Msonkhano wachigawo wokhudza kasamalidwe kokhazikika kopita ndi kutsatsa watha ku Saint Lucia ndikudzipereka kwa omwe atenga nawo gawo kukonza zokopa alendo komanso kutenga nawo gawo.
Msonkhano wa Marichi 27-31, wokonzedwa ndi Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) ndi bungwe la United Nations, World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), udasonkhanitsa anthu 26 omwe akuchita nawo ntchito zokopa alendo ochokera kumayiko 12 omwe ali mamembala a CTO kuti afufuze njira zopangira komwe akupita. ndipo derali limapikisana kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
"Msonkhanowu ndi wofunikira kwambiri. Zimapereka mwayi kwa ogwira nawo ntchito kuti ayang'ane zokopa zokhazikika, zomwe ndizofunikira kwambiri kumadera athu ndi mayiko a Caribbean, "anatero Percival Hanley, mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park Society ku St. Kitts.
"Zokopa alendo ndi imodzi mwamafakitale akuluakulu m'maiko athu ndipo ndi yofunika kwambiri ku chuma chathu, ndipo ndi imodzi mwamafakitale omwe akukula omwe angakhudze kwambiri dera lathu, osati pano komanso m'tsogolomu," adatero.
Pamsonkhano wamasiku asanu, otenga nawo mbali adagawana njira zabwino, kuphatikizapo kupambana komwe amapita kunja kwa Caribbean.
Zinali zotsegula m'maso kwa Elecia Myers, mkulu woyang'anira zakukonzekera bwino ndi kuunika ku Jamaica Ministry of Tourism, yemwe adati tsopano ayang'ana kasamalidwe kokhazikika komwe akupita komanso kutsatsa mwanzeru.
"Ndakhala ndikuyang'ana momwe ndingakhazikitsire machitidwe m'dziko lonselo kuti ndiwonetsetse kuti zikuyenda bwino m'mabungwe athu, komanso mkati mwa ogwira nawo ntchito - mahotela, zokopa, opereka chithandizo chamayendedwe - momwe angakhazikitsire mapulani mwanzeru komanso njira yoyezera kuti tizitsata pakapita nthawi, ”adatero.
Kwa zilumba za Turks ndi Caicos, zokambiranazo zinali zofunika kwambiri chifukwa dzikoli lili pamphambano za komwe likufuna kupita ku chitukuko cha zokopa alendo, adatero Brian Been, mkulu wa bungwe la Turks and Caicos Tourist Board.
"Nthawi zonse tikamalankhula za kukhazikika, timakonda kutsamira mbali ya chilengedwe, osazindikira kuti payenera kukhala njira yoyenera," adatero.
Msonkhanowu udabwera panthawi yomwe kopita akusamalira kwambiri chitukuko cha zinthu, ndipo malo ochezera a pa Intaneti akusintha momwe malonda okopa alendo amachitira.
Zina mwa madera ofunikira omwe adafufuzidwa ndi luso lazamalonda, kupikisana kopita, kupanga zokumana nazo zoyendera alendo komanso zitsanzo zopambana pakuwongolera kopita ndi malonda. Ophunzirawo adathanso kutenga njira yophunzirira m'chipinda chino ndikupita kudziko lenileni popita ku maulendo ophunzirira ku Fond Latisab Creole Park, Lushan Country Life ndi Sulfur Springs ndi Volcano kuti adziwe zochitika zenizeni.
"Kasamalidwe kokhazikika kopitira ndi kutsatsa ndi gawo lomwe mayiko ambiri m'chigawo chathu akuyang'ana mozama - momwe tingagulitsire ndikuwongolera komwe tikupita kuti tithe kupikisana padziko lonse lapansi," atero a Bonita Morgan, director of the CTO of Resource mobilization and chitukuko.
Msonkhano wophunzitsira wamkulu unakonzedwa ndi CTO ndi UNWTO kudzera mu Themis Foundation, ndipo unachitika mogwirizana ndi utumiki wa zokopa alendo ku Saint Lucia ndi bolodi la zokopa alendo.
"Cholinga chachikulu cha msonkhanowu wa UNWTO/CTO chinali kupanga pulatifomu yomwe tonse titha kugawana zomwe takumana nazo ndi chidziwitso komanso zida zomwe zingagwiritsidwe ntchito m'maiko omwe otenga nawo gawo, mabungwe, mabizinesi ndi komwe akupita. Ndipo ndikukhulupirira kuti takwaniritsa cholinga chimenecho pogwirizanitsa malingaliro ndi machitidwe pamisonkhano yomwe imatenga nawo mbali kwambiri, "atero Alba Fernández Alonso, wotsogolera maphunziro ku Themis Foundation, bungwe lomwe limayang'anira kukhazikitsa maphunziro ndi maphunziro a UNWTO.
