Mokhatlo oa Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) oa Sri Lanka o ile oa hlokomela Hon. Edmund Bartlett ka boitseanape ba hae bo pharaletseng le lintho tseo a li finyeletseng lebaleng la lipolotiki, Mohlomphehi Edmund Bartlett o fane ka lilemo tse fetang mashome a mane a sebeletsa Jamaica, a sebetsa ka Senateng le Ntlong ea Baemeli.
Bartlett o kgethilwe la pele e le Letona la Bohahlaudi ka 2007, a sebetsa ho fihlela Tshitwe 2011. Pele ho thonyo ena, o ne a se a ntse a e-na le rekoto e tiileng ya tshebeletso e le mopalamente ya ipabolang mmusong o bohareng Dikarolong tse pedi tsa Palamente. Ha a ntse a sebeletsa moriti wa Kabinete ka mora ho sebetsa ha hae la pele e le Letona la Bohahlaudi, o ile a hahlaula lefatshe a theha maqhama le balekane ba mawa bakeng sa merero ya lefatshe. O ile a khutlela setulong sa Lekala la Bohahlauli kamora tlhōlo ea mokha oa hae likhethong tse akaretsang tsa Hlakola 2016 tsa Jamaica.
E le e mong oa Matona a ka sehloohong a Bohahlauli lefatšeng, Bartlett o emetse Jamaica tikolohong le machabeng. O sebelitse e le Molula-setulo oa Boto ea Litho tse Kopanetsoeng tsa Mokhatlo oa Machaba a Kopaneng oa Bohahlauli ba Lefatše (UNWTO), Motlatsi oa Molula-setulo oa UNWTO Lekgotla la Phethahatso, hammoho le Motlatsi wa Modulasetulo wa Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO). Hajoale ke Molula-setulo oa Khomishene ea Lebatooa ea Amerika (CAM) ho tloha ha a khethoa ka Mots'eanong 2019 le mothehi le Molula-setulo oa Setsi sa Global Tourism and Resilience Crisis Management (GRCM) Univesithing ea West Indies, Mona.
Ke eena oa pele oa ho sebetsa setulong sa phethahatso sa mekhatlo ea sechaba le ea poraefete ea mokhatlo ona o tummeng. Boiphihlelo bona bo bongata bo entse hore e be sebui se batloang haholo likopanong tse amanang le bohahlauli.
Bartlett ke motšehetsi ea chesehang oa litšebelisano tsa sechaba le tsa poraefete (PPPS), tseo a li nkang e le tsa bohlokoa ntlafatsong ea moshoelella ea indasteri ea bohahlauli. Lilekane tsena li ama mafapha a fapakaneng, ka hare ho naha le a machaba, a bohahlauli ba litlolo, ho kenyeletsoa lipalangoang, temo le tlhahiso. Tse ling tsa litšebelisano tsena li nkile sebopeho sa matsete a tobileng kantle ho naha, haholo-holo sebakeng sa bolulo.
Bohahlauli bo behiloe ke eena e le sehlohleletsi sa kholo ea moruo le phetoho ea sechaba.
O thehile marang-rang a mahlano (Gastronomy, Shopping, Health and Wellness, Sports and Entertainment, le Knowledge) ho matlafatsa kholo le ho theha Tourism Linkages Network ka hare ho Lekala ho matlafatsa maqhama a tšoarellang lipakeng tsa bohahlauli le mafapha a mang a moruo. Sebaka sena se boetse se ruile molemo monahanong o mocha oa tona, kaha o nka libaka tse ling tsa Caribbean le Latin America e se bahlolisani ba Jamaica empa e le balekane ba ka sebelisang linyehelo tsa bona tse kopaneng tsa bohahlauli ho hohela baeti ba bangata ho thabela bohahlauli ba libaka tse fapaneng. O nkile mehato e sebete hore sena se nolofalloe tlasa Memorantamo e ikgethang ya Kutlwano pakeng tsa ditjhaba tsa lebatowa. Bartlett o fuoe likhau tse ngata. O ile a fuoa tlotla ea Letona la Selemo Lefatšeng ka Bophara ka PATWA ka Hlakubele 2018 le Letona la Selemo la Bohahlauli la Caribbean ho Likhau tsa Maeto tsa Caribbean tsa 2017.
Haufinyane tjena, o ile a fumana International Institute bakeng sa Khotso ka Bohahlauli (IIPT) Khau ea Bo-'mampoli ba Phephetso Sebokeng sa Machaba sa Tsamaiso ea Mathata a Maeto (ITCMS) e neng e tšoaretsoe London ka Pulungoana 2018. Likhau tsa IIPT li tlotla baetapele ba indasteri ba ileng ba ema ka pele linakong tse ikhethang tsa phephetso mme ba entse phapang ea 'nete ka mantsoe le liketso tsa bona.
Ka Pulungoana 2018, Bartlett o ile a khethoa ho sebetsa e le setho sa boto ea matona a lutseng bakeng sa Boto ea Bohahlauli ba Afrika. Hape e bile moamohedi wa kgau ya Letona la Kgaolo ya Bohahlaudi ba Caribbean ya 2016 ho Dikgau tsa Haufinyane tsa Aforika tsa Bohahlaudi ba Lefatshe. Ka 2016, o ile a fuoa Khau ea Leading Personality ea Caribbean bakeng sa Litšebeletso tse Tsoileng Matsoho tsa Bohahlauli ho Likhau tsa 23 tsa World Travel.
Ka 2012, Bartlett o ile a fuoa Taelo ea Phapang maemong a Molaoli (CD) bakeng sa lits'ebeletso tse hlahelletseng le tsa bohlokoa ho Jamaica mme ka 2010, o ile a fuoa Molaoli oa Palo ea Order of Civil Merit ea Spain ka taelo ea Morena oa Spain.
O ile a fuoa ka molao Khau ea ho qala ea 2019 TRAVVY Awards ea Molula-setulo bakeng sa Global Tourism Innovation bakeng sa nts'etsopele ea Setsi sa Global Resilience le Crisis Management Center (GTRCMC) nakong ea ho thakholoa ha Setsi ka la 30 Pherekhong Setsing sa Kopano sa Montego Bay.
Haufinyane tjena Letona le Khabane le ile la thoholetsoa ke PATWA le ho fuoa tlotla ea ho ba Letona la Selemo la Bohahlauli (2018) bakeng sa Bohahlauli bo tsitsitseng nakong ea ITB Travel Show e Berlin ka la 7 Hlakubele 2019.
Ka 2020 letona la Jamaica le ile la fetoha mohale oa bohahlauli. O ile a amoheloa e le a Mohale oa Bohahlauli ke World Tourism Network 'Marakeng oa Lefatše oa Maeto London ka 2021.
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- Ka 2012, Bartlett o ile a fuoa Taelo ea Phapang maemong a Molaoli (CD) bakeng sa lits'ebeletso tse hlahelletseng le tsa bohlokoa ho Jamaica mme ka 2010, o ile a fuoa Molaoli oa Palo ea Order of Civil Merit ea Spain ka taelo ea Morena oa Spain.
- He is presently the Chair of the Regional Commission of the Americas (CAM) since being appointed in May 2019 and the founder and Co-Chair of the Global Tourism and Resilience Crisis Management (GTRCM) Centre at the University of the West Indies, Mona.
- He was officially presented with the 2019 TRAVVY Awards inaugural Chairman's Award for Global Tourism Innovation for the development of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) during the launch of the Centre on January 30 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.
