Ezokuvakasha zaseJamaica UNgqongqoshe uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett umemezele ukuthi iJamaica izosingatha isithangami senqubomgomo yezinga eliphezulu ye-Organisation of American States (OAS) ngesonto elizayo ezogxila ekuvikeleni umkhakha wezokuvakasha kulesi sifunda ekuphazamisekeni, okuhlanganisa nokuwohloka komnotho okusondelayo.
Ekugcizeleleni ukubaluleka komhlangano, oqala ngoJulayi 20-21, 2022, uNgqongqoshe uBartlett uveze ukuthi “uhlobene kakhulu nokwakha ukuqina phakathi kwamaBhizinisi Ezokuvakasha Amancane Naphakathi. (Ama-SMTE) ukumelana nezinhlekelele kanye nokushaqeka kwangaphandle.”
Uphinde waphawula ukuthi "uhlelo lokwakha amakhono luzohamba ibanga elide njengoba sifuna ukufakazela umkhakha esikhathini esizayo" kusukela ekuwohlokeni komnotho okuzayo kanye nokunye ukushaqeka okuzayo imboni okungenzeka ibhekane nakho, wengeza ngokuthi "sidinga ukwazi ukuthuthukisa amandla ethu. ukuphendula kuyo.”
Egcizelela ukuthi ukuncika kweCaribbean kwezokuvakasha “akunasineke kunoma iyiphi ingxoxo maqondana nesidingo salolu hlobo lwesakhiwo esiqinile,” uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waveza ukuthi uma ama-SMTE engakwazi ukulawula ukuwohloka komnotho okuzayo, imboni yezokuvakasha izozizwa imiphumela egcwele yakho.
UMnu. Bartlett uthe ama-SMTE amele u-80% wababambe iqhaza embonini.
Khonamanjalo, uNgqongqoshe uBartlett uthe umhlangano we-OAS uzohlinzeka ngamathuluzi emazweni angaphansi kwesambulela sayo ukuze uwasize alawule kangcono ukuphazamiseka, okuhlanganisa lezo zohlobo lwesimo sezulu nezomnotho. Umcimbi uhlelwa ngokubambisana neCaribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA).
Uthe lo mhlangano wezinsuku ezimbili "uzokhombisa iJamaica njengelinye lamazwe enze kahle kakhulu ekulungiseleleni ababambiqhaza balo izinhlekelele, njengobhubhane," phakathi kwezinye izinto. Izobandakanya izingxoxo ngezindaba ezifana nezithiyo nezinselelo ezibhekene namabhizinisi amancane ezokuvakasha, ukuxhumana ngezinhlekelele, amathuluzi okuhlela ukuqhubeka kwebhizinisi kanye nokusungulwa kwamaQembu Okusabela Ezimeni Eziphuthumayo (i-CERT).
UNgqongqoshe uveze ukuthi le ngxoxo esezingeni eliphezulu ixhaswe yi-OAS ngokwesekwa yi-United States of America futhi izobona amazwe amaningi emelwe kulo mcimbi, ozoba seHoliday Inn e-Montego Bay.
UNgqongqoshe uBartlett usanda kukhethwa njengoSihlalo weKomidi elihlonishwayo le-OAS Inter-American Committee on Tourism (CITUR). Umhlangano wezithunywa zeqophelo eliphezulu ngesonto elizayo, ungenye yezinto zokuqala ezinhlelweni zakhe ngesikhathi enguSihlalo.
I-Organisation of American States iyinhlangano yesifunda endala kunazo zonke emhlabeni, esukela emuva kuNkomfa Yokuqala Yamazwe AseMelika ngo-Okthoba 1889 kuya ku-April 1890 eWashington, DC.
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- Stressing that the Caribbean's dependence on tourism “is impatient of any discussion with regards to the need for this kind of resilience building,” the Tourism Minister pointed out that if the SMTEs are not able to manage the looming recession, the tourism industry will feel the full effects of it.
- UNgqongqoshe uveze ukuthi le ngxoxo esezingeni eliphezulu ixhaswe yi-OAS ngokwesekwa yi-United States of America futhi izobona amazwe amaningi emelwe kulo mcimbi, ozoba seHoliday Inn e-Montego Bay.
- He also noted that the “capacity building initiative will go a far way as we seek to future-proof the sector” from an impending recession and other future shocks that the industry may face, adding that “we need to be able to develop our capacity to respond to it.
