Ekhuluma ngoNovemba 22 Engqungqutheleni Yolwazi Lokuthuthukiswa Kwebhizinisi yesibili eqondene ngqo nama-SMTEs, u-Bartlett wembula isu elibanzi eliyizinsika ezintathu okuhloswe ngalo ukukhuthaza ukukhula okusimeme nempumelelo yalezi zinhlangano ezibalulekile.
“Akungabazeki ukuthi ama-SMTE adlala indima ebalulekile embonini yezokuvakasha. Ukuze siqinise lo mkhakha, siyakubona ukubaluleka kokubhekana nezinto ezintathu ezibalulekile: ukuqeqeshwa ukuze kuthuthukiswe amandla, uxhaso lwezimali lokuthuthukiswa kwezimali, nokusekelwa kwezokukhangisa,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett. “Lezi zinsika ezi-3 zisebenza njengesisekelo sokulungisa ukungalingani okukhona, okwenza ama-SMTE ahlakulele imibono emisha, andise ukunikezwa kwemikhiqizo yawo, avikele uxhaso ukuze athuthukise kokubili ubuningi nekhwalithi, futhi ekugcineni asungule ukuba khona kwemakethe okubavumela ukuba balawule amanani afanelekile izimpahla,” enezela.
UNgqongqoshe ugqamise insika yokuqala yokuthuthukisa amakhono ngokuqeqeshwa, egcizelela indima ebalulekile yobuchwepheshe. Isinyathelo esisodwa esiphawulekayo esiqhubekayo ukubambisana phakathi kweTourism Linkages Network kanye neNyuvesi yaseWest Indies, egxile ekuhlomiseni ama-SMTE aseJamaican ngamakhono abalulekile edijithali ukuze athuthukise amabhizinisi awo.
Ekhuluma nensika yesibili, ephathelene nokuxhaswa ngezimali okubalulekile kanye nokwesekwa kwentuthuko yama-SMTEs, uNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett usikhanyisele nge-Spa Products Standardization Training, okuhloswe ngayo ukuhlanganisa amabhizinisi amancane asebenza ekwenziweni kwemikhiqizo ye-spa namazinga omhlaba nawendawo agunyazwe amahhotela. Ngaphezu kwalokho, Isikhwama Sokuthuthukisa Ezokuvakasha, ngaphansi kokuqondisa koMnyango, sisebenzise izinhlelo zokuxhasa ngemali ukuze sinikeze ukwesekwa okukhulu kwama-SMTE.
“Sinikeze i-EXIM Bank amadola ayizigidi eziyinkulungwane, okuhlinzeka ababambiqhaza bemboni ithuba lokuthola uxhaso olusukela ezigidini ezi-5 kuye kwezingama-25 zamaRandi, nenzalo engaguquki engu-5% iminyaka emihlanu.”
“Kuze kube manje, imali ebolekiwe engaphezu kuka-2 bhiliyoni isikhishwe nge-EXIM Bank kubanikazi bamabhizinisi amancane naphakathi nendawo,” kusho uNgqongqoshe.
Mayelana namathuba okumaketha, uNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett wagqamisa izinzuzo ezibalulekile ama-SMTEs azitholile ngokuba khona kwawo kuwebhusayithi ehlanganiswe ngokugcwele Jamaica Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha (JTB). Ukwengeza, ama-SMTE ayakwazi ukufinyelela emathubeni okumaketha ngemicimbi ehlukahlukene yaminyaka yonke ye-Tourism Linkages Network, okuhlanganisa noKhisimusi ngoJulayi kanye ne-Speed Networking. Le micimbi ihlose ukugqugquzela ukubambisana kanye nokwakha ubudlelwano phakathi kwabakhiqizi basekhaya, osomabhizinisi, kanye nomkhakha wokungenisa izihambi ophilayo.
I-Business Development Information Session ephethwe ngabakwa Isikhwama Sokuthuthukisa Ezokuvakasha (TEF) e-Courtleigh Auditorium okuhloswe ngayo ukuhlanganisa ochwepheshe bentuthuko ababalulekile ukuze kuthuthukiswe ikhono lama-SMTE lokuhlinzeka imikhakha yezokuvakasha neyokwamukela izihambi ngezimpahla namasevisi adingekayo, ngaleyo ndlela ikwazi ukuthola ingxenye enkulu yemali etholwa yile mboni.
Amabhizinisi abambisene nawo afaka phakathi iJamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Scientific Research Council (SRC), Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica ( I-EXIM Bank), Ihhovisi Lezinkampani Zase-Jamaica (COJ), I-Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), kanye ne-Jamaica National (JN) Bank.
KUBONWE ESITHOMBE: UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett (owesibili kwesokudla), wabelana no-Kadian Collington, Isikhulu Sezemfundo Yabakhokhi Bentela esivela ku-Tax Administration yase-Jamaica, ngesikhathi seSeshini yesibili yaminyaka yonke Yolwazi Lokuthuthukiswa Kwebhizinisi ephethwe yiSikhwama Sokuthuthukisa Ezokuvakasha. Abajoyine lo mcimbi wenjabulo uCarolyn McDonald Riley, uMqondisi weTourism Linkages Network, kanye noDkt. Carey Wallace, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-Tourism Enhancement Fund. Iseshini ibihlose ukuhlanganisa ochwepheshe bentuthuko ababalulekile ukuze kuthuthukiswe ikhono lama-SMTE lokuphakela umkhakha wezokuvakasha nokwamukela izihambi ngezimpahla namasevisi adingekayo, ngaleyo ndlela bakwazi ukuthola ingxenye enkulu yemali etholwa yile mboni.
