Ukuqala njengenkonzo yokuqashisa kusukela ngomhlaka-18 Julayi 2023, kuze kube ngu-Agasti 16, 2023, i-Bahamas Air izoqala izindiza ukusuka eNassau, The Bahamas kuya eBridgetown, Barbados, nge-Fort Lauderdale, eFlorida. Isevisi yamasonto onke kabili yethula enye indlela entsha ukuze izivakashi kanye nabangaphandle bavakashele i-Barbados ngesikhathi esimatasa se-Crop Over, kanye nokuthi ama-Barbadians axhume e-USA naseNyakatho ye-Caribbean kalula.
Usihlalo we Ukuvakasha kweBarbados IMarketing Inc. (BTMI), uShelly Williams uthe lesi simemezelo size ngemuva kwezinyanga zokuxoxisana nenkampani yezindiza. “Siyajabula ukwabelana nabanye ngempumelelo yezingxoxo zethu ne-Bahamas Air ukuze sinikeze enye insizakalo ephephile nethengekayo e-Barbados engaphandle kwe-USA kanye naseNyakatho yeCaribbean kuleli hlobo. Sisebenze nenkampani yezindiza kanye nozakwethu ababambiqhaza eBarbados ukuze lokhu kufezeke.”
Khulisa ekuhambeni kwehlobo okuthengekayo kanye namathuba omnotho wendawo
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uWilliams waphawula ukuthi indiza entsha yayiyizindaba ezinhle nakubantu bendawo, njengoba yanikeza abaseBarbadian ithuba lokuya eFort Lauderdale, The Bahamas futhi ngokunwetshwa, iziqhingi zaseNyakatho Caribbean ehlobo.
“Lo mthethosisekelo awubheki nje kuphela izivakashi kanye nabahlala kwamanye amazwe abazofika e-Barbados bedlula e-Bahamas Air, kodwa futhi unikeza abantu baseBarbadian ithuba lokuya e-USA naseziqhingini zaseNyakatho neCaribbean okuhlanganisa i-Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Bermuda. nokunye,” kusho uWilliams. “Abanye ozakwethu abasebenzela ukuvakasha sebevele bamemezele amaphakheji athokozisayo okusiza abantu baseBarbadian abafuna ukwakha isipiliyoni esigcwele samaholide.”
Evuma ukuthi i-Crop Over "ngokungangabazeki ingesinye sezinkathi zethu ezimatasa kakhulu", wengeze ngokuthi ukuthutheleka okulindelekile kuzohlinzeka ngendawo eyengeziwe kubantu baseBarbadian ngezindawo eziqashisayo, izindawo zokulala nezindawo zokudlela zasekuseni kanye nezinkampani zokuvakasha eziqondisiwe ukuze zihlinzekele izivakashi ezifuna ulwazi olujulile ngesikhathi sokuhlala kwabo.
"Ukuthola le ndiza njengendlela yokukhetha izivakashi, kanye namaBarbadians ahlala phesheya kwezilwandle abafuna ukuza ekhaya ngoMkhosi, kubalulekile ekuhlangabezaneni nesidingo sokundiza ngendiza esiqhingini kanye nokwandisa amathuba okuba abantu bendawo bazuze ekwandeni kwabafikayo ezindaweni zethu.”
USihlalo we-BTMI waphawula ukuthi ngemva kwengxoxo eyengeziwe nenkampani yezindiza, kwakuyinhloso yenkampani ukuthi le nkampani iqhubekele enkonzweni ehleliwe ngemva kuka-August, ukuze kugcinwe umzila odumile we-FLL-BGI ongahlinzekwa yinkampani yezindiza okwamanje. Ngemali yokuncintisana eqala ku-USD $599 yohambo lokuya nokubuya, u-Williams waphawula ukuthi ulindele i-Bahamas Air ukuthi ihambisane nendiza ekhona kakade phakathi kwe-Barbados ne-USA, kuyilapho igcina ukuxhumana kuvulekile phakathi kwe-Barbados ne-Northern Caribbean.
I-BTMI isivele iqale umkhankaso wokumaketha kanye nobudlelwano bomphakathi nama-ejenti ezokuhamba kanye nabezindaba zabathengi ngemuva kwe-USA kanye ne-Caribbean gateways ukuze kuqinisekiswe impumelelo ye-charter entsha. Ezinsukwini ezizayo, abantu baseBarbadian bangabheka izikhangiso ezivela kubasebenzeli bezokuvakasha bendawo mayelana nendlela yokubhuka.
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 yaqanjwa njengenye Yezindawo Eziphezulu Zemvelo Ngo-2022 ngama-Traveller's Choice Awards'.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- "Ukuthola le ndiza njengendlela yokukhetha izivakashi, kanye namaBarbadians ahlala phesheya kwezilwandle abafuna ukuza ekhaya ngoMkhosi, kubalulekile ekuhlangabezaneni nesidingo sokundiza ngendiza esiqhingini kanye nokwandisa amathuba okuba abantu bendawo bahlomule ekwandeni kwabafikayo ogwini lwethu.
- “Lo mthethosisekelo awubheki nje kuphela izivakashi kanye nabahlala kwamanye amazwe abazofika e-Barbados bedlula e-Bahamas Air, kodwa futhi unikeza abantu baseBarbadian ithuba lokuphuma baye e-USA kanye naseziqhingini zaseNorthern Caribbean okuhlanganisa i-Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Bermuda. nokunye,” kusho uWilliams.
- Isevisi yamasonto onke kabili yethula enye indlela entsha ukuze izivakashi kanye nabangaphandle bavakashele i-Barbados ngesikhathi esimatasa se-Crop Over, kanye nokuthi ama-Barbadians axhume e-USA naseNyakatho ye-Caribbean kalula.
