IGLTA Foundation e sebelisane le ba Mokhatlo oa Pacific Asia Travel (PATA) ho fana ka monyetla o ikhethang bakeng sa moithuti oa bohahlauli oa Univesithi ea Hong Kong Polytechnic ho ba teng Kopano ea Selemo ea Lefatše ea Bo-35 ea Machaba a Li-Gay & Lesbian Travel Association, e behiloeng ka la 9-12 Motšeanong Toronto, Canada.
Thanakarn (Bella) Vongvisitsin o khethiloe ho ba teng sebokeng sena, se nkoang e le ketsahalo ea pele ea thuto le marang-rang bakeng sa indasteri ea bohahlauli ea LGBTQ lefatšeng ka bophara.
"IGLTA Foundation e motlotlo ho sebelisana le mokhatlo o ikhethileng joalo ka PATA ho fana ka menyetla ho bacha ba tšoanelehang molemong oa bona oa ho utloisisa le ho matlafatsa bohahlauli ba lefats'e ba LGBTQ," ho boletse molulasetulo oa IGLTA Foundation Board, Gary Murakami, CMP, CMM. ea MGM Resorts International. "Re lumela ka matla hore phihlello ea menyetla ea thuto le marang-rang Kopanong ea Selemo le Selemo ea IGLTA ke tšiea ea boiteko ba Motheo le ho sebetsa le PATA ke senotlolo sa katleho ea rona."
Thanakarn (Bella) Vongvisitsin, moahi oa Thailand, o sebetsa ka Ngaka ea hae ea Philosophy (PhD) Sekolong sa Tsamaiso ea Lihotele le Bohahlauli (SHTM) Univesithing ea The Hong Kong Polytechnic (PolyU). Boithuto ba kopano bo fana ka leeto le lefelletsoeng ka litšenyehelo tsohle le ngoliso ea kopano ketsahalong eo.
“Ke tlotla ea ka e kholo le monyetla oa hore ke abeloe PATA/IGLTA Scholarship e ntšehetsang ka botlalo leeto la ka la ho ea kopanong e kholo ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng ea bohahlauli ea LGBTQ,” ho boletse Mme Vongvisitsin. "Ke thabile haholo ho kopanya boiphihlelo ba ka bo tobileng joalo ka 'muelli oa LGBTQ, setho sa sechaba sa transgender le semelo sa ka sa lipatlisiso tsa bohahlauli le tsamaiso ea kamohelo ea baeti ho kenya letsoho ka botlalo lipatlisisong tsa bohahlauli tsa LGBTQ. Ke nahana hore borutehi bona ke qalo ea ka, 'me monyetla ona o tla nthusa ho ithuta mekhoa e metle ho tsoa ho litsebi tsa bohahlauli tsa LGBTQ. ”
Sena ke selemo sa botšelela IGLTA Foundation e fana ka Lenaneo la eona la Lithuto tsa Mehaho ea Mehaho ho baithuti ba bohahlauli le beng ba likhoebo tse nyane, 'me ke lekhetlo la bobeli bao e seng phaello ba sebelisana le mokhatlo o mong morerong ona. IGLTA le PATA li thehile selekane ka 2015 'me mokhoa oa kopo bakeng sa tšehetso ena e kopanetsoeng e ne e bulehetse liithuti tse kenang litsi tsa thuto tseo e leng litho tsa PATA International.
"PATA e na le tumelo ea mantlha ea hore bankakarolo bohle ba maeto le bohahlauli ba na le lentsoe le lekanang le lokelang ho utluoa, 'me re tsoela pele ho sebetsa ho theha marokho bakeng sa batho bohle ba nang le kamohelo e tsoang linaheng tsohle ho fihlella le ho utloelana bohloko. Ho feta moo, haesale re le babuelli ba matla ba ntshetsopele ya batjha ba ditsebi tsa bohahlaudi ka hara lebatowa. Boithuto bona bo totobatsa boitlamo ba rona mesebetsing ena ka bobeli, "ho boletse CEO oa PATA Dr. Mario Hardy. "Ke rata ho thoholetsa Bella ka ho khethoa bakeng sa monyetla ona o babatsehang oa ho utloisisa ka botebo indasteri ea maeto le bohahlauli, le phello e kholo ea bohahlauli ba banna le basali ba ratanang le banna le basali sechabeng le moruong lefats'eng lohle."
Ka 2017, mesebetsi ea PATA e ne e tsepamisitse maikutlo ho Young Tourism Professional (YTP), e hatisa bohlokoa ba ho etsa matsete a maholo ho ntlafatseng le ho ntlafatsa tsebo le mahlale a baithuti ba etsang bohahlauli, tsamaiso ea kamohelo ea baeti le lithuto tse amanang le tsona. Mokhatlo o boetse o totobalitse tlhokahalo ea bohlokoa ea ho theha le ho kenya tšebetsong lifolakha tse sebetsang tsa koetliso bakeng sa li-YTP ha li ntse li batla ho ntšetsa pele mosebetsi le ntlafatso ea litsebo. Nakong ea selemo, PATA e ile ea thakhola sehlopha sa litho tsa YTP Student, e fana ka sethala bakeng sa litho tsa baithuti ba YTP ho hokela marang-rang a pharalletseng a indasteri ea PATA.
“Re thabetse ho tseba hore Mme Bella Vongvisitsin ke mohlodi wa Tshehetso ya Motheo wa PATA-IGLTA selemong sena,” ho boletse Moprofesa Kaye Chon, Dean, Modulasetulo wa Moprofesa wa Walter Kwok Foundation in International Hospitality Management, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong. Univesithi ea Kong Polytechnic. “Le hoja e le ho leboha talenta ea hae, boitelo le ho sebetsa ka thata, re tlameha ho leboha PATA ka menyetla e filoeng mekhatlo ea litho tsa eona. Sekolo sa Tsamaiso ea Lihotele le Bohahlauli sa Univesithi ea Hong Kong Polytechnic se motlotlo ho ba setho sa PATA ’me se ’nile sa tšehetsa matsapa a mangata a Mokhatlo a ho ntšetsa pele ntlafatso ea bohahlauli lefatšeng ka bophara.”
Tšebelisano e atlehileng pakeng tsa PATA le IGLTA e lumelletse mekhatlo ka bobeli ho arolelana tsebo ka lipatlisiso le lingoliloeng, ho fana ka seabo se tšoanang liketsahalong, ho tšehetsa maemo ao ho lumellanoeng ka 'ona a bobuelli, le ho ntlafatsa phihlello molemong oa litho tsa mekhatlo ka bobeli. E le karolo ea ts'ebelisano, IGLTA e tla fana ka litheolelo tsa baithuti ho kenela IGLTA 35th Annual Global Convention. Baithuti ba nang le thahasello ea ho ba teng ba lokela ho romela melaetsa [imeile e sirelelitsoe].
Ho feta moo, Mookameli oa PATA Dr. Mario Hardy o tla boela a fane ka puo ea sehlooho ho LGBT+ Travel Symposium Bangkok, Thailand ho tloha ka June 29-30. Ketsahalo e hlophisitsoe ke Out There Publishing, ha balekane ba tšehetsang ba kenyelletsa PATA le IGLTA.
IGLTA Foundation Building Bridges Scholarship Program e thehiloe ho ts'ehetsa moloko o latelang oa litsebi tsa maeto tsa LGBTQ (le balekane). Baamoheli ba lihlapiso ba kenya letsoho lenaneong lohle la kopano ea IGLTA, ho etsa bonnete ba hore ba tla ba le monyetla oa ho hokahana le baetapele ba indasteri ea maeto ho tsoa lefats'eng ka bophara, ho fumana tlhabollo ho tsoa ho litsebi libakeng tseo ba li ratang le ho ba teng libokeng tsa thuto.
