Chekutanga LGBTQ + tourism scholarship yakapihwa ne IGLTA Foundation

Managing Director weNtsako Travel Africa Lipian Mtandabari akapihwa mubairo wekutanga pasi rose LGBTQ + Travel Association Foundation kudzidza kutora chikamu muchirongwa che master's-level paCETT, Chikoro cheTourism, Hospitality uye Gastronomy paYunivhesiti yeBarcelona. Iyo chaiyo yegore rimwe chirongwa mu LGBTQ + yekushanya ndiyo yekutanga yerudzi rwayo, ichipa vatori vechikamu mukana wekuve vatungamiriri veshanduko mukushanya kuburikidza nemuenzaniso wakavakirwa pakuremekedza uye kubatanidzwa. 

Lipian, anobva kuZimbabwe, akatanga Ntsako Travel Africa muna 2018 kusimudzira LGBTQ+ tourism muAfrica, achitarisa Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana, neZambia. Anoti kuendesa rondedzero mberi kwakaoma kana pasina fundo yepamutemo, zvisinei nekuti vane ruzivo rwekushanyirwa kwemakore.

"Kuve nyanzvi inodzidzira LGBTQ + kushanya mukondinendi yeAfrica, kondinendi uko dzidzo ichiri kuita basa guru mukusimbisa hunyanzvi hwemunhu uye kugona basa, ine matambudziko akawanda,” akadaro Lipian. “Ndinotenda kuti hunyanzvi uhu huchandigonesa kuwedzera ruzivo rwangu, hunyanzvi uye kuve hunoenderana nechikonzero chandinoda zuva nezuva. Ndinotenda kusarudzwa uye handina kupokana kuti kuedza kwangu kusimudzira LGBTQ+ kushanya zvino kuchawedzerwa. "

Iyi dzidziso yakagadzirwa pamwe nerupo kubatana kweQueer Destinations kubatsira diki bhizinesi nhengo ye IGLTA uye tsigira kosi yeCETT yepasi-inoputsa tenzi, iyo yakatanga module yayo yekutanga mwedzi uno. 

Iyo IGLTAF komiti yekufunda yakafemerwa nenyaya yaLipian uye kuzvipira kwake kune LGBTQ + tourism. Akambogamuchira IGLTAF David Martin Diki Bhizinesi Fellowship kuti aende ku2019 IGLTA Global Gungano muNew York City.

“Tinokorokotedza Lipian nekusarudzwa kuchirongwa cheCETT chegore ra2022. Chikumbiro chake chakakwira kumusoro nekuda kwekuda kubatsira zvakanaka LGBTQ + tourism kwete muAfrica chete, asi pasi rose, uye tinoziva kuti achaita mabasa makuru kuindasitiri yedu,” akadaro IGLTAF Co-Secretary Eddie Canaday, anotungamira komiti yekusarudza. “Takagamuchira zvikumbiro kubva kuboka rinoshamisa revanokwikwidza bhizinesi reIGLTA uye tinovarumbidza vese nekuzvipira kwavo kuita LGBTQ + kushanya uye ndinotarisira kupa mimwe mikana yakaita seiyi mumakore anotevera. "

Kubatira paIGLTAF komiti yekusarudza kudzidza: Eddie Canaday, Shanyira Salt Lake; Pamela Herr, PH Zviitiko; Rika Jean-Francois, ITB Berlin; Dougal Mckenzie, Google; Jim McMichael, Las Vegas CVA; naGary Murakami, Teneo Hospitality Group.