- Kau ʻo Kauka Taleb Rifai i nā pāpale he nui. ʻO ka mua UNWTO ʻO nā kūlana Kakauolelo Nui e pili ana i ka Papa Hoʻonaʻauao ʻApelika a me Project Hope, International Institute for Peace Through Tourism, World Tourism Forum Institute. , Global Resilience and Crisis Management Center, a ʻo ia ka luna hoʻomalu no ka World Tourism Network (WTN)
- E nānā iā Kauka Taleb Rifai e alakaʻi ana i ka haʻi ʻana i ka honua i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e pili ana i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka honua huakaʻi a me nā mākaʻikaʻi. Pono kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo i kumu no ka lā ʻapōpō maikaʻi
- ʻEkolu mau nīnauele, ʻekolu mau moʻolelo na kahi kumu aʻoaʻo no World Tourism.
WTTC, UNWTO ʻAʻole mākaukau e ʻike i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i ka nānā ʻana o ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ma hope o COVID-19. ʻAʻole ia e hoʻi i kekahi mea a mākou i ʻike ai. Na ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e hoʻokuʻu iā mākou. ʻO kēia ka hōʻailona i hāʻawi ʻia e ke kumu aʻoaʻo mākaʻikaʻi helu ʻekahi ma ka honua, ʻo Kauka Taleb Rifai.
Ua lawelawe ʻo Kauka Taleb Rifai i ʻelua kau UNWTO Kakauolelo Nui a hiki i Dekemaba 31,2017 a ua noʻonoʻo ʻo ia i kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi honua a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi.
ʻO kekahi o nā kūlana he nui i pili i kēia kamaʻāina ʻo Ioredane, ma ke ʻano he co-chairman o ka mea hou i hoʻokumu ʻia World Tourism Network ua hana ʻo ia i kahi hopena nui loa i ka kūkulu hou ʻana i ka huakaʻi kūkākūkā i hoʻomaka ʻia e WTN.
E nānā i ke ʻano o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o Kauka Rifai e nā poʻe i mana ma kona ʻāina a ʻike iā ia i ka wā o ka mākaʻikaʻi mokuʻāina i Costa Rica i kona wā e noho ana. UNWTO kakauolelo-nui. ,
Me ka honua e kū nei i ka pilikia ʻino loa o ka mōʻaukala o ka mākaʻikaʻi, ua hoʻi mai ʻo Kauka Rifai mai kāna hoʻomaha pono ʻana a ua lilo ʻo ia i kumu aʻoaʻo no nā mea he nui o ka honua. Me ke alakaʻi maikaʻi ʻole i kēia manawa UNWTO, ʻO Kauka Rifai ka mea hoʻoneʻe mālie a haʻalulu ma hope. Hiki iā ia ke hana i kēia ma muli o ka hoʻoilina āna i waiho ai ma ke ʻano he kamaʻāina honua maoli. ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi kahi ʻoihana o ka manaʻolana a me ka manaʻolana.
Ua lilo ʻo ia i mea maoli, ʻaʻole e hoʻi wale ka huakaʻi i kāna ʻano. He hihiʻo kā Kauka Rifai no ka wā e hiki mai ana ma hope o COVID-19. He kuleana nui ke kaiapuni a me ka hoʻomau i kēia hihiʻo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "ʻO ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi he ʻano conservative a me ka neʻe lohi. Ua hiki i ka honua ke hoʻouna i ke kanaka i ka mahina ma mua o ka hana ʻana i ʻelua huila ma luna o kahi pahu.
ʻO ka Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism & Development makahiki i ka makahiki 2017. E hoʻolohe i ka ʻōlelo a Kauka Rifai i kona wā e noho Kakauolelo Nui o UNWTO.
I ka makahiki 2020/21, ʻokoʻa loa ka honua. Ma kahi ninaninau ma mua o kēia pule me kahi kulanui no kahi papahana noiʻi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Rifai: "ʻAʻole like ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka hoʻomau. Pono ʻoe e ʻike pehea e ulu ai. "
"Hiki ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa inā ʻoi aku ka nani o Manhattan ma mua o ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o Skyscrapers. ʻAʻole au i kūʻē i nā Skyscrapers, akā he mea nui ia ma hea a pehea lākou e kūkulu ai. "
ʻO ka hoʻomau a me ka hoʻokipa e pili ana i ka poʻe. Pono e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā paia ma waena o ka poʻe, pono i ka poʻe e launa pū kekahi me kekahi.
ʻAʻole manaʻo ʻo Kauka Taleb e hoʻi hou ka honua i ka maʻamau a waiho i kona mau manaʻo i kēia ninaninau me kahi nūhou Pukiki. E kamaʻilio ʻo Kauka Rifai e pili ana i nā mokulele, nā holoholo, nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi, a e wehewehe ʻo ia i ke kumu o ka hoʻi ʻole o ka mākaʻikaʻi i kahi o ia, akā e hele i mua.