ISanta Lucia ishaya izivakashi ngemali 'entsha yokuhlala'

Uhulumeni waseSaint Lucia umemezele ukuthi, kulandela ukubonisana nababambiqhaza embonini yezokuvakasha, uzokwethula imali entsha yokukhokhela izivakashi.

Kusukela ngomhlaka-1 Ephreli 2020, izivakashi ezihlala eSaint Lucia kuzodingeka ukuthi zikhokhe imali yokuhlala lapho zihlala esiqhingini.

Bonke abahlinzeki ngendawo yokuhlala esiqhingini (amahhotela, izindlu zezivakashi, ama-villas, amafulethi njll.) kuzodingeka ukuthi baqoqe lapho behlala phezu kwezivakashi u-US$3.00 no-US$6.00 ngokulandelana ngenani lasebusuku elingezansi noma elingaphezu kuka-US$120.

Izimali zizokhokhwa yisivakashi sokuhlala futhi ziqoqwe abahlinzeki bezindawo zokulala abazothumela izimali eziqoqwe kuHulumeni ngokusebenzisa Isiphathimandla Sezokuvakasha SaseSanta Lucia.

Izivakashi ezinsizakalweni zendawo zitholwa ngokusebenzisa izinkundla zokwabelana ezifana ne I-Airbnb futhi i-VRBO izoba ngaphansi kwenkokhelo yendawo yokuhlala engu-7% ezindlekweni ezigcwele zokuhlala.

Imali yendawo yokuhlala izivakashi izosetshenziselwa ukuxhasa ngezimali imisebenzi yokumaketha indawo okuyiwa kuyo eyenziwa yiSaint Lucia Tourism Authority (SLTA) njengoba ithuthukisa umkhiqizo wezokuvakasha waseSaint Lucia emhlabeni wonke futhi ikakhulukazi ezimakethe ezibalulekile e-US, Canada, Caribbean, United Kingdom naseYurophu. .

Le mali izophinde isetshenziselwe ukusekela ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha kwamadolobhana, kanye nokuphathwa kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo kanye nokuthuthukiswa komkhiqizo wendawo eSaint Lucia. Inhloso ukuqinisa ikhono le-SLTA lokukhulisa ukumaketha kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo kanye nokweseka ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha e-Saint Lucia ngokuqoqwa kwemali ehambisana nokufika kwezivakashi.

I-Saint Lucia iheha izivakashi ezingafika ku-350,000 ogwini lwayo minyaka yonke. I-SLTA izibekele umgomo wokuba izivakashi ezizohlala kuyo zingama-541,000 ngo-2022. I-SLTA ifuna ukukhulisa umthamo wezihlalo zendiza kanye nomthwalo wazo zonke izindiza eziya eSaint Lucia ziye ku-85%. I-SLTA futhi isebenzela ukukhulisa ukuqwashisa ngomkhiqizo iSaint Lucia. Isabelomali sonyaka se-SLTA sokumaketha nokukhangisa silinganiselwa ku-$35 million.

Ibhizinisi lokukhangisa indawo yezokuvakasha liya ngokuya liba yinselele futhi lincintisana kakhulu njengoba amazwe emhlabeni wonke ezama ukubamba ingxenye enkulu yemakethe yezokuvakasha ekhulayo. Uma kubhekwa lokhu, manje sekuwumkhuba ojwayelekile ukuthi amazwe axhase ngezimali ukumakethwa komkhiqizo wawo wezokuvakasha ngemali yendawo yokuhlala noma intela ekhokhwa izivakashi ezihlala kule ndawo.

Izindawo okuyiwa kuzo eziqashelwe kakhulu ezinezinsiza ezinkulu kakhulu kuneSaint Lucia njengeCanada, i-US ne-Italy zonke zisebenzisa imali yendawo yokuhlala ngezinjongo zokumaketha indawo oya kuyo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amazwe amaningi aseCaribbean afana neJamaica, iBarbados neBelize kanye nalawo angaphakathi kwe-OECS okuhlanganisa i-Anguilla, i-Antigua ne-Barbuda, i-St. Kitts ne-Nevis kanye ne-Saint Vincent kanye ne-Grenadines, asebenzise intela yendawo yokuhlala. Lezi zinhlawulo zivame ukusetshenziswa ekamelweni ngalinye, ubusuku ngabunye futhi ngezinye izikhathi zilinganiswa (zinezigaba) ngokusekelwe ohlotsheni lwesakhiwo. Njengoba imisiwe, Imali Yezindawo Zokulala Yezokuvakasha yase-Saint Lucia iphakathi kweziphansi kakhulu ku-OECS ne-CARICOM, nezinye izindawo zokuvakasha ezizinze emhlabeni jikelele. Isakhiwo senkokhelo kaSaint Lucia sifana neMaldives.

I-Saint Lucia Tourism Authority isungula inqubo yokuvumela abahlinzeki ngendawo yokuhlala esiqhingini, abahambisi bokuvakasha bamazwe ngamazwe kanye namawebhusayithi okubhukha ukuthi bakhiphe kalula izinkokhelo abaziqoqa ezivakashini ezihlala khona. Uhlelo lunezinqubo ezakhelwe ngaphakathi zokuqinisekisa ukuthi ulwazi olunikezwayo lunembile. Uma kubhekwa ukuthi uhlelo oluzenzakalelayo lokukhipha izinkokhelo eziqoqwe ezivakashini luzosetshenziswa, izindleko kubahlinzeki ngendawo yokuhlala ngeke zisho lutho.

UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha uMhlonishwa. U-Dominic Fedee uthi ukumaketha kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo kuzuzisa bonke abadlali embonini - abahlinzeki ngendawo yokuhlala, izindiza zezindiza, abahlinzeki bezokuvakasha, abasebenzeli bezokuvakasha, abaphathi baphansi, amasayithi kanye nezindawo ezihehayo. Uqhube wathi, “Kuhlale kuyinselelo emazweni amancane ukuthi abele izinsiza ezidingeka kakhulu ekukhangiseni ezokuvakasha. Imali yendawo yokuhlala ivumela ezokuvakasha ukuthi zizikhokhele, njengoba intela izokhokhwa kubavakashi abavakashela esiqhingini. Ikhulula imali edingeka kakhulu yokunakekelwa kwezempilo, imfundo nokuphepha kwezwe. ”