I loko o kahi ninaninau i paʻi ʻia e "The Diplomat," he paʻi ʻia ʻo Madrid e kuhikuhi ana i nā diploma ma ke kapikala Sepania, ua ʻae ʻo Zurab Pololikashvili ua mahalo ʻia ka mākaʻikaʻi UN ma mua o kona lawe ʻana i ka poʻo UNWTO ma Ianuali 1, 2018.
Ua paʻi ʻia ka ʻatikala like ʻole ma El País a me nā paʻi ʻē aʻe o Sepania, e hōʻike ana he haʻawina paʻi i kauoha ʻia (loaʻa i ka media).
Ma kēia ʻatikala i kauoha ʻia e kōkua i kāna huakaʻi no ke koho hou ʻana i ke kolu, ua hōʻike ʻo UN-Tourism Secretary-General Pololikashvili i nā manaʻo kūpono i ka wā e hoʻomaikaʻi ai iā ia iho, me ka ʻike ʻana i ka UNWTOʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke Kōmike Kūʻai Kūʻai Kūʻai i ka wā o COVID-19. Akā naʻe, haʻalele ʻo ia i ka hui ʻana o kāna komite i hoʻokahi mahina wale nō, a ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā pilikia i ka mahina aʻe.
Hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kahi komite like i hoʻokumu ʻia ma WTTC malalo o kona Luna Nui, Gloria Guevara, WTTC holomua, hālāwai hoʻokahi manawa i ka pule a ʻoi aku paha, a hoʻolaha i ka Safe Tourism Seal. WTTC ua alakaʻi i waena o nā hui āpau i ka wā COVID. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Gloria Guevara ka wahine ikaika loa i ka mākaʻikaʻi.

Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei e ke kākoʻo kūpaʻa ʻole o kēlā me kēia hui nui i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo Gloria Guevara ke hoʻolaha nei iā Zurab i ke koho balota e hiki mai ana ma hope o kēia mahina ma Madrid.
ʻO kekahi hoa moho no ke koho balota UN e hiki mai ana ʻo Harry Theoharis ma Helene, ka mea i lilo i kuhina mākaʻikaʻi o kēia ʻāina ʻEulopa, e alakaʻi ana i kona ʻāina ma o ka pilikia COVID-19.
Ma kāna nīnauele, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Zurab Pololikashvili i ka hōʻaiʻē no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka UNWTO kikowaena honua ma Riyadh a me Brazil.
Ua haʻalele ka nīnauele i ka $ 5 miliona UNWTO loaʻa mai Saudi Arabia a me nā hopena o kēia keʻena i ʻelima mau makahiki ma hope-ʻaʻohe. Ua haʻalele pū i ke kūlana weliweli UNWTO i loko, kokoke e koi i kēia hui UN e neʻe i Riyadh.
UNWTO ua wehe ʻia ke kikowaena ma Brazil i ka makahiki 2023. ʻO ka hopena he hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻia e ke kuhina mākaʻikaʻi o Brazil e koho balota iā Zurab i kēia mahina. Eia nō naʻe, ʻike liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka $ 3 miliona Brazil i uku ʻia a me ka $ 1 miliona i nalowale i ka helu helu.
Ua lilo ka politika o ke kikowaena kūloko o Brazil i mea kupanaha i ka wā i haʻi aku ai kahi mākaʻi kiʻekiʻe o Brazil eTurboNews i ka mahina i hala aku nei ua nui ka uahi a puni ke Kuhina Kaikaikai e pili ana UNWTO, akā ʻaʻohe ahi. Ua ʻōlelo ka luna i ka palaho a me ka uku $1 miliona e pili ana i kahi hana hoʻohuoi.
Ua wehewehe ʻo Zurab ma ka hālāwai ninaninau. "Ua hoʻomaka mākou i ka Hui Hui Pūʻulu ʻAmelika-Africa, me ʻelua mau paʻi i mālama ʻia ma Dominican Republic a me Zambia, ma ke ʻano he mea hana no ka hui pū ʻana a me ka hoʻohui ʻana e hana hou ʻia ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe a me nā moʻomeheu."
Ua haʻalele ʻo ia ua hana ʻia kēia ma muli o ka Dominican Republic a me Zambia e koho balota ana i nā lālā i ka ʻAha Hoʻokō. E koho ana keia aha i ke kakauolelo nui e hiki mai ana i keia mahina.
ʻO kekahi mau mea i loko o kāna nīnauele he mau hoʻokō kūpono, akā ma muli o nā papahana i hoʻomaka pinepine ʻia ma mua o kona noho ʻana i ka mana, e like me ka hui hou ʻana me WTTC e huki i nā hoʻokomo kālā. Ua nui loa keia hui ana ma UNWTO ma lalo o Kauka Taleb Rifai a me nā leka i nā poʻo o ka mokuʻāina, akā ʻo ia nō.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Zurab, "Makemake au e hoʻokūpaʻa i kekahi mea nui: ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi he luna o ka maluhia ke hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻia. Hoʻohui ia i nā moʻomeheu, wāwahi i nā manaʻo ʻino, a hoʻoulu i ka ʻike ma waena o nā lāhui.

Ua pololei ʻo ia, akā no ke aha e hana ai kekahi o kāna hana ʻoihana mua ma 2018 e pepehi i kahi papahana me ka International Institute for Peace Through Tourism, kahi i hoʻomaka ai ka mea hoʻokumu mua o SG, Taleb Rifai, a me IIPT, ʻo Louis D'Amore?
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Zurab: "Ke manaʻo nei mākou e hōʻoia i nā wahi huakaʻi, hoʻomohala i nā kūlana hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū, a hoʻomaka i ka World Congress mua ma Transport a me nā huakaʻi me ICAO a me IATA."
Ua hoʻomaka ʻia kahi hui like ma UNWTO i ka Zambia/Zimbabwe General Assembly ma 2013, ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka CNN Task Group ma 2009, kahi hana ma waena o CNN, UNWTO, ICAO, a me IATA. eTurboNews i hui pū me ka CNN TASK Group ma ke ʻano he ʻehā ʻaoʻao ma 2013.

ʻO Ms. Masebo ka mea i waena o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi o Zambia ma mua o ka mea i makemake ʻia UNWTO i ʻōlelo ʻia ke hōʻike ʻia nei nā pāʻoihana 60 lua o ka manawa nui ma ka lua o ka nui o nā kaila kelepona mau.
"ʻOliʻoli wau i ka ʻōlelo ʻana aia mākou ma CNN i kēia manawa a aia mākou ma BBC," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Ms. Masebo, "makemake mākou e hoʻonui i ka nānā ʻana o ka honua ma Zambia e like me ka hiki a makemake mākou i ka honua o waho e ʻike aia aia kahi mākaʻikaʻi ma Zambia ma waho o ka wailele ʻo Victoria."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ms. Masebo, ua hauʻoli ʻo ia ʻo Zambia, "ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia ma nā pāpaho haole i kēia manawa no ka lehulehu lehulehu akā ma ʻaneʻi nō hoʻi i nā nūpepa e like me kāu (Daily Mail), Times of Zambia, The Post a me ZNBC. ʻO CNN ka lua o ka Fox News akā ma mua o MSNBC he mea nānā manawa nui ma kahi o 1.1 miliona mau kānaka a puni ka honua a ke piʻi nei nā helu.
ʻAʻole i hōʻike ʻo Ms. Masebo i ka nui o ka Zambia Tourism Board e uku nei no ka noho ʻana o Zambia ma ke kelepona TV akā mālama ʻo ia ʻo kēlā me kēia kumukūʻai, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o nā hoʻihoʻi.
Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo Zambia e hoʻokipa pū i ka UNWTO i ʻAukake i manaʻo ʻia e huki ʻia ma mua o 4000 mau ʻelele o ka honua e hoʻolilo i nā kālā nui ma Zambia a me Zimbabwe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Zurab: Ke alakaʻi nei ʻo UN-Tourism i kēia lā. Hoʻololi ia. Hāʻawi ia i ka lawelawe o ka honua a me nā kānaka. A ke hoʻomaka nei kēia huakaʻi.
He manaʻo maikaʻi loa kēia i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka mākaʻikaʻi UN e hiki i nā mea a pau ke ʻae aku, akā ʻo ka mea i waiho ʻia ma ka hālāwai ninaninau ʻo ia ka nīnau a ka hapa nui o nā ʻāina e nīnau iā Zurab:
No ke aha ʻo ia i hoʻopunipuni ai i ʻelua koho balota a ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻo ia e hoʻohana hewa i ka ʻōnaehana i hiki iā ia ke noho aliʻi no ke kolu o ke kau? He aha ka mea i lohe ʻole ʻia i loko o kahi hui United Nations?