UBartlett uqoke uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Wonyaka Wezokuvakasha Ezisimeme wePATWA

UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett namuhla uklonyeliswe nge-Pacific Area Travel Writers Association's (PATWA) UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Wonyaka Wezokuvakasha Okuqhubekayo e-Berlin Germany.

“Ukuklonyeliswa kukaNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Wonyaka Wezokuvakasha Okusimeme kuwukunconywa okukhethekile engikwamukela ngokuzithoba egameni labantu baseJamaica. IJamaica ibisebenza kanzima ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ezokuvakasha azizuzisi izwe kuphela kodwa futhi zihlala zizinzile,” kusho uNgqongqoshe.

Uphinde waphawula ukuthi i-Jamaica isingathe izingqungquthela ezimbili ezinkulu zamazwe ngamazwe, eminyakeni emibili edlule, ezigxile ekwabelaneni ngezinqubo ezingcono kakhulu nezisombululo zokwenza imboni iqine futhi isimeme.

“Iqiniso liwukuthi i-Caribbean iyisifunda esincike kakhulu kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni, kanti ezokuvakasha ziyimbangela enkulu yokushintshanisa imali yangaphandle kanye nemisebenzi emazweni angu-16 kwangu-28 esifundeni, futhi umkhakha othola ukutshalwa kwezimali okuqondile kwamanye amazwe. Ukuphazamiseka okukhulu kwezokuvakasha kungase kucekele phansi umnotho wezigidi futhi kuvimbe intuthuko esimeme yesifunda, kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.

Kungalesi sizathu, uNgqongqoshe waphawula, ukuthi i-Jamaica ihole ekuthuthukisweni kweSikhungo sokuqala Sokuqiniswa Kwezokuvakasha Komhlaba kanye Nezinhlekelele.

'Ngenxa yokubaluleka okuqashelwa umhlaba wonke kokuphathwa kwezokuvakasha, lesi sikhungo sibeka iJamaica njengomholi womcabango womhlaba wonke ekuqiniseni ezokuvakasha kanye nokulawulwa kwezinhlekelele, futhi ngaleyo ndlela siyithuluzi elibalulekile lentuthuko emazweni omhlaba wonke," kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.

Isikhungo esigcinwe eNyuvesi yaseWest Indies, sizoqashwa ngochwepheshe bendawo, besifunda nabamazwe omhlaba emkhakheni wezokuphathwa kwesimo sezulu, ukuphathwa kwamaphrojekthi, ukuphathwa kwezokuvakasha, ukuphathwa kwezinhlekelele kwezokuvakasha, ukuphathwa kwezinkinga zezokuvakasha, ukuphathwa kwezokuxhumana, ukumaketha kanye nokubeka uphawu kwezokuvakasha kanye nokuqapha nokuhlola.

Izophinde ihlinzeke ngamathuba enhlanganyelo yocwaningo kubantu abafuna ukuthuthukisa ulwazi lwabo noma, bathole ulwazi lokumelana nezokuvakasha kanye nokulawulwa kwezinhlekelele, ngocwaningo lwangemva kodokotela, kanye nama-internship kubafundi abenza iziqu kanye nabaphothule emikhakheni yokufunda ehlobene nokuqina kwezokuvakasha kanye nokulawulwa kwezinhlekelele.

Ngesikhathi sokwethulwa kwemiklomelo, i-Jamaica iphinde yathola i-PATWA's International Travel Award for Destination of the Year.

Umcimbi uhlelwe yi-Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA), inhlangano yobungcweti yababhali bezokuvakasha eyasungulwa ngo-1998.

Imiklomelo ihlonipha abantu nezinhlangano abenze kahle futhi/noma ezibambe iqhaza ekukhuthazeni ezokuvakasha ezivela emikhakheni ehlukene yohwebo lwezokuvakasha kanye nabahlinzeki bezinsizakalo ezihlobene ngokuqondile noma ngokungaqondile nemboni.

I-ITB Berlin iwumbukiso wezokuvakasha omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni - inkundla yebhizinisi ehamba phambili yokunikezwa kwezivakashi zomhlaba wonke kanye nemakethe eyinhloko namandla aqhuba imboni yezokuvakasha yamazwe ngamazwe. Lo mcimbi ugqamisa amahhotela, amabhodi ezivakashi, abaqhubi bezokuvakasha, izinkampani zezindiza phakathi kokunye okuhlobene nemboni yezokuvakasha. I-ITB futhi iyinkundla ekahle yokusungula ukuxhumana namakhasimende amasha nokwenza ibhizinisi.

I-ITB kulo nyaka izoba nomcimbi waseJamaica Night ngoMashi 7, ozogqamisa izindawo ezikhangayo zalesi sifunda, ukudla namasiko.

UNgqongqoshe ujoyinwe nguMqondisi Wezokuvakasha, u-Donovan White kanye noMphathi Wezemicimbi weBhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Jamaica, u-Lorna Robinson. Uzobuyela esiqhingini ngoMashi 9, 2019.