ʻO Srilal Miththapala, ke ʻano o ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa nui a me ka mea hāʻawi mau i eTurboNews mai Sri Lanka, ua koho ʻia i ka Papa o ka Asian Eco-Tourism Network, (AEN) me ka hopena mai Ianuali 1, 2019. E hana mua ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he lālā koho balota ma ka papa, no 6 mau mahina. a ma hope iho e koho ʻia ʻo ia i lālā lālā piha ma ka AGM i Iune 2019.
Hui ʻo Srilal i kahi Sri Lankan hou ma ka papa, ʻo Hiran Cooray, ka luna o ka hui ʻo Jet Wing.
Aia ka Asian Ecotourism Network (AEN) ma Bangkok, a ʻo nā ʻāina lālā i hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Iapana, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal, Kina, South Korea, Mongolia, India, Laos, Pakistan, Bhutan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Pilipine, a me Australia. He hoʻolālā kūloko ia o Global Ecotourism Network (GEN)
ʻO nā pahuhopu nui o AEN me:
- Hoʻohui pū me nā mea kuleana ecotourism AEN no ka hoʻolilo ʻike, a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana a me nā manawa ʻoihana
- Ke hoʻokumu nei i nā manawa kūpono hou no nā mea kuleana ecotourism AEN.
- Hāʻawi i nā mea kuleana ecotourism AEN me nā pono hana eLearning o kēia manawa, nā manawa hoʻomaʻamaʻa, a me nā ʻike mākeke.
- Ke hoʻoulu nei i nā mea hana kulekele a hoʻokūkala i ka mea nui o ka ʻapo ʻana i ka hōʻailona honua a me ka hōʻoia.
Kākoʻo ʻo AEN i ka ʻaha kūkā kipa holoʻokoʻa Global Sustainable (GSTC) a me kāna pae hoʻohālikelike e hoʻomau ai no ka hoʻomau ʻana no nā mea lawelawe huakaʻi, nā wahi noho, nā wahi e hele ai, a me nā luna lehulehu ma ʻAsia a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Loaʻa iā Srilal ma kahi o 25 mau makahiki o ka laulā i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa, ʻo ka mea mua i ka mālama ʻana i ka hana, a laila i ka hoʻomohala hoʻokele kaʻao.
Me ke kekelē mua ma ka ʻEleka ʻEleka, a laila ʻapo i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa, ua hoʻomaka kāna ʻoihana me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lima maikaʻi i ka hana, ka mālama ʻana i ke keʻena 200 nui o Sri Lanka Resort Hotel Riverina Hotel ma Bentota. Ua neʻe mālie ʻo ia i ke alapiʻi i ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā hui e nānā ana i nā hōkele ʻehā, a me ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka ʻoihana ʻoihana, ke kūʻai aku ʻana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana
ʻO kāna mau makahiki he 10 i hala aku nei ma ke keʻena pilikino ʻo ia ka CEO o Serendib Leisure Management, nona kahi kōpena o 3 mau hōkele hoʻolauleʻa kaulana ma lalo o kāna hoʻokele. Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia me ka hoʻololi ʻana i kekahi o nā hōkele o ka hui, ʻo Hotel Sigiriya, i loko o kahi hōkele aloha ʻāina kaulana, i kona wā he CEO. Ua lanakila ka hōkele i nā makana he nui ma ka ʻāina a me ka honua no kāna hana e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau a me nā hana hoʻohana. Ua kauoha ʻo PATA i kahi hihia hihia ma ka moʻolelo kūleʻa o ka hōkele.
No kāna mau hoʻoikaika ʻana ua hāʻawi ʻia iā ia ka makana Green Jobs ma 2008 e ke Aupuni o Sri Lanka
Ua ʻike nui ʻia ʻo Srilal ma ke kahua hoʻokipa hoʻokipa kūwaho, ke komo ʻana a me ka hōʻike ʻana i nā pepa i loko o ka nui o nā simposium o ka honua, nā hālāwai kūkā a me nā mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi ma ka Asia Pacific Region.
ʻO ia ka Pelekikena o ka Tourist Hotels Association o Sri Lanka (THASL), ka hui mākaʻikaʻi ʻoihana pilikino nui ma Sri Lanka mai 2009 a 2010.
Ma hope o ka hana ʻana ma ka ʻĀpana Pilikino, alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka papahana EU EU Greening 'Greening Sri Lanka Hotels' i hoʻolako kālā ʻia e ka Ceylon Chamber of Commerce ʻo ia ka papahana hoʻomau kūkaʻikaʻi nui o Sri Lanka. Ua hoʻokolokolo ʻia kēia papahana ma ke ʻano he papahana EU SWITCH ASIA ʻoi loa ma Asia Hema a ua hōʻike ʻia ma EU ma Palukela.
Ma ka ʻōlelo e pili ana i kēia kūlana hanohano, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Miththapala "Ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa loa wau, a ma ka manawa like me ka haʻaheo, e loaʻa ai kēia ʻae kūwaho no ka hana aʻu i hana ai e hāpai i ka hoʻomohala hoʻokipa hoʻomau i ko mākou ʻāina. He hanohano nui maoli nō ia. E hoʻāʻo wau i kēia manawa e kaʻana like i kaʻu ʻike, a me ka ʻike i loaʻa iaʻu, a me nā haʻawina aʻu i aʻo ai i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e paipai i ka hoʻomohala hoʻokipa kūpono ma Sri Lanka, me nā ʻāina hoihoi ʻē aʻe ma ʻAsia. ”
Ua ʻimi ʻo ia "Ironically i kekahi manawa he poʻe ka poʻe ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe i ʻike i kāu hana", e hāʻawi ana paha i kāna mau ukiuki me nā luna mākaʻikaʻi ma Sri Lanka i loaʻa iā ia ka ikaika iki e hoʻonui ai i ke kumu o ka hoʻomohala hoʻokipa hoʻomau. "ʻO nā mea pāʻani ponoʻī ke alakaʻi i kēia manawa. ʻAʻohe politika maopopo a kiaʻāina paha e nā luna. ”
I kēia manawa ua hoʻomaha, hana ʻo ia i nā ʻaha kūkā aʻoaʻo ʻokoʻa ma Sustainable Tourism Development, Environment & Wild Life. Ua hana pū ʻo ia me nā ʻoihana ʻokoʻa pilikino, e like me nā alakaʻi alakaʻi nui a kahi manawa pōkole me kahi papahana World Bank ma India.
He loea kipa malihini kipa ʻo Srilal ma ke Kulanui ʻo Plymouth UK a me ke Kulanui ʻo Monash Melbourne ma nā kumuhana Sustainability. Mālama pū kekahi ʻo ia i nā papa aʻo hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā hana hoʻomau hoʻomau, hāʻawi i nā haʻiʻōlelo a me nā hōʻike e pili ana i ka Sustainability, Wild life a me ka nohona i nā kula a me nā hui ʻē aʻe. ʻO ia ka mea haʻi leo nui ma nā mākaʻikaʻi kaiāulu a me nā kolamu hoʻokipa kūmau.
He hoa ʻo ia no ka Institute of Electrical Engineers UK, a me ka hoa o ka Institute of Hospitality UK.
I loko o kāna manawa kaʻawale e alualu ʻo ia i kēia manawa i kona leʻaleʻa i ka nohona hihiu, ke kaiapuni, a me ke aʻo ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻelepani hihiu.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- He quipped “Ironically sometimes it is people in other countries who recognise your efforts“, perhaps giving vent to his frustrations with the tourism authorities in Sri Lanka with whom he has gained little traction to further the cause of sustainable tourism development.
- I will now try to share my knowledge, and experience I have gained, and the lessons I have learned in trying promoting sustainable tourism development in Sri Lanka, with other interested countries in Asia.
- He will initially function as a non- voting member on the board, for a period of 6 months, after which he will be appointed as full board member at the AGM in June 2019.
