Ukuhamba ngendiza okusha, ulwazi olusha kanye nomkhiqizo ovuselelwe sekuhumusheka ebhizinisini elikhulayo lezokuvakasha e-Barbados. Izibalo ezisanda kukhishwa zikhombisa ukuthi iBarbados iyaqhubeka nendlela yayo yokukhula okuhle ngo-2018, iheha izivakashi ezingama-357,668 phakathi nesikhathi sikaJanuwari kuya kuJuni. Uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esihambisanayo ngo-2017, kube nezivakashi ezengeziwe ezingu-10,819 esiqhingini; ukwanda ngamaphesenti angu-3.1.
Ngokwezibalo zangaphakathi ezivela kwa-Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI), isiqhingi sijabulele ukutheleka kwabantu abaningi, futhi ezimakethe ezinhlanu ezikhiqiza kakhulu, i-United Kingdom iphinde yaphuma phambili njengoba abantu abangaphezu kwe-119,241 befika, benyuka ngo-2.8 amaphesenti kusukela ngo-2017. I-UK igcina isabelo semakethe esingamaphesenti angu-33.3. Okulandela eduze ngemuva yi-United States, eqophe ukukhula okusheshayo ngamaphesenti angama-8.8 isuka ezivakashini eziyi-107,328 phakathi noJanuwari kuya kuJuni 2018. ECanada, kufike abantu abangama-53,236, okubone le makethe ikhula ngamaphesenti angama-2.9 uma iqhathaniswa nowezi-2017.
Lesi siqhingi siphinde sabona abantu abafikayo abangu-14,863 bephuma eTrinidad naseTobago, futhi kwaba nokukhula okwengeziwe ngamaphesenti angu-3.1 kusuka kwezinye izindawo zaseCaribbean, kuyilapho iYurophu igcine isabelo semakethe esingamaphesenti angu-4.3 nezivakashi ezingu-18,988.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seBarbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI), uWilliam 'Billy' Griffith uhalalisele abadlali bezokuvakasha ababambe iqhaza ekukhuleni kwale ndawo. Wengeze ngokuthi “kunengcindezi yokuthi siqhubeke sithuthuka futhi siqhubeke nokuncintisana njengoba siqhubeka nokukhulisa umkhiqizo wethu. Kufanele sibe namasu emizamweni yethu, futhi manje, kunanini ngaphambili, kufanele sigxile ebudlelwaneni bethu obubalulekile. Kungakho ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezizayo, nizosibona sisebenzisana kakhulu nozakwethu ukuqinisekisa ukuthi lezi zitayela ziyaqhubeka enkathini ezayo yasebusika nangale kwalokho.”
Kukhuphuka umthamo womoya
NgoDisemba odlule, i-BTMI yahlangana ne-Grandley Adams International Airport (GAIA) ukwamukela isevisi entsha ye-Virgin Atlantic yase-London Heathrow kabili ngeviki e-Barbados, ezoqala kabusha ngesizini ezayo yasebusika ka-2018/19. Osanda kufika uThomas Cook uzophinde aqale kabusha isevisi yakhe yangeviki eqondile evela e-London Gatwick kulobu busika buka-2018/19, esebenze ngempumelelo ebusika buka-2017/2018.
Wonke amehlo athe njo eLatin America njengoba ubudlelwano obusha beBarbados ne-Copa Airlines bethule insizakalo ye-Barbados–Panama kabili ngesonto. Indiza yokuqala yahlala eBarbados kwaze kwaduma kakhulu ngoJulayi 17 futhi le nkonzo entsha kulindeleke ukuthi ivule isango eliya eNingizimu Melika ebanzi nakwezinye izindawo zaseCaribbean.
I-United States izophinde ithuthuke kulobu busika ngokwengeza kabili okuvela ku-American Airlines. Inkampani yezindiza isanda kumemezela ukuthi izokwengeza indiza yesithathu yansuku zonke esuka eMiami eqala ngo-December 19, 2018. Ngalolo suku olufanayo, izophinde iqalise isevisi engami, yansuku zonke esuka e-Charlotte Douglas International Airport kuya e-Barbados. Ngale eCanada, iWestJet njengamanje inyusa izihlalo zayo ngamaphesenti angu-8 phakathi kukaMeyi no-Okthoba 2018, futhi kulobu busika, i-Air Canada izokwandisa umthamo wayo isuka eMontreal ngezindiza ezintathu zamasonto onke.
Izinto ezintsha ezikhangayo nezindawo zokuhlala
Ngaphezu kokukhuphuka kwendiza, uGriffith uphinde wavuma iqhaza elibanjwe izindawo ezintsha zesiqhingi ekukhuliseni izinombolo zokufika zika-2018. “Siyasiqaphela isidingo esiqhubekayo sokuvuselela nokuvuselela ukunikezwa kwemikhiqizo yethu kuyilapho silondoloza izici zesipiliyoni sase-Barbados ezigcina izinga lezivakashi eziphindayo liphezulu kakhulu. Izinto ezintsha ezikhangayo ezifana ne-Rihanna Drive kanye ne-Nikki Beach, noma ngisho nendawo yokudlela ka-Hugo, zihamba ibanga elide ekuboniseni ukuthi i-Barbados izimisele ukugcina isikhundla sayo njengendawo ephakeme yeholide.”
Uphinde wakhuluma ngokwengezwa kwendawo entsha yokungcebeleka iSandals Royal, kanye nezindawo zokulala ezilungiswe kabanzi njenge-Sea Breeze Beach House eMaxwell, eChrist Church.
Ebheke ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezizayo, uGriffith uthe ubheke ngabomvu ukubona ujantshi omusha we-Heritage Railway ka-St. Nicholas Abbey, ohlanganisa uhambo lwemizuzu engama-45 ngesitimela ogwini oluse-East kusitimela esibuyiselwe.
