UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha e-Jamaica unxusa uhlelo lwe-visa lokungena okuningi                     

UMhlonishwa. Ungqongqoshe u-Edmund Bartlett, obengumgqugquzeli oqinile walesi sinyathelo futhi osephoqe ukuthi kusungulwe uhlaka lwezokuvakasha izindawo eziningi esifundeni, ubebambe iqhaza engxoxweni yethimba lezokuvakasha lezindawo eziningi lezokuvakasha le-International Air Transport Association (IATA) lweCaribbean Aviation Day. eziQhingini zaseCayman namuhla (ngoLwesithathu, Septhemba 14).

Ngenkathi egcizelela amandla amakhulu oku ukuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha ukuncintisana phakathi kwesifunda, Ezokuvakasha zaseJamaica UNgqongqoshe uMnu. Bartlett uthe “ohulumeni kumele basebenze eduze ukuze bahlole izindaba zezindleko zezokuvakasha, ukuxhunywa kwezindiza, ukuvunyelaniswa kwezinqubomgomo zama-visa, ukusetshenziswa kwezindawo zezindiza, kanye nezinhlelo zangaphambi kokuhlanzwa.”

Ubuye wachaza ukuthi "enye into engase ibhekwe ngempumelelo eyokuthatha izinyathelo ezizokwenza izivakashi zikwazi ukuhamba kalula ziye naphakathi kwamazwe angaphakathi kwesifunda, njengokuyekwa kwama-visa emazweni athile noma ama-visa amaningi okungena."

Lapho ephinda isikhundla sakhe futhi ecela ohulumeni bezifunda ukuthi bahole icala, uNgqongqoshe uBartlett ugcizelele ukuthi ukusungulwa kwalolu hlaka lwama-visa, kanye nokwengeza ezokuvakasha ezindaweni eziningi, kuzoba yinzuzo kuzo zombili izakhamizi kanye nezivakashi ngokufanayo. Uthe:

"Sekukonke, abantu abaningi bendawo bazobandakanyeka ochungechungeni lwenani lezokuvakasha."

“Amabhizinisi amancane naphakathi azongena emakethe ehlinzeka ngezimpahla nezinsiza ezengeziwe, kuzoqashwa abantu abaningi, futhi ohulumeni bazongenisa imali eyengeziwe.”

Engeza ngokuthi izindawo ezimbalwa eziya emazweni aseMelika seziqalile ukuhlola amalungiselelo ezindawo eziningi, wagqamisa ukuthi “iJamaica njengamanje inezinhlelo ezine zezindawo eziningi okuyiwa kuzo. Lokhu kufaka phakathi izinhlelo nohulumeni waseCuba, iDominica Republic kanye nePanama kanye nolunye olusezandleni zikahulumeni waseCayman Islands.”

Khonamanjalo uNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha uphinde wanxusa izinkampani ezizimele ukuthi zibambe iqhaza, ephakamisa ukuthi “ohulumeni bezifunda kanye nezinkampani ezizimele bazodinga ukusebenzisana eduze ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuhlanganiswa kwezimakethe ngokugqugquzela nokuvumelanisa imithetho yokuxhumana komoya, ukwenza lula ama-visa, ukuthuthukiswa komkhiqizo, ukukhangisa kanye amandla abantu.”

UMnu. Bartlett wengeze ngokuthi le ndlela izoba yingxenye yesu elibanzi lokuthuthukisa izivakashi ezifikayo, ephawula futhi ukuthi ukugqugquzela nokuhlela kungase kube usizo ekuphumeleliseni uhlaka lwezindawo eziningi eziyiwa kuzo.

Uthe, “Ohulumeni bayanxuswa futhi ukuthi babheke izindlela zokukhuthaza kanye namasu okuqinisa abathwali bezifunda; ukuthuthukisa ukuhamba kwangaphakathi kwesifunda; nangezivumelwano ezihlanganyelwe zokuthutha ngendiza, andise ukuxhumana phakathi kwezinkampani zezindiza zesifunda nezamazwe ngamazwe njengengxenye yesu elibanzi lokuthuthukisa abavakashi abafikayo.”