Njengoba imboni yezokuvakasha iqinisa ukuqina kwayo ekulweni nobhubhane lwe-COVID-19, Ezokuvakasha zaseJamaica Ungqongqoshe uBartlett uthe iJamaica ibonwe njengelinye lamazwe alulama ngokushesha emhlabeni kanye nendawo yezokuvakasha ekhula ngokushesha eCaribbean.
Ekhuluma namuhla emcimbini wokubonga ibhulakufesi labasebenzi eMontego Bay's Sangster International Airport (SIA), uNgqongqoshe uBartlett ubalule ukuthi kunezimpawu ezesabekayo zokuhlukahluka kwe-COVID-19 futhi wanxusa wonke umuntu ukuthi avikele imboni nomnotho wezwe ngokusiza lawula ubhubhane ngokugonywa nangokulandela izimiso zokuphepha.
“Ngike ngahambela izindawo ezingaphezu kweshumi ezinkulu nezibaluleke kakhulu kwezokuvakasha kanjalo nezohwebo kanye nokuxhaswa ngezimali kwamanye amazwe ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule futhi kuzo zonke izimo umyalezo uyafana, goma,” usho kanje.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, imboni yezokuvakasha ibimelana “nokwethuka nokubi embonini ngalo lonke uhlobo lwaleli gciwane eliza ngoba sesidlule kwabambalwa kakade futhi esimweni ngasinye, imboni ibuyile futhi sesibonile ukukhula okuqinile.”
Ungqongqoshe uBartlett ukugcizelele ukuthi ezokuvakasha yizona ezihamba phambili kwezomnotho kuyo yonke imikhakha. “Ngenxa yokuthi ezokuvakasha ziwumshayeli omkhulu wokusetshenziswa kwemali, zinika amandla yonke imikhakha ekhiqizayo ezweni lonke,” waphawula ngenkathi enikeza isibonelo njengesibonelo ukukhula kwentuthuko yezokwakhiwa kwezindlu ezithengiswayo eqhutshwa emkhakheni ongaphansi wezokuvakasha wakwa-Airbnb.
Njengoba ezokuvakasha zenza indima yazo ekuletheni izivakashi nokudala isidingo, uNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett unxuse imboni ekhiqizayo ukuthi yenze ingxenye yayo ekuhlangabezaneni nohlangothi lwezokuhlinzeka.
“Akuwona umsebenzi wethu ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi siyasihlinzeka lezo zidingo isivakashi esinazo; abakhiqizi kumele benze lokho okufunwa yimboni, ezolimo kumele zihlinzeke ngezidingo zezolimo; akuwona umsebenzi wemboni ukwenza lokho, umsebenzi wethu wukuletha izivakashi lapha bese sikwenza lokho,” eqinisekisa.
UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha uthe, "Amarekhodi ethu akhombisa ukuthi izinsuku ezinhlanu ezedlule kuqale isizini yasebusika bezimangalisa kakhulu kithi." Uvumelane neSikhulu Esiphezulu se-MBJ Airports Ltd., uShane Munroe ukuthi iJamaica manje isibona abafika bangaphambi kwe-COVID-19.
UMnu. Munroe waphawula ukuthi onyakeni we-13 ilandelana iSangster International Airport, enabasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-8,000 kanye namaphesenti angaphezu kuka-80 amabhizinisi lapho aphethwe abantu baseJamaica, ivotelwe njengesikhumulo sezindiza esihamba phambili eCaribbean yiWorld Travel Awards - okuyigunya eliholayo ukuthi ibona futhi iklomelise ukusebenza kahle kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha.
UMnu. Munroe uthe ngombono oqondile, "lesi sikhumulo sezindiza sesifake imali engaphezu kuka-US$200 million emnothweni wendawo waseJamaica."
Njengoba i-MBJ iqhubeka nokutshalwa kwezimali okubalulekile, i-CEO ye-MBJ Airports ithe iphrojekthi entsha iyeza maduze yokwandisa indawo yokudayisa “enendawo yokudayisa engamaphesenti angu-50, izindawo zokuhlala ezingcono, ukukhanya kwemvelo kanye nokuba ngcono kokuhlangenwe nakho kwabagibeli.”
Ohlanganyele noNgqongqoshe uBartlett kanye noMnu. Munroe ekubungazeni abasebenzi basesikhumulweni sezindiza ngokubeseka kwabo okukhulu kube nguNobhala Omkhulu Womnyango Wezokuvakasha, uNkk. Jennifer Griffith; UMqondisi Wezokuvakasha, uMnu. Donovan White; kanye noMqondisi Wesifunda Sebhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Jamaica, uNkk. Odette Dyer.
Umphathi Omkhulu Wokusebenza we-MBJ Airports Ltd., u-Peter Hall uphethe uhlu lwabasebenzi abathola imiklomelo ekhethekile ngeqhaza labo empumelelweni nasekusebenzeni kahle kwezivakashi ezidlula esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Montego Bay.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Speaking today at a breakfast appreciation function for workers at Montego Bay's Sangster International Airport (SIA), Minister Bartlett noted that there were ominous signs of COVID-19 variants and made an impassioned appeal for everyone to safeguard the industry and the national economy by helping to manage the pandemic by getting vaccinated and following the safety protocols.
- “Ngike ngahambela izindawo ezingaphezu kweshumi ezinkulu nezibaluleke kakhulu kwezokuvakasha kanjalo nezohwebo kanye nokuxhaswa ngezimali kwamanye amazwe ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule futhi kuzo zonke izimo umyalezo uyafana, goma,” usho kanje.
- “Because tourism is such a huge driver of consumption, it energizes all the productive sectors across the country,” he noted while citing as an example the construction boom in real estate that is being driven the Airbnb tourism subsector.
