Wekishopu yedunhu pamusoro pekufambiswa kwekutonga kwekuenda uye kushambadzira yapera muSaint Lucia nekuzvipira kwevatori vechikamu kuvandudza chigadzirwa chekushanya uye kuita kwevatori vechikamu.
The 27-31 March workshop, organized by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the United Nations agency, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), brought together 26 stakeholders in the tourism industry from 12 CTO member countries to explore ways to make their destinations and the region more globally competitive.
“Musangano uyu wakakosha zvikuru. Inopa vanobatanidzwa mukana wekutarisa kushanya kwakasimba, uko kwakakosha kumatunhu edu nenyika dzeCaribbean,” akadaro Percival Hanley, maneja mukuru weBrimstone Hill Fortress National Park Society muSt. Kitts.
"Tourism nderimwe remaindasitiri makuru munyika dzedu uye rine zvarinoreva kuhupfumi hwedu, uye nderimwe remaindasitiri ari kukura achakanganisa zvakanyanya nzvimbo yedu, kwete izvozvi asi mune ramangwana," akawedzera.
Munguva yemusangano wemazuva mashanu, vatori vechikamu vakagovana maitiro akanaka, kusanganisira kubudirira kwekuenda kunze kweCaribbean.
Chakanga chiri chakavhurika ziso kuna Elecia Myers, mukuru director wehurongwa hwekuronga uye ongororo kubazi rezvekushanyirwa kweJamaica, akati iye zvino achatarisa hutungamiriri hwenzvimbo yekuenda uye kushambadzira neimwe nzira.
“Ndanga ndichitarisa kuti ndingaite sei hurongwa hwenyika kuitira kuti pave nekutevedzwa mukati memasangano edu, uye mukati mevashandi vedu – vane mahotera, vanokwezva, vanopa mabasa ezvekufambisa – kuti vangapinza sei hurongwa hune chinangwa uye nzira inoyerwa kuti tikwanise kuitevera nekufamba kwenguva,” akadaro.
KuTurks neCaicos Islands zvirongwa izvi zvakakosha nekuti nyika iri pamharadzano yekwainoda kuenda maererano nekusimudzira kushanya, akadaro Brian Been, mukuru mukuru wezvekuvandudza zvigadzirwa kuTurks and Caicos Tourist Board.
"Pese patinotaura nezvekuchengetedza, isu tinowanzo kutsamira parutivi rwezvakatipoteredza, uye tisingazive kuti panofanirwa kuve nemaitiro akaenzana," akadaro.
Wekishopu iyi yakauya panguva iyo nzvimbo dziri kutarisisa zvakanyanya kusimudzira zvigadzirwa, uye social media iri kushandura nzira yekushambadzira yekushanya.
Pakati penzvimbo dzakakosha dzakaongororwa dzaive hunyanzvi mukushambadzira, kukwikwidza kwekuenda, kugadzira zviitiko zvinogoneka zvekushanya uye mhando dzakabudirira mukutarisira kwekuenda uye kushambadzira. Vatori vechikamu vakakwanisawo kutora nzira yekudzidza kubva mukamuri ino uye kupinda munyika chaiyo nekuenda kurwendo rwekufunda kuFond Latisab Creole Park, Lushan Country Life neSulfur Springs neVolcano kune zviitiko chaizvo zvehupenyu.
“Sustainable destination management and marketing inzvimbo iri kutariswa nenyika zhinji mudunhu redu – kuti tingashambadza sei nekugadzirisa nzvimbo dzatinoenda kuitira kuti tikwanise kukwikwidza pasi rose,” akadaro Bonita Morgan, director weCTO wezvekuunganidza zviwanikwa. development.
The executive training workshop was organized by the CTO and the UNWTO through its Themis Foundation, and was held in collaboration with the Saint Lucia ministry of tourism and the board of tourism.
“This UNWTO/CTO workshop main objective was to constitute a participative platform where we all could share experiences and knowledge as well as instruments that can be applied back in participants’ countries, institutions, businesses and destinations. And I believe we have achieved that objective by bridging theory and practice in a very participative workshop,” said Alba Fernández Alonso, the course coordinator at the Themis Foundation, the entity responsible for implementing the UNWTO’s education and training program.
