Srilal Miththapala, babban jami'in masana'antar yawon shakatawa kuma mai ba da gudummawa na yau da kullun ga eTurboNews daga Sri Lanka, an nada shi zuwa Hukumar Kula da Yawon shakatawa ta Asiya, (AEN) daga ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2019. Da farko zai yi aiki a matsayin memba mara jefa kuri'a a hukumar, na tsawon watanni 6. bayan haka za a nada shi a matsayin cikakken memba a hukumar AGM a watan Yuni 2019.
Srilal ya shiga wani dan kasar Sri Lanka a kan hukumar, Hiran Cooray, Shugaban kungiyar Jet Wing.
Cibiyar Sadarwar Ecotourism ta Asiya (AEN) tana kan gaba a Bangkok, kuma ƙasashe membobin da suka kafa sun haɗa da Japan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal, China, Koriya ta Kudu, Mongolia, Indiya, Laos, Pakistan, Bhutan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines, da Ostiraliya. Wani shiri ne na yanki na Global Ecotourism Network (GEN)
Mahimman manufofin AEN sun haɗa da:
- Haɗin kai tare da masu ruwa da tsaki na Ecotourism na AEN don canja wurin ilimi, da tallace-tallace da damar kasuwanci
- Ƙirƙirar sabbin damar sadarwar yanar gizo ga masu ruwa da tsaki a fannin ecotourism na AEN.
- Samar da masu ruwa da tsaki a harkar yawon shakatawa na AEN tare da kayan aikin eLearning na zamani, damar horo, da bayanan kasuwa.
- Tasirin masu tsara manufofi da kuma jaddada mahimmancin rungumar alamar alama da takaddun shaida na duniya.
AEN ta amince da Majalisar Dorewar Yawon shakatawa ta Duniya (GSTC) da ka'idojin dorewarta don dorewar masu ba da balaguro, masauki, wuraren zuwa, da hukumomin jama'a a Asiya da bayanta.
Srilal yana da fiye da shekaru 25 na gogewa mai faɗi a cikin masana'antar baƙi, da farko a cikin gudanar da ayyukan hannu, sannan a cikin dabarun haɓaka yawon shakatawa.
Tare da digiri na farko a Injiniyan Lantarki, sannan kuma ya rungumi masana'antar baƙi, aikinsa ya fara ne tare da samun gogewa mai kyau a cikin ayyuka, yana sarrafa babban ɗakin 200 na Sri Lanka 4-star Resort Hotel Riverina Hotel a Bentota. Daga nan sai a hankali ya tashi daga matakin zuwa manyan ayyuka na rukuni wanda ke kallon otal-otal 4 na shakatawa, da dabarun sarrafa kasuwanci, tallace-tallace da haɓakawa.
Shekaru 10 na ƙarshe da ya yi a kamfanoni masu zaman kansu ya kasance a matsayin Shugaba na Serendib Leisure Management, wanda ke da tarin fitattun otal-otal 3 da ke ƙarƙashinsa. An yaba masa da mayar da daya daga cikin otal din kungiyar, Hotel Sigiriya, zuwa wani sanannen otal mai sada zumunta, a lokacin da yake rike da mukamin Shugaba. Otal din ya ci gaba da samun kyautuka da dama na kasa da kuma na duniya saboda aikinsa na ci gaba mai dorewa da ayyukan amfani. PATA ta kaddamar da bincike kan nasarar da aka samu a otal din.
Don kokarinsa an ba shi lambar yabo ta Green jobs a 2008 ta Gwamnatin Sri Lanka
Har ila yau, Srilal ya sami babban bayyani a fagen baƙon baƙi na duniya, yana halarta da gabatar da kasidu a cikin tarukan tarukan ƙasa da ƙasa da yawa, tarurrukan bita da baje kolin balaguro, musamman a yankin Asiya Pacific.
Ya kasance shugaban kungiyar masu yawon shakatawa na otal-otal na Sri Lanka (THASL), babbar kungiyar yawon shakatawa mai zaman kanta a Sri Lanka daga 2009 zuwa 2010.
Bayan ya yi aiki a Sana'a masu zaman kansu, ya jagoranci babban aikin da EU ta samu SWITCH ASIA 'Greening Sri Lanka Hotels' wanda cibiyar kasuwanci ta Ceylon ke gudanarwa wanda shine babban dandalin dorewar yawon shakatawa na Sri Lanka. An yi la'akari da aikin a matsayin mafi kyawun aikin EU SWITCH ASIA a Kudancin Asiya kuma an nuna shi a EU a Brussels.
Da yake tsokaci game da wannan nadi mai martaba, Miththapala ya ce “Ina matukar kaskantar da kai, kuma ina alfahari da samun wannan karramawar da kasashen duniya suka yi na aikin da na yi na bunkasa harkokin yawon bude ido a kasarmu. Lalle ne shi abin girmamawa ne mai girma. Yanzu zan yi ƙoƙari in ba da ilimina, da gogewar da na samu, da kuma darussan da na koya game da ƙoƙarin inganta ci gaban yawon buɗe ido a Sri Lanka, tare da sauran ƙasashe masu sha'awar Asiya. ”
Ya ce "Abin ban mamaki wani lokacin mutane ne a wasu kasashe ne suka gane kokarinku", watakila ya ba da amsa ga bakin cikinsa da hukumomin yawon bude ido a Sri Lanka wadanda ba su da karfin gwiwa don ci gaba da ci gaban yawon bude ido. “Yan wasa masu zaman kansu su ne ke jagorantar wannan a halin yanzu. Babu wata bayyananniyar manufa ko mayar da hankali ga hukuma."
Yanzu ya yi ritaya, ya tsunduma cikin ayyukan shawarwari daban-daban a cikin Ci gaban Yawon shakatawa mai Dorewa, Muhalli & Rayuwar daji. Ya yi aiki tare da kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu da yawa, ciki har da manyan kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu da yawa da kuma ɗan gajeren lokaci tare da aikin Bankin Duniya a Indiya.
Srilal kuma ya kasance bako malami mai ziyara a Jami'ar Plymouth UK da Jami'ar Monash Melbourne akan jigogi Dorewa. Har ila yau, yana gudanar da tarurrukan horarwa a cikin ayyukan ci gaba mai dorewa, yana ba da laccoci da gabatarwa game da Dorewa, Rayuwar daji da muhalli ga makarantu da sauran kungiyoyi. Ya kasance babban mai magana a wurare da yawa na yawon shakatawa da wuraren shakatawa masu dorewa.
Shi ɗan'uwa ne na duka Cibiyar Injiniyoyi na Lantarki UK, kuma Fellow na Cibiyar Baƙi ta Burtaniya.
A lokacin hutunsa yanzu yana bin sha'awarsa ta jin daɗin rayuwar daji, muhalli, karatu da lura da giwayen daji.
ABUBUWAN DA ZA KU GUDU DAGA WANNAN LABARI:
- He quipped “Ironically sometimes it is people in other countries who recognise your efforts“, perhaps giving vent to his frustrations with the tourism authorities in Sri Lanka with whom he has gained little traction to further the cause of sustainable tourism development.
- I will now try to share my knowledge, and experience I have gained, and the lessons I have learned in trying promoting sustainable tourism development in Sri Lanka, with other interested countries in Asia.
- He will initially function as a non- voting member on the board, for a period of 6 months, after which he will be appointed as full board member at the AGM in June 2019.