Ukukhuluma ku Ingqungquthela Yongqongqoshe Bemakethe Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba eLondon namuhla, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica u-Bartlett, ophinde abe yiPhini likaSihlalo we- UNWTO I-Executive Council, yagqamisa ukuthi ikusasa lemboni yezokuvakasha neyokuvakasha lincike kubasebenzi bayo kanye nekhono labo lokusungula izinto ezintsha nokudala imibono emisha.

Engeza kweyakhe uphawula ngezindaba zabasebenzi bomhlaba wonke azenza embukisweni wezohwebo we-ITB lapho uNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett echaza ngokusungulwa kwephrojekthi ye-Tourism Employment Expansion Mandate (TEEM), okuwumzamo wokusebenzisana wemikhakha ehlukene ukuqonda ukushoda kwabasebenzi embonini yezokuvakasha.

Kwa-ITB ibikhiphe ucwaningo olusha lomhlaba wonke olukhombisa ukuthi isimo sibucayi kakhulu kunakuqala.

Namuhla eLondon engqungqutheleni yongqongqoshe ngesikhathi seWorld Travel Market, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseJamaica, uMhlonishwa u-Edmund Bartlett ubenxusa izindawo eziya kuzo ukuthi zitshale imali ekuthuthukisweni kwazo abantu, okuzoba semqoka kakhulu ekusaseni nasekuphileni kwale mboni namuhla eLondon eWTM.

“IJamaica ibilokhu ihamba phambili ekuthuthukiseni abantu ngoba insiza yethu ebaluleke kakhulu kwezokuvakasha ngabasebenzi bethu. “Yibo okuthe, ngenxa yosizo lwabo oluphezulu, ukungenisa izihambi, kanye nokudala, bagcine izivakashi zibuya ngezinga elingama-42% futhi seziyingxenye esemqoka yesu lethu lokukhula,” kusho uNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett.

Ingqungquthela yoNgqongqoshe e-World Travel Market yenziwa ngokubambisana ne UNWTO futhi WTTC ngaphansi kwetimu 'Ukuguqula Ezokuvakasha Ngentsha Nezemfundo' kanye noNgqongqoshe Bezokuvakasha abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba. Ongqongqoshe banikeze umbono wabo ngokubaluleka kokuqeqeshwa nokuthuthukiswa kwentsha kwezokuvakasha kanye nezinhlelo ezihlukahlukene ezenziwa emazweni abo.

“Ngophiko lwethu lokuqeqesha kanye nezitifiketi, i-Jamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation, siqeqesha abafundi bethu bezikole zamabanga aphezulu emakolishi ayishumi nane nabasebenzi bezokuvakasha, ukuze bathole izitifiketi. Kusukela ngo-2017 kunikezwe izitifiketi ezingaphezu kwezinkulungwane eziyi-15 kubantu baseJamaica emkhakheni wenkonzo yamakhasimende, amaseva ezindawo zokudlela kanye nabapheki abakhulu ukubala abambalwa, ”kusho uBartlett.

“Uma siqeqesha abantu abasha bethu, bangahlukaniswa okuzoshintsha izinhlelo zemakethe yezemisebenzi ukuze bahlomule ngokubheka ukufaneleka kwabo nokulingana,” engeza.