Iziqhingi zaseCayman zamukele izivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.3 phakathi kukaJanuwari noJuni 2018, okusho ukunyuka ngamaphesenti angu-19.52 noma izivakashi ezingu-214,711 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2017.
Nakuba abafika ngendiza benyuke ngamaphesenti angu-15.9 engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka, okubonisa ukwanda kwezivakashi ezingu-34,693, abafika ngabagibeli bezikebhe baba ngamaphesenti angu-81 okuvakasha okuphelele kweziqhingi.
Lokhu kusebenza kwezinyanga eziyisithupha kuza ngemuva kwempumelelo ephule irekhodi kaJuni njengoJuni ohamba phambili emlandweni wokuvakashela isikhathi esithe xaxa futhi kuphawula inyanga ye-15 ilandelana yokukhula kwabafikayo.
“Kungijabulisa kakhulu ukuthi ukusebenza kwezokuvakasha eziqhingini zaseCayman kubhalisa ukukhula okuqhubekayo futhi kuyaqhubeka nokudlula izilinganiso,” kuphawula iPhini likaNdunankulu kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, uMhlonishwa uMoses Kirkconnell. “Ngokusebenzisa amasu okuthengisa afanele, umbono nomoya wokubambisana ukuze uqhubekisele phambili ukusebenza, imboni yezokuvakasha yaseCayman Islands igcine ukukhuphuka okumangalisayo, ezikhathini eziningi, ngamadijithi amabili isikhathi eside. Lokhu kusiza ukugcina abasebenzi benkonzo yokwamukela izihambi beqashwe kulo lonke ihlobo futhi kwengeza ukuthuthuka okukhulu emnothweni wethu weziQhingi. Izilinganiso zokuqala zoMnyango Wezokuvakasha zikhomba ukuthi phakathi kukaJanuwari noMeyi 2018, ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezivakashi kusukela ekufikeni kohambo lokuhamba ngesikebhe nokufika lapho kuhlala khona kufake imali engu-$325 million esikhwameni sikazwelonke - okuwukunyuka kwezigidi ezingama-$45 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule - futhi lokhu kulindeleke ukuthi kuqhubeke. izokhula ngoJuni.” uthe.
Abafika bevela e-United States ngoJuni bebekhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-13.89 futhi baqhutshwa ukukhula kwezifunda zaseMidwest naseNingizimu-ntshonalanga, okubone ukukhula kwamaphesenti angu-23.67 no-21.56 ngokulandelana. INyakatho-mpumalanga inyuke ngamaphesenti angu-6.59, kwathi iSoutheast and West Coast inyuke ngamaphesenti angu-9.82 namaphesenti angu-1.61 ngokulandelana. ICanada yabona ukukhula kwenyanga ye-12 ilandelana ngokwanda ngamaphesenti angama-20.36. Ukwengeza, ukuze kuqhubeke ukukhula ngo-2018, iziqhingi zaseCayman kanye nozakwethu abambalwa bendawo baklonyeliswe kakhulu phakathi nengxenye yokuqala yonyaka ngezindondo eziningi ezinjengokushiwo kuma-TripAdvisor's Traveller's Choice Awards, USA Today kanye ne-Caribbean Journal.
Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule, uMnyango Wezokuvakasha (i-DOT) wenze uhlelo lokumaketha olunezici eziningi ukuze kwandiswe ukuqwashisa ngemikhiqizo kanye nokushintshashintsha kwezinkathi ezithile zonyaka ngenkathi futhi kukhuthazwa amabhizinisi amancane ukuba abambe iqhaza emkhiqizweni wezokuvakasha. NgoJanuwari, i-DOT yethula iphromoshini yayo ye-Summer Only in Cayman, okuthe kulo nyaka yasebenzisa isikhundla sika-Cayman njengeNhloko-dolobha yaseCulinary yase-Caribbean ngephromoshini yethu ye-Kid's Culinary Capital of the Caribbean. Iphromoshini imeme imindeni ukuthi inambithe uhlu olungapheli lwezidlo ezitholakala esiqhingini ngohlu oluhle lwabapheki basendaweni futhi ihlanganisa nesipiliyoni esikhethiwe sama-epicurean ngisho nabancane kunabo bonke abafuna ukupheka bangempela.
NgoMashi, i-DOT yasayina Isivumelwano Sokusebenzisana (MOU) ne-Airbnb. Imemorandamu inikeze ithuba lokubambisana ezindabeni ezibalulekile njengokwabelana kwedatha ehlanganisiwe kanye nokuhlinzekwa kolwazi ngemithetho nezimiso zendawo yokuhlala ezifanele, okusiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi zonke izihambeli, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zikuphi indawo, zithola ikhwalithi efanayo yomkhiqizo. Manje sekunezakhiwo ze-Airbnb ezingaphezu kuka-470 ezibhaliswe ku-Airbnb futhi lelo nani kulindeleke ukuthi likhule phakathi nalo nyaka. Izikhulu ze-Airbnb kanye ne-DOT zaba nomhlangano wababungazi ngoJulayi 10 ukuze bahlanganyele lo mkhakha okhula ngokushesha womkhakha wethu wezokuvakasha wasendaweni.
Umoya wethu we-Caymankind usabalale kulo lonke elase-New York City muva nje ekugubheni Isonto Lokuvakasha Laminyaka yonke ledolobha lase-Caribbean, 4 – 8 June. Ithimba lezithunywa zaseCayman Islands elalihlanganisa noNgqongqoshe Ohloniphekile Wezokuvakasha kanye nompheki wendawo uMaureen Cubbon, lahlangana nezintatheli zemithombo yezindaba ehlukahlukene yezokuvakasha, lakhuluma ngezipiliyoni zethu eziyingqayizivele kanye neminikelo egxile emndenini. Abafundi baseCayman Islands School of Hospitality Studies (SHS) bamenywe ukuba babambe iqhaza ku-Caribbean Student Colloquium yaminyaka yonke. Abafundi bethule isiphakamiso sebhizinisi sesigodi esizinzile se-Caymanian themed futhi baphume isibili jikelele.
“Kuyakhuthaza kakhulu ukubona ukukhula kokuvakasha engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka ngesivinini esingakaze sisibone kusukela ngo-2004,” kuphawula uMqondisi Wezokuvakasha, uNkk. Rosa Harris. “NjengoMnyango, sihlala sifuna izindlela ezintsha, ezintsha zokuqhuba ukuvakasha sibe sithembekile ekuzibophezeleni kwethu ekudaleni imigomo esimeme yezokuvakasha ukuze kuzuze abantu bakithi. Ngokuqhubeka nokuxoxisana nababambiqhaza bendawo kanye nomphakathi wonkana, nginethemba lokuthi ngokubambisana singakha i-National Tourism Plan ehlinzeka ngohlaka lwempumelelo eyengeziwe.”
Iziqhingi zaseCayman zilungele ukubona ukukhula okuqhubekayo phakathi nengxenye yesibili yonyaka. Maduze i-DOT izokwethula iphromoshini yayo yaminyaka yonke ethi “Fall Only in Cayman”, ehlanganisa izinhlinzeko eziphoqelelayo kuyo yonke into kusukela ezindaweni zethu zokuhlala ezisezingeni lomhlaba kuya kokuhlangenwe nakho kwethu komhlaba ocwilisiwe nolwandle.
