UHAMILTON, Bermuda – UMqondisi Jikelele weCaribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), u-Alec Sanguinetti, namuhla uthe le mboni inesikhathi sayo esibi kakhulu emlandweni wayo ngenxa yezinkinga zezezimali eziqhubekayo emhlabeni wonke kanye nezinqubomgomo zentela zikahulumeni.
"Imboni engingathi isengozini futhi ngeshwa ngenxa yokungena kwenkontileka yemali kahulumeni ngenxa yokwehla kwezinga lezokuvakasha (futhi) nezokuvakasha seziphenduke intela," uSanguinetti etshela iCaribbean Media Corporation (CMC).
“Sibone inyuswa intela ngama-room nights, amathikithi endiza sibone enyuka, manje sesinohulumeni oyedwa noma ababili ababheke ukufaka intela ezindlekweni. Kudingeka sithole impumuzo,” kusho yena.
USanguinetti uthe manje kunesidingo sokusebenzisana okukhulu phakathi kwezifunda ezizimele nezikahulumeni.
“Kodwa kumele siphinde sisebenzise imboni yethu. Kunezinto esinamandla okuzilungisa okudingeka sizenze futhi uma lezo zindaba zenqubomgomo zishaywa indiva kuzokwenza kube nzima kakhulu hhayi embonini yamahhotela kuphela kodwa nakuwo wonke umkhakha.”
Ubuye wengeza ukuthi imboni isivele "ifile kakade" wengeza ngokuthi "akusekho okuningi okumelwe kubulawe."
“Kunzima kakhulu. Kufanele uqonde ukuthi imali yehhotela ngekamelo ngalinye, isilinganiso sansuku zonke uma kuqhathaniswa no-2006 sisephansi ngamaphesenti ayi-15 kuya kwangama-20… futhi ngenkathi izibalo zika-2010 zizobonisa isilinganiso esiphakathi kwamaphesenti amathathu namahlanu ngonyaka ka-2009, njengoba Ngathi basephansi ngamaphesenti angu-15 kuya ku-20 kunalokhu ababeyikho ngo-2006.
USanguinetti uthe nakuba iBrithani inqume ukubamba isandla, okungenani isikhathi esingangonyaka, ekwandiseni i-Air Passenger Duty (APD), kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi isifunda siqhubeke nokubhikishela intela ayichaze njengelimaza umkhakha wonke.
"Akungabazeki ukuthi i-APD iyingozi embonini, sibone izimpawu zalokho vele kwezokuvakasha ezisekelwe emhlabeni futhi ngo-2012, olayini bokuvakasha bawubonile umthelela ongaba khona futhi sibone imigqa ye-cruise ememezele ngo-2012 kabusha. -isikhundla semikhumbi ephuma eCaribbean esizoba nomthelela, ikakhulukazi eningizimu-mpumalanga yeCaribbean.
"Akungabazeki ukuthi i-APD izoba nomthelela omubi kithi," esho, ephawula ukuthi iCaribbean yiyona kuphela isifunda emhlabeni esethule iLondon ngeziphakamiso ezichaza umthelela intela engaba nawo ezindaweni zesifunda.
I-APD iye yanda minyaka yonke ngokuhambisana nokwehla kwamandla emali kusukela ngo-2007 futhi isivele ifinyelela ku-8.5 izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesilinganiso saseYurophu.
Ngaphambi kukaNovemba wonyaka odlule, isihambi ngasinye sekilasi lezomnotho esiya eCaribbean sakhokha u-£50 (US$77) nge-APD, kodwa leyo ntela yakhushulwa yaba ngu-£75 (US $115) – okwesibili eminyakeni eminingi kangaka. I-Levy yomnotho oyi-premium, ibhizinisi kanye nabagibeli besigaba sokuqala ikhuphuke isuka ku-£100 (US$154) yaya ku-£150 (US$291).
