ISanta Lucia ilungiselela ukwamukela ezokuvakasha ngezikebhe kuleli hlobo

• I-Saint Lucia isilungele ukwamukela umkhumbi wayo wokuqala wokuhamba ngesikebhe wamazwe ngamazwe
• I-Royal Caribbean ibiza i-Saint Lucia njengechweba ohambweni lwamaphakathi noJulayi
• Sekusungulwe ikomiti eliyisipesheli ukuze libhekelele ukuqaliswa kabusha kwezokuvakasha ngomkhumbi

ISaint Lucia ilungiselela ukwamukela umkhumbi wayo wokuqala wokuhamba ngesikebhe wamazwe omhlaba kusukela kuvalwe lo mkhakha phakathi nobhubhane lomhlaba wonke lwe-Covid-19. Kulandela inkhulumomphendvulwano enkulu neziphathimandla zendawo, I-Royal Caribbean Cruise Line ikhombise ukubuya kwemboni yezokuvakasha e-Saint Lucia ngemuva kwesikhathi esingaphezu konyaka, yametha njengechweba ohambweni lwamaphakathi noJulayi, elizobona i-Celebrity Millennium yenza uhambo lwayo lokuqala lwesizini ukuya endaweni, njengoba kanye naseziqhingini ezingodade kanye nezikhumulo zasekhaya zase-St. Marten nase-Barbados emzileni wayo waseNingizimu ne-Caribbean.

Izingxoxo zokuqala neRoyal Caribbean zihlanganisa ukuzibophezela kokuthi bobabili abagibeli nabasebenzi abaneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-18 bonke bebezogonywa, ukuhambisana ngokugcwele nokuhlolwa kwe-COVID-19 ngaphambi kokufika, kanye nokuthi imisebenzi yokuvakasha izoqhutshwa ngaphakathi kweGreen Corridor. Ukwengeza, bonke abantu abehlayo bazoba ngaphansi kwezimiso ezijwayelekile zokugqoka imaski yobuso, ukuqhelelana ngokomzimba, kanye nokuhlanzeka. Inhloso yonke wukuqinisekisa ukuthi nakuba umkhakha wezokuvakasha ungaqhubeka nokuhlomulisa umnotho wendawo, njengeqoqo, singaqinisekisa nokuthi abantu bakithi bagcinwa bephephile.

Sekusungulwe ikomiti eliyisipesheli elizobhekelela ukuqalwa kabusha kwezokuvakasha ngomkhumbi okuhlanganisa uMnyango Wezokuvakasha, Umnyango Wezempilo, EPort Health, Saint Lucia Air & Sea Ports Authority, Invest Saint Lucia, Customs, Immigration, Port Security, Royal Saint. Lucia Police Force, Saint Lucia Tourism Authority kanye Cruise Agencies - Cox and Company Limited kanye Foster and Ince.

“Sijabule ukuthi ngokufika kwesayensi nobuchwepheshe phakathi nalolu bhubhane, singakwazi ukulungiselela umugqa osiliva. Umthelela womkhakha wezokuvakasha uqashelwe emhlabeni wonke futhi ukungabikho kwawo kushiye umbono kubantu basesiqhingini sakithi. Ngakho-ke sibheke ngabomvu ukusebenza ngaphakathi kwemithetho eqinile ukuze sibone ukuqaliswa kabusha ngempumelelo komkhakha”, suNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Ohloniphekile u-Dominic Fedee.

Izingxoxo nawo wonke ama-ejensi abalulekile embonini ziye zangena ocingweni lwezempilo nokuphepha olusenentshisekelo enkulu. Emavikini ambalwa alandelayo, inkhulumomphendvulwano izothuthukiswa nabahlinzeki kanye nabanye abahlinzeki. Ikomidi lizohlangana njalo ukuze libuyekeze futhi ligunyaze izimiso zokuqalisa kabusha imboni yezokuhamba ngomkhumbi, izinqubo zezempilo zasechwebeni, ukubuyekezwa kwesikhumulo sezindiza nokusebenza kwaso kanye nempahla ukuze kuqhutshekwe nohambo ngaphakathi kwesivumelwano.

Izingxoxo ziyaqhubeka nozakwethu abambalwa abahamba ngomkhumbi abahlose ukubona imikhumbi eminingi ihlela ukubiza kwayo e-Port Castries maduze nje.