“Inkunzi yabantu iwukushaya kwenhliziyo a imboni yezokuvakasha ethuthukayo. Ngokuthola isitifiketi ngempumelelo kwabantu abangaphezu kuka-15,000 nge-Jamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation, siqinise ukuzinikela kwezwe lethu ekukhuliseni nasekunikezeni amandla impahla yethu enkulu kakhulu. Ukutshala imali kubantu bakithi akugcini nje ngokuthuthukisa amakhono abo kodwa kuphakamisa amandla awo wonke umkhakha wezokuvakasha ukuletha isipiliyoni esingenakuqhathaniswa. Ziyizisusa zokukhula okusimeme kanye nomoya wokungenisa izihambi kwethu - ukuthuthukiswa kwabo kuwutshalomali lwethu olukhulu," kusho. Ezokuvakasha zaseJamaica UNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
U-Bartlett, owenza lesi simemezelo eNgqungqutheleni Yongqongqoshe Bemakethe Yomhlaba Wonke e-London ngoNovemba 6, 2023, ugcizelele indima ebalulekile ye-JCTI embonini yezokuvakasha yase-Jamaica, ikakhulukazi ekuthuthukiseni amakhono nobungcweti babasebenzi bayo. Ingqungquthela Yongqongqoshe Yezimakethe Zomhlaba, yenziwe ngokubambisana neNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha (UNWTO) kanye NoMkhandlu Wezokuvakasha Nomhlaba Wonke (WTTC), isebenze njengenkundla yoNgqongqoshe Bezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke ukuthi baxoxe ngokubaluleka kokuqeqeshwa nokuthuthukiswa emkhakheni wezokuvakasha.
"I-Jamaica ibilokhu ingumholi wemicabango ekuqhubekiseleni phambili ukuthuthukiswa kwabasebenzi ngoba insiza yethu ebaluleke kakhulu kwezokuvakasha ngabasebenzi bethu."
“Yibo okuthe, ngenxa yosizo lwabo oluphezulu kanye nokungenisa izihambi, bagcine izivakashi zibuya ngezinga elingama-42% futhi seziyingxenye esemqoka yesu lethu lokukhula,” kusho uNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett.
UNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett uncome i-JCTI ngeqhaza layo elibalulekile ekufezeni lesi sigameko esiyingqophamlando. Ngezinhlelo zokuqeqesha zozakwethu nezitifiketi, i-JCTI inikeze amandla abafundi bezikole zamabanga aphezulu emakolishi ayishumi nane kanye nabasebenzi bezokuvakasha ngezitifiketi eziyisipesheli. Kusukela ngo-2017, isikhungo sinikeze izitifiketi ezingaphezu kuka-15,000 ezindaweni ezibalulekile ezifana nenkonzo yamakhasimende, amaseva ezindawo zokudlela, nabapheki abakhulu, phakathi kokunye.
“Uma siqeqesha abantu abasha bethu, bangahlukaniswa okuzoshintsha izinhlelo zemakethe yezemisebenzi ukuze bahlomule ngokubheka ukufaneleka kwabo nokulingana,” engeza.
I-World Travel Market, okungomunye wemibukiso emikhulu yezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke, yenza kube lula u-£2.8 billion kumadili embonini. Ihlanganisa ukubamba iqhaza kwababukisi ababalelwa ku-5,000 abamele amazwe nezifunda eziyi-182, nabangaphezu kuka-51,000 ababambiqhaza. Ukuqashelwa lokho okufezwe yi-JCTI kulo mcimbi ohlonishwayo kugcizelela ukuzinikela kwenhlangano esu lokuthuthukisa abantu lapho kusekelwe khona izinhlelo zentuthuko esimeme zoMnyango Wezokuvakasha.
I-JCTI isaqhubeka nokuba nomthelela ekuthuthukisweni kwabasebenzi bezokuvakasha, ibeka isisekelo sekusasa elinokuncintisana, elinobuhlakani obusha, nelinokulingana kulo mkhakha.
KUBONWE ESITHOMBE: Ungqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett (omile) unikeze ngempumelelo isitifiketi sobungcweti kubantu abangaphezu kuka-15,000, okuqinisa ukuzibophezela kwesizwe ekuthuthukisweni kwabantu emkhakheni wezokuvakasha. Ubekhuluma engqungqutheleni yongqongqoshe beWorld Travel Market eLondon izolo (November 6). I-WTM London yaziwa njengombuthano wezokuvakasha nowokuvakasha onethonya elikhulu emhlabeni jikelele. - isithombe sihlonishwa yi-Jamaica Tourism Ministry
