UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett uphinde wagcizelela ukuzibophezela kwe-Jamaica ekudaleni indlela entsha eya phambili nezakhiwo njengoba ihlobene nokuphepha nokuphepha kwezivakashi. Lokhu kulandela umhlangano nongoti wezokuphepha kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele, uDkt. Peter Tarlow, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuphepha Kuzwelonke, uMhlonishwa uDkt. Horace Chang kanye namalungu aphezulu oMnyango Wezokuvakasha kanye nezinhlaka zawo.
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“Lo msebenzi wokubuyekeza izinhlelo zethu zokuphepha ngenhloso yokwenza ngcono ingqalasizinda yethu awukona ukugxambukela kwamadolo ngoba lonke ibhizinisi lokuphepha nokuvikela libalulekile kwezokuvakasha,
Ukuphepha, ukuvikeleka kanye nokungabi nazihibe kusekela umuzwa wenhlalakahle yezivakashi ezeqa imingcele. Kuwumuzwa okufanele uhlasele isihambi ngaphambi kokuthi sisuke lapho siya khona ngakho-ke kuwumthwalo wemfanelo wendawo ukuthi inhlalakahle yezivakashi ivikelekile,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
UDkt. Peter Tarlow njengamanje ukulesi siqhingi ukuzohlinzeka ngosizo lwezobuchwepheshe ocwaningweni olubanzi lwezokuphepha olwenziwa yiTourism Product Development Company (TPDCo). Ucwaningo lwezokuvikela, oluzophothulwa engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka wezi-2019, luzohlonza izikhala futhi luqinisekise ukuthi indawo okuyiwa kuyo ihlala iphephile, ivikelekile futhi ingenazihibe ezivakashini nakubantu bendawo ngokufanayo.
Njengengxenye yokuthembisana kukaDkt. Tarlow, wahlangana naye wenza isethulo kubaphathi abajwayelekile bamahhotela; ochwepheshe bezokuphepha; osonkontileka bemboni kanye nezikhulu eziphezulu zamaphoyisa ngesikhathi kuneSithangami Sezokuphepha Nokuvikeleka Kwezokuvakasha e-Montego Bay Convention Centre namuhla.
Kusasa, uDkt. Tarlow uzojoyina isithangami nethimba lokucwaninga imisebenzi yezokuphepha; ukuhlangana nezikhulu zenxusa ezivela e-United States, United Kingdom naseCanada; futhi babe nengxenye esithangamini nabezindaba esizobanjelwa ngaphakathi kwegumbi lebhodi le-TPDCo ehhovisi labo eliseNew Kingston.
UNgqongqoshe Wezokuphepha Kuzwelonke, uMhlonishwa uDkt. Horace Chang uthe, “I-Jamaica Constabulary Force ibeke njengengxenye yezinto eziza kuqala, ukuphepha komphakathi, njengoba izivakashi ngokwazo zizohlomula ekuphepheni nasekuvikelekeni komphakathi. Sisezinhlelweni zokuqinisa zonke izindawo zamaphoyisa ukuze angagcini nje ngokuqinisekisa izakhamizi zethu ngokuphepha kwawo emiphakathini eyahlukene kodwa abanike amandla okukhulisa amakhono abo.”
UDkt. Tarlow wagqamisa ukuthi ukuphepha kwezokuvakasha ngempela, “Isiqiniseko sezokuvakasha, esihlanganisa ukunakekela izivakashi; ukunakekela abasebenzi embonini; ukunakekela izindawo ezikhangayo noma iziza; ukunakekela ezomnotho nokunakekela isithunzi sakho.”
Lapho eveza ukubaluleka kokuzivocavoca jikelele, uNgqongqoshe uBartlett wengeze ngokuthi, “I-Jamaica yenze umsebenzi oncomekayo eminyakeni edlule, futhi thina ngokwemibandela eqhathanisayo siphezu kwesikali sezindawo eziphephile nezivikelekile emhlabeni wonke. Umzamo wethu wokuhlola kabusha inqubo yethu nokuzisungula kabusha kuyingxenye yokugcina leso sikhundla sokuvelela kule ndawo emhlabeni wonke.”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- In pointing out the importance of the overall exercise, Minister Bartlett added that, “Jamaica has done an excellent job over the years, and we in comparative terms are on top of the scale of safe and secure destinations across the world.
- “This exercise of reviewing our security arrangements with a view to improving our infrastructure is not a knee jerk reaction because the whole business of safety and security is fundamental to tourism,.
- It is a feeling that must pervade the traveler before they even leave their destination and therefore it is the responsibility of the destination that the well-being of visitors are secure,” said Minister Bartlett.
