Hong Kong Polytechnic University yakapa Adjunct Professorship kuna Dr. Taleb Rifai, munyori mukuru weUnited Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), musi wa9 Kukadzi mukucherechedza kubatsira kwake kwakakosha mukusimudzira indasitiri yekushanya pasi rose.
Pakangopera mabiko echimbidzo, Dr. Rifai akaudzawo vashandi vemuindasitiri, vadzidzi, uye vadzidzi vePolyU zvaaifunga muhurukuro yavose yaiva nomusoro unoti “World’s Tourism Industry: Current Challenges and Prospects.”
Muzvinafundo Kaye Chon, sachigaro purofesa uye director weSchool of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) vakati: “Kunyange nyika yese yakakanganiswa nekuderera kwehupfumi neimwe nzira uye yave kutarisira kudzoreredza, isu tiri Ndafara kuva naDr. Rifai achigoverana nesu zviono zvake zveindasitiri yezvekushanya pasi rose. Semukuru wesangano renyika rinoona nezvekushanyirwa kwenyika uye munzvimbo yake itsva semutevedzeri wedu purofesa, chikoro nevadzidzi vacho vanotarisira kubatsirwa kubva muruzivo rwaDr. Rifai uye ruzivo rwakakura rweindasitiri pamusoro penzvimbo yekutungamira kwekushanya.”
Pachidzidzo ichi, Dr. Rifai vakataura nezvegore rakanga rakaoma zvikuru ra2009. Vakati, “Dambudziko rehupfumi pasi rose rakawedzerwa nekusagadzikana kwedenda reA (H1N1) rakashandura gore ra2009 rive rimwe remakore akaoma zvikuru kubazi rezvekushanya. Zvisinei, migumisiro yemwedzi ichangopfuura inoratidza kuti kupora kuri kuitika uye kunyange nokukurumidza uye pamwero wakasimba kupfuura zvaitarisirwa pakutanga.”
Tichipesana nemamiriro ekunze ekukwira kwenhamba dzekushanya kwepasi rose uye zviratidzo zvehupfumi zvakazara mumwedzi ichangopfuura, UNWTO inofungidzira kuwedzera kwevashanyi vari kuuya munyika dzakawanda kubva pazvikamu zvitatu kubva muzana kusvika zvina kubva muzana muna 3. Sangano reInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) richangotaura kuti kupora kwepasi rose kuri kuitika “zvikuru” nokukurumidza kupfuura zvaitarisirwa. "Nekuda kweizvozvo, 4 raizova gore reshanduko rinopa mikana yepamusoro asi risingabvisi njodzi dzakaderera," akadaro Dr. Rifai.
Kunyange zvazvo kupora kuchiratidzika kuva kuri munzira, Dr. Rifai akanyevera kuti 2010 richange richiri gore rinonetsa. “Nyika zhinji dzakakurumidza kugadzirisa dambudziko iri uye dzakaita nhanho dzekudzikamisa mashandiro ayo nekukurudzira kupora. Kunyange tichitarisira kuti kukura kuchadzoka muna 2010, kubviswa nguva isati yakwana kwematanho ekusimudzira uye kuyedza kukwidza mutero wekuwedzera kunogona kukanganisa kukurumidza kwekushanya, "akadaro. Zvechokwadi Dr. Rifai vakadana vatungamiri vepasi rose kuti vatore mweya, iyo yakabatanidza nharaunda yepasi rose mukutarisana nematambudziko aya uye kutora mukana wekugadzira ramangwana rakagadzikana zvechokwadi.
Dr. Taleb Rifai vakatora chigaro semunyori mukuru we UNWTO muna Gumiguru 2009. Aive purofesa wezvivakwa, kuronga, uye dhizaini yemadhorobha paYunivhesiti yeJordani kubva 1973 kusvika 1993. Kubva 1993 kusvika 1995, akatungamira Jorodhani yekutanga Economic Mission kuUS, kusimudzira kutengeserana, mari, uye hukama hwehupfumi. Muchinzvimbo chavo semukuru weInvestment Promotion Corporation muJordan kubva muna 1995 kusvika 1997, Dr. Rifai vaibatikana mukugadzira mitemo nekugadzira nzira dzekudyara mari. Semukuru mukuru weJordan Cement Company, akatungamira chirongwa chakakura chekusimudzira nekugadzirisa patsva muna 1999.
Dr. Rifai vakashanda sachigaro we UNWTO Executive Council kubva 2002 kusvika 2003 panguva yake segurukota rezvekushanya. Kubva 2003 kusvika 2006, aive mutevedzeri wemukuru-mukuru uye director wedunhu reArab States weInternational Labour Organisation. Dr. Rifai vakagadzwa semutevedzeri wemunyori we UNWTO muna 2006. Vakatora chigaro chemunyori mukuru muna Gumiguru 2009 uye vachagara pachigaro kusvika kupera kwa2013.
SHTM yaive pachinzvimbo chechipiri pasi rose pakati pezvikoro zvemahotera uye zvekushanya zvichibva mukutsvagisa uye kudzidza, maererano neongororo yakaburitswa muJournal of Hospitality & Tourism Research muna Mbudzi 2009. Chikoro ichi chine hukama hwenguva refu UNWTO, sangano rakasarudzika reUnited Nations uye sangano rinotungamira repasi rose mundima yekushanya. Kubva 1999, chikoro chakasarudzwa na UNWTO seimwe yenzvimbo dzayo dzepasi rose dzekudzidzisa muDzidzo neKudzidzisa Network. Chikoro chinoshanda zvakare UNWTODare reDzidzo Rekutungamira Komiti.
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