Pa CREST of Sustainable Coastal Tourism

Wolemba Mark J. Spalding, Purezidenti, The Ocean Foundation

Ambiri aife omwe timathandizira kasungidwe ka nyanja timachita izi pothandizira ndi kulangiza iwo omwe anyowa pantchitoyo, kapena omwe amalimbikitsa kuteteza zamoyo zomwe zatsala pang'ono kutha pamisonkhano yapadziko lonse lapansi komanso yamayiko olamulira panyanja. Sizichitika kawirikawiri kuti ndikhale nthawi yochepa m'nyanja kapena pafupi ndi nyanja. 

Mlungu uno, ndili pachilumba chokongola ndikusangalala ndi maonekedwe okongola a Nyanja ya Caribbean. Apa mwalumikizidwa kunyanja ngakhale simungayiwone. Aka ndi ulendo wanga woyamba ku dziko la zilumba la Grenada (lomwe lili ndi zilumba zingapo). Titatsika m'ndege dzulo madzulo, tinalandilidwa ndi oimba ndi ovina pachilumbachi, komanso oimira akumwetulira a unduna wa zokopa alendo ku Grenada (wotchedwa GT) atanyamula matayala agalasi odzazidwa ndi madzi a mango. Ndikamamwa madzi anga ndikuyang'ana ovina, ndinadziwa kuti ndinali kutali ndi Washington DC

Grenada ndi dziko laling'ono - anthu ochepera 150,000 amakhala pano - omwe ali ndi vuto lazachuma chifukwa cha mphepo yamkuntho zaka khumi zapitazo, zomwe, kuphatikiza ndi kutsika kwa alendo panthawi yachuma, zasiya dzikolo likugwedezeka chifukwa cha ngongole yomwe idachitika. kumanganso maziko ofunikira. Grenada wakhala akudziwika kuti dziko lazilumba za Caribbean ndi zifukwa zomveka. Kuderali kumadera otentha kwambiri, chifukwa cha mphepo yamkuntho ya kumpoto chakum’maŵa, pachilumbachi kumatulutsa koko, mtedza, ndi zonunkhira zina zogulitsidwa kunja. Posachedwapa Grenada yasankha chimango chatsopano cha zokopa alendo—Pure Grenada: The Spice of the Caribbean, kukondwerera zachilengedwe zake zosiyanasiyana, makamaka machitidwe apanyanja amene amakopa anthu oyenda panyanja, osambira, oyenda pansi pamadzi, amalinyero, asodzi, ndi oyenda m’mphepete mwa nyanja. Grenada ikuyesetsa kuteteza mbiri yake yodabwitsa yosunga 80% ya madola azokopa alendo mdziko muno.

Izi ndi zomwe zidachititsa chidwi KULIRA ndi Caribbean Tourism Organisation kuti isankhe Grenada Hotel and Tourism Association ngati cosponsor wa izi, Msonkhano Wachitatu wa Opanga Innovators ku Coastal Tourism. Msonkhanowu umachokera ku lingaliro lakuti monga gawo lalikulu kwambiri komanso lomwe likukula mofulumira kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, zokopa alendo za dzuwa ndi nyanja zimabweretsa mavuto ndi mwayi kwa iwo omwe amadzipereka kuti aziyenda bwino ndi anthu komanso zachilengedwe. Timasonkhana pano kuti tikumane ndi omwe ali m'mphepete mwa njira zokopa alendo za m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndikugawana zomwe akwaniritsa, maphunziro awo, ndi zopinga zazikulu pokwaniritsa njira zokhazikika. Anthu omwe atenga nawo mbali mumsonkhanowu akuphatikizapo ogwira ntchito m'mahotela ndi atsogoleri ena amalonda omwe adzipereka, kapena kuganizira za "zobiriwira" zatsopano zokopa alendo m'mphepete mwa nyanja, komanso akatswiri okopa alendo ochokera m'mabungwe a chitukuko cha mayiko, mabungwe a boma, mabungwe osapindula, atolankhani ndi maubwenzi ndi anthu, anthu- mabungwe ndi maphunziro.

Aka ndi kachitatu kuti ndikhale wokamba nkhani pa Symposium iyi m'malo mwa ntchito yomwe timachita ku The Ocean Foundation kulimbikitsa maulendo okhazikika ndi zokopa alendo, kulimbikitsa machitidwe abwino, ndi kuteteza madera ovuta asanalembedwe kapena kukonzekera chitukuko. Ndikhala ndikuwonetsa za "Madera Otetezedwa Panyanja, Usodzi Wokhazikika, ndi Ulendo Wokhazikika" kumapeto kwa sabata ino. Ndikuyembekezera ma plenaries ndi magawo enanso. Monga momwe okonza msonkhanowo ananenera, “Tikuyembekezera kusinthana kopindulitsa kwa malingaliro!”