UNWTO announces 2nd World Conference on Smart Destinations

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Government of Spain and the Principality of Asturias are organizing the 2nd UNWTO World Conference on Smart Destinations (Oviedo, 25-27 June 2018). The Conference will discuss the principles of 21st-century tourism destinations, marked by governance, innovation, technology, sustainability and accessibility.

Lo mcimbi, ozoba unyaka wesibili ilandelana, uzohlanganisa ochwepheshe abavela emhlabeni wonke ukuze baxoxisane ngamathuba nezinselele ezivela ekuthuthukisweni, ukuqaliswa kanye nokuphathwa kwemikhiqizo emisha kanye nezinsizakalo ezisekelwe ezisombululweni ezintsha zobuchwepheshe.

“Innovation and technology present a unique opportunity to transform tourism into a more competitive, smarter and more sustainable sector,” said UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili.

NgokukaNgqongqoshe Wezamandla, Ezokuvakasha kanye Ne-Ajenda Yedijithali yase-Spain, u-Álvaro Nadal, Ingqungquthela iyisibonelo sokusebenzisana phakathi kwazo zonke iziphathimandla ukuze kwenziwe umkhakha ube wesimanjemanje futhi uwuthuthukise ngokobuchwepheshe. UNadal uthe i-Asturias inazo zonke izimfanelo zomcimbi ukuthi ube yimpumelelo futhi idlule isibalo sababambe iqhaza abangama-500 oshicilelo lwangonyaka odlule.

“I-Asturias ibilokhu izibophezele kumodeli yezokuvakasha esimeme. Yingakho sivula iminyango yethu kule ngqungquthela, lapho ochwepheshe abavela emhlabeni wonke bezofaka izinto ezintsha ekuthuthukiseni ezokuvakasha ezihlakaniphile nezinomthwalo wemfanelo,” kusho uNgqongqoshe Wesifunda Wezokuqashwa, Izimboni Nezokuvakasha ku-Principal of Asturias, u-Isaac Pola. .

The Conference will feature lectures and round tables in which participants will discuss the opportunities and challenges for tourism deriving from the most important digital trends such as Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, the Internet of Things, Location Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Blockchain and Virtual & Augmented Reality.

Ezinye izihloko okufanele zidingidwe zihlanganisa; ukuguqulwa kwedijithali phakathi kwezindawo okuyiwa kuzo, izixazululo zobuchwepheshe zokulinganisa umthelela wezokuvakasha, ukubusa kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo ngobuhlakani, ukubaluleka kobuchwepheshe obusha ukuze kube nentuthuko esimeme, kanye nendima yezinkundla ezivulekile nokuphathwa kwedatha ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuncintisana kwezindawo zokuvakasha.
Izengezo ezintsha kuNgqungquthela: I-Hackathon nocwaningo

Ngokushesha ngaphambi kweNkomfa, kuzobanjwa i-Hackathon yokuqala Yezindawo Ezihlakaniphile (#Hack4SD), igxile ekuthuthukisweni kwezixazululo ezihlakaniphile zokuthuthukisa ukusimama kwezokuvakasha (23-24 June).

Izifundiswa nosomabhizinisi bazophinde babe nethuba lokwabelana ngocwaningo lwabo ngalezi zihloko ezilandelayo: ukuphathwa kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo okusekelwe ebufakazini; izixazululo ezintsha zobuchwepheshe zokuqapha imigomo yezokuvakasha esimeme; ukuxhumana phakathi komnotho oyindilinga kanye nezokuvakasha, kanye nokubaluleka kokufinyeleleka ezindaweni ezihlakaniphile. Umnqamulajuqu wokulethwa kwalawa maphepha ocwaningo umhla zingama-30 kuMbasa.

Futhi kuze kube umhla zingama-30 kuMbasa, osomabhizinisi nabasafufusa bayamenywa ukuba balethe amavidiyo ethula izinsiza zabo ezintsha noma imikhiqizo yezokuvakasha yezindawo ezihlakaniphile.