Auai i le UNWTO/WTTC Global Leaders for Tourism Campaign, Kenya Na aloaia e Peresitene Mwai Kibaki le turisi o se “avanoa sili e aoao mai ai le tasi i le isi ma fefaasoaai ai tu ma aganuu eseese” (Nairobi, Kenya, Iuni 23).

"Matou te vaʻavaʻai ma faʻatauaina turisi o se tasi o auala sili e mafai ai e tagata o le lalolagi ona faʻataʻitaʻiina aganuu eseese ma uiga masani e maua i le lalolagi atoa," o le tala lea a Peresitene Kibaki i le mauaina o se tusi tatala mai. UNWTO Failautusi Aoao, Taleb Rifai, ma WTTC Peresitene ma Pule Sili, David Scowsill, i luga o le taua o femalagaaiga ma tagata tafafao maimoa i le gafataulimaina ma aofia ai le tuputupu ae ma atinae.

"Kenya o le a faʻaauau pea ona avea ma taʻimua i le lagolagoina o lenei alamanuia o loʻo fesoasoani i le faʻaitiitia o le mativa, fausiaina o galuega, ma isi avanoa mo tagata i le tatou atunuʻu ma le lalolagi atoa," o le faaopoopo lea a le Peresetene.

O le saunoaga a le Peresetene na faaleo e le Minisita o Turisi a Kenya, Najib Balala. "E mafai e turisi ona aumaia le faapalepale ma le malamalamaaga i aganuu eseese ma mafai ona fesoasoani i se tulaga lelei o le olaga," o lana tala lea.

"O le 1.5 miliona tagata tafafao maimoa mai fafo na asiasi i Kenya i le 2010 na maua ai le US $ 700 miliona mo le tamaoaiga o le atunuu," o le tala lea a Mr. Rifai, "O lenei tupe maua e faaliliuina i tupe maua, galuega, auala, falemai, aoga, ma le anoanoaʻi isi penefiti e faapitoa aapa atu i le matitiva vaega o le faitau aofai. ”

Fai mai Mr. Scowsill: "Ua faia e Kenya se tulaga maoaʻe i le faatosina mai o tagata tafafao mai i le atunuu o loʻo faʻaaogaina ai e le vaega le 10% o le aufaigaluega. O loʻo manaʻomia foi nisi tupe teu faafaigaluega ina ia faaauau ai pea le alualu i luma o lenei galuega taua i totonu o Kenya - o tupe uma tau maketi mai le malo ma faletalimalo atinae tetele mai pisinisi tumaoti. "

Na fautuaina e le Susuga ia Scowsill le Peresetene o Kibaki e avea ma taʻitaʻiga ma isi atunuu i Sasaʻe o Aferika e siamupini ia maua se avanoa i kamupani vaalele, visa taatele, ma le maketi faatasi. "O le ai ai le faʻateleina o manaʻoga mai turisi mo femalagaaʻiga tele-atunuʻu i Aferika, ma o le taimi lenei e faataatia ai le faavae e faia ai lenei mea," o le tala lea a Mr. Scowsill.

E ala i le Global Leaders for Tourism Campaign, UNWTO ma WTTC o loʻo tuʻuina atu faʻatasi i ulu o le setete ma le malo i le lalolagi atoa se tusi tatala, lea e valaʻau atu ai ia i latou e faʻaalia le matafaioi autu a tagata tafafao maimoa i le tuʻuina atu o le tuputupu aʻe tumau ma paleni ma ia faʻamuamua le vaega maualuga i faiga faʻavae a le atunuʻu ina ia faʻateleina lona gafatia. O le tusi tatala o loʻo faʻamatala mai ai le taua o femalagaaiga ma turisi o se tasi o le tele o le lalolagi e faʻatupu galuega, o se avetaʻavale malosi o le socio-economic growth and development, ma o se tagata autu i le suiga i le tamaoaiga lanu meamata.

Ua maeʻa ona maua le lagolago a Peresetene o Mexico, Aferika i Saute, Kazakhstan, Hungary, Burkina Faso, ma Indonesia.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

"Matou te vaʻavaʻai ma faʻatauaina turisi o se tasi o auala sili e mafai ai e tagata o le lalolagi ona faʻataʻitaʻiina aganuu eseese ma uiga masani e maua i le lalolagi atoa," o le tala lea a Peresitene Kibaki i le mauaina o se tusi tatala mai. UNWTO Failautusi Aoao, Taleb Rifai, ma WTTC Peresitene ma Pule Sili, David Scowsill, i luga o le taua o femalagaaiga ma tagata tafafao maimoa i le gafataulimaina ma aofia ai le tuputupu ae ma atinae.
E ala i le Global Leaders for Tourism Campaign, UNWTO ma WTTC are jointly presenting heads of state and government around the world an open letter, which calls on them to acknowledge tourism's key role in delivering more sustained and balanced growth and to prioritize the sector high in national policies in order to maximize its potential.
The open letter outlines travel and tourism's value as one of the world's largest generators of jobs, a powerful driver of socio-economic growth and development, and a key player in the transformation to the green economy.