Ua hui nā alakaʻi kūlanakauhale mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua ma ke kapikala Kazakh o Nur-Sultan no ka Ka Hui Kaapuni honua (UNWTO) Hōʻuluʻulu Kūkākūkā Kakauhale o ka Honua. Ua hauʻoli ka Summit i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ke kākoʻo politika, me ka Pelekikena o Kasakana Kassym-Jomart Tokayev hui me ke Kakauolelo Nui o UNWTO ʻO Zurab Pololikashvili ma mua o ka wehe ʻana i alakaʻi ʻia e ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Askar Mamin a me ka Meia o Nursultan Altay Kulginov.
Ma ka laina me ka United Nations New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, ka 8th edition o ka UNWTO Hoʻokumu ka Global Urban Tourism Summit i ka manaʻo o "Smart Cities, Smart Destinations". Ua ʻimi nā ʻelele mai nā ʻāina ʻoi aku ma mua o 80, ʻo ia hoʻi he 10 mayors, hope-mayors a me nā kuhina o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā ʻelele o ka ʻoihana pilikino, pehea e hiki ai i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā wahi kūlanakauhale akamai ke kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia mākaʻikaʻi kūlanakauhale paʻakikī e kū nei a puni ka honua.
Ma nā lā ʻelua, ua kālele nā kūkākūkā i nā 'pou ʻelima' o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi – ka hana hou, ka ʻenehana, ka hiki ke komo, ka hoʻomau a me ke aupuni. Ma ke kūkulu ʻana i kēia, ua ʻae ʻia nā ʻelele aupuni a me ke kūlanakauhale ma ka Summit i ka Nur-Sultan Declaration ma 'Smart Cities, Smart Destinations'. Hoʻomaopopo ka Hōʻike i ka ulu nui ʻana o nā kūlanakauhale ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi a me ko lākou hiki ke alakaʻi i ka hoʻomohala socio-economic a hāpai a mālama i ka moʻomeheu kūʻokoʻa.
Ma ka ʻae ʻana i ka Hōʻike, ʻae pū nā wahi e hana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka Pahuhopu 11 o ka UN Sustainable Development Agenda - e 'hoʻohui i nā kūlanakauhale a me nā noho kanaka, palekana, kūpaʻa a hoʻomau. Kūlike pū ka Hōʻike me UNWTO's Global Convention on Tourism Ethics, ka ʻaha kūkā mua loa o ia ʻano i ʻāpono ʻia i kēia manawa UNWTO Ahaolelo Nui ma St Petersburg.
E wehe ana i ka Summit UNWTO Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kakauolelo Nui ʻo Mr Pololikashvili: "He nui ka mana o nā kūlanakauhale akamai e hana i ka hopena maikaʻi ʻaʻole wale i ke ola o ka poʻe kamaʻāina, akā i nā ʻike o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi pū kekahi, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā alakaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale e hana i nā hoʻoholo e hoʻololi ai. Hāʻawi kēia Summit i kahi manawa kūʻokoʻa e hoʻohui i ko mākou ʻike e ʻike i nā pilikia e kū nei nā kūlanakauhale i ka piʻi ʻana o nā helu mākaʻikaʻi a puni ka honua, a no ka ʻimi ʻana i nā hopena i hiki ke hoʻokele pono ʻia kēia ulu a hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻohuli i nā loli maikaʻi no nā mea āpau.
E kū'ē i ke kua o ka piko, ua hui ʻo Mr Pololikashvili me Pelekikena Tokayev no nā kūkākūkā kiʻekiʻe e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi Kazakh, ka mea e kū nei ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻāpana wikiwiki loa i ka ʻāina ʻo Central Asia. E hōʻike hou ana i ke kākoʻo o Kazakhstan i ka hanana a me UNWTOUa hui pū ʻo Pololikashvili me ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Askar Mamin, ke Kuhina no ka Culture and Sports, Ms Aktoty Raimkulova, a me ke Kuhina Ola, ʻo Mr Yelzhan Birtanov.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The Summit enjoyed the highest level of political support, with the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev meeting with the Secretary-General of UNWTO Zurab Pololikashvili ahead of the official opening which was led by Prime Minister Askar Mamin and the Mayor of Nursultan Altay Kulginov.
- This Summit offered a unique opportunity to pool our knowledge to identify the challenges cities face as tourist numbers continue to rise around the world, and to explore solutions so that this growth can be properly managed and used to drive positive change for all.
- Ma ka laina me ka United Nations New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, ka 8th edition o ka UNWTO Global Urban Tourism Summit focused on the concept of “Smart Cities, Smart Destinations”.