ka ʻO ka World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Ua hoʻokipa ʻo International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories (INSTO) i nā loea he 100 a ʻoi i kāna hālāwai makahiki ākea ma Madrid, e ʻohiʻohi ana i nā mea nānā mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua a me nā mea kuleana ʻē aʻe mai ka lehulehu, kahi pilikino a me ka ʻepekema e kūkākūkā i nā ʻike hou loa i ka nānā ʻana i nā hopena o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ka pae pae ma o ka noi ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai ʻike kuʻuna a me nā kuʻuna ʻole.

No ka hā o ka manawa, UNWTO Ua hoʻokipa ʻo ia i ka hālāwai INSTO honua ma kona keʻena poʻo, e hāʻawi ana i ka poʻe i komo i kahi papahana like ʻole me ka ʻaina kakahiaka kumu aʻoaʻo kuʻuna no nā wahi hou a hoihoi, nā kī nui ma nā kumuhana like ʻole e like me Location Intelligence, Composite Indexes, Resource Management and Dynamic Flow Analytics.

Nānā nā mākaʻi a me nā loea ʻoihana i nā ʻenehana hou a me nā ʻike me ke ana o nā ʻāpana pilikia (kahi ʻoluʻolu kūloko me ka mākaʻikaʻi, nā pono waiwai hoʻokele, nā hana, ka wā hoʻokipa, ka hoʻokele wai a me ka wai, ka mālama wai, mālama ʻōpala paʻa, kia aupuni) a me ka ke ana ʻana o CO2 nā hoʻokuʻu a me ke komo i ka pae pae.

Me ka ʻae ʻia o ka Thompson Okanagan Tourism Observatory (BC, Kanada) i ka manawa o ka hālāwai, he 5 mau wahi hou i hui pū i ka pūnaewele INSTO ma 2019: ka Navarre Tourism Observatory (Sepania), ka Observatory Tourism o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Buenos Aires (Argentina. ), The Antigua Guatemala Sustainable Tourism Observatory (Guatemala), the Australia's South West Tourism Observatory (Australia) and the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Observatory (Canada).

Ua haʻi ʻo Glenn Mandziuk, Pelekikena a me Luna Nui, Thompson Okanagan Tourism Region: "Hoʻohanohano ʻia mākou i ke koho ʻia ʻana ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi mua ma Kanada e hui pū i kahi ʻoihana o nā hui alakaʻi mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa ma ke ʻano o ka UNWTOʻO ka papahana INSTO e kōkua iā mākou e kaʻana like, ana, a hoʻomaopopo i ka hopena o ka hoʻokele waiwai, ka pilikanaka a me ka moʻomeheu o ka mākaʻikaʻi. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou e hoʻomau nei kēia hoʻolaha koʻikoʻi e hōʻike i ka manaʻo ikaika o kā mākou ʻĀina i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ʻano kūpono a hoʻomau.

ʻO Lisa Beare, Kuhina Nui o ka Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi, ʻAmelika a me ka moʻomeheu o British Columbia, ua hoʻohui pū ʻia: "ʻO kēia ʻike ākea o ka Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association e hōʻike ana i nā makahiki o ka hana hou e pili ana i ka hoʻokele hoʻokele holomua ʻO kā mākou ʻike no ka mākaʻikaʻi ma British Columbia kahi ulu ulu kuleana, kahi e hāʻawi ʻia ai nā pono o ka mākaʻikaʻi me kēlā me kēia. Ua ulu aʻe nā hana mākaʻikaʻi kūleʻa ma mua o ka nānā wale ʻana i ka hoʻihoʻi waiwai, a i kēia lā e noʻonoʻo pū kekahi i ka hopena o ka nohona, ka moʻomeheu a me ke kaiapuni. Mahalo i nā poʻe āpau e pili ana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia inoa ma Thompson Okanagan, a mahalo no kou alakaʻi ʻana. ”

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

The World Tourism Organization's (UNWTO) International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories (INSTO) welcomed more than 100 experts to its global annual meeting in Madrid, gathering observatories from all around the world as well as other stakeholders from the public, private and academic field to discuss the latest experiences in monitoring tourism impacts at destination level through the application of traditional and non-traditional data sources.
“We are honoured to be selected as Canada's first destination to join a network of leading organizations from around the world as part of the the UNWTO‘s INSTO program that will help us share, measure, and understand the economic, social and cultural implications of tourism.
the Navarre Tourism Observatory (Spain), the Tourism Observatory of the City of Buenos Aires (Argentina), The Antigua Guatemala Sustainable Tourism Observatory (Guatemala), the Australia's South West Tourism Observatory (Australia) and the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Observatory (Canada).