KINGSTON, Jamaica – UMnyango Wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica, izinhlaka zawo kanye nabalingani bemboni bazofuna ukuqwashisa ngendima edlalwa i-Jamaica ekuthuthukiseni ezokuvakasha ezinomthwalo wemfanelo, ezisimeme futhi ezifinyeleleka emhlabeni wonke, phakathi nomgubho wawo waminyaka yonke we-Tourism Awareness Week (TAW). Lokhu kuhambisana nomkhankaso woMnyango wokuqinisekisa ukuthi izinzuzo zezokuvakasha zizwakala yiwo wonke umuntu waseJamaican ubude nobubanzi besiqhingi kanye nokuthuthukisa ngokuqhubekayo umkhiqizo wezokuvakasha ukuze uhlangabezane nezidingo ezihlukile zezivakashi zethu.
Umgubho wesonto lonke uzogujwa kusukela mhla zingama-25 kuMandulo – mhla lu-1 kuMfumfu 2016, ngaphansi kweNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha (UNWTO) isiqubulo soSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha, mhla zingama-27 kuMandulo – 'Ezokuvakasha Kubantu Bonke: Ukuthuthukisa Ukufinyeleleka Kuwo Wonke Umuntu'. Ithembisa ukuthi kuzoba yisonto elizobandakanya wonke umuntu, nochungechunge lwemisebenzi egqamisa umsebenzi owenziwa uNgqongqoshe kanye nezinhlaka zawo ukuze kugqugquzelwe ukufinyeleleka emhlabeni wonke emkhakheni wezokuvakasha.
Ngokusho the UNWTO, amaphesenti angu-15 abantu emhlabeni kulinganiselwa ukuthi aphila nohlobo oluthile lokukhubazeka. Ngokuqondile, kunabantu abalinganiselwa ku-1 bhiliyoni emhlabeni wonke, abangakwazi ukujabulela ilungelo lokuhamba ukuze bazizwele elinye isiko ngenxa yokukhubazeka ngokomzimba.
“I-Jamaica iyakubona ukubaluleka kokufinyeleleka emhlabeni wonke futhi sifuna ekugcineni sisuse yonke imigoqo engase ivimbele abantu abanezidingo ezikhethekile nabakhubazekile ukuba bajabulele isiqhingi sethu esihle. Siyazi ukuthi ngokuthuthuka okwengeziwe kulo mkhakha mayelana nalokhu, kwenza izwe lethu lithengiseke kakhulu futhi lihehe, ekugcineni kwenyuse imali engase ibe khona,” kusho uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha uNom. Edmund Bartlett.
Ekubhekeni i-TAW, uMnyango kanye nezinhlaka zawo bazogqamisa imizamo efana nohlelo lukazwelonke lokuthuthukisa amabhishi olunikeza ukufinyelela okugcwele kwamanye amabhishi angcono kakhulu esiqhingini sabo bonke abantu baseJamaica kanye nezivakashi okuhlanganisa nabantu abakhubazekile ngokomzimba. Omunye umsebenzi obalulekile wukuthuthukiswa kweTourism Linkages Network efuna ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu abaningi baseJamaica bathola ithuba lokuba yingxenye yalo mkhakha futhi bathole izinzuzo eziningi.
“Nginikeze ithimba lethu elingaphakathi eMnyangweni kanye nezinhlaka zawo, ukuthi liqinisekise ukuthi njengoba sihlanganisa futhi sithuthukisa umkhiqizo wethu wezokuvakasha, kucatshangelwa ukwamukela izivakashi ezinezidingo ezikhethekile,” kwengeza uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
Uhlu lwemisebenzi yeVeki Lokuqwashisa Ngezokuvakasha luzobandakanya: ukuncintisana kwezokuxhumana; umncintiswano wephosta; Uhlelo Lokuthuthukiswa Kolwandle Kuvezwa ngoSepthemba 27th eBoston Beach, ePortland; kanye nokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni kwe-National Community Tourism Portal ngoSepthemba 28th e-Devon House.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- This is in-keeping with the Ministry's drive to ensure that the benefits of tourism are felt by every Jamaican across the length and breadth of the island and to continuously improve the tourism product to meet the unique needs of our visitors.
- Another important undertaking is the development of the Tourism Linkages Network which seeks to ensure that more Jamaicans have the opportunity to be a part of the sector and reap the many benefits.
- It promises to be an engaging week, with a series of activities highlighting the work the Ministry and its agencies are doing to foster universal accessibility within the tourism sector.
