Ua hōʻike ʻia ka hāmeʻa hoʻomau Skal International ma kahi seminar i loaʻa maikaʻi ʻia e pili ana i ke kumuhana ma kāna World Congress ma Opatija, Koloatia.
No nā makahiki he iwakālua i hala iho nei, ua ʻike ʻo Skal International, ka hui mākaʻikaʻi honua i ka hana ʻoihana ma waena o nā hoaaloha, ua ʻike i nā hana koʻikoʻi i loko o ka ʻoihana ma o kāna mau makahiki Sustainability Awards i hāʻawi ʻia i nā ʻano ʻoihana like ʻole. Maanei ʻoe e ʻike ai i nā mea lanakila a pau i nā makahiki.
"Ua ʻike ʻo Skal International e pōʻeleʻele ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi me ka ʻole o nā hana hoʻomau ikaika i nā wahi o ka mālama wai, nā holoholona hihiu a me ka mālama ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe, a me ka mālama moʻomeheu a me ka mōʻaukala," wahi a 2022 World Pelekikena Burcin Turkkan o Atlanta, USA.
"ʻO kā mākou Advocacy and Global Partnerships Committee a me kāna Sustainability Subcommittee ua hoʻopuka i kahi Sustainability Manual no ka hoʻohana ʻana e kā mākou mau hui Skal International āpau, nā hoa hana ʻoihana, a me nā mea kākoʻo o ka lehulehu e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole he wā e hiki mai ana ka mākaʻikaʻi me ka ʻole o kēia mau hana," hoʻomau ʻo Turkkan.
Ua hoʻolauna mua ʻia ka manual hou iā Skal International i ʻOkakopa ma ka World Congress i kahi seminar i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, poʻo ʻia e Skalleagues Kit Bing Wong Ho o Cancun, nāna i ʻōlelo e pili ana i ka mālama wai; ʻO Ville Riihimaki o Finland, nāna i kamaʻilio i nā hana hoʻomau i ka halihali; ʻO Alfred Merse o Hobart, Australia, nāna i hōʻike i nā manaʻo hoʻomaʻemaʻe waiwai kūlohelohe; a me Jane Garcia, ka pelekikena o Skal International Mexico, nāna i hāʻawi i nā manaʻo no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka lāhui.
"E lilo ka hoʻomau i mea koʻikoʻi i ka raison d'etre no Skal International e neʻe nei i mua."
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Turkkan: "He mea nui ia no Skal International e loaʻa nā ʻōlelo paʻa i ka ʻoihana a me ka kūleʻa o kā mākou mau lālā a me kā lākou ʻoihana. ʻO kēia ka mea i loaʻa iā Skal International kahi moʻolelo lōʻihi a hiki ke hana i nā mea hou aʻe ma kēlā me kēia pae, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma o kā mākou hui kūloko i ko lākou kaiāulu.
Kākoʻo ikaika ʻo Skal International no ka mākaʻikaʻi honua palekana, e kālele ana i kāna mau pono, "hauʻoli, olakino maikaʻi, hoaaloha, a me ke ola lōʻihi." Mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana i ka makahiki 1934, ʻo Skal International ka hui alakaʻi o nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e hoʻolaha ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi honua ma o ka pilina, e hui pū ana i nā ʻoihana huakaʻi a me nā ʻoihana huakaʻi.
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i kēia kumuhana a e pili ana iā Skal International a me nā lālā, e kipa skal.org.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The new manual was first introduced to Skal International in October at the World Congress in a focused seminar, headlined by Skalleagues Kit Bing Wong Ho of Cancun, who spoke on water conservation.
- “Our Advocacy and Global Partnerships Committee and its Sustainability Subcommittee have produced a Sustainability Manual for use by all of our Skal International clubs, industry partners, and even public sector advocates who understand that tourism has no future without these practices,”.
- For the last twenty years, Skal International, the global tourism association focused on doing business among friends, has recognized top efforts within the industry through its annual Sustainability Awards given to a variety of industry categories.
