Ingqungquthela yokuqala yonyaka ye-Sustainable Tourism Development Conference, ehlelwe yi-RETOSA ngokubambisana neSustainable Tourism Partnership Programme (STPP), iqhubeka kusukela izolo eCedarWoods Hotel eGoli lapho izophothulwa khona ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Le ngqungquthela ihlose ukuthi ibe ngumsunguli wokuvusa inkhulumomphendvulwano yezokuVakasha Esimeme phakathi kwesifunda sase-Afrika eseNingizimu. Amazwe Angamalungu azokwabelana ngolwazi nolwazi lwezokuvakasha Okuzinzile, athole ithuba lokuchayeka emikhubeni ehamba phambili yamazwe ngamazwe, futhi asebenzise isithangami njengendlela yokukhiqiza imibiko yenqubekelaphambili yaminyaka yonke ukuze kuqinisekiswe amazinga entuthuko kanye nokuqaliswa kwezokuVakasha Okusimeme phakathi kwaMazwe Angamalungu.
Le ngqungquthela iqondiswe kubabambiqhaza abangaphakathi kwe-Sustainable Tourism, okungukuthi, ama-SMME, izinkampani ezizimele, izinkampani zikahulumeni, amabhodi ezokungcebeleka, ongqongqoshe, ama-NGO kanye nochwepheshe bezokuVakasha Esimeme.
Ingqungquthela ihlelwe ngendlela yomhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi, izingxoxo zephaneli nokuxoxisana phakathi kwabahlanganyeli kube wumongo wenqubo. Ezinye zezihloko ezibalulekile okukhulunywa ngazo yilezi:
• Ezokuvakasha Ezizinze Emphakathini (CBT) eNingizimu Afrika
• Ukuhwebelana Okufanelekile Kwezokuvakasha kanye Namazinga Ekhwalithi
• Ukuthuthukiswa kwama-TFCA (Transfrontier Conservation Areas) eNingizimu ne-Afrika
• Isimo Sezokuvakasha Esimeme: Gxila kuzo zombili izimboni ezizimele kanye nezikaHulumeni
• Izinyathelo zokubhekana nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nezinyathelo zokunciphisa, nokuphathwa kwemithombo yemvelo
• Ukuvakashela indawo ongakukhetha kuyo/ukuvakasha ngosuku lokugcina lwengqungquthela
I-Sustainable Tourism Conference ithole ukwesekwa kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba, futhi ezinye zezikhulumi ezibalulekile nezinhlangano ezimelwe engqungqutheleni zichazwe ngezansi:
UNksz Megan Eplar Wood – Umqondisi we-International Sustainable Tourism Initiative, eNyuvesi yaseHarvard
UDkt. Anna Spenceley – Isazi Sezokuvakasha Esizinzile samazwe ngamazwe
UDkt. Sue Snyman – Umxhumanisi Wesifunda, i-Wilderness Safaris
UDkt. Geoffrey Manyara – Umeluleki Omkhulu Wezokuvakasha Wesifunda, i-UNECA
UNksz Caroline Ungersbock – oyi-CEO yeSustainable Tourism Partnership Programme (STPP)
USolwazi Kevin Mearns, UNISA
Ukwengeza kule nhloso eshiwo ngenhla yale ngqungquthela, izithunywa zizobe zibambe iqhaza ekuhlaziyeni igebe elidingekayo ukuze kuqondwe kabanzi ngamathuba abalulekile kanye nezinzuzo zokuthuthukiswa Kwezokuvakasha Okuqhubekayo kanye nezithiyo ezivimbela Amazwe Angamalungu kanye nezizimele. ababambiqhaza bomkhakha ekuqaliseni i-ajenda ephelele yezokuVakasha Esimeme.
Le ngqungquthela isekelwa yinqwaba yabalingani abaholwa yi-UNWTO.
