Ngenkathi ebhekisisa ukuntengantenga komhlaba wonke okudalwe impi yase-Ukraine, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica, uMhlonishwa. Edmund Bartlett, uzwakala enenothi elihle ngokuqhubeka nokuthuthuka embonini yezokuvakasha yaseJamaica.
Ephuma esikhungweni sokuhlehla esisingathwe uMnyango eMontego Bay ngempelasonto sokuhlola izilinganiso ezengeziwe ezisanda kwethulwa, uNgqongqoshe uBartlett ukhale ngomonakalo odalwe ukungqubuzana futhi wagcizelela isidingo sokuxazulula inkinga ngokuthula.
Wengeze ngokuthi ngokusekelwe ekuhloleni kwe Jamaicaizimakethe eziyinhloko zemithombo yezokuvakasha, “naphezu kwesimo saseYurophu…”
"Sisesendleleni eqinile yokululama."
"Ukuhlehla kuvumele uMnyango nezinhlaka zawo zomphakathi ukuthi zibheke ukukhula komkhakha ngemuva kweminyaka emibili yezinselelo ezinzima ezilethwe wubhubhane lwe-COVID-19."
Ungqongqoshe uBartlett uthe “umkhakha wezokuvakasha ubheke phambili ekukhuleni futhi sinesiqinisekiso, ikakhulukazi esiphuma kozakwethu bezokuvakasha e-USA naseYurophu, ngezinhlelo eziqinisekisiwe zokwenyuka kwezindiza eziya eJamaica, kusukela phakathi kuka-April noMeyi. Nokho, sihlala sihlola umthelela wesimo e-Ukraine nemithelela yaso, ikakhulukazi uma kubhekwa izinqumo ezithathwa yizinkampani zezindiza zokukhawulela ukuhamba kwezindiza phakathi kweRussia namazwe ahlukahlukene.”
UMnu. Bartlett uphinde wadalula ukuthi imibiko yenqubekelaphambili yatholwa ngesikhathi sokuhoxa kosihlalo bamakomiti eTourism Recovery Task Forces, asungulwe ngenxa yalolu bhubhane ukuze ahlole izici ezahlukahlukene zemboni futhi enze izincomo mayelana nendlela eya phambili ukuze kusheshiswe ukululama kwalo mkhakha.
“Emasontweni ambalwa ezayo, sizobe sihlaziya le mibiko futhi sizoxoxa ngezincomo ezifanele nabalingani bethu kwezokuvakasha futhi senze ukuzimisela ngohlelo lokuqalisa ukusebenza oluya phambili,” kusho uMnu. Bartlett.
Isithombe sihlonishwa yi-Jamaica Ministry of Tourism
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Bartlett also disclosed that progress reports were received at the retreat from chairmen of the Tourism Recovery Task Force Committees, set up in light of the pandemic to examine various aspects of the industry and make recommendations on the way forward to expedite the sector's recovery.
- Ephuma esikhungweni sokuhlehla esisingathwe uMnyango eMontego Bay ngempelasonto sokuhlola izilinganiso ezengeziwe ezisanda kwethulwa, uNgqongqoshe uBartlett ukhale ngomonakalo odalwe ukungqubuzana futhi wagcizelela isidingo sokuxazulula inkinga ngokuthula.
- Minister Bartlett said “the tourism sector is primed for growth and we have assurances, especially from our travel partners in the USA and Europe, of confirmed plans for increased flights to Jamaica, starting between April and May.
