UNgqongqoshe uBartlett Wangeniswa eHholo Lodumo Lokuvakasha Lomhlaba Wonke

Ungqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett, izolo (ngomhla zingama-28 kuMbasa) ujoyine iqembu elihlonishwayo labaphumelele kakhulu embonini yezokuvakasha yamazwe ngamazwe neyokwamukela izihambi, ngokungeniswa kwakhe eHholo Lodumo Lokuhamba Lomhlaba Lodumo.

I-Global Travel Hall of Fame, eyake yabizwa ngokuthi i-British Travel and Hospitality Hall of Fame, “ibona abaphumelele kakhulu emikhakheni yezokuvakasha, yokungenisa izihambi, ezokuvakasha nezokungcebeleka.” Ama-inductees abuye atuswe ngokuthi “abangagcinanga nje ngokuzuza impumelelo eyisimanga yebhizinisi kodwa futhi bakhuthaze futhi balolonge labo ababazungezile.” UNgqongqoshe uBartlett ungumholi wokuqala wezokuvakasha eCaribbean ukuthola lolu dumo.

Umcimbi wokungeniswa okunemininingwane ububanjelwe eThe Chesterfield Hotel eLondon. I-British Travel and Hospitality Hall of Fame yatholwa yi-Jacobs Media Group ngo-2014. Kodwa-ke, umcimbi kamuva waphoqeleka ukuthi uthathe ikhefu phakathi nobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 futhi kamuva waqanjwa kabusha.

Ungqongqoshe uBartlett uthe “uthotshisiwe ukuhlonishwa” okulandela uxhaxha lweminye imiklomelo yezimboni yomhlaba wonke ayinikwa.

“Kuyinto ethobayo ngempela ukuhlonishwa ngale ndlela futhi ngifakwe njengelungu leqembu elihlonishwayo, ikakhulukazi ngoba aliboni nje iqhaza lami kulo mkhakha, kodwa iqiniso lokuthi I-Jamaica igqamile njengesibonelo esihle salokho okungazuzwa kwezokuvakasha,” kuzwakalisa uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.

Uphinde wanikeza udumo ithimba aliholayo eMnyangweni Wezokuvakasha kanye nezinhlaka zawo zomphakathi, echaza amalungu ngokuthi “ngabasebenzi bomkhakha kahulumeni abazinikele kakhulu nabasebenza kanzima abakwazisa ukubaluleka kwalokho abakwenzayo ekuphumeleleni kwezokuvakasha kanye negalelo layo elibalulekile umnotho waseJamaica.” UNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett uphinde wancoma ababambiqhaza bezokuvakasha kuso sonke isiqhingi ngeqhaza labo nokweseka njengabahlanganyeli ekuthuthukiseni lo mkhakha eminyakeni edlule.

Imiklomelo kaNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett ihlanganisa ukuqokwa njengowe-Caribbean's Leading Personality for Outstanding Services to Tourism kuma-23rd World Travel Awards ngo-2016 kanye noNgqongqoshe Wonyaka Wezokuvakasha Wase-Caribbean kuma-Caribbean Travel Awards ngo-2017.

Ngo-2018 i-Pacific Area Travel Writers 'Association (PATWA) iqambe uMnu. Bartlett uNgqongqoshe Wonyaka Wezokuvakasha Okuqhubekayo. Ngo-2019 waklonyeliswa ngendondo yokuqala ye-TRAVVY Awards kaSihlalo weGlobal Tourism Innovation yokuthuthukisa iGlobal Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center (GTRCMC). Uphinde wathola umklomelo ohlonishwayo we-Gusi Peace ovela ku-Gusi Foundation ngo-2020.

Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga uNgqongqoshe uBartlett uphinde waqokwa phakathi kwezimpawu zomhlaba ezingama-50 zezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha “asebesungule izinto ezintsha futhi bakha izilinganiso ezintsha emikhakheni yezokuvakasha, yezindiza, ezokuvakasha, ezokuvakasha kanye nezihlangene.”

Ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe, iJamaica ibone imboni yayo yezokuvakasha ebaluleke kakhulu ibuya ekucekeleni phansi komqedazwe we-COVID-19 futhi isendleleni eya ekulinganeni kwezibalo zamarekhodi angaphambi kobhubhane lwabafikayo nabaholayo.