KwiCREST yoKhenketho loNxweme oluZinzileyo

NguMark J. Spalding, uMongameli, i-Ocean Foundation

Uninzi lwethu oluxhasa ukulondolozwa kolwandle lukwenza oko ngokuxhasa nokucebisa abo bathe bamanzisa izandla zabo emsebenzini, okanye abo balwela ukhuseleko lwezidalwa ezisengozini kwiindibano zolawulo lolwandle lwehlabathi kunye nelizwe. Kunqabile ukuba ndichithe ixesha elincinci ngaphakathi okanye kufutshane nolwandle. 

Kule veki, ndikwisiqithi esihle esonwabela umbono omhle woLwandle lweCaribbean. Apha uqhagamshelwe elwandle naxa ungaluboni. Olu lutyelelo lwam lokuqala kwisiqithi saseGrenada (esenziwe ziziqithi ezininzi). Ukuhla kwethu kwinqwelomoya ngokuhlwa kwayizolo, samkelwa ziimvumi zasesiqithini kunye nabadanisi, kunye nabameli abancumileyo benkonzo yezokhenketho yaseGrenada (eyaziwa apha njenge-GT) bephethe iitreyi ezineglasi ezaliswe yijusi yemango. Ndithe ndisarhabula ijusi yam ndabukela abadanisi, ndaqonda ukuba ndikude ukusuka eWashington DC

IGrenada sisizwe esincinci - abantu abangaphantsi kwe-150,000 bahlala apha-abanomthwalo wemali womonakalo omkhulu kwiinkanyamba kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo, edityaniswe nokuhla kweendwendwe ngexesha lokudodobala koqoqosho, ishiye ilizwe ligxadazela phantsi kwetyala elenziwe kwakhiwe ngokutsha iziseko ezingundoqo ezibalulekileyo. IGrenada kudala yaziwa njengelizwe leziqithi zeCaribbean ngesizathu esihle. Apha kwimimandla ekufuphi neleenjiko, ebhuqwa ngumoya worhwebo osemntla-mpuma, esi siqithi sivelisa ikhokho, i<em>nutmeg nezinye iziqholo ezithengiswa kumazwe angaphandle. Kutshanje iGrenada ikhethe isakhelo esitsha sokhenketho lwayo—iPure Grenada: The Spice of the Caribbean, ibhiyozela ubuncwane bayo bendalo ezahlukahlukeneyo, ingakumbi iinkqubo zaselwandle ezitsala abaselwandle, abantsundu, abakhenkethi, oomatiloshe, abalobi kunye nabahambi elunxwemeni. IGrenada izama ukukhusela irekhodi layo elimangalisayo lokugcina i-80% yeedola zokhenketho kwilizwe.

Linyathelo eliye latsala KAKHULU kunye noMbutho wezoKhenketho weCaribbean ukukhetha iGrenada Hotel kunye noMbutho wezoKhenketho njenge-cosponsor yale nto, iSimpoziyam yesi-3 yabasunguli kuKhenketho loNxweme. I-Symposium isekelwe kwingcamango yokuba njengelona candelo likhulu kunye nelona likhula ngokukhawuleza kwihlabathi, ukhenketho lwe-sun-sand-and-sea lubeka imingeni kunye namathuba kwabo bazinikele kuhambo oluxanduva lwentlalo kunye nokusingqongileyo. Sihlanganisana apha ukuze sidibane nabo bakwinqanaba eliphezulu lokhenketho lwaselunxwemeni nokwabelana ngezinto abazifezileyo, izifundo abazifundileyo, kunye nemiqobo engundoqo ekuphumezeni izenzo ezizinzileyo. Abathathi-nxaxheba kule Ngqungquthela baquka abanini-hotele kunye nezinye iinkokeli zoshishino ezizinikele, okanye zithathela ingqalelo imifuziselo emitsha “eluhlaza” yokhenketho lwaselunxwemeni, kunye neengcaphephe zokhenketho eziphuma kwimibutho yophuhliso lwamazwe ngamazwe, ii-arhente zikarhulumente, imibutho engenzi ngeniso, amajelo eendaba kunye nobudlelwane boluntu, uluntu- imibutho esekelwe kunye nezifundiswa.

Eli lixesha lesithathu ndisisithethi kule Ngqungquthela egameni lomsebenzi esiwenzayo e-Ocean Foundation ukukhuthaza uhambo oluzinzileyo nokhenketho, ukukhuthaza ukuphuculwa kweendlela zokusebenza, nokukhusela iindawo ezibalulekileyo phambi kokuba zimiselwe okanye zilungiselelwe uphuhliso. Ndizakube ndibonisa “IiNdawo zaseLwandle eziKhuselweyo, ukuLoba okuZinzileyo, kunye noKhenketho oluZinzileyo” ekupheleni kwale veki. Ndijonge phambili kwiiplenari kunye nezinye iiseshini ngokunjalo. Njengoko abaququzeleli benkomfa besitsho, “Sijonge phambili ekutshintshiselaneni ngezimvo okuneziqhamo!”