Kuluhlu lwabaphumeleleyo kulo nyaka yindawo yokulala eBotswana, indawo ekhuselweyo yefynbos eMzantsi Afrika, ishishini loluntu eVietnam, umkhenkethi osebenzela ukunceda uluntu lwaseLimpopo, isixeko saseYurophu, iqela lezindlu zeendwendwe eKangaroo. I-Valley yase-Australia kunye nenkampani eyenza abahambi bahambe ukusuka kwidolophana ukuya kwilali yaseIndiya. Abaphumeleleyo abali-12 ngoku kufuneka balinde de kube ngumsitho wamaBhaso e-WTM eLondon ukuze bafumanise ukuba ngoobani iinkokeli ezikhethiweyo zalo nyaka.
Ezintandathu “iiNkokeli eziBonisa iMpembelelo yoKhenketho enoxanduva” ziya kubhengezwa eWTM eLondon ngoSuku lweHlabathi loKhenketho. Ngamnye uya kumela inkampani, umbutho okanye indawo apho abagwebi bacinga ukuba babonise impembelelo ebaluleke kakhulu kwiindidi ezintlanu, nganye yazo ibophelelwe kwelinye okanye ngaphezulu kwe-17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Ngo-2017, ezi ndidi zezi: Eyona nto ingcono yokuNcitshiswa kweCarbon, iNgcono kwiNdawo yokuHlala, iPhulo eliPhumelelayo loLuntu, iNxibelelwano eNgcono, uMsebenzi oMnandi woKhenketho, kunye neNgcaciso yokuNcitshiswa kweNtlupheko.
Ngo-2017 sisihlandlo sokuqala ukuba amabhaso aqhutywe yi-WTM, ethatha indawo kwi-recipectedtravel.com emva kweminyaka elishumi elinesithathu eyimpumelelo. Kulo nyaka, amabhaso aya kuboniswa nguTanya Beckett, obonisa iBusiness Talking kwi-BBC News Channel.
Ethetha ngomgangatho wabaphumeleleyo, USihlalo wabaGcini, uNjingalwazi uHarold Goodwin wathi:
"Kulo nyaka sifumene iindlela ezintsha nezintsha zokubonisa igalelo elenziwa lukhenketho kuphuhliso oluzinzileyo.
“Bendingusihlalo weejaji kule minyaka ili-13 yeeMbasa zeHlabathi zoKhenketho oluThatha uXanduva eziququzelelwa yi-accountabletravel.com. Xa bethatha isigqibo sokuyeka ukuqhuba iiMbasa ndavuya kuba iWTM yaseLondon yanyathela ukuze iqhubeke.
“Lo ngunyaka omkhulu wenguqu nomququzeleli omtsha kwaye sigxile kuNyaka weZizwe ngezizwe woKhenketho oluZinzileyo kuPhuhliso kwiiNjongo zoPhuhliso oluZinzileyo ze-UN – siza kupapasha imizekelo emihle yendlela amashishini athe ahlangabezana nomngeni omtsha wokunika ingxelo elubala. iimpembelelo kunye nokunxibelelana nabo kubathathi-nxaxheba”.
Abaphumeleleyo baya kubhengezwa ngoLwesithathu we-8th NgoNovemba ka-2017 kumsitho obubanjelwe eWTM eLondon, apho kulindeleke ukuba kuzimase iingcali zokhenketho ezingaphezu kwama-500, abaphathiswa bezokhenketho kunye nabameli beendaba.
IWTM yaseLondon, UMlawuli oMkhulu weMboniso, kunye nejaji elinguSimon Press wathi: “Kwakhona iWorld Responsible Tourism Awards iya kuba yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yokuvulwa koSuku lweHlabathi loKhenketho oluThatha uXanduva eWTM eLondon. Amabali abaphumeleleyo kunye nempumelelo yabo asebenza njengophawu kunye nenkuthazo yoko ukhenketho lwehlabathi kunye neshishini lokhenketho elinokufezekiswa kuhambo olunenkathalo lokhenketho.
Usuku lwe-WTM oluThatha uKhenketho - Ukuvulwa kunye namaBhaso aqala ngo-11:00-13:00 nge-8 kaNovemba kwi-WTM Global Stage - AS1050
Uluhlu olupheleleyo lwabagqwesileyo bowama-2017 lu:
v Chobe Game Lodge
v ICrystal Creek
v Grootbos
v INkqubo yoShishino loKhenketho oluHlaza
v Kumarakom
v Ol Pejeta
v Utshintsho lwaseLwandle
v Sapa o Chau
v Ljubljana
v Iindawo zokuFikela zeTransfrontier Parks
v I-TUI Cruises
v IiNdlela zelali
