JamaicaImali engenayo yezimali zakwamanye amazwe isalokhu isendleleni yokukhula ngekota yokuqala ka-2023 njengoba kulindeleke ukuthi kunyuke imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.4 zamaRandi emali etholwa ezokuvakasha enkathini yezivakashi yasebusika, eqale ngomhlaka-15 Disemba.
UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha ojabule, Hon. U-Edmund Bartlett, uthe imali ehlongozwayo isekelwe ezihlalweni zomoya eziyizigidi ezingu-1.3 ezigcinelwe lesi sikhathi kanye nokutholakala okuphelele kokuhamba ngomkhumbi. Umbono omuhle wadwetshwa nguNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett esidlweni sasekuseni sokubonga esasihlelwe yi-Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) ngezigaba ezahlukene zabasebenzi esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Sangster International sase-Montego Bay.
Ekhuluma namuhla esidlweni sasekuseni saminyaka yonke sokubonga abasebenzi esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Sangster International e-Montego Bay, ekuqaleni kwesizini, uNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett ugcizelele ukuthi le ndawo izokwamukela izivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-1.4 futhi izuze imali elinganiselwa ku-$1.5 billion ngemali yangaphandle.”
Ethola ukululama ngokuphelele ekuqubukeni kwe-COVID-19, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waphawula: “Lobu busika buzoba ubusika obungcono kakhulu iJamaica eke yaba nabo lapho kufika umlando wesizini okulindeleke ukuthi kube ngu-950,000 wokuma kanye no-524,000 wokuhamba ngomkhumbi. . Ngakho, lokho kuyenza isondele ezivakashini eziyizigidi ezingu-1.5 kule sizini; inani elikhulu lezivakashi esake saba nalo.”
Futhi, waveza: “Ngemali etholwayo, sibheke ku-US$1.4 billion. Eqinisweni, kusondele ku- $ 1.5 billion futhi lokho futhi kungukukhuphuka okungama-36% ngo-2019 futhi kuphezulu kakhulu kune-US $ 1.094 billion etholwe ngonyaka odlule, okuzokwenza u-2023 ube umholo oqinile wasebusika owake waba nawo iJamaica. Lokhu kuveza kahle ukuzinza nokukhula kwezwe lemali yangaphandle njengoba i-NIR (net international reserves) izoba sesimweni esihle.”
UNgqongqoshe uBartlett wamemezela:
"Sesibuyele kwesejwayelekile, futhi ngifuna ukubonga bonke ababambiqhaza bethu ngomsebenzi omkhulu abawenzile ukuze sikwazi ukululama olukhula ngamandla."
Utshele abasebenzi basesikhumulweni sezindiza ukuthi: “Konke lokhu kwenzeke ngoba nisebenze kanzima, ngoba nizinikele nasiphathela ibhola ngesikhathi esinzima.
Ukuqinisekiswa ukuthi ukululama ngomkhumbi kuzokwenzeka ngonyaka ozayo, kuhlanganiswe nabafika bema, "kuzosifaka esiphethweni sika-2023 esizoba ngaphambi kuka-2019 ukuze silulame ngokukhula futhi yilokho esikushoyo ngokuthi ukuthi sifuna ukululama ngamandla,” usho kanje.
Uma kuqhathaniswa nobusika obudlule, uMnu. Bartlett uthe ubusika buka-2022/23 kufanele buphume nokwenyuka ngo-29.6% kwabafikayo uma befika. Ngasikhathi sinye, ngokuhamba ngomkhumbi ebusika obudlule, iJamaica ibinabagibeli abangu-146,700 kanti kulobu busika “silindele ukwenyuka okungama-257%. Isithombe sisonke sabavakashi abafika ngesikhathi sasebusika ukuthi “ngonyaka odlule sibe nezi-879,927 kanti kulobu busika obungama-23 siveza izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-1.47 kulesi sikhathi, okuwukunyuka okukhulu okungama-67.5%,” engeza.
Uma kuqhathaniswa, imali etholwayo ime ngaphezudlwana kuka-US$1 bhiliyoni ngonyaka odlule kuyilapho ukuma kuphela kufanele kukhiqize u-US$1.4 webhiliyoni, ngesikhathi sasebusika, okuwukunyuka okungama-33.4%. I-Cruise yehle ngonyaka owedlule ngenxa yalolu bhubhane, iJamaica yathola ama-US $ 14 million kuphela kodwa manje ilindele ukudonsa ngama-US $ 51.9 million kulo nyaka.
Isikhathi sokuvakasha sasebusika ngokuvamile siqala ngoDisemba 15 futhi sihlala kuze kube maphakathi no-April. Mayelana nezindiza zalesi sikhathi, iJamaica iphinde iveze izihlalo eziyizigidi eziyi-1.3 kuzo ezingaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingama-900 zizovela e-United States.
I-Jamaica ihlelelwe ukwamukela izivakashi ezingu-1,474, 219 okusho ukukhuphuka okungama-67.5% uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2022. Iholo kulindeleke ukuthi lifinyelele cishe ku-$ 1.5 billion, okuzoba ukunyuka okungu-36.3%.
"Lokhu kubaluleke nakakhulu ngoba sisebenze ndawonye ukuze sibuyisele ezokuvakasha, impilo yomnotho wethu, emuva kokudlula ubhubhane olungakaze lube khona emhlabeni," kwengeza uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
“Isikhundla somkhiqizo weJamaica sihlala siqinile, futhi sisaqhubeka nokubona izivakashi ziza ngobuningi bazo ukuze zithole ulwazi oluyiqiniso kusukela ekudleni kwethu kuya emculweni wethu kanye nempilo yasebusuku. Sizoqhubeka nokubeka amasu wendawo ukuze siqinisekise ukwenyuka okwengeziwe kwabafikayo nabaholayo, kusho u-Donovan White, uMqondisi Wezokuvakasha, we-Jamaica Tourist Board.
