I-Virgin Atlantic Igubha I-Quarter Century Yezindiza Eziqondile Eziya e-Barbados

Sibungaza Ingqopha-mlando Ephawulekayo

Emgubhweni omkhulu ohambisana noSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha, indiza esemthethweni yokugubha iminyaka engama-25 yafika esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Grandley Adams International Airport kungekho omunye ngaphandle komnikazi wombono we-Virgin Atlantic, uSir Richard Branson, egibele. Ukufika kwamukelwe ngemfudumalo nangenjabulo okuholwa nguNdunankulu waseBarbados, uMia Amor Mottley kanye noSihlalo weBarbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI), uShelly Williams.

“Sijabule kakhulu ukugubha iminyaka engu-25 yenkonzo eqondile yeVirgin Atlantic esiqhingini sethu. Lesi senzakalo esiyingqopha-mlando siwubufakazi bobambiswano oluqinile phakathi kwe-Virgin Atlantic ne-Barbados, futhi sibonisa ukunxusa okuhlala njalo kwendawo yethu kubahambi abavela emhlabeni wonke. Sibheke ngabomvu ukuqhubeka nalolu hambo oluyimpumelelo sindawonye, ​​samukele izivakashi ogwini lwethu, futhi sibonise imfudumalo nobuhle beBarbados iminyaka eminingi ezayo,” kusho uShelly Williams.

Ukuze kukhunjulwe le mpumelelo, umhlangano wabezindaba okhethekile wabanjwa ngoLwesibili, Septhemba 26th e-Sea Breeze Hotel, owawuhanjelwe ngabameleli abakhulu abavela kokubili i-Virgin Atlantic kanye ne-BTMI.

"Ukubambisana kwethu neVirgin Atlantic kuqinisekise ukuthi iBarbados iyafinyeleleka ezivakashini zase-UK, okuyimakethe yethu yokuqala yomthombo."

“Sisebenze ngokungakhathali ukuze sinikeze ulwazi oluyiqiniso oluyenga abahambi ukuthi babuyele esiqhingini sethu ngokuphindaphindiwe. Kungakho sikujabulele kakhulu ukwamukela maduze i-Airbus A330neo entsha ye-Virgin Atlantic e-Barbados. Le ndiza yakhelwe ukuhlinzeka ngesipiliyoni esikhokhelwayo nesiqondene nawe esingeke silinde abahambi abasendleleni eya e-Barbados ukuze bayijabulele,” kusho u-Marsha Alleyne, Isikhulu Esiyinhloko Sokuthuthukiswa Komkhiqizo. 

Ukugqugquzela Ukuhamba Kwesifunda

Ubudlelwano beBarbados neVirgin Atlantic baqala ngo-1998, obulokhu buqina njalo eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule. Kuyo yonke le minyaka, sibone ukwanda komthamo kanye nokuhlinzekwa kwemikhumbi emisha eye yasiza ekwenzeni i-Barbados ibe isikhungo sokuvakasha saseMpumalanga Caribbean. 

“Njengoba sazi ukuthi izixhumanisi eziningi zendiza zilinganiselwe kakhulu phakathi kwe-Eastern Caribbean, ngakho-ke sijabule ngokunikeza izinsizakalo ezithembekile e-Grenada nase-Saint Vincent kanye nase-Grenadines. Sikholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi ukunikeza lezi zinketho zasendaweni zeziqhingi eziningi kuzothuthukisa nomnotho waseBarbados. Sesibe lapha iminyaka engu-25 futhi asisakwazi ukulinda ukwakha iminyaka engu-25 ezayo kulesi siqhingi esihle,” kusho iChief Commercial Officer, uJuha Järvinen.

Ukukhuthaza Ubambiswano Oluhlala Isikhathi Eside

Namuhla, inkampani yezindiza inikeza izinsiza zansuku zonke zonyaka wonke e-Barbados esuka eLondon, e-Heathrow enezihlalo ezingu-264 kanye nomthamo wezinga eliphezulu okhuphuke kusukela ezihlalweni ezingu-16 ukuya ezihlalweni ezingu-31. Inkampani yezindiza iphinde inikeze izindiza izikhathi ezintathu ngesonto ukusuka eManchester.

I-Virgin Atlantic kanye ne-BTMI zisebenze ndawonye ngokungaguquki ukuze zikhuthaze i-Barbados njengendawo ephambili yezivakashi, zinikeza abahambi isevisi esezingeni lomhlaba, izindawo ezinhle zezwe, nezinto ezingasoze zalibaleka. Njengoba lo mgubho uqhubeka, zombili izinhlangano zijabule ngekusasa namathuba asazo.

Mayelana ne-Barbados

Isiqhingi saseBarbados siyigugu laseCaribbean elicebile ngamasiko, amagugu, ezemidlalo, ezokupheka kanye nemvelo. Izungezwe amabhishi esihlabathi esimhlophe futhi iwukuphela kwesiqhingi se-coral e-Caribbean. Njengoba kunezindawo zokudlela ezingaphezu kuka-400 nezindawo zokudlela, iBarbados iyiNhloko-dolobha yaseCulinary yaseCaribbean. Lesi siqhingi saziwa nangokuthi indawo okwazalelwa kuyo i-rum, ikhiqiza futhi ifaka amabhodlela izingxube ezinhle kakhulu kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1700s. Eqinisweni, abaningi bangathola ama-rums omlando wesiqhingi e-Barbados Food and Rum Festival yonyaka. Lesi siqhingi siphinde sibe nemicimbi efana ne-Crop Over Festival yaminyaka yonke, lapho u-A ebala osaziwayo abafana no-Rihanna wethu evame ukubonakala, kanye ne-Run Barbados Marathon yaminyaka yonke, umjaho omkhulukazi waseCaribbean. Njengesiqhingi se-motorsport, iyikhaya lesikhungo esihamba phambili somjaho wesifunda eCaribbean ekhuluma isiNgisi. Eyaziwa njengendawo esimeme, iBarbados yaqokwa njengenye Yezindawo Eziphezulu Zemvelo Ngo-2022 yiTraveller's Choice Awards' kwathi ngo-2023 yawina umklomelo weGreen Destinations Story Award for Environment and Climate ngo-2021, lesi siqhingi sawina izindondo eziyisikhombisa zeTravvy.

Izindawo zokuhlala esiqhingini zibanzi futhi ziyahlukahluka, kusukela ezindlini ezinhle ezizimele kuya kumahhotela ashisayo, ama-Airbnb athokomele, amaketanga ahlonishwayo aphesheya kanye nezindawo zokungcebeleka ezinamadayimane amahlanu eziwine imiklomelo. Ukuya kuleli pharadesi kuheleza umoya njengoba isikhumulo sezindiza iGrarley Adams International sinikezela ngezinsizakalo ezahlukahlukene ezingami neziqondile ezivela ekhulayo US, UK, Canadian, Caribbean, European, and Latin American gateways. Ukufika ngomkhumbi nakho kulula njengoba iBarbados iyichweba letende elinezingcingo ezivela ezinhlwini ezihamba phambili zomhlaba zokuhamba ngesikebhe nezinethezeka. Ngakho-ke, sekuyisikhathi sokuthi uvakashele i-Barbados futhi uzizwele konke lesi siqhingi esingamamayela-skwele angu-166 esingakunikeza. 

Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe mayelana nokuvakashela e-Barbados, vakashela www.visitbarbados.org, landela ku-Facebook ku- http://www.facebook.com/VisitBarbados, nange-Twitter @Barbados.