I-ST. KITTS AND NEVIS – UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha NezokuThutha Kwamazwe Ngamazwe uMhlonishwa. U-Richard Skerritt utshele ababambiqhaza bemboni ku-National Consultation ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuthi i-St. Kitts ibuyekeze i-Tourism Strategy.
UNgqongqoshe uveze izimpumelelo eziningi i-St. Kitts ne-Nevis eseziyenzile kwezokuVakasha kodwa wathi kuningi okungazuzwa uma bonke ababambisene besebenza ngokubambisana. Ngaleso sikhathi wayekhuluma nabamele izinkampani zikahulumeni nezizimele ababehlangene ku-National Consultation on Sustainable Tourism Development Strategy eyayise-OTI ngoMashi 21.
Wazise ukuthi leli qembu likhona ukuzocubungula imiphumela yocwaningo lwakamuva olwenziwe nguDkt Auliana Poon, inhloko yeTourism Intelligence International, inhlangano ebhekelele ezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha.
UNgqongqoshe u-Skerritt ugcizelele indima ebalulekile edlalwe Ezokuvakasha emnothweni kazwelonke, waveza ukuthi iningi leminye imikhakha efana neyokwakha, ezolimo, izindlu nezakhiwo kanye nezezimali iqhutshwa yisidingo sabathengi abahlobene nezokuvakasha.
“Ezokuvakasha zibe nokukhula okukhulu ezikhathini zamuva nje. Silinganisela ngokungagodli ukuthi iqhuba ngaphezu kwekota yomnotho wezwe namuhla. Yimboni ekhulayo nehlukene...ithinta zonke izinhlaka zomnotho,” kusho yena.
Ukhumbuze ukuthi iTourism izuzisa amaKittitian namaNevisians avela kuzo zonke izigaba zokuphila ngakho-ke wajabula ukubona ababhucunga i-Aloe, abathengisi, abezokuphepha, abomthetho, abaluki bezinwele, abadobi, abamatekisi nabavakashi kanye nabathuthukisi, abanikazi bamahhotela nezikhulu zezokuVakasha besebenzisana. ukwakha isu elibuyekeziwe lezokuvakasha elizobumba inqubomgomo yeminyaka emi-5-XNUMX ezayo.
Ungqongqoshe uSkerritt wazise ukuthi abantu abafiseleka kakhulu ezivakashini ezisezingxenyeni ezihlukene zezimakethe kumele kube yibo okuhloswe ngabo isu elisha. Uthe ucwaningo lokugcina lwenziwa ngo-2006 nolwasiza ukuhlonza ukuthi ngubani owayevakashele ngaleso sikhathi kodwa kuningi osekushintshile embonini kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.
“Ukuthuthukiswa kanye nokukhula kwezokuvakasha e-St. Kuningi okwenzekile emhlabeni kusukela ngowezi-2006 okuhlanganisa nezinguquko ezimangalisayo kwezobuchwepheshe ezidale ukwanda kwezinkundla zokuxhumana; ukuwohloka komnotho womhlaba okungakaze kubonwe ngaphambili osekukhombisa ukusimama okulingene nje bekungacatshangwa ngo-2006.
"Kuphoqe imboni yezokuvakasha neyokuvakasha ukuthi ivukele ukuncintisana komhlaba wonke kwemboni kanye nesidingo sokwengeza inani kumthengi," kusho uSkerritt, esho ukuthi ezokuvakasha ezisezingeni eliphezulu bekuyindlela okufanele ihanjwe ngenkathi kugcinwa ezokuvakasha ngobuningi. Uphawule ukwanda kokufika kwabagibeli abahamba ngomkhumbi, ukuvakasha kwezikebhe kanye nemikhumbi yangasese, ukuvakasha kwezindiza ezizimele, kanye nabafika ngendiza besuka ezimakethe ezinkulu zamazwe ngamazwe njenge-US ne-UK.
Unobhala Omkhulu Womnyango Wezokuvakasha u-Patricia Martin uchaze ukubonisana njengengxenye ebalulekile yenqubo yokuthuthukisa isu lomkhakha wezokuvakasha kazwelonke. Ukuxoxisana, uthe, kunikeze abathintekayo embonini ebaluleke kakhulu ithuba lokuxoxisana ngezindaba ezahlukahlukene ezingasiza ekwakheni isu.
“Ucwaningo lokugcina lwenziwa ngo-2006 futhi uma kubhekwa igxathu elibalulekile eselihanjwe kulo mkhakha kwabonakala sengathi lesi yisikhathi esihle sokwenza isu elisha elizonikeza umkhombandlela wokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo,” kusho yena.
Uthe ucwaningo olwenziwa uDkt. Poon lubandakanya iziphakamiso zokuthi ungawuthuthukisa kanjani umkhiqizo wezokuvakasha nokukhulisa ezokuvakasha kanti luhlanganisa nezindaba ezifana nokuthuthukiswa kwabasebenzi, imvelo namasiko endawo.
UDkt. Poon wazise ngokubaluleka kokusungulwa kabusha komkhiqizo womuntu wezokuvakasha. Uthe imboni isisukile emikhiqizweni futhi isiphenduke “abasekela abantu”.
“Uma singazisunguli kabusha sizofa…Imboni isukile emikhiqizweni kanye nemibhede yamahhotela yaqala ukuzwa; izivakashi zifuna ukubandakanya abantu. Bangaphezu kwesigamu ababambe iqhaza kulolu cwaningo bathi abantu yibona abaningi, balandelwa yimvelo namasiko,” kusho yena.
UDkt. Poon uhlanganyele nababekhona ekuhlaziyeni okusebenzisanayo nasekuboniseni imibono phakathi nosuku futhi waphetha ngamaseshini okuhlela isenzo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ukhumbuze ukuthi iTourism izuzisa amaKittitian namaNevisians avela kuzo zonke izigaba zokuphila ngakho-ke wajabula ukubona ababhucunga i-Aloe, abathengisi, abezokuphepha, abomthetho, abaluki bezinwele, abadobi, abamatekisi nabavakashi kanye nabathuthukisi, abanikazi bamahhotela nezikhulu zezokuVakasha besebenzisana. ukwakha isu elibuyekeziwe lezokuvakasha elizobumba inqubomgomo yeminyaka emi-5-XNUMX ezayo.
- “It has forced the travel and tourism industry to wake up to the global competitiveness of the industry and the need for added value for the consumer,” Skerritt revealed, stating that high-end tourism was the way to go while maintaining mass tourism.
- “Ucwaningo lokugcina lwenziwa ngo-2006 futhi uma kubhekwa igxathu elibalulekile eselihanjwe kulo mkhakha kwabonakala sengathi lesi yisikhathi esihle sokwenza isu elisha elizonikeza umkhombandlela wokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo,” kusho yena.
