Baeti ba fihlang Fiji ba eketsehile ka 38.5% lilemong tse 10 lipakeng tsa 2005 le 2015, empa poleloana e ncha e tsoang ho Banka ea Nts'etsopele ea Asia (ADB) e lemosa hore kholo e tsoelang pele ea lekala la bohahlauli e ke ke ea qojoa, mme ho netefatsa hore botsitso ba eona bo tla hloka ts'ebetso ea mmuso.
Le ha Fiji e na le indasteri ea bohahlauli e tiileng ka ho fetisisa tikolohong eo, hakhutšoanyane, Bohahlauli e le mokhanni oa kholo ho Pacific: Tsela ea kholiso le katleho ea linaha tsa lihlekehleke tsa Pacific, E fana ka likhothaletso tse 'maloa ho netefatsa kholo ea lekala ha e eme.
Bokhutšoaane bo khothaletsa ho theoa ha moralo oa leano o tla hohela mefuta e mengata ea libaka tsa phomolo tse kholo ho holisa 'maraka, liboka, likopano le likopano. E boetse e fana ka maikutlo a hore lekala la bohahlauli la Fiji le ka una molemo ho tsetelo ho meralo ea motheo ea naha, joalo ka ho ntlafatsa phepelo ea metsi le litšebeletso tsa likhoerekhoere tsa naha.
Bokhutšoaane bo boetse bo khothaletsa ho ntšetsa pele noka ea metsi koung ea Suva ho e etsa e hohelang le e loketseng litlhoko tsa baeti ba likepe. Kamora nako, e pheta tlhahiso ea ho hlahlojoa ho tsoa tlalehong ea pejana ea Banka ea Lefatše, e re Fiji e na le monyetla oa ho ba setsi sa likepe tse tsamaeang ka sekepe.
Khutsufatso e supa bohahlauli e le monyetla o ikhethileng oa kholo ea moruo lilemong tse leshome tse tlang tse ka thusang linaha tsa lihlekehleke tsa Pacific ho itjella ho lekana ho tšehetsa merero ea naha, joalo ka lits'ebeletso tse ntlafetseng tsa bophelo bo botle, thuto le lipalangoang. Hammoho le ho hlahisa mesebetsi le kholo ea chelete ho potoloha le tikoloho, nts'etsopele ea bohahlauli e ka sebetsa e le sesosa sa ts'ireletso le poloko ea thepa ea tlhaho le setso, lintlha tse khuts'oane.
Linomoro tsa baeti linaheng tse tšeletseng tsa Lihlekehleke tsa Pacific tse hlahlobiloeng li eketsehile ka hoo e ka bang 50% lilemong tse 10 tse fetileng, empa bangoli ba bukana ena ba lemosa hore kholo e tsoelang pele ea lekala la bohahlauli e ke ke ea iketsahalla, le hore melemo ea eona e tla tsoelapele ho ajoa ka ho lekana ntle le haeba mebuso e nka bohato.
Ba khothaletsa linaha ho theha tikoloho e nolofalletsang ho tsamaisa kholo ea bohahlauli le ho eketsa melemo ea eona. Sena se bolela ho tsetela ho meralo ea motheo, lisebelisoa tsa batho, le nts'etsopele ea lihlahisoa le papatso, hammoho le ho netefatsa hore leano la bohahlauli, leano le tikoloho ea taolo li etselitsoe ho holisa lekala ka mokhoa o ts'oarellang.
"Le ha linaha tse ngata tsa Pacific li sebelisa bohahlauli ka nepo ho etsa chelete le mesebetsi, menyetla e teng ea ho holisa le ho eketsa melemo ea eona le ho netefatsa ts'ehetso ea eona," ho boletse Rob Jauncey, Moeletsi oa Setereke oa Ofisi ea Bohokahanyi le Bohokahanyi le Pacific ea ADB. "Ha linaha tsa Pacific li nts'etsapele le ho phehella maano a ho holisa likarolo tsa bona tsa bohahlauli, ADB e ikemiselitse ho fana ka temohisiso le likeletso, le ho fana ka thuso ea mahlale, lichelete kapa tšehetso ea khokahano."
Ts'ebetso ena e hlahisitsoe ke ADB's Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI), e leng lenaneo la lithuso la tekheniki le etsoang ka kopanelo le mebuso ea Australia le New Zealand. PSDI e sebetsa le linaha tse 14 tse ntseng li tsoela pele tsa ADB tsa Pacific ho ntlafatsa tikoloho e lumellang khoebo le ho ts'ehetsa kholo ea moruo e etelletsoeng pele ke lefapha le ikemetseng. E sebelitse sebakeng seo lilemo tse 11 mme e thusitse ka liphetoho tse fetang 300.
Bohahlauli Pacific bo ntse bo eketseha mme e tla ba sesosa sa mantlha sa kholo ea moruo lilemong tse leshome tse tlang. Empa leha ho na le baeti ba bangata Pacific, kholo ea bohahlauli e ke ke ea qojoa bakeng sa linaha tsohle tse tikolohong eo.
Khutsufatso ena e supa mekhoa e tsamaisang keketseho ena. Ho boloka le ho boloka melemo ea kholo ena ka bokhabane, khutsufatso ena e khothaletsa hore linaha tsa lihlekehleke tsa Pacific li thehe tikoloho e nolofalletsang bohahlauli ka ho kenella libakeng tse nne: leano la bohahlauli, leano le tikoloho ea taolo; meralo ea motheo; Lefapha la Khiro; le nts'etsopele ea lihlahisoa le papatso.
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- Although Fiji has the most established and profitable tourism industry in the region, the brief, Tourism as a Driver of Growth in the Pacific.
- This means investing in infrastructure, human resources, and product development and marketing, as well as ensuring that tourism policy, strategy, and the regulatory environment are designed to grow the sector sustainably.
- Along with generating employment and income growth across the region, tourism development can serve as a catalyst for the protection and preservation of natural and cultural assets, the brief notes.
