O le aʻoaʻoga faʻaitulagi e uiga i le gafataulimaina o taunuʻuga pulega ma maketiga ua maeʻa i Saint Lucia ma le naunautaiga a tagata auai e faʻaleleia le turisi oloa ma paʻaga auai.
The 27-31 March workshop, organized by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the United Nations agency, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), brought together 26 stakeholders in the tourism industry from 12 CTO member countries to explore ways to make their destinations and the region more globally competitive.
“O le mafutaga faaleaoaoga e matua taua tele. E maua ai e le au paaga le avanoa e vaʻavaʻai ai i turisi gafataulimaina, lea e taua tele i o tatou teritori ma atunuu o le Atu Karipiane,” o le tala lea a Percival Hanley, le pule sili o le Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park Society i St. Kitts.
"O turisi o se tasi o tele alamanuia mo tatou atunuu ma sili ona taua i a tatou tamaoaiga, ma o se tasi o le tuputupu ae alamanuia o le a matua aafia ai la tatou eria, e le na o le taimi nei ae faapea foi i le lumanai," na ia faaopoopo.
I le vaitaimi o le semina mo le lima aso, na fefaʻasoaaʻi ai sui ma faʻataʻitaʻi sili ona lelei, e aofia ai ma le manuia o taunuʻuga i fafo atu o le Caribbean.
Ose mata matala mo Elecia Myers, o le faatonu sinia mo fuafuaga faataatitia ma le iloiloga i le matagaluega a turisi a Jamaica, o le na faapea mai o le a vaai nei i le gafataulimaina pulega gafataulimaina ma maketiina i se sili atu malamalama malamalamaaga.
“Sa ou vaʻavaʻai pe faʻapefea ona ou faʻatulagaina faiga i le atunuʻu ina ia mautinoa o loʻo i ai le mulimulitaʻia i totonu oa tatou lala sooupu, ma i totonu o a tatou paaga faʻapitoa - faletalimalo, faʻafiafiaga, auaunaga tau felauaiga - faʻafefea ona faʻaogaina fuafuaga faʻavae i se uiga sili atu ma auala fuaina ina ia mafai ona tatou siaki i le aluga o taimi, ”o lana tala lea.
Mo Turks ma Caicos Islands sa taua tele sauniga aua o loʻo i ai le atunuʻu i le fetaulaʻiga ala e fia alu i ai i tulaga o turisi atinaʻe, fai mai Brian Been, o le sinia atinaʻe tagata ofisa i le Turks ma Caicos Turisi Komiti Faatino.
"Soo se taimi lava matou te talanoa ai e uiga i le gafataulimaina, matou te matele lava i le faalagolago i le itu o le siosiomaga, ma le iloa e tatau ona i ai se paleni auala," o lana tala lea.
O le mafutaga faaleaoaoga na oo mai i le taimi ua uaʻi atu ai nei nofoaga i le atinaʻeina o oloa, ma ua suia e le aufaasālalau le auala e faia ai le maketi tau turisi.
O nisi o vaega taua na su'esu'eina o le fa'afouga i le maketiina, fa'atauva'a, atina'eina o tomai fa'apitoa tau turisi ma fa'ata'ita'iga manuia i le pulega ma le maketiina. Na mafai foi e le au auai ona ave le faagasologa o aoaoga mai totonu o lenei potu ma agai atu i le lalolagi moni e ala i le alu i suesuega suesue i Fond Latisab Creole Park, Lushan Country Life ma Sulfur Springs ma Volcano mo aafiaga moni o le olaga.
"O le puleaina lelei o nofoaga e faʻatautaia ai ma maketiga o se itu o loʻo vaavaai totoʻa i ai le tele o atunuʻu o lo tatou itulagi - pe faʻafefea ona tatou maketiina lelei ma faʻatautaia a tatou nofoaga faʻatulagaina, ina ia mafai ona tatou tauva i le lalolagi," o le tala lea a Bonita Morgan, le faʻatonusili a le CTO i le faʻagaioiga o alagaʻoa ma atinae.
The executive training workshop was organized by the CTO and the UNWTO through its Themis Foundation, and was held in collaboration with the Saint Lucia ministry of tourism and the board of tourism.
“This UNWTO/CTO workshop main objective was to constitute a participative platform where we all could share experiences and knowledge as well as instruments that can be applied back in participants’ countries, institutions, businesses and destinations. And I believe we have achieved that objective by bridging theory and practice in a very participative workshop,” said Alba Fernández Alonso, the course coordinator at the Themis Foundation, the entity responsible for implementing the UNWTO’s education and training program.
