ʻO ka UN World Tourism Organization i lanakila nui loa (UNWTO) a me World Travel Market (WTM) Kuhina ' Summit e loaʻa i kahi hanana kaikuahine ma 2012 – ka UNWTO a me Arabian Travel Market (ATM) Forum, e mālama ʻia ana ma ka Arabian Travel Market ma Dubai (ʻApelila 30–Mei 3, 2012).
ka UNWTO & WTM Ministers' Summit at World Travel Market 2011, ka hanana alakaʻi honua no ka ʻāpana huakaʻi, ʻo ia ka ʻelima o ka paʻi ʻana o kēia hanana kūʻokoʻa no nā kuhina mākaʻikaʻi o ka honua e kūkākūkā i ke kūlana o ka ʻāpana a ʻae i nā hoʻolālā maʻamau e hoʻoponopono ai ma- hele pilikia.
He paʻa paʻa ia i kēia manawa ma ka kalena a nā kuhina mākaʻikaʻi, a hiki i 200 mau kuhina a me nā mea kōkua kiʻekiʻe e hele ana i ka makahiki 2011. UNWTO a me WTM Ministers' Summit e kūkākūkā ana i nā pilikia e like me ka hopena o ka hoʻohui kālā ma luna o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ʻEulopa a i ʻole ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka huakaʻi ma Middle East a me North Africa.
ka UNWTO a me ATM Forum ma ka Arabian Travel Market ma, Pōʻakahi, ʻApelila 30, 2012, e pāʻani like ana i ka hui ʻana i nā alakaʻi o ka ʻāina no ka ʻoihana huakaʻi hele a me ka mākaʻikaʻi Middle East.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Reed Travel Exhibitions' Group Exhibition Director Mark Walsh: "ʻO ka ulu ʻana o ka hiki ʻana mai o nā mākaʻikaʻi mai ka manawa o ke kenekulia, ʻo ia ka mea nui o kēia ʻano ʻano no nā kuhina mākaʻikaʻi a me nā ʻoihana pilikino e kūkākūkā i nā mea e hiki mai ana. Ma ke ʻano he hōʻikeʻike kālepa huakaʻi mua no ka ʻāina, ʻo ATM wale nō kahi e hoʻokipa ai i kēlā hanana.
ʻO ka Middle East kekahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi e ulu wikiwiki ana i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala. Ua ulu ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi mai ka 24 miliona i ka makahiki 2000 a ʻoi aku ma mua o 60 miliona i ka makahiki 2010, e hoʻonui ana i ka loaʻa kālā he $50 biliona no nā huakaʻi ma ka ʻāina.
UNWTO Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kakauolelo Nui ʻo Taleb Rifai: "Ma muli o nā pilikia o kēia manawa, ke hoʻomau nei ka maikaʻi o nā manaʻo ma ka Hikina Waena i ka wā lōʻihi, e like me ka hōʻike ʻana o ka mea hou. UNWTO wānana ʻo Tourism Towards 2030, a me nā papahana o ka ʻoihana, ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mokulele, a me ka hiki ke hōkele i ka pipeline no ka ʻāina.
ʻO nā hopena mai ka UNWTO a me ka hanana ATM ma The Future of Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa, e hana ana ma WTM ma ka Pōʻakolu, Nowemapa 9, e hoʻonohonoho i ka papahana no ka mua. UNWTO a me ATM Forum i ka Mei aʻe.
ʻO nā mea haʻiʻōlelo kiʻekiʻe ma ka hanana ma WTM me:
– Mr. Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour, Kuhina o ka mākaʻikaʻi o ʻAigupita
– Mr. Ahmed A. Al-Nuaimi, Luna Hoomalu, Qatar Tourism Authority
– Mr. Mehdi Houas, Kuhina o ka Makaikai o Tunisia
– Mr. Guy Crawford, Luna Nui, Jumeirah Group Dubai
– Mr. Vijay Poonoosamy, Hope Peresidena, International & Public Affairs, Etihad Airways
- ʻO Mr. Tony Hopkins, Luna Hoʻokele Kūʻai o UK, Thomas Cook
– Mr. Ghassan Aridi, Luna Nui, Alpha Tours Dubai
– Mr. Taleb Rifai, Kakauolelo Nui, UNWTO
- ʻO nā ʻelele RTE ʻo Simon Press, Luna Hoʻokele, World Travel Market; ʻO Lucie James, Luna Hoʻokele Kūʻai, Mākeke huakaʻi Arabian; a ʻo Nadège Noblet, Luna Hoʻokele moʻokāki kūloko, Middle East, North Africa & Hotel Companies, Arabian Travel Market
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- It is now a firm fixture on the tourism ministers' calendar, with up to 200 ministers and senior aides attending the 2011 UNWTO and WTM Ministers' Summit discussing issues such as the impact of fiscal consolidation on tourism in Europe or the future of travel in the Middle East and North Africa.
- “In spite of current challenges, prospects in the Middle East continue to be very positive in the long-term, as shown by the new UNWTO forecast Tourism Towards 2030, as well as by the projects of infrastructure, airline expansion, and hotel capacity in the pipeline for the region.
- ʻO nā hopena mai ka UNWTO a me ka hanana ATM ma The Future of Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa, e hana ana ma WTM ma ka Pōʻakolu, Nowemapa 9, e hoʻonohonoho i ka papahana no ka mua. UNWTO a me ATM Forum i ka Mei aʻe.
