- Ua hoʻopukapuka ʻo BMOTA i ka manawa i loko o ke kaʻina o ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hiki a me nā polokalamu hoʻokele mākaʻikaʻi me GSTC.
- ʻO nā mea i komo i kahi Polokalamu Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi GSTC i kū i ke ʻāpana keʻa o nā ʻoihana ʻāpana lehulehu a pilikino hoʻi mai nā wahi Bahamas ʻē aʻe.
- Ke hana nei ʻo GSTC me kekahi o nā Mokupuni ʻĀpana Bahamas ma nā papa hana a me nā papahana.
I loko o ka manawa o ka huakaʻi hele honua COVID-19 ma 2020, ua hoʻopukapuka ʻo BMOTA i kahi manawa i loko o ke kaʻina o ka hiki ke kūkulu a me nā polokalamu hoʻokele mākaʻikaʻi me GSTC. Hoʻonohonoho i ka hoʻomohala hoʻokipa hoʻomau a me ka hoʻokele ma ke ʻano he makakoho no ka hoʻōla hou ʻana a me ke kūkulu hou ʻana, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo BMOTA no nā limahana a me nā mea kuleana ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi e komo i kahi kau pūnaewele o ka GSTC's Sustainable Tourism Training Program (STTP). ʻO nā mea i komo i ʻāpana o nā hui lehulehu a me nā ʻāpana pilikino mai nā wahi Bahamas like ʻole, e like me New Providence, Andros, Harbor Island, Abaco, Eleuthera, San Salvador, Exuma, Long Island, Bimini, Cat Island a me Grand Bahama Island.
I nā mahina e hiki mai ana, e hana pū ana ʻo GSTC me kekahi o nā Mokupuni ʻOhana Bahamas ma nā papa hana a me nā papahana e kākoʻo ai i ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o nā ʻaha kūkā ʻo Destination Stewardship nāna e hoʻokō i ka GSTC Destination Criteria. Ua hōʻike aku nā lālā o ka ʻaha kūkā i ka pīhoihoi e pili ana i ka manawa kūpono e hoʻolālā i ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau ʻana o ko lākou kaiāulu. Ke kakali nei ʻo GSTC a me ka Bahamas i ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā hopena o kēia hana i nā mahina e hiki mai ana.
"ʻO ka nani o ke kino a me ka nohona kūwaho o nā Mokupuni o The Bahamas e hoʻolilo iā lākou i wahi kiʻekiʻe loa no ka poʻe huakaʻi mai nā kihi a pau o ka honua i kēlā me kēia makahiki," wahi a ka Hon. ʻO Dionisio DʻAguilar, Kuhina Bahamas o ka Hoʻokele a me nā mokulele. "ʻIke mākou i ko mākou kuleana e hōʻoia e hana nei mākou i nā mea āpau e hiki ai iā mākou ke mālama i ke olakino o ke kaiaolaola o kā mākou ʻāina a me ka pale ʻana i kāna meaola no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana, a ʻo kā mākou hoʻopili ʻana me GSTC kahi mea nui i kēlā huakaʻi."
"Mahalo mākou i ka lilo ʻana i hoapili ma ko GSTC mau hana a puni ka honua a ke kakali nei mākou i mua i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kā mākou kūpaʻa i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko ma The Bahamas, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pae hoʻohālikelike i alakaʻi ʻia ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi koʻikoʻi i ka kūleʻa," i ʻōlelo ʻia e Kristal Betela, Luna Hoʻokele, Sustainable Tourism, Bahamas. Kuhina Hoʻolālā a me Mokulele.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “We are grateful to be a partner in GSTC's global efforts and look forward to enhancing our commitment to sustainable tourism in The Bahamas, using their destination criteria as a critical guide to success,” remarked Kristal Bethel, Senior Director, Sustainable Tourism, the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism &.
- In the months following, GSTC has been working with several of The Bahamas Family Islands on workshops and programming to support the establishment of Destination Stewardship Councils which will implement the GSTC Destination Criteria.
- “We see it as our duty to ensure that we are doing all that we can to maintain the health our country's environmental ecosystems and protection of its biodiversity for the future generations, and our alignment with GSTC is an essential step in .
