le Faalapotopotoga Turisi a le Lalolagi (UNWTO) International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories (INSTO) faafeiloaia sili atu nai lo 100 tagata atamamai i lana lalolagi fonotaga faaletausaga i Madrid, faʻaputuputuina mataʻitusi mai uma i le salafa o le lalolagi faʻapea foi ma isi paʻaga mai le lautele, tumaʻoti ma aʻoaʻoga matata e talanoaina le lata mai aafiaga i le mataʻituina o turisi aʻafiaga i le tulaga tulaga e ala i le faʻaogaina o tuʻufaʻatasiga ma e le faʻale-aganuʻu faʻamatalaga.

Mo le taimi lona fa, UNWTO talimalo i le fonotaga a le INSTO i le lalolagi atoa i lona laumua, e ofoina atu i tagata auai se polokalame eseese e aofia ai le masani o faiaoga o le taeao mo nofoaga fou ma fiafia i ai, autu autu i autu eseese e pei o le Location Intelligence, Composite Indexes, Resource Management and Dynamic Flow Analytics.

Fetuʻunaʻiga ma alamanuia atamamai tufatufaina metotia lata mai ma poto masani ma le fuaina o le faʻamalosia mataupu eria (lotoifale faʻamalieina ma turisi, taunuʻuga tamaoaiga penefiti, galuega, turisi vaitau, malosiaga ma le faʻataʻitaʻiga vai, puleaina o otaota, mautu pulega lapisi, pulega) faʻapea foi ma fuaina o le faʻatupeina o le CO2 ma faʻatagaina ona maua i le tulaga taunuʻu.

Faatasi ai ma le amanaiaina o le Thompson Okanagan Turisi Observatory (BC, Kanata) i le taimi o le fonotaga, le aofai o 5 fou taunuuga auai i le INSTO fesootaiga i le 2019: le Navarre Turisi Observatory (Sepania), le Turisi Observatory o le Aai o Buenos Aires (Atenitina ), O le Antigua Guatemala Sustainable Tourism Observatory (Guatemala), le Australia's South West Tourism Observatory (Australia) ma le Thompson Okanagan Tourism Observatory (Canada).

Glenn Mandziuk, Peresitene & Ofisa Sili o Pulega, Thompson Okanagan Tourism Region na faapea mai: “Ua faamamaluina i matou e filifilia e avea ma uluai taunuuga a Kanata e auai i se fesootaiga o faalapotopotoga iloga mai le salafa o le lalolagi o se vaega o le UNWTOO le polokalame a le INSTO o le a fesoasoani ia i matou e fa'asoa, fua, ma malamalama i aafiaga tau tamaoaiga, agafesootai ma aganuu o tagata tafafao maimoa. Matou te talitonu o lenei faʻasalalauga taua o loʻo faʻaauau pea ona faʻaalia ai le malosi o le matou Itulagi i le atinaʻeina o tagata tafafao maimoa i se tulaga mautu ma le gafataulimaina."

Lisa Beare, Minisita o Turisi a British Columbia, Arts ma Aganuu, faʻaopopo: "O lenei faʻavaomalo aloaʻia le Thompson Okanagan Turisi Asosi faʻaali tausaga o fou galuega agai i le gafataulimaina turisi pulega. O la matou vaai mamao mo turisi i British Columbia o se tasi o faʻamoemoeina tuputupu aʻe, lea o faʻamanuiaga o turisi e faʻasoa i tagata uma. O le alualu i luma o turisi faiga na alualu i luma sili atu ona taulaʻi lava i le tamaoaiga toe faafoi, ma o aso nei mafaufau foi i le va fealoai, aganuu ma siosiomaga aafiaga foi. Faʻafetai ia i latou uma na aʻafia i le faʻatinoina o lenei faʻailoga i le Thompson Okanagan, ma faʻafetai mo lau taʻitaʻi. "

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

Le Faalapotopotoga o Turisi a le Lalolagi (UNWTO) International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories (INSTO) welcomed more than 100 experts to its global annual meeting in Madrid, gathering observatories from all around the world as well as other stakeholders from the public, private and academic field to discuss the latest experiences in monitoring tourism impacts at destination level through the application of traditional and non-traditional data sources.
“We are honoured to be selected as Canada's first destination to join a network of leading organizations from around the world as part of the the UNWTO‘s INSTO program that will help us share, measure, and understand the economic, social and cultural implications of tourism.
the Navarre Tourism Observatory (Spain), the Tourism Observatory of the City of Buenos Aires (Argentina), The Antigua Guatemala Sustainable Tourism Observatory (Guatemala), the Australia's South West Tourism Observatory (Australia) and the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Observatory (Canada).