Lokhu kumelela ukukhula okumangazayo okungu-13.54% uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule kanye nokukhuphuka okumangazayo okungu-15.68% uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esihambelanayo sika-2019. Lezi zimali zitholwa ngemali engu-$20 yabagibeli bezindiza abangenayo kanye nemali engu-$2 yabagibeli abahamba ngomkhumbi. , ngokufaka isandla ngqo ku-Consolidated Fund.

Izilinganiso zonyaka wezimali ogcwele, kusukela ngo-April 2023 kuya ku-March 2024, zithembisa ngokufanayo. I-TEF ilinganisela ingqikithi yeqoqo elicishe libe ngamabhiliyoni angu-9.3, okubonisa ukwenyuka okuqinile okungama-14.98% onyakeni wezimali odlule kanye nokukhuphuka okukhulu okungama-14.89% uma kuqhathaniswa nowezi-2019.

“I-TEF isendleleni eyirekhodi kulo nyaka wezimali futhi manje kulindeleke ukuthi ilethe u-$9.3 billion emalini yethu engenayo, okungaphezu kwezigidigidi ezi-1.2 kunonyaka wezimali odlule. Lokho kumele cishe u-15% ngaphezu konyaka wethu ongcono kakhulu ka-2019,” kusho Bartlett.

Lezi zindaba ezinhle zihambisana nombiko wezomnotho wakamuva ovela ku-Planing Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), eveze ukukhula komnotho okulinganiselwa ku-1.9% phakathi nekota kaJulayi–Septhemba 2023 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. Ngokuphawulekayo, imboni yamahhotela nezindawo zokudlela ihlangabezane nokukhula okuphawulekayo kwenani langempela ngamaphesenti ayisishiyagalombili phakathi nekota.

Imboni yezokuvakasha, eneqhaza elibalulekile kulokhu kukhula komnotho, isaqhubeka nokudlondlobala ngokwanda kwamazwe angaphandle afikayo. Kule kota eshiwo, izivakashi ezifikayo zinyuke ngo-5.5% zaya ku-682,586 izivakashi. Ngenkathi abafikayo abahamba ngomkhumbi behle ngo-20.5%, okuhlanganisa izivakashi ezilinganiselwa ku-178,412 uma kuqhathaniswa nekota ehambisanayo ngo-2022.

“Imboni yezokuvakasha isaqhubeka nokuba negalelo elihle ekwandiseni i-GDP emnothweni. Ikota ye-10 ilandelana yokukhula yenzeke, eqinisweni, engxenyeni yesi-3 yalo nyaka, lapho umnikelo wezokuvakasha ku-GDP wawungu-7.8%. Lo mkhuba omuhle awugcini nje ngokuba negalelo eliqondile kwi-GDP njengoba kuvezwe emibikweni ye-PIOJ kodwa futhi uphathelene nemali engenayo eqondile engena esikhwameni esihlanganisiwe,” kusho u-Bartlett.

Njengoba i-Jamaica izibeka njengesizinda sezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke, lezi zimpumelelo zezezimali zigcizelela ukuzethemba nokusekelwa i-TEF ekuthola kubo bobabili abavakashi nababambe iqhaza embonini.

UDkt. Carey Wallace, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-Tourism Enhancement Fund, uzwakalise isasasa ngale ndlela enhle. “Ukukhula okuqhubekayo emaqoqweni ethu kuwubufakazi bokuqina nokukhanga kweJamaica njengendawo ephambili yezivakashi. Izimali ezitholiwe zizoba negalelo elikhulu ekuthuthukisweni okuqhubekayo nasekuthuthukisweni komkhakha wethu wezokuvakasha kanye neJamaica jikelele.”

I-TEF, esungulwe ngaphansi koMthetho we-TEF, ithola imali yayo ngokuyinhloko eNhlawuloni Yokuthuthukisa Ezokuvakasha, engama-US$20 kubagibeli bezindiza abangenayo kanye ne-US$2 kubagibeli abahamba ngomkhumbi. Ngo-2017, i-Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) yashintsha isuka ekubeni yibhizinisi elizixhasa ngezimali yaya enkampanini exhaswa ngesabelomali, okwaholela ezinguqukweni ezimbalwa zohlaka lokubika lwezezimali.

I-TEF inomthwalo wemfanelo wokuqoqa izimali zabo bonke abagibeli abakhokhiswayo ngendiza noma ngolwandle kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuthi ikhokhwa ngqo kwi-Consolidated Fund. Ukwengeza, i-TEF iphinde ilawule uxhaso lwenhlangano olunikezwa ngezilinganiso zezindleko eziqashwe uMnyango Wezezimali Nomsebenzi Womphakathi. Lezi zimali zibe sezinikezelwa ekwesekeni nasekuxhaseni ngezimali amaphrojekthi ahlukahlukene ezokuvakasha okuhloswe ngawo ukuthuthukisa umkhakha wezokuvakasha waseJamaica.