- UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha uncome iziphathimandla zezempilo kanye nabantu baseJamaica ngokusebenza ukwehlisa amazinga okutheleleka nge-COVID-19 nokulaliswa esibhedlela.
- I-Jamaica manje isikleliswe kuLeveli 3, enxusa abahambi base-US ukuthi bagonywe ngokugcwele ngaphambi kokuhamba.
- Abantu baseMelika ngokubanzi bayaqhubeka nokuhambela izindawo abafuna ukuzivakashela.
“Lesi yintuthuko enhle kakhulu. Ngithanda ukuncoma iziphathimandla zethu zezempilo kanye nabantu base Jamaica ngokusebenzela ukwehlisa amazinga okutheleleka nge-COVID-19 kanye nokulaliswa esibhedlela, okubonisa kahle amazinga ethu okuhlola ubungozi. Ngaphandle kwalokho, i-Resilient Corridor isalokhu iyindawo ephephe kakhulu yezivakashi nabasebenzi ngokufanayo enamazinga aphezulu okugoma namazinga aphansi kakhulu okutheleleka.”
I-Jamaica manje isikleliswe ku-Level 3, okuyinto ekhuthazayo Abahambi base-US ukugonywa ngokugcwele ngaphambi kohambo. Ngaphandle kokuhlolwa kobungozi be-CDC, abantu baseMelika ngobuningi bayaqhubeka nokuhambela izindawo abafuna ukuzivakashela.
Umeluleki Omkhulu kanye Nosomaqhinga eMnyangweni Wezokuvakasha, u-Delano Seiveright waphawula ukuthi “lezi yizindaba ezinhle ngempela. Izinga langaphambilini Leleveli 4 libangele ama-jitters kweminye imibuthano futhi ngokuqinisekile bekungewona ama-optics amahle. Nokho, ngalesi simo esithuthukisiwe sizosiza kakhulu emizamweni yethu yamanje nenamandla kakhulu yokuthuthukisa abavakashi abavela kuzo zonke izimakethe zethu.”
UNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett njengamanje use-United Kingdom (UK) nethimba lezinga eliphezulu loMnyango Wezokuvakasha kanye ne-Jamaica Tourist Board (i-JTB) elibambe iqhaza ku-World Travel Market, okungomunye wemibukiso emikhulu yokuhweba ngezokuvakasha yamazwe ngamazwe emhlabeni jikelele. Ujoyinwa nguSihlalo we-JTB, uJohn Lynch; Umqondisi Wezokuvakasha, u-Donovan White; Umeluleki Omkhulu & I-Strategist, Umnyango Wezokuvakasha, u-Delano Seiveright; kanye noMqondisi Wesifunda we-JTB wase-UK naseNyakatho Yurophu, u-Elizabeth Fox.
Ukuxoxisana e-UK kuqeda ukuqubuka kwezimakethe zomhlaba wonke okuholwa nguNgqongqoshe uBartlett kanye nezikhulu zakhe eziphezulu ezihlanganisa izimakethe ezimbili ezinkulu zase-Jamaica, i-United States ne-Canada, futhi kwazuza impumelelo enkulu ekukhuphuleni ngokumangazayo ukuhamba ngezindiza esiqhingini kanye nokuqinisekisa ababambiqhaza ku-COVID- ukuphepha okuhlobene kwendawo oya kuyo. Ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha uphinde wahola izingxoxo eDubai, United Arab Emirates, naseRiyadh, eSaudi Arabia, okuzoholela ekuvulweni kwamathuba ezokuvakasha kanye nokutshala imali eJamaica.