Ezokuvakasha zaseJamaica Ungqongqoshe, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett, udalule ukuthi Isizini Yezokuvakasha Yasebusika ka-2022/23 isiqale ngendlela emangalisayo njengoba iJamaica isiqophe izivakashi ezingaphezu kuka-40,000 kusukela isizini iqale ngoDisemba 15, nezivakashi ezingaphezu kuka-11,000 ezindize eMecca yaseMontego Bay ngoMgqibelo. , Disemba 17.
“Lokhu kuqale ngo-2022/23 isizini izivakashi zasebusika inamandla kakhulu emlandweni we-Jamaica. Sikwazile ukwamukela ngempelasonto, kusukela ngoDisemba 15 kuya ku-18 ingqikithi yezivakashi ezingu-42,000. Lokho kufaka phakathi izitobha ezingama-37,000 kanye nezivakashi ezingama-5,000 zokuhamba ngomkhumbi,” kuchaza uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
UMnu. Bartlett uthe: “Izivakashi ezingaphezu kuka-11,000 eziye eMontego Bay ngoMgqibelo, ngezindiza ezingaba ngu-61. Leli irekhodi lalo mkhakha futhi ligcizelela nokusimama okuqinile kwangemva kobhubhane imboni yezokuvakasha esaqhubeka nokuthokozela.”
“Sigculisekile ukuthi umkhakha wezokuvakasha usululeme ngendlela efanele. Saneliseke ngokufanayo ukuthi imakethe iphendula ngokuqinile e-Jamaica. Ukubhukha ukuya phambili isizini yonke kuqine ngendlela efanayo. Siyazi ukuthi imakethe iyayiqonda iJamaica futhi siyazi ukuthi imakethe ithokozela ikhwalithi yomkhiqizo kanye nobuhle besipiliyoni esisinikezayo,” kusho yena.
Ugcizelele ukuthi ukungena ngamandla kwezivakashi kuyizithelo zomsebenzi onzima owenziwa ngababambe iqhaza kwezokuvakasha.
"Sekukonke, izibalo zokufika ngempelasonto bezimangalisa futhi ziwubufakazi bomsebenzi onzima owenziwe uMnyango Wezokuvakasha, izinhlangano zawo zomphakathi kanye nabalingani bezokuvakasha ekukhangiseni i-Destination Jamaica."
"Isizini ikhula ibe ubusika obungcono kakhulu e-Jamaica eyake yaba nabo, nabafika amarekhodi ngaleso sikhathi," kwengeza uNgqongqoshe.
UNgqongqoshe wengeze ngokuthi i-cruise tourism nayo iyakhula. “Bangaphezu kuka-80% abagibeli besikebhe abavela eCarnival Sunrise, efike eSt. Ann ngoDisemba 15 behla. Umkhumbi wawunabagibeli abangaba ngu-3,000 nabasebenzi abangu-1,200, futhi babegcwele yonke indawo e-Ocho Rios futhi babematasa bechitha futhi bejabulela iminikelo yethu yezokuvakasha. Kuye kwenzeka okufanayo njengoba abagibeli behla emikhunjini emise e-Falmouth, kuhlanganise nemikhumbi yaseRoyal Caribbean Cruise.”
Ephawula ukuthi izibalo zokufika ziphinde zanyuswa ikhonsathi enkulu yaseBurna Boy ebibanjelwe eKingston ngempelasonto, uNgqongqoshe uBartlett ukugcizelele ukuthi isiqhingi sihlala sikhanga kakhulu izivakashi.
“I-Jamaica isahlezi isemqondweni kubantu abasemakethe yezokuvakasha futhi imizamo yethu yokuthuthukisa umkhiqizo wethu wezokuvakasha iyaqhubeka nokuthela izithelo. Siyaqhubeka nokwenza konke esingakwenza ukuthuthukisa ukuphepha, ukuvikeleka kanye nokungabi nazihibe endaweni yethu,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
UNgqongqoshe uveze ukuthi i-Jamaica izimisele ngokuthola irekhodi lama-US$1.4 webhiliyoni kumholo wezokuvakasha ngenkathi yezivakashi zasebusika. Iholo ebesicatshangelwa ukuthi belisuselwa ezihlalweni zomoya eziyizigidi eziyi-1.3 ezigcinelwe lesi sikhathi kanye nokutholwa okuphelele kokuhamba ngomkhumbi. "Ngakho-ke sibheke phambili enkathini yasebusika enamandla kakhulu ezokwenza unyaka oqinile emnothweni waseJamaica," kusho uMnu. Bartlett.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- U-Edmund Bartlett, udalule ukuthi Isizini Yezokuvakasha Yasebusika ka-2022/23 isiqale ngendlela emangalisayo njengoba iJamaica isiqophe izivakashi ezingaphezu kuka-40,000 kusukela isizini iqale ngoDisemba 15, nezivakashi ezingaphezu kuka-11,000 ezindize eMecca yaseMontego Bay ngoMgqibelo. , Disemba 17.
- Siyazi ukuthi imakethe iyayiqonda iJamaica futhi siyazi ukuthi imakethe ithokozela ikhwalithi yomkhiqizo kanye nobuhle besipiliyoni esisinikezayo,” kusho yena.
- “Sekukonke, izibalo zokufika ngempelasonto bezimangalisa futhi ziwubufakazi bomsebenzi onzima owenziwe uMnyango Wezokuvakasha, izinhlangano zawo zomphakathi, kanye nabalingani bezokuvakasha ekukhangiseni i-Destination Jamaica.
