BANGKOK, Thailand & WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Ua ʻae ka World Indigenous Tourism Alliance (WINTA) a me ka Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) e hoʻomohala i nā hoʻolālā a me nā papahana e hāʻawi i ka ʻōlelo kūpono, ma o ka mākaʻikaʻi, i nā pono ʻōiwi. E lawe ʻia nā kumu alakaʻi mai nā ʻāpana kūpono o ka United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Ma muli o kēia ʻaelike i ko lākou manaʻo maʻamau i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā hoʻomohala mākaʻikaʻi e kūlike me nā loina o ka Hōʻike Larrakia i hoʻolaha ʻia ma Malaki 30, 2012 ma ka Pacific Asia Indigenous Tourism Conference 2012 ma Darwin, Australia. Ua kākoʻo pū ʻia ka Hōʻike Larrakia e ka United Nations World Tourism Organization.

I ka moʻolelo o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi, ua hoʻopiʻi pinepine ʻia ka uhai ʻana i nā pono kanaka, i hoʻohewa ʻia e nā hui kākoʻo pono kanaka, nā uniona kālepa a me nā hui kaiaulu ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka poʻe ʻōiwi ka poʻe i hoʻopilikia pinepine ʻia e ia mau pono kīwila.

"ʻIke ʻo PATA i ka manawa kūpono e hoʻoponopono ai i kēia moʻolelo i hala ma o ka lawe ʻana i kahi ala hoʻoikaika pū me WINTA e hoʻokūkū i ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka Hōʻike Larrakia," wahi a Mr. Martin Craigs, Luna Nui o PATA. “Me ke komo ʻana o ka poʻe ʻōiwi e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia e ka Larrakia Declaration, hiki i ka mākaʻikaʻi ke lilo i kaʻa maikaʻi no ka hāpai ʻana i nā pono o ka poʻe ʻōiwi."

"ʻO ka hoʻokumu ʻana a me ka hana ʻana o WINTA i ka makahiki 2012 ma hope o nā makahiki he nui o ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma waena o nā poʻe ʻōiwi i hana mua i ka mākaʻikaʻi, e hōʻailona ana i ka hiki ʻana mai o ka makahiki o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻōiwi a me kona hiki ke hana pū me nā hui mākaʻikaʻi honua like ʻole," wahi a Mr. Ben Sherman, ʻAha alakaʻi o WINTA.

“ʻO ka koho a me ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke ʻano a me ke ʻano o ke komo ʻana me ka mākaʻikaʻi e waiho mau i nā poʻe ʻōiwi i hoʻopilikia ʻia. He mea nui e hāʻawi ʻia iā lākou ka manawa e komo ai ma ke kumu o ka ʻae manuahi, mua a me ka ʻike e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia e ka UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,” wahi a Mr. Sherman.

ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o WINTA a me PATA he hana koʻikoʻi ia e ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻopili i kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻoihana i ka hana hoʻomohala wai i hana ʻia e ka UN Global Compact, ka hana nui loa o ka ʻoihana kuleana ma ka honua, i ka hana ʻana i ka Business Reference Guide: ʻO ka United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia ke alakaʻi e ka UN Global Compact e kōkua i nā ʻoihana e hoʻomaopopo, mahalo, a kākoʻo i nā pono o ka poʻe ʻōiwi ma ka hōʻike ʻana i ke ʻano o kēia mau kuleana i nā hana ʻoihana.

Manaʻo ʻo WINTA a me PATA e ʻaelike i nā papahana koʻikoʻi no ka hoʻolaha ʻana a me ka hoʻokō ʻana ma ka ʻāina ʻo Asia Pacific mai 2014 i mua.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

The collaboration by WINTA and PATA represents an important step by the tourism industry to apply an industry perspective to the watershed development work undertaken by the UN Global Compact, the largest voluntary corporate responsibility initiative in the world, in the production of the Business Reference Guide.
It is important that they be afforded the opportunity to participate on the basis of free, prior and informed consent as envisioned by the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,” said Mr.
“The establishment and operation of WINTA in 2012 following many years of dialogue among Indigenous peoples already engaged with tourism, marks the coming of age of Indigenous tourism and its capacity to work alongside like-minded international tourism organisations,” said Mr.