“Fa'amaumauga o Tagata Tafafao Maimoa: Ose Fa'atosina mo Atina'e", o le autu lea o le semina o lenei tausaga i le tulaga o le Fono Lona 61 a le Malo. UNWTO Komisi mo Aferika (Abuja, Nigeria, 4-6 Iuni). O lea fonotaga na aofia ai se talanoaga faaminisita i le taua o fuainumera o turisi i lalo o le autu “Better measure, better manage”.

O le Komisi mo Aferika na tosina mai ai minisita tafafao maimoa mai le itulagi ma paaga o tagata tafafao maimoa mai 18 atunuu. Na faʻailoa mai e tagata na auai, auala e mafai ai ona fesoasoani le atinaʻe o turisi i le faʻaitiitia o le mativa, le taua o le sailia o ni auala fou e atiaʻe ai tagata tafafao maimoa mai i le itulagi, ma le manaʻoga e suʻea ma faʻamalosia ni faiga faʻapaʻaga fou ma ni alagatupe e atiaʻe ai le vaega.

I tua atu o le tuputupu aʻe o tagata tafafao maimoa faavaomalo i Aferika, turisi aotelega aafiaga tamaoaiga e tatau ona fuaina sao ina ia turisi taʻiala e fesoasoani saʻo i le atunuʻu tamaoaiga. O le talanoaga a le minisita na taua ai le taua o le aoina ma le tuʻufaʻatasia o aofaʻiga ma agavaʻa faʻamaumauga, faʻapea foi ma le taua o tautinoga mai paaga a le atunuʻu ma faʻapaʻaga faʻalapotopotoga mo se faiga faʻamaumauga a turisi.

"O mea e ave i ai le faamuamua o laʻu pule na fausia e ala i le faʻalogo i manaʻoga o tatou sui auai ma aofia ai sini taua o le fausiaina atili ma sili atu galuega turisi, faʻaleleia aʻoaʻoga turisi ma faʻaleleia mea fou", o le tala lea. UNWTO Failautusi Aoao, Zurab Pololikashvili. "E tatau ona tatou fausia sootaga vavalalata i le va o le lautele ma vaega tumaoti mo tagata tafafao maimoa e suia le tuputupu ae i le konetineta, ma mo le manuia o ona tagata," o lana faaopoopo mai lea.

O le fonotaga na auai ai le Peresetene o Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, o ia na taua e faapea "Nigeria e tele gafatia mo turisi ma teuga tupe teu faafaigaluega", faamamafaina le taua o le vaega, uma e faatatau i lona saofaga i le gafataulimaina atinae ma lana matafaioi e atili faalalauteleina le tamaoaiga ma faʻalauteleina le ola faʻaolaola lautele.

I lenei tulaga, o le manaʻoga mo le faʻatuina o se Faʻamaumauga Faʻafuainumera mo le Fuaina o Sustainable Turisi (MST) na talanoaina. O lenei Taʻiala e aofia ai siosiomaga, agafesoʻotaʻi ma tuʻufaʻatasi turisi vaega ua sauni atu i le mauaina o le 17 Sustainable Development Goals o le 2030 Agenda mo Sustainable Development.
O le isi fonotaga a le Komisi o Aferika e faia i le kuata lona lua o le 2019.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

Participants underscored how tourism projects can contribute to poverty alleviation, the importance of finding innovative approaches to developing tourism in the region, and the need to find and foster new partnerships and resources to develop the sector.
O le fonotaga na auai ai le Peresetene o Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, o ia na taua e faapea "Nigeria e tele gafatia mo turisi ma teuga tupe teu faafaigaluega", faamamafaina le taua o le vaega, uma e faatatau i lona saofaga i le gafataulimaina atinae ma lana matafaioi e atili faalalauteleina le tamaoaiga ma faʻalauteleina le ola faʻaolaola lautele.
Against the backdrop of the growth of international tourism in Africa, tourism's overall economic impact needs to be measured accurately in order for tourism strategies to effectively contribute to national economies.