"Umthelela wezokuvakasha idlulela ngalé kwemingcele yemboni ngokwayo; inyakaza emikhakheni eyahlukene idala iwebhu yamathuba abantu. Imisebenzi edalwe ezokuvakasha idlulela kwezolimo, ezokuzijabulisa, ezokuvakasha, ezokuxhumana nezokuthutha, ukubala okumbalwa,” kuphawula. Jamaica UNdunankulu uHolness.
Ubenikeza inkulumo yosuku ngesikhathi somcimbi okhethekile wokusika iribhoni ophawula ukuvulwa ngokusemthethweni kwendawo entsha enamakamelo angu-352, i-Hideaway eRoyalton Blue Waters, e-Trelawny ngoDisemba 13, 2023. Ngokutshalwa kwezimali kwezigidi ezingu-US$40, ukuthuthukiswa kwenzelwe izinyanga eziyisithupha nje.
Njengoba iJamaica isezingeni eliqopha umlando lokuvikela izivakashi ezingaba yizigidi ezi-4.1 kulo nyaka, ngemuva nje kokuwa okubangelwe ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19, uNdunankulu u-Holness utshele uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, uMhlonishwa. Edmund Bartlett, "Ngicabanga ukuthi singenza izigidi eziyisishiyagalombili." Echaza umbono wakhe, uMnu. Holness waqhubeka: “Ngicabanga ukuthi singakwazi,” wanezela, “kumelwe sibe nesifiso sokuvelela,” ephawula ukuthi “iJamaica inokwehlukahlukana komkhiqizo wayo wezokuvakasha ukuze ihehe izivakashi eziningi.”
Uthe nakuba ejabule ngokukhula okumangalisayo kwemboni kuze kube manje, “Ngicabanga ukuthi kumele sizibekele imigomo emisha; kumele siziphushe kakhulu ngoba sinamandla.” UNdunankulu uHolness wathi “thina njengabantu kufanele siqale manje ukugxila ezintweni zomphakathi wethu, amasiko ethu; izinto ezisichaza njengabantu bokufeza lezi zinhloso zokuvelela okuzokwandisa ukuchuma kwethu.”
Ukhulume ngombiko wakamuva we-Planning Institute of Jamaica wokuthi esikhathini sikaJulayi kuya kuSepthemba 2023, iJamaica ikhule ngo-1.9% ngokwangempela ngekota efanayo ka-2022, ephawula ukuthi, “umkhakha wamahhotela nezindawo zokudlela ukhule ngo-8%.
Ngaleyo mpumelelo nokho, uMnu. Holness uthe ukuze abantu abaningi bahlomule embonini yezokuvakasha kumele kwenziwe imizamo emikhulu yokuqinisa ukuxhumana phakathi kwezokuvakasha kanye nazo zonke ezinye izimboni, ikakhulukazi ezolimo. Nakuba umthelela oqhubekayo emsebenzini ubonakala kuwo wonke amagumbi amasha akhiwayo, egomela ngokuthi akakwazi ukukugcizelela ngokwanele, ukugcizelele ukuthi:
“Ukuze sizuze ngempela kwezokuvakasha, yonke into enganikezwa isivakashi esivakasha lapha, engakhiqizwa lapha, kufanele yenziwe futhi ihlinzekwe lapha.”
Uvumile ukuthi kunenqubekelaphambili ebonakalayo eseyenziwe ngokusebenzisa iTourism Linkages Network, uphiko lweSikhwama Sokuthuthukisa Ezokuvakasha (TEF). Lokhu kubandakanya impumelelo yemicimbi yaminyaka yonke ye-Speed Networking kanye noKhisimuzi kaJulayi; kanye nenkundla ye-Agri-Linkages Exchange (ALEX), esikhiqize abalimi abancane abangaba ngu-$1 billion. Lolu hlelo lubona abalimi abancane abanezindawo ezingamahektha ama-3 kanye namahektha amahlanu kanye nabalimi bangasemuva bedayisela amahhotela endawo nezindawo zokudlela. Inkundla ye-ALEX, okuwuhlelo lokusebenzisana phakathi kwe-TEF ne-Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), iguqule ukusebenzisana phakathi kwabanikazi bamahhotela nabalimi.
Kodwa-ke, uNdunankulu ucele inqubekelaphambili eyengeziwe ngale kwalokhu osekuzuziwe. UMnu. Holness uthe ufuna ukukucacisela bonke ababambisene nabo ekuthuthukisweni kwezokuvakasha ukuthi isinyathelo esilandelayo sokuqinisa imikhiqizo nemikhiqizo yabo, “ukuqinisekisa ukuthi kukhona ukuxhumana okuhambisanayo, hhayi nje nokuqashwa, kodwa nokusetshenziswa I-Jamaican yenza izimpahla nezinkonzo kubantu abeza lapha. " Ugcizelele ukuthi "umngcele olandelayo kahulumeni ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi imikhiqizo eminingi yaseJamaica ingena emahhotela."
Ebonga uBlue Diamond ngokuza e-Jamaica kanye “nokuzethemba abasaqhubeka nokukukhombisa e-Destination Jamaica,” uNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett uphawule ngokutshalwa kwezimali kwenkampani, esebenzisana ne-Marriott international hotel.
I-Blue Diamond Resorts yathenga le ndawo eminyakeni engu-12 edlule futhi uMongameli weBlue Diamond Resorts, u-Jordi Pelfort wathembisa ukuthi "sizohlala isikhathi eside" njengoba ezwakalisa ukubonga kuhulumeni waseJamaican nakubantu. Uphinde wancoma ubuholi babesifazane baseJamican ngokumelene nesizinda sika-Jamaican Kerry Ann Quallo-Casserly njengoMqondisi Wezentengiso Wesifunda, e-Jamaica e-Blue Diamond Resorts, eqashe cishe u-95% wabantu baseJamaica kuwo wonke amahhotela ayo e-Negril nase-Falmouth.
KUBONWE EMTHENI OMKHULU: UNdunankulu, uMhlonishwa kakhulu. U-Andrew Holness (kwesobunxele), uMongameli weBlue Diamond Resorts, uJordi Pelfort (phakathi) kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, uMhlonishwa u-Edmund Bartlett bahamba bezulazula endaweni yaseBlue Diamond Resorts ngemva kokumemezela ngokusemthethweni indawo enamakamelo angu-352, eHideaway eRoyalton Blue Waters, eTrelawny. , ngoLwesithathu, ngo-December 13, 2023. Ngokutshalwa kwezimali kwezigidi ezingu-US$40, intuthuko yenziwa ngezinyanga eziyisithupha nje.
