Msonkhano woyamba wapachaka wa Sustainable Tourism Development Conference wochititsidwa ndi RETOSA mogwirizana ndi Sustainable Tourism Partnership Program (STPP), ukuchitika kuyambira dzulo ku CedarWoods Hotel ku Johannesburg komwe utha lero.
Msonkhanowu cholinga chake ndi kukhala chothandizira kuyambitsa zokambirana zokhazikika za Tourism m'chigawo cha Kumwera kwa Africa. Mayiko omwe ali mamembala adzagawana chidziwitso ndi zomwe akumana nazo pa Tourism, kudziwa njira zabwino zapadziko lonse lapansi, komanso kugwiritsa ntchito bwaloli ngati njira yopangira malipoti apachaka kuti adziwe momwe chitukuko chikuyendera komanso kukhazikitsidwa kwa Tourism Sustainable Tourism m'maiko omwe ali mamembala.
Msonkhanowu umayang'ana anthu omwe ali ndi mwayi wopita ku Sustainable Tourism, omwe ndi ma SMME, mabungwe azigawo, mabungwe aboma, mabungwe azokopa alendo, maunduna, mabungwe omwe siaboma, komanso akatswiri oyendera alendo.
Msonkhanowu wapangidwa mwadongosolo la zokambirana, ndipo zokambirana zamagulu ndi kuyankhulana pakati pa otenga nawo mbali ndizomwe zili pachimake pazochitikazo. Mitu ina yofunika yomwe ikukambidwa ndi iyi:
• Tourism-Based Tourism (CBT) ku Southern Africa
• Fair Trade in Tourism and Quality Standards
• Kutukuka kwa TFCAs (Transfrontier Conservation Areas) ku Southern Africa
• Boma la zokopa alendo: Limayang'ana kwambiri mabungwe aboma komanso mabungwe aboma
• Njira zothanirana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo, komanso kasamalidwe ka zinthu zachilengedwe
• Kukayendera malo/okaona malo pa tsiku lomaliza la msonkhano
Msonkhano wa Sustainable Tourism wapeza thandizo kuchokera kumakona onse a dziko lapansi, ndipo ena mwa okamba nkhani ndi mabungwe omwe akuimiridwa pamsonkhanowo afotokozedwa pansipa:
Mayi Megan Eplar Wood - Mtsogoleri wa International Sustainable Tourism Initiative, yunivesite ya Harvard
Dr. Anna Spenceley - Katswiri wa International Sustainable Tourism
Dr. Sue Snyman - Wogwirizanitsa Chigawo, Wilderness Safaris
Dr. Geoffrey Manyara - Senior Regional Tourism Advisor, UNECA
Mayi Caroline Ungersbock - Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Sustainable Tourism Partnership Program (STPP)
Prof Kevin Mearns, UNISA
Kuphatikiza pa cholinga chomwe tatchulawa cha msonkhanowu, nthumwizo zizigwira ntchito yowunikira kusiyana komwe kuli kofunikira kuti athe kudziwa zambiri za mwayi waukulu ndi phindu la chitukuko cha Sustainable Tourism komanso zopinga zomwe zikulepheretsa Mayiko Amembala ndi achinsinsi. ogwira nawo ntchito pazantchito zawo kuti akhazikitse ndondomeko ya zokopa alendo.
Msonkhanowu umathandizidwa ndi anthu ambiri omwe amatsogoleredwa ndi UNWTO.
