UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseJamaica umyalezo osemthethweni woSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha

U-Edmund Bartlett, ungqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eJamaica ukhiphe lo myalezo osemthethweni woSuku Lwezokuvakasha Lomhlaba

Namuhla, sijoyina i-United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) kanye nomphakathi womhlaba wonke ekugubheni uSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha. Itimu yalo nyaka: “Ezokuvakasha Nokuthuthukiswa Kwezindawo Zasemakhaya ” kuqhakambisa indima eyingqayizivele edlalwa ezokuvakasha ekunikezeni amathuba ngaphandle kwamadolobha amakhulu nokugcina amasiko namagugu emvelo emhlabeni wonke.

Lapha eJamaica, le ngqikithi izohola imisebenzi yethu yeViki Lokuqwashisa Ngezokuvakasha, eliqala kusukela ngoSepthemba 27 - Okthoba 3, njengoba siqwashisa ngeqhaza elibalulekile lezokuvakasha ekukhuleni nasekuthuthukeni okukhulu kwesiqhingi.

Lezi zihlanganisa:

§ Izikhangiso zansuku zonke eziqhakambisa izinhlelo zokuthuthukiswa kwezindawo zasemakhaya zoMnyango Wezokuvakasha kanye Nama-ejensi ayo

§ Inkonzo Yesonto

§ Umbukiso Ongokoqobo

§ I-Virtual Webinar

§ Imincintiswano Yezokuxhumana, kanye a  

§ Umncintiswano Wezithombe Zentsha

Tubunye bethu bunye we wezwe ngobukhulu imikhakha yezimboni, ukushayela amathuba emisebenzi, ukukhula komnotho, kanye nentuthuko yengqalasizinda. Ezinyangeni eziyisikhombisa ezedlule, nokho, ubhadane lwe-COVID-19 kanye nezinyathelo zalo zokukuvikela kuhlolwe kakhulu ukuqina komnotho wezokuvakasha womhlaba.

Ngaphambi kobhadane, bekukhona izivakashi ezifika ezigidigidini eziyi-1.5 zomhlaba; ezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha kube yi-10.3% ye-GDP yomhlaba; futhi iqashe umuntu oyedwa kwabayishumi emhlabeni jikelele. Ekhaya, njengoba samukela izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingama-1, lo mkhakha uzuze ama-US $ 10 billion, wanikela ngo-4.3% kwi-GDP yesizwe futhi wakhiqiza imisebenzi eqondile eyi-3.7. Ngeshwa, kokubili ekhaya nakwamanye amazwe, i-COVID -9.5 iholele ekulahlekelweni okukhulu kwemisebenzi, ngenkathi ukuwa kwebhizinisi nemali etholwayo bekumangaza.

Mhlawumbe ukususwa okulungile okukodwa kule nkinga ye-COVID ukuthi kugqamise ukubaluleka kwezokuvakasha ekuthuthukiseni izwe. Ezokuvakasha ziyisisekelo senhliziyo yomnotho wethu futhi zizosebenza njengesikhuthazi sokubuyiselwa komnotho ePost-COVID-19 eJamaica.

Njengoba sicabanga kabusha umkhiqizo wethu wezokuvakasha kulezi zikhathi ezingaqinisekile, ukugxila ekuthuthukisweni kwezindawo zasemakhaya kubonakala kusesikhathini impela. Ezokuvakasha ezindaweni zasemakhaya zizohlinzeka ngamathuba abalulekile okusimama njengoba le miphakathi ifuna ukubuyela esimeni esibucayi somnotho esibangelwe yilesi sifo.

UMnyango Wezokuvakasha nezinhlaka zawo bazibophezele ekusebenzisaneni nemiphakathi yethu yasemakhaya ukuqinisa ukuqina kwabo, ukudala amathuba emisebenzi nokwakha amathuba ezomnotho. Le miphakathi isenhliziyweni yomkhiqizo wethu wezokuvakasha; ukuhlinzeka ngokuhlangenwe nakho okuyiqiniso, okuyingqayizivele nezindlela zokuphila zasendaweni ezinikeza izivakashi zethu okuhlangenwe nakho okunothisayo.

Lokhu kubonakala emisebenzini yoxhumano lweSikhwama Sokuthuthukisa Isikhungo Sezokuvakasha, esandisa ibutho labantu abahlomula kwezokuvakasha ngokuqinisa ubudlelwano neminye imikhakha yezomnotho.

Enye yezimpumelelo zayo ezinkulu yiBlue Mountain Coffee Festival, esiza kakhulu abalimi bekhofi kanye nemiphakathi esemagqumeni asezindaweni ezisemakhaya eSt Andrew, kanti inkundla ye-Agri-linkages Exchange (ALEX) yenza kube lula ukuthengwa komkhiqizo wezolimo omusha umkhakha wethu wokungenisa izihambi.

Sikhuthaze nentuthuko yasemakhaya ngokuvakasha komphakathi. Ukubandakanyeka komphakathi kuyisisekelo sokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha okusimeme. Ukubambisana kwethu neJamaica Social Investment Fund, ngaphansi kohlelo lwayo lweRural Economic Development Initiative (REDI), kusiza ukukhula okuqhubekayo kwamabhizinisi ezokuvakasha omphakathi kuso sonke isiqhingi.  

Inqubomgomo Yesuqhinga Nezokuvakasha Yomphakathi Kazwelonke yethulwe ngonyaka wezi-2015, izingxoxo zokuxoxisana ngamathuluzi okuvakasha zomphakathi kanye nezokuvakasha komphakathi zonke ziyayeseka le nqubo.

Kwenze lo mkhakha wafinyeleleka kubantu abaningi baseJamaica ngenkathi uvumela imali ethe xaxa ukuthi ihlale emaphandleni futhi imiphakathi evame ukubekelwa eceleni ngokomnotho. Futhi, i-Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) ibisiza amabhizinisi ngokuqeqesha, ukumaketha, ukuhambisana kwamalayisense kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali; ngenkathi iJamaica Tourist Board (JTB) inohlelo lokumaketha oluzinikele lwamabhizinisi ezokuvakasha omphakathi anamalayisense.

Amanye amaphrojekthi amakhulu asethelwe ukusakazwa kabanzi. Phakathi neminyaka emihlanu ezayo, sizosungula Uphiko Olukhethekile Lwezokuvakasha Komphakathi eMnyangweni Wezokuvakasha oluzosebenzisana nemiphakathi namahhotela ukuze sandise ukubamba iqhaza kwamalungu omphakathi, ngenkathi sinikeza okuhlangenwe nakho okuyikho kubo bonke abantu abavakashela iJamaica.

Sizophinda futhi sihlolisise ukwakhiwa kwezindawo ezintsha zokuvakasha eSt. Ngasikhathi sinye, sizoqhubeka nokwakha uhlaka lokweseka oluzobandakanya ukuthuthukiswa komkhiqizo, ukuqeqeshwa, ukwenziwa ngcono kwengqalasizinda kanye nokutholakala kwezimali kwimiphakathi yasemakhaya.

Sizibophezele ekungezeni ukujula nokwehluka kumkhiqizo wethu wezokuvakasha ngenkathi sihlinzeka ngokusebenza kwezomnotho emiphakathini engaphezulu kwezindawo zokungcebeleka zendabuko zaseJamaica. Lokhu kuzobeka isisekelo somkhakha wezokuvakasha olinganayo, ozinzile futhi ofaka wonke umuntu ohlomulisa bonke abantu baseJamaica.  

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