Kuhina kaapuni, Hon. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Edmund Bartlett e hoʻomaka ana ka hālāwai papa mua no ka Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center ma Ladana i ka lā ʻapōpō. E kūkākūkā ka hui i ka hana ʻana a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i kahi hoʻolālā kūhelu, no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke kikowaena.

"E hoʻokipa mākou, no ka manawa mua i ka mōʻaukala o ka mākaʻikaʻi, ka papa o ka Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center. Manaʻo wau e hana pū me nā lālā hanohano o ka papa, ma kēia hālāwai nui loa. He ʻokoʻa loa kā mākou papa, a loaʻa iā ia nā mea hoʻonaʻauao mai kēlā me kēia ʻāina. ʻO kēia ʻokoʻa aʻu i manaʻo ai ʻo ia ka hopena nui loa e loaʻa i kēia keʻena i ko mākou wā e hiki mai ana, "wahi a ke Kuhina.

E hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka Center ma ka UWI Mona Campus a e hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka wā o ka hālāwai kūkā e hui pū ana me ka Caribbean Marketplace Expo ma Montego Bay, mai Ianuali 29-31, 2019.

ʻO ka pahuhopu holoʻokoʻa o ka Center, ʻo ia ka loiloi (noiʻi/nānā), hoʻolālā-no, wānana, hoʻēmi, a mālama i nā pilikia e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi Resilience a me Crisis Management. E hoʻokō ʻia kēia ma o ʻelima mau pahuhopu - Research and Development, Advocacy and Communication, Program/Project Design and Management, a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa a me ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hiki.

E hana ʻia ia me ka hoʻokumu ʻana, ka hana ʻana a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā pono hana, nā alakaʻi a me nā kulekele e kōkua ai i ka hana hoʻomākaukau a me ka hoʻōla hou ʻana o nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā hopena kaiāulu, pandemi, cyber-crime a me cyber-terrorism e pili ana.

Wahi a ke Kuhina, "ʻO ka huahana mua e loaʻa iā mākou mai ka Center ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana, ʻo ia kahi ʻōnaehana kulekele honua no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka huakaʻi huakaʻi e kōkua ai i nā lāhui e hoʻolālā a hoʻihoʻi mai nā pilikia nui o ke aniau. ʻO kēia kaʻina hana he hopena ia o ka hui ʻana o ka Tourism Resilience Summit o ʻAmelika ma The University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters ma Kepakemapa 13, 2018".

Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei ka hālāwai e Former United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Kakauolelo Nui, Kauka Taleb Rifai, ka mea i hoopaa i ka noho lunahoomalu pro tem.

ʻO nā lālā o ka papa ʻo Hon. ʻO Earl Jarett, Luna Nui, The Jamaica National Group; Polofesa Sir Hilary Beckles, Hope Chancellor o Ke Kulanui o West Indies; ʻO Polofesa Lee Miles, Polofesa o ka Hoʻokele pilikia a me ka hoʻokele pōʻino, ke Kulanui ʻo Bournemouth; a me Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, ka luna o ka Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage.

ʻO nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ka papa no ka Center ʻo Mr. Brett Tollman, Luna Nui, The Travel Corporation; Elele Dho Young-shim, Lunahoomalu, UNWTO ʻO ka Hoʻokele Hoʻomau no ka Hoʻopau ʻana i ka ʻilihune (ST-EP) Foundation, World Tourism Organization; ʻO Kauka Mario Hardy, Luna Nui, Hui Kaʻahele ʻAsia Pākīpika a me Mr. Ryoichi Matsuyama, Pelekikena, Japan National Tourism Organization.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett e hui pū ʻia ka hālāwai me nā malihini i kono ʻia e like me, Pelekikena o ka Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association, Patricia Affonso-Dass, Pelekikena & Luna Nui o ka World Travel & Tourism Council, David Scowsill a me ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka National Travel and Ke keʻena mākaʻikaʻi ma ke Keʻena Kālepa o ʻAmelika, ʻo Isabel Hill.

"ʻO kēia pūʻulu o nā pilikino honua, i hiki iā mākou ke huki pū, he hōʻailona ia i ka maikaʻi o Jamaica ma ka honua honua ma ke ʻano he mea pāʻani mākaʻikaʻi nui. ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka manaʻo o ka lawe ʻana i kēlā ʻike, pae o ka ʻike a me ka ʻike i Jamaica a me ka Caribbean, e hiki ai iā mākou ke lilo i kumu kuhikuhi maoli no nā kūkākūkā resilience honua, "wahi a ke Kuhina.

Ua hoʻolaha mua ʻia ka Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center ma ka "Montego Bay Declaration", i wehe ʻia i ka makahiki i hala. UNWTO ʻO ka ʻaha kūkā honua e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau, ma Montego Bay, St James.

E hoʻokomo ka hale i kahi Virtual Tourism Observatory, nāna e nānā, wānana a loiloi i nā mea hoʻoweliweli i nā wahi a puni ka honua.

ʻOiai ma Lākana, e hui pū ʻia ke Kuhina e Donovan White, Luna Hoʻokele o ka mākaʻikaʻi; ʻO Jennifer Griffith, Kakauolelo Paʻa ma ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻokele; ʻO Kauka Lloyd Waller, Kākoʻo Kūkākūkā Nui, i ke Kuhina; Gis'elle Jones, Research and Risk Management in the Tourism Enhancement Fund; a me Anna-Kay Newell, Kokua Hooko

E hele ana ka mea hoʻopuka eTN ʻo Juergen Steinmetz i kēia hālāwai papa ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena o ka International Coalition of Tourism Partners.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

“This constellation of global personalities, that we have been able to pull together, is a testament to the effectiveness of Jamaica on the international scene as a major tourism player.
This framework was an outcome of the recently held Tourism Resilience Summit of the Americas at The University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters on September 13, 2018” .
According to the Minister, “The first output we will have from the Centre after the launch, will be a global policy framework for climate tourism resilience which will assist nations to plan for and recover from major climate disruptions.