ekukhuseleni ilifa lenkcubeko elingaphathekiyo. Kwavunyelwana ukuba ukuveliswa kwezinto ezintsha kufuneka kuqiniswe kulawulo olungcono, ukukhuthazwa nokulondolozwa kwelifa lemveli, kunye nokwenza ukuba ukhenketho lwenkcubeko lufikeleleke kumntu wonke.
Ngexesha lomsitho, iinkampani ezintlanu ezikhokelayo zokhenketho zaseTurkey zityikitye iSibophelelo seCandelo laBucala kwi UNWTO IKhowudi yeHlabathi yeeNqobo zokuziphatha kwezoKhenketho, ukonyusa iinzame zeenkokheli zeshishini laseTurkey zokuqinisekisa uphuhliso oluzinzileyo lwecandelo.
Eyesithathu UNWTO/ INkomfa yeHlabathi ye-UNESCO yezoKhenketho neNkcubeko iya kuvelisa isibhengezo, esiza kufumaneka kungekudala, sichaza ukuzibophelela kwamacandelo ahlukeneyo kubo bonke abathathi-nxaxheba ekuqiniseni intsebenziswano yezokhenketho kunye nenkcubeko njengendlela yokuphumeza i-Ajenda yoPhuhliso oluZinzileyo ye-2030 yeZizwe eziManyeneyo. Uhlelo olulandelayo lwenkomfa lucwangciselwe ukubanjelwa eKyoto, eJapan ngo-2019.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Eyesithathu UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture will produce a declaration, to be made available soon, outlining the cross-sector commitment of all participants to reinforcing the tourism and culture partnership as an enabler for achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda of the United Nations.
- It ended in agreement that the creative and cultural sectors can strengthen and provide innovation in cultural tourism, forging links that turn tourism into a tool to safeguard tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
- In a debate moderated by the BBC's Rajan Datar, the more than 30 ministers present concluded that tourism and culture are indivisible and must work together so that tourism does not suffocate cultural heritage and its benefits for visitors and locals.
