IBelize Tourism Board (BTB), ngokubambisana nababambiqhaza bemboni yezokuvakasha, baqoqe ama-US $ 59, 934.00 (Bz $ 119,868.00) njengengxenye yeDollar yomkhankaso weSikhwama Sokusiza eCaribbean. Lesi sikhwama senzelwe ukusiza izisulu zeZiphepho u-Irma noMaria, ezacekela phansi kakhulu amazwe amaningi aseCaribbean ngoSepthemba nyakenye.
Namuhla ekuseni uNkk Karen Pike, onguMqondisi Wezokumaketha Nezobudlelwano BTB, wethule leli sheke kuMnu Hugh Riley, uNobhala-Jikelele weCaribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) ngesikhathi kunesithangami sabezindaba esasingathwa yi-CTO eBarbados.
Ethula isheke, uNkk. Pike uthe “lapho sithola izindaba ngomkhankaso weCaribbean Relief Fund Campaign, sawamukela ngokushesha ngoba kwakungeyona into efanele ukwenziwa kuphela, kodwa futhi ngoba kwasilethela sonke eCaribbean futhi sisondelana nakakhulu emzamweni onobunye wokusiza abaswele. ” Ubuye wathi: "Njengengxenye yeDollar for the Relief Fund Campaign yaseCaribbean, i-BTB ifinyelele kulo lonke izwe laseBelize ngokusebenzisa abezindaba, abezindaba, iwebhusayithi ye-BTB kanye nenethiwekhi yayo yokusabalalisa izindaba."
Ephendula, uNobhala Jikelele uthe, "siyabonga iBelize egameni lomndeni wonke waseCaribbean." Ngesikhathi sesithangami nabezindaba, kwethulwe nokubuka konke ngesimo semboni yezokuvakasha eCaribbean.
Njengengxenye yeDollar yayo yeCaribbean Relief Fund Campaign, ngamunye wababambiqhaza bezokuvakasha obambe iqhaza unikele ngedola elilodwa kusivakashi ngasinye; i-BTB yabe isinikela ngokunikela nge- $ 1 kukho konke ukufika kwabavakashi ngenyanga ka-Okthoba ngakho-ke, yakha umphumela wokuphindaphinda. Isinyathelo seBTB sasekelwa yiBelize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA), iBelize Hotel Association (BHA), iTropic Air, iBelize Airport Concession Company (BACC), iTop Operators, amatekisi amanzi, kanye nabanikazi bamahhotela phakathi kwabanye abaningi.
Ngesonto lokuqala likaSepthemba, isigaba sesi-5 iSiphepho u-Irma sagadla emazweni amaningi aseCaribbean enyakatho yeLeeward Islands nasenyakatho yeCaribbean sashiya umkhondo omude wencithakalo. Izakhamizi eziningi kulawa mazwe zasala dengwane, zingenakudla, amandla, amanzi kanye nezinto ezibalulekile. Emasontweni amabili kamuva, iSiphepho uMaria salandela indlela efanayo saqhubeka sibhebhethekisa izinga lembubhiso ephonsa iningi lala mazwe esimweni esinzima sokuphelelwa ithemba. I-Caribbean incike kwezokuvakasha njengoba izindlela zayo eziyinhloko zokuphila futhi ukucekelwa phansi kwazo zombili iziphepho kumise umnotho wamazwe athintekile, okungase kuthathe izinyanga ezimbalwa noma mhlawumbe iminyaka ukululama.
I-BTB kanye nababambiqhaza bezokuvakasha baseBelize bajabule kakhulu ngokuthi bakwazile ukufaka isandla eSikhwameni Sosizo SaseCaribbean futhi bathatha leli thuba ukubonga ngokusuka enhliziyweni kubo bonke ababambiqhaza baseBelize nezinhlangano ezinikele ngesihle ukuze kwenziwe lula umgwaqo wokululama. amazwe akithi aseCaribbean.
Ngokwe-CTO, cishe imali engango-US $ 135,000.00 yaqoqwa yiCaribbean Hurricane Relief Fund Campaign.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Pike said “when we got the news on the Caribbean Relief Fund Campaign, we embraced it immediately because it was not only the right thing to do, but also because it brought all of us in the Caribbean once again even closer together in a unified effort to assist those in need.
- The BTB and the Belize tourism stakeholders are extremely pleased that they were able to make a contribution towards the Caribbean Relief Fund and take this opportunity to offer their heartfelt thanks to all Belizean stakeholders and organizations that donated generously in order to ease the road to recovery for our Caribbean sister countries.
- “As part of the Dollar for the Caribbean Relief Fund Campaign, the BTB reached out to the entire country of Belize through the media, press releases, the BTB's website and its news distribution network.
