ka Ka Hui Hoʻolālā Caribbean (CTO) hui pū me ke kaiāulu o ke ao holoʻokoʻa i kēia lā i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana ʻO ka lā hoʻokipa honua 2019 ma lalo o ke kumuhana, "Hoʻokipa a me nā Hana: He wā e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no nā mea āpau".

ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ka loaʻa kālā mua o ka ʻāina, me ka Caribbean e hoʻokipa nei i kahi 30.2 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi honua a 29.3 miliona huakaʻi huakaʻi i ka makahiki 2018, e hoʻonui ana i kahi US 39.3 biliona kālā ma nā loaʻa kālā no nā hoʻokele waiwai āpana.

Hāʻawi ka ʻāpana i nā manawa like ʻole e hoʻonui i ke ola o nā kamaʻāina. Hoʻokele ia i ka hana kūpono, hoʻokomo kālā a me nā manawa kūpono ʻoihana, hāʻawi i ke ola pono a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o ke kaiāulu, ka mea i hoʻomaka i ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā kaiāulu a me nā kaiāulu palena ʻole.

I kā mākou Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC) i mālama ʻia ma St. Vincent a me nā Grenadines ua lohe mākou mai nā ʻōiwi like ʻole a me nā mea hōʻike kaiāulu ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka hoʻomau ʻana o nā ʻoihana hoʻokipa hoʻomau e hana ma ke ʻano he conduits no ka hoʻololi kaiāulu ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi ala no ka hoʻoikaika wahine, ka hana ʻōpio i kūpono. hana a me ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻoliʻiliʻi ʻilihune i nā kaiāulu e like me ke kaiāulu ʻo Charles Town maroon ma Jamaica, ke kauhale ʻo Rewa ma Guyana a me Hopkins Village ma Belize. Ua lohe mākou mai ka Bahamas pehea ka hana a kāna People to People i kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa i ke ola o nā Bahama maʻamau e hoʻokipa a hoʻopili me nā mea kipa.

Ma lalo o hoʻokahi pule ma hope o STC, ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi hoʻomanaʻo koʻikoʻi no ka hoʻoweliweli nui i ka wā e hiki mai ana i ka wā maikaʻi i hoʻohiki ʻia i ka wā ʻo Hurricane Dorian e luku ai i ʻelua mau mokupuni - Abaco a me Grand Bahama - ma ke komohana ʻākau o Bahamas kahi i noho ai no ʻelua mau lā. Me nā makani kūpaʻa o 185 mph a me nā pā ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe, ʻo Dorian kahi hiʻohiʻona hou aʻe o ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka ʻino, kahi mea a mākou e makaʻu nei e lilo i mea maʻamau no ka ʻāina.

ʻO ka ʻike Dorian, me Matthew ma 2016 a me Irma a me Maria ma 2017, hoʻokūkū i ka pono nui no ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā hopena o nā pōpilikia kūlohelohe i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka loli a me ka hoʻololi o ke aniau (CVC), pono ia e hōʻike i ke kākoʻo e pono ai ka ʻāpana hoʻokipa. , a me nā aupuni āpau loa, e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kū hou o ke aniau. Ua wānana nā ʻepekema i waena o nā hopena CVC ʻē aʻe, kahi hoʻonui i ka pinepine a me ke koʻikoʻi o nā pōʻino kūlohelohe.

ʻO kēia mau hanana ʻano ikaika i loko o nā makahiki ʻehā i hala aku nei e akāka i ka manawa e hana ai i kēia manawa. He mea nui ia e hōʻoia i ka hoʻoliʻiliʻi o ke aniau a me ke kūpaʻa o ka ʻāpana, no ka Caribbean e hoʻopaʻa a mālama i ka kuleana a me ka hiki o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ʻano he ʻenekini no ka ulu ʻana o ka nohona a me ka hoʻokele waiwai, ka mea hana i nā hana a me ke kahua o ka wā e hiki mai ana no nā mea āpau.

Pono mākou e hana i kā mākou loiloi ponoʻī a me ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana, a i kekahi mau manawa, kūkulu hou i kēia ʻoihana koʻikoʻi me ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka "hoʻohana kūpono o nā waiwai kaiaulu, kūlohelohe, moʻomeheu a me nā waiwai ma ke kaulike a me ka mālama pono ʻana iā mākou iho. ʻO nā hemahema i hoʻokumu ʻia e kēia mau pōʻino kūlohelohe e hāʻawi i kahi manawa kūpono loa na mākou e 'kūkulu hou i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi', e hōʻaiʻē i ka huaʻōlelo i hoʻolaha ʻia e kekahi o kā mākou lālā ma hope o ka makani ʻino ma 2017.

E hoʻomaka i kahi huakaʻi e hoʻolilo i kā mākou mea hoʻoweliweli i mau manawa kūpono, i ka ikaika o ka laikini Caribbean hiki ke kōkua iā mākou e neʻe i ka mākaʻikaʻi e lilo i ʻoihana ʻoi loa. Hoʻokahi me kahi huahana mākaʻikaʻi hoʻonui ʻia, e hana ana i nā hana hou a me nā mea hiki no kā mākou poʻe a hana i kahi wā e hiki mai ana maikaʻi no nā mea āpau.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

It is important to ensure climate adaptation and resilience of the sector, for the Caribbean to secure and maintain tourism’s role and capability as an engine for social and economic growth, the generator of jobs and the foundation of a future for all.
Vincent and the Grenadines we heard from various indigenous and other community presenters how sustainable tourism enterprises continue to act as conduits for social transformation by providing a means for female empowerment, youth engagement in meaningful work and contributing to poverty alleviation in communities such as the Charles Town maroon community in Jamaica, Rewa village in Guyana and Hopkins Village in Belize.
The Dorian experience, along with Matthew in 2016 and Irma and Maria in 2017, emphasise the urgent need for adaptation to the impacts of natural disasters propelled by climate variability and climate change (CVC), It should also highlight the support needed by the tourism sector, and most particularly national governments, to enhance climate resilience.