PaCREST yeSustainable Coastal Tourism

NaMark J. Spalding, Mutungamiriri, The Ocean Foundation

Vazhinji vedu vanotsigira kuchengetedzwa kwemakungwa tinozviita nekutsigira nekuraira avo vari kunyatsonyorovesa maoko avo mubasa, kana avo vanorwira kuchengetedzwa kwezvipenyu zviri mungozi pakuungana kwepasirese uye kwenyika yekutonga kwemakungwa. Kashoma kuti ndipedze nguva shoma ndiri mukati kana pedyo negungwa. 

Vhiki rino, ndiri pachitsuwa chakanaka ndichiona Gungwa reCaribbean. Pano iwe wakabatanidzwa negungwa kunyangwe iwe usingarione. Uku ndiko kushanya kwangu kwekutanga kurudzi rwechitsuwa cheGrenada (iyo inoumbwa nezvitsuwa zvakawanda). Patakaburuka mundege manheru nezuro, takakwaziswa nevaimbi vepachitsuwa nevatambi, uye vamiriri vainyemwerera vebazi reGrenada rekushanya (rinozivikanwa pano seGT) vakatakura matireyi egirazi akazadzwa nemuto wemango. Ndichidzvuta muto wangu ndichiona vaitamba ndakaziva kuti ndaive chinhambwe kubva kuWashington DC

Grenada inyika diki-vasingasviki zviuru zana nemakumi mashanu vanhu vanogara pano - vakatakura mutoro wezvemari wekukuvadzwa kwakanyanya kubva kumadutu makore gumi apfuura, izvo, zvakasanganiswa nekudonha kwevashanyi panguva yekuderera kwehupfumi, zvakasiya nyika ichidzika pasi pechikwereti chakaitwa. kuvakazve zvivakwa zvakakosha. Grenada yagara ichizivikanwa senyika yezvitsuwa zveCaribbean nechikonzero chakanaka. Kuno munzvimbo dzinopisa dziri pedyo, dzichipindwa nemhepo dzokutengeserana dzokuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva, chitsuwa ichi chinobudisa cacao, nutmeg, uye zvimwe zvinonhuhwirira zvinotengeswa kunze kwenyika. Munguva ichangopfuura Grenada yakasarudza furemu itsva yekushanya kwayo—Pure Grenada: The Spice of the Caribbean, ichipemberera zviwanikwa zvayo zvakasiyana-siyana, kunyanya masisitimu emugungwa anokwevera masurfer, vanosvetukira, vanosvuta, vafambisi vezvikepe, vabati vehove, uye vanoenda kumahombekombe. Grenada iri kuedza kuchengetedza rekodhi yayo inoshamisa yekuchengeta 150,000% yemadhora ekushanya munyika.

Ichi ndicho chirongwa chakakwezva CREST uye Caribbean Tourism Organisation kusarudza Grenada Hotel uye Tourism Association seyo cosponsor yeizvi, iyo 3rd Symposium yeInnovators muCoastal Tourism. Symposium yakavakirwa papfungwa yekuti sechikamu chikuru uye chiri kukurumidza kukura pasirese, kushanya kwejecha-negungwa kunounza matambudziko nemikana kune avo vakazvipira kufambiro yemagariro uye zvakatipoteredza. Tinoungana pano kuti tisangane neavo vari padanho rekutanga rekushanya kwemahombekombe egungwa uye kugovera zvavakaita, zvidzidzo zvavo, uye zvipingamupinyi zvakakosha mukuita maitiro akasimba. Vatori vechikamu muSimposium iyi vanosanganisira vane mahotera nevamwe vatungamiri vemabhizinesi vakazvipira, kana kufunga nezvemhando itsva “dzegirinhi” dzekushanya kwemahombekombe, pamwe nenyanzvi dzezvekushanya kubva kumasangano ebudiriro epasi rose, masangano ehurumende, masangano asingabatsiri, midhiya nekudyidzana neveruzhinji, nharaunda- masangano akavakirwa uye academia.

Aka ndekechitatu ini ndiri mutauri paSymposium ino ndichimiririra basa ratinoita paThe Ocean Foundation kukurudzira kufamba kwakasimba uye kushanya, kusimudzira maitiro akavandudzwa, uye kuchengetedza nzvimbo dzakakosha dzisati dzatemerwa kana kugadzirira budiriro. Ini ndichave ndichiratidzira nezve "Marine Dziviriro Nzvimbo, Sustainable Fisheries, uye Sustainable Tourism" gare gare svondo rino. Ndinotarisira kune plenaries uye zvimwe zvikamu zvakare. Sokutaura kwakaita varongi vemusangano, “Tiri kutarisira kupanana mazano kune zvibereko!”