Ku-CREST ye-Sustainable Coastal Tourism

Ngu-Mark J. Spalding, uMongameli, i-Ocean Foundation

Iningi lethu elisekela ukongiwa kolwandle likwenza lokho ngokweseka nokweluleka labo asebemanzisa izandla zabo emsebenzini, noma labo abalwela ukuvikelwa kwezilwane ezisengozini yokushabalala emibuthanweni yomhlaba wonke neyezwe yokubusa kolwandle. Akuvamile ukuthi ngichithe isikhathi esincane noma eduze nolwandle. 

Kuleli sonto, ngisesiqhingini esihle ngijabulela ukubuka okuhle koLwandle lweCaribbean. Lapha uxhumeke olwandle noma ungaluboni. Lokhu ukuvakasha kwami ​​kokuqala esizweni esiyisiqhingi saseGrenada (esakhiwe iziqhingi eziningana). Ngesikhathi sehla endizeni izolo kusihlwa, sabingelelwa abaculi besiqhingi nabadansi, nabamele abamomothekayo benkonzo yezokuvakasha yaseGrenada (eyaziwa lapha ngokuthi GT) bephethe amathreyi anengilazi egcwele ijusi kamango. Ngenkathi ngiphuza ujusi wami futhi ngibuka abadansi, ngangazi ukuthi ngikude ukusuka eWashington DC

IGrenada iyizwe elincane—abantu abangaphansi kuka-150,000 abahlala lapha—abathwele umthwalo wezimali womonakalo omkhulu weziphepho eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, okuhlangene nokwehla kwezivakashi ngesikhathi sokuwohloka komnotho, kushiye izwe libambe ongezansi ngaphansi kwesikweletu esenziwe. ukwakha kabusha ingqalasizinda ebalulekile. IGrenada sekuyisikhathi eside yaziwa njengesizwe seziqhingi zaseCaribbean ngesizathu esihle. Lapha ezindaweni ezishisayo eziseduze, ezishaywa umoya wokuhweba osenyakatho-mpumalanga, lesi siqhingi sikhiqiza ukhokho, amantongomane, nezinye izinongo ezithengiswa kwamanye amazwe. Muva nje iGrenada ikhethe uhlaka olusha lwezokuvakasha—I-Pure Grenada: The Spice of the Caribbean, ibungaza imithombo yayo yemvelo ehlukahlukene, ikakhulukazi izimiso zasolwandle eziheha abatshuzi, abatshuzi, abatshuzi emanzini, amatilosi, abadobi nabasolwandle. IGrenada ilwela ukuvikela irekhodi layo elimangalisayo lokugcina u-80% wamadola wezokuvakasha ezweni.

Yilesi sinyathelo esidonse I-CREST kanye ne-Caribbean Tourism Organization ukukhetha i-Grenada Hotel and Tourism Association njenge-cosponsor yalokhu, I-Symposium yesi-3 yabasunguli ku-Coastal Tourism. I-Symposium isekelwe embonweni wokuthi njengomkhakha omkhulu futhi okhula ngokushesha emhlabeni, ukuvakasha kwe-sun-and-sea kubangela kokubili izinselele kanye namathuba kulabo abazibophezele ekuhambeleni umphakathi kanye nemvelo. Sihlangana lapha ukuze sihlangane nalabo abasonqenqemeni olusha lwezokuvakasha zasogwini futhi sabelane ngezinto abazifezile, izifundo abazitholile, kanye nezithiyo ezibalulekile ekuqaliseni izinqubo ezisimeme. Ababambe iqhaza kulo Ngqungquthela bahlanganisa abanikazi bamahhotela nabanye abaholi bamabhizinisi abazibophezele, noma bacabangele izinhlobo ezintsha “eziluhlaza” zezokuvakasha zasogwini, kanye nochwepheshe bezokuvakasha abavela ezinhlanganweni zokuthuthukisa amazwe ngamazwe, izikhungo zikahulumeni, izinhlangano ezingenzi nzuzo, abezindaba nobudlelwano bomphakathi, umphakathi- izinhlangano ezisekelwe kanye nezifundiswa.

Sekungokwesithathu ngiyisikhulumi kule Ngqungquthela egameni lomsebenzi esiwenzayo e-The Ocean Foundation ukugqugquzela ukuvakasha nokuvakasha okusimeme, ukukhuthaza izinqubo ezithuthukisiwe, kanye nokuvikela izindawo ezibalulekile ngaphambi kokuba zihlelwe noma zilungiselelwe ukuthuthukiswa. Ngizokwethula “Izindawo Zasolwandle Ezivikelekile, Izinhlanzi Ezizinzile, kanye Nezokuvakasha Okuzinzile” ngasekupheleni kwaleli sonto. Ngibheke ngabomvu kuma-plenaries nezinye izikhathi. Njengoba abahleli bengqungquthela basho, “Sibheke ngabomvu ukushintshana ngemibono okunezithelo!”