Ua wehe ʻo Saudi Arabia i nā mea kamaʻilio no 2023 World Tourism Day ma Riyadh

Ua hōʻike ʻia nā kikoʻī o ka laina haʻiʻōlelo no ka World Tourism Day (WTD) o kēia makahiki, e mālama ʻia ma Riyadh ma Kepakemapa 27-28.

Me ka ʻoi aku o 500 mau luna aupuni, nā alakaʻi ʻoihana a me nā loea mai nā ʻāina he 120 i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e iho i Riyadh no ka hanana, ʻo ke kiʻekiʻe o ka hele ʻana e hōʻike ana i ke koʻikoʻi o WTD 2023 i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi honua.

ʻO ka laulā o nā mea haʻiʻōlelo kiʻekiʻe e hōʻike ana i ka hui pū ʻana ma waena o ka ʻoihana e hoʻolauleʻa i nā kūleʻa o ka ʻāpana ʻoiai e ʻimi ana i nā hoʻonā i kāna mau pilikia koʻikoʻi. ʻO nā mea haʻiʻōlelo i hoʻolaha ʻia i kēia lā:

• Ka Mea Hanohano Ahmed Al-Khateeb, Kuhina o ka Makaikai o Saudi Arabia

• Zurab Pololikashvili, Kakauolelo Nui o ka United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

• Ka Mea Hanohano Khalid Al Falih, Kuhina Waiwai o Saudi Arabia

• Kona Kamāliʻiwahine Haifa Bint Mohammed Al Saud, Hope Kuhina o ka mākaʻikaʻi

• Ka Mea Hanohano Patricia de Lille, Kuhina o ka Makaikai o Aferika Hema

• Ka Mea Hanohano Nikolina Brnjac, Kuhina o ka Makaikai a me na Ha'uki o ka Repubalika o Kroasia

• Ka Mea Hanohano Mehmet Ersoy, Kuhina no ka Culture and Tourism of Turkey

• Ka Mea Hanohano Rosa Ana Morillo Rodriguez, Kākau'ōlelo o ka Moku'āina, Kuhina o ka 'Oihana, Kalepa a me ka Mākaʻikaʻi o Sepania

• Julia Simpson, Luna Nui o ka World Travel & Tourism Council

• Pansy Ho, Kakauolelo Nui o ka Global Tourism Economy Forum

• Kāpena Ibrahim Koshy, ka Luna Nui o Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA)

• Pierfrancesco Vago, Luna Nui o MSC Cruises

• Greg Webb, Luna Nui o Travelport

• Matthew Upchurch, Luna Nui o Virtuoso

• Ritesh Agarwal, Luna Nui o OYO

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo António Guterres, Kakauolelo Nui o UN: "He ikaika ikaika ka huakaʻi no ka holomua a me ka ʻike like ʻana. Akā, i mea e hoʻopuka ai i kāna mau pono piha, pono e pale a mālama ʻia kēia ikaika. Ma kēia World Tourism Day, ʻike mākou i ka pono koʻikoʻi no nā hoʻopukapuka ʻōmaʻomaʻo e kūkulu i kahi ʻāpana mākaʻikaʻi e hāʻawi ana i nā kānaka a me ka honua. No laila, e hana hou kākou a pau i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mana piha o ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau. No ka mea, ʻo ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau e hoʻopukapuka ana i kahi wā e hiki mai ana no nā mea āpau.

E mālama ʻia ka WTD 2023 ma lalo o ke kumumanaʻo "Tourism and Green Investments" me ka manaʻo o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka hui like ʻana o ka honua e nānā i nā manawa hoʻopukapuka e hoʻoikaika i ke kūpaʻa o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, e alakaʻi ana i ka ʻāpana i kahi alakaʻi alakaʻi a hoʻomau i ka wā e hiki mai ana. ʻO ka hanana ʻelua lā e ʻike ai i nā alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi e komo i nā haʻiʻōlelo koʻikoʻi a me nā kūkākūkā panel e pili ana i ʻekolu UNWTO nā kumuhana nui: nā kānaka, ka honua a me ka pōmaikaʻi. E ʻimi ka poʻe i komo i ka mana o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ke kuleana o ka ʻāpana i ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā moʻomeheu, ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni, a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kahi honua ʻoi aku ka lokahi a pili.

ʻO ka lā mua e makaʻala i ka UNWTO ʻO ke kumuhana o 'Tourism and Green Investments' ma o nā panela mai ka mana o ka mākaʻikaʻi i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā alahaka; hoʻokomo kālā i nā mea hiki ke kanaka; hiki i nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi liʻiliʻi ke hele ʻia; nā pilikia a me nā hoʻonā i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana; e hoʻopili i ka ʻokoʻa hou a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka ʻoihana. Ma ke ahiahi o ka lā mua, e mālama ʻia kahi pāʻina ʻaina ma ka kahua hoʻoilina UNESCO o Saudi Arabia ʻo Diriyah, ma ke ʻano he hoʻolauleʻa no WTD 2023.

E mālama ʻia ka Hui Kūkākūkā o nā alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ma ka lā ʻelua ma lalo o ke kumumanaʻo 'Tourism for People, Prosperity and Intercultural Dialogue'. E noʻonoʻo ana kahi kau o ka lehulehu i ka wā e hiki mai ana no ka ʻoihana, aʻo kahi hui pilikino e ʻimi i ka huakaʻi holo ʻole. E alakaʻi ʻia kahi hui hāʻawi WTD 2024 ma waena o Saudi Arabia a me Georgia, ma mua o ka hoʻokipa ʻana o Georgia i ka hanana i ka makahiki aʻe.

ʻO ka nui o ka hanana i mālama ʻia ma Riyadh e hōʻike ana i ke koʻikoʻi i hoʻopili ʻia e ke aupuni Saudi i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi honua. Ua koho ʻia ke Aupuni i noho noho no ka ʻaha kūkā o ka United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) no 2023, a hoʻokipa i ka World Travel and Tourism Council's Global Summit ma Riyadh i ka makahiki i hala.

Wahi a ka mea i hala iho nei UNWTO Hōʻike ʻo Barometer, ua hōʻike ka Middle East i nā hopena maikaʻi loa ma Ianuali-Iulai 2023, me ka hōʻea ʻana he 20% ma luna o nā pae pre-pandemic. Ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻāina ʻo ia wale nō ka mea i ʻoi aku ma mua o nā pae 2019 a hiki i kēia manawa, me ka ʻike ʻana o Saudi i ka ulu ʻana o nā helu pālua ma (+58%).