Kulayishwe ngu Ezokuvakasha zaseJamaica UNgqongqoshe, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett, abasebenzi asebesebenze emkhakheni wezokuvakasha iminyaka engu-50 noma ngaphezulu bahlonishwe kuma-Golden Tourism Day Awards.
“Namuhla ebusuku, ngiklomelise abasebenzi bezokuvakasha abayi-14 abazinikele iminyaka engama-50 noma ngaphezulu ekusebenzeni embonini yethu esiyithandayo yezokuvakasha ngendondo yeGolden Tourism Award,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett kulo mcimbi.
“Ngijabule kakhulu ngokuthola ithuba lokubonga nokubashayela ihlombe iminyaka eminingi yokuzinikela nokuzinikela kwabo kulo mkhakha obaluleke ngendlela emangalisayo oneqhaza elingaka emnothweni wesizwe sethu.”
“Ngithanda ukubonga omunye nomunye wenu ngokuzikhandla kwenu, ukuzinikela, kanye nezinga eliphezulu lobuchwepheshe obubeke umgoqo wamazinga wokwamukela izihambi kanye nezinqubo ezingcono kakhulu namuhla,” kusho uNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett.
"Lapho ama-chips ephansi futhi imingcele yethu ivaliwe, nonke nenze isinqumo sokunamathela kwezokuvakasha futhi nabuyela ezithandweni zenu njengoba anizange nihambe."
“Ubaluleke kakhulu ekuboniseni abahambi ukuthi yini eyenza iJamaica nabantu baseJamaica babe yi-Heartbeat of the World. Egameni lami, uhulumeni wethu kanye nezwe lethu lonke, ngibonga kakhulu futhi ngokudlala indima ebaluleke kangaka ekukhuliseni umkhakha wethu wezokuvakasha.”
Imiklomelo Yezokuvakasha Yegolide yalo nyaka ihlonishwe ngabantu abangama-20 sebebonke abaneminyaka engama-50 noma ngaphezulu besebenza emkhakheni wezokuvakasha kulesi siqhingi. Ababili kulaba bantu bathole ukuqashelwa okukhethekile ngokusebenza kulo mkhakha iminyaka engaphezu kwengama-60: u-Inez Scott noJames “Jimmy” Wright.
U-Inez Scott unikele iminyaka engama-61 emsebenzini awuthandayo, edala futhi ethengisa imikhiqizo yezandla yaseJamaican eyingqayizivele. Wenza izikhwama athunge obhasikidi abajwayele ukuzihlobisa ngezinyoni, izihlahla zikabhanana nokunye okudonsa amehlo, okuyinto ayenza yonke le minyaka kusukela esemncane kuze kube yimanje.
Igama elithi “Jimmy James” Wright lalinomqondo ofanayo nelinye lamahhotela aphezulu e-Montego Bay amashumi eminyaka. Intshiseko uJimmy ayenayo ngomsebenzi wakhe, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe ungakanani, wahlala kuye phakathi neminyaka yakhe engu-61 embonini yezokuvakasha ngaphambi kokuba athathe umhlalaphansi muva nje njengoMqondisi Wokusebenza wehhotela.
Ngaphezu kwalokho Imiklomelo ngokwabo, umcimbi walo nyaka unikeze laba basebenzi abavelele ithuba lokujabulela umkhiqizo wezokuvakasha abenze umnikelo obaluleke kangaka kuwo. Njengoba abaningi babo bengakwazanga ukuba nesikhathi seholide, abaklonyeliswayo bathuthelwe ngamunye wayiswa kuzakwethu wendawo yokulala lapho bezokhululeka khona futhi bahlanganyele kuzo zonke izinsiza ezitholakalayo ngohlelo olukhethwe ngokukhethekile.
