Ua hui nā alakaʻi kūlanakauhale mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua ma ke kapikala Kazakh o Nur-Sultan no ka Ka Hui Kaapuni honua (UNWTO) Hōʻuluʻulu Kūkākūkā Kakauhale o ka Honua. Ua hauʻoli ka Summit i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ke kākoʻo politika, me ka Pelekikena o Kasakana Kassym-Jomart Tokayev hui me ke Kakauolelo Nui o UNWTO ʻO Zurab Pololikashvili ma mua o ka wehe ʻana i alakaʻi ʻia e ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Askar Mamin a me ka Meia o Nursultan Altay Kulginov.
Ma ka laina me ka United Nations New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, ka 8th edition o ka UNWTO Hoʻokumu ka Global Urban Tourism Summit i ka manaʻo o "Smart Cities, Smart Destinations". Ua ʻimi nā ʻelele mai nā ʻāina ʻoi aku ma mua o 80, ʻo ia hoʻi he 10 mayors, hope-mayors a me nā kuhina o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā ʻelele o ka ʻoihana pilikino, pehea e hiki ai i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā wahi kūlanakauhale akamai ke kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia mākaʻikaʻi kūlanakauhale paʻakikī e kū nei a puni ka honua.
Ma nā lā ʻelua, ua kālele nā kūkākūkā i nā 'pou ʻelima' o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi – ka hana hou, ka ʻenehana, ka hiki ke komo, ka hoʻomau a me ke aupuni. Ma ke kūkulu ʻana i kēia, ua ʻae ʻia nā ʻelele aupuni a me ke kūlanakauhale ma ka Summit i ka Nur-Sultan Declaration ma 'Smart Cities, Smart Destinations'. Hoʻomaopopo ka Hōʻike i ka ulu nui ʻana o nā kūlanakauhale ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi a me ko lākou hiki ke alakaʻi i ka hoʻomohala socio-economic a hāpai a mālama i ka moʻomeheu kūʻokoʻa.
Ma ka ʻae ʻana i ka Hōʻike, ʻae pū nā wahi e hana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka Pahuhopu 11 o ka UN Sustainable Development Agenda - e 'hoʻohui i nā kūlanakauhale a me nā noho kanaka, palekana, kūpaʻa a hoʻomau. Kūlike pū ka Hōʻike me UNWTO's Global Convention on Tourism Ethics, ka ʻaha kūkā mua loa o ia ʻano i ʻāpono ʻia i kēia manawa UNWTO Ahaolelo Nui ma St Petersburg.
E wehe ana i ka Summit UNWTO Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kakauolelo Nui ʻo Mr Pololikashvili: "He nui ka mana o nā kūlanakauhale akamai e hana i ka hopena maikaʻi ʻaʻole wale i ke ola o ka poʻe kamaʻāina, akā i nā ʻike o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi pū kekahi, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā alakaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale e hana i nā hoʻoholo e hoʻololi ai. Hāʻawi kēia Summit i kahi manawa kūʻokoʻa e hoʻohui i ko mākou ʻike e ʻike i nā pilikia e kū nei nā kūlanakauhale i ka piʻi ʻana o nā helu mākaʻikaʻi a puni ka honua, a no ka ʻimi ʻana i nā hopena i hiki ke hoʻokele pono ʻia kēia ulu a hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻohuli i nā loli maikaʻi no nā mea āpau.
E kū'ē i ke kua o ka piko, ua hui ʻo Mr Pololikashvili me Pelekikena Tokayev no nā kūkākūkā kiʻekiʻe e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi Kazakh, ka mea e kū nei ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻāpana wikiwiki loa i ka ʻāina ʻo Central Asia. E hōʻike hou ana i ke kākoʻo o Kazakhstan i ka hanana a me UNWTOUa hui pū ʻo Pololikashvili me ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Askar Mamin, ke Kuhina no ka Culture and Sports, Ms Aktoty Raimkulova, a me ke Kuhina Ola, ʻo Mr Yelzhan Birtanov.
