ʻO ka 23rd Session of the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) ua wehe ʻia ma Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, me nā ʻelele kūlana kiʻekiʻe e hui pū ana i nā alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua no ka hālāwai nui loa no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi honua.
ʻOi aku ma mua o 1,000 mau mea komo mai 124 mau ʻāina i huakaʻi i Saint Petersburg e lilo i ʻāpana o nā hanana hoʻokele hoʻokele honua ma mua o kēia pule i mālama ʻia e ka United Nations kūikawā no ka mākaʻikaʻi kuleana a hoʻomau. Hāʻawi ka General Assembly i ke ala i mua no ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development a me ka leo o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ka puʻuwai o ka United Nations a me ka papahana kulekele honua.
ʻO nā hōʻuluʻulu kiʻekiʻe a me nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa e kamaʻilio i nā kumuhana nui e pili ana i ka nui o ke kuleana nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka holomua ʻana i ka papa hana hoʻomau, ke alu like ʻana me ka lehulehu, a me kahi o ka hana hou a me ka ʻoihana ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka mākaʻikaʻi, me kahi kikoʻī e pili ana i ka hana hana, ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka kaua i ka hoʻololi i ke aniau.
Ke hōʻike nei i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hanana, Pelekikena o ka Russian Federation, ua kamaʻilio ʻo Vladimir Putin i nā ʻelele ma o kahi leka wikiō i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena Putin he "hanohano nui" ia no St Petersburg e hoʻokipa ai i ka General Assembly a hōʻike i kona makemake no Russia e hoʻokipa pū i ka World Tourism Day ma 2022.
E wehe ana i ka Ahaolelo Nui, UNWTO Ua haʻi aku ke Kakauolelo Nui ʻo Zurab Pololikashvili i nā lālā o ka hui a me kāna ʻoihana kūʻokoʻa i nā lālā pili i ka hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka hiki maoli o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokele waiwai, hoʻomohala hoʻomau a me ke kaulike.
“ʻO ke ʻano o ka 'ʻoihana e like me ka mau' ʻaʻole e hoʻokau i ka loli a mākou e makemake ai e ʻike. Pono ka ʻāpana mākaʻikaʻi e hōʻike i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka honua loli, "i haʻi aku ai ʻo Mr Pololikashvili i ka General Assembly.
"ʻO ia ka manaʻo e paipai i ka ʻuhane o ka ʻoihana. ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka poʻe no nā hana o ka lā ʻapōpō. A ke kumu o ka wehe ʻana i ka hana hou, me ka mana o ka ʻenehana e hoʻololi i ke ala a mākou e hele ai - a pehea e kaʻana like ʻia ai nā pōmaikaʻi e hiki ai i ka mākaʻikaʻi. "
Ua malamaia ka Ahaolelo Nui i na la mahope iho o ka UNWTOHōʻike ka World Tourism Barometer hou loa i ka ikaika a me ke kūpaʻa o ka mākaʻikaʻi honua. Wahi a ka ʻikepili hou loa, ua piʻi ka nui o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi honua i 4% ma waena o Ianuali a me Iune 2019 ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka manawa like o 2018. Ua alakaʻi ʻia kēia ulu ʻana e ka Middle East (+ 8%) a me Asia a me ka Pākīpika (+ 6% ), me ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka huakaʻi ea, nā ʻoihana hoʻokele honua ikaika a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka visa hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā mea a pau e hāʻawi i ke ʻano maikaʻi.
