Izivakashi zaseCayman Islands zidlulela ngale kokuqagela

UNgqongqoshe uMhlonishwa. UKenneth Bryan waqokwa Usihlalo we-Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) e-Ritz Carlton Hotel ngo-September 2022 eMihlanganweni Yebhizinisi yaminyaka yonke ye-CTO eyabanjwa kusukela ngo-September 12-15, 2022. Kwakukule ngqungquthela yemihlangano lapho athembisa khona ukuthi i-Cayman Islands izoba seduze futhi kube lula ukuyivakashela kune-Hawaii evela e-Los Angeles. Isikhumulo sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe (i-LAX) ngokwethulwa kwezimbalwa nsuku zonke Cayman Islands izindiza ngenkampani yezindiza ethwala ifulegi i-Cayman Airways.

The Cayman Islands yamukele izivakashi eziyi-1,027,668 ngo-2022 ngabagibeli bezikebhe abangama-743,394 kanye nezivakashi ezingama-284,274. Izibalo zokuvakashelwa kokuhamba ngomkhumbi nokuhlala isikhathi eside zidlule imigomo ebekwe uHulumeni waseCayman Islands.

Ukufika Kwezindiza

Ngonyaka ka-2022, uMnyango Wezokuvakasha ubeke umgomo wezivakashi ezingu-200,000, ukuze kuzuzwe inhloso yoMnyango Wezokuvakasha yemali engenayo yentela yezokuvakasha engu-40% ka-2019, kanye nomgomo owengeziwe wezivakashi ezingu-256,000.
 
Kube nesiqalo esihamba kancane ngoJanuwari ngezivakashi ezingama-5,864 zokuhlala kodwa lokhu kukhule ngokushesha inyanga nenyanga engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka, kanye nendlela kaHulumeni waseCayman Islands ehlelwe ngezigaba yokuvula kabusha izwe ngokunciphisa imingcele yokuhamba.

 
Yonke imikhawulo yokuhamba yasuswa ekupheleni kuka-Agasti futhi abafika ngezindiza banda.

Ukuvakasha ngekota yokugcina ka-2023 kulinganiselwa ku-89% wezinombolo zango-2019 kanti unyaka wonke, ngoJanuwari kuya kuDisemba, iziqhingi zaseCayman ziqophe u-57% wezinombolo zokuvakasha zango-2019. Ekupheleni konyaka, ukuvakashelwa kokuhlala kudlule inhloso yoMnyango ngo-11%.

Ephawula ngokuvakasha kuka-2022 kokuhlala uNkz. Rosa Harris, uMqondisi Wezokuvakasha wabelane:

“Ukwethemba indawo okuyiwa kuyo ngenxa yendlela yethu elinganiselwe nehlukanisiwe yokuvula kabusha ngemuva kokuvalwa kwe-COVID-19 kuholele ekwenyukeni kwesidingo okusheshise ukuvakasha kwethu lapho yonke imikhawulo yokuhamba isiyehlisiwe. Izinga lezindawo zethu zokuhlala nezihehayo, izitolo nezindawo zokudlela kanye nekhalenda lemicimbi ethokozisayo, okuhlanganisa nemicimbi ephawulekayo njengeCapella Music Festival, iCayman Islands marathon kanye nemihlangano kanye namaqembu ezinkuthazo ayaqhubeka nokushayela izivakashi endaweni.”
 
Yize i-United States ibibala u-80.8% wazo zonke izivakashi ezihlala, i-UK ne-Ireland bekuyimakethe eshesha ukutholwa ngo-2022 ifinyelela ku-77% wezinga lokuvakasha lango-2019. Lokhu kulandelwe iCanada ngama-66% wezinga lika-2019 lapho iCanada iqopha ukukhula ngaphezu kwezinombolo zika-2019 ngoJulayi, Okthoba nangoDisemba 2022. I-Latin America ibiyimakethe yesithathu elulama ngokushesha efinyelela ku-60% wokuvakasha kuka-2019.
 
Izivakashi eziphindayo eziqhingini zimele u-46.7% uma kuqhathaniswa no-44.4% ngo-2019. Ukwengeza, ubude obumaphakathi bokuhlala kwezivakashi bukhuphuke busuka kubusuku obungu-5.9 ngo-2019 ukuya kubusuku obungu-7.6 ngo-2022. Ngokusekelwe kudatha evela ku-STR Inc., ehlinzeka ngedatha yomhlaba wonke embonini yamahhotela, isilinganiso sansuku zonke samahhotela endaweni oya kuyo sikhuphuke ngo-12% ngo-2019.  

 
Ukuvakasha Kwezikebhe

 
Imikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi yabuyela eCayman Islands ngoMashi 2022, kwathi ngoDisemba 2022, indawo yamukela abagibeli abahamba ngomkhumbi abangu-743,394 emikhunjini engama-261.

 
"I-Cruise tourism iyisizinda samabhizinisi aseCaymania amele amaphesenti aphezulu abanikazi bamabhizinisi endawo kunanoma iyiphi enye ingxenye yezokuvakasha futhi iyingxenye ebalulekile yezokuvakasha."

UMhlonishwa. U-Kenneth Bryan, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Nezokuthutha, wengeze wathi: “Sithanda ukubonga ozakwethu ku-Port Authority kanye nabaqhubi bethu bezemidlalo yezokuthutha nezamanzi ngokuzibophezela kwabo ekwenzeni i-Cayman Islands indawo ethandwa kakhulu abagibeli abahamba ngomkhumbi. Sijabule ngesibalo sabavakashi ngo-2022 futhi sizoqhubeka nokuphatha ngenkuthalo umthamo wokuhamba ngomkhumbi kokubili ngokwezinga lemikhumbi echwebeni kanye nenani labagibeli abangena ogwini lwethu. Sibheke ngabomvu ukubuyisela ezokuvakasha ngomkhumbi ngendlela elinganiselwe neqhubekayo ngo-2023.”

 
Sibheke ngabomvu ku-2023

 
Indawo ekuyiwa kuyo izibekele umgomo wokuvakashela wonke wama-70% wezinombolo zango-2019 kanye noMhlonishwa. UKenneth Bryan, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha NezokuThutha uyaqiniseka ukuthi iziqhingi zaseCayman zizowufinyelela lo mgomo.
 
"Silindele ukuthi unyaka ka-2023 ube unyaka oyingqopha-mlando kwezokuvakasha ononyaka ogcwele wekhalenda wezivakashi ukuze usivumele ukuthi sihlele kabusha isikhathi sethu sonyaka sihambisane nokulindelwe okusha ngohambo lwangemva kobhubhane," kusho uNgqongqoshe uBryan. “Indawo yethu yokuhlala, indawo yokudlela kanye nezitolo esisebenzisana nazo zikulungele ukwamukela izivakashi, futhi sizoqhubeka nezingxoxo zamasu nozakwethu bezinkampani zezindiza ukuze sinikeze indiza ekhuphukayo lapho siya khona ukuze siqinisekise ukugcwala kwezivakashi. Siphinde futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana noma ozakwethu ku-cruise ukuze sithuthuke futhi silethe umuzwa oyiqiniso wendawo.
 
UMnyango Wezokuvakasha e-Cayman Islands (CIDOT) usekela izinhloso zamasu eziphelele zendawo okuyiwa kuyo ngokunikeza idatha yezibalo ethembekile, ulwazi oluwusizo nokuhlaziya ukuhlela okuzayo, ukuthathwa kwezinqumo kanye nokwakhiwa kwenqubomgomo. I-CIDOT ihlinzeka ngedatha yezibalo eku-inthanethi ngendlela elula ukuyisebenzisa kubantu abadinga izibalo ezihlobene nezokuvakasha.