Lesi sivumelwano sizokwenza lula ulwazi olusha lokunikeza izinkampani zokuhamba ngesikebhe futhi sisebenzisane nemboni yasekhaya yangasese ukuze kwandiswe noma yimaphi amathuba. Ukwengeza, lesi sivumelwano sizobeka i-US Virgin Islands (USVI) esihlokweni sezinhlelo zeFlorida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) ezigxile ekuqashweni nasekuthengeni izimpahla ezakhamuzini zendawo.
Ezinye zezinye izici zobambiswano lwamasu zihlanganisa ukukhuthaza ukuhamba ngomkhumbi ehlobo, ama-ejenti ezokuhamba, ukudala isidingo sabathengi kanye nokuthuthukisa ukuhlolwa kwezidingo zesevisi yendawo okuzochaza amandla, amathuba nezidingo.
I-FCCA - inhlangano yezohwebo emele izithakazelo ezifanayo zezindawo kanye nababambiqhaza kulo lonke elaseCaribbean, eMelika Ephakathi neseNingizimu, naseMexico, kanye namaLungu eLungu asebenza ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-90 omthamo wokuhamba ngomkhumbi emhlabeni - imemezele ukuthi isiphinde yabambisana ne-USVI. esivumelwaneni sokuthuthukisa amasu. Ubambiswano luvuselela leyo eyasayinwa ngaphambilini ngo-2022, kanti futhi imaka iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi ye-USVI yokuba “Nguzakwethu Womongameli” we-FCCA.
"Lesi sivumelwano ngesinye isitatimende esikhuluma ngokubambisana okuqhubekayo phakathi kwe-US Virgin Islands ne-FCCA," kusho uMicky Arison, uSihlalo we-FCCA kanye ne-Carnival Corporation & plc. "Indawo okuyiwa kuyo ikhombisile inkolelo yayo ku-FCCA kanye nemboni yezokuvakasha ngezikhathi ezinhle kakhulu nezimbi kakhulu, futhi ngiyajabula ukuthi lokhu kuholele ekuthuthukiseni izimpilo nempilo yabantu abaningi lapho."
"UMnyango Wezokuvakasha wase-USVI ujabule ngokuqala kabusha ubudlelwano bethu ne-FCCA," kusho uKhomishana wezokuvakasha we-USVI uJoseph Boschulte. "Sisonke sizoqhubeka nokukhombisa i-USVI kubabukeli abahlonishwayo i-FCCA esisiza ukuba sifinyelele kuyo, kanye namathuba amahle emihlangano yamasu embonini yezokuvakasha."
Ngemuva kokuba yindaba yempumelelo kwezokuvakasha eCaribbean ngemuva kwe-COVID-19 - ukuthola unyaka wokuvakasha ngo-2021 bese wephula amarekhodi amaningi nokuthola izindondo eziningi ngo-2022, okuhlanganisa ne-Bronze HSMAI Adrian Awards kanye neCaribbean Journal eqamba uKhomishana. UJoseph Boschulte 'Caribbean Tourism Executive of the Year' kanye nokufaka kuhlu i-USVI 'Eziqhingini Ezingcono Kakhulu ZaseCaribbean Ongazivakashela ngo-2023' futhi abafundi bavotela i-USVI njengomnqobi we-'Caribbean Travelers' Choice Awards 2022 - i-USVI yabhala ngokushesha inkondlo ezihambayo cruise tourism full umusi ngaphambili.
Manje i-USVI iphrojekthi yokululama ngokuphelele kohambo lwesikebhe kulo nyaka, umthamo wabagibeli olindeleke ukuthi ubuyele emazingeni ka-2019 lapho uya khona. I-USVI izophinde ithole izivakashi ezengeziwe ze-440,000 zokuhamba ngomkhumbi ezivela e-Royal Caribbean International ngo-2023 - ne-St. Croix yamukela i-140,000 yalezo zivakashi, cishe ngokuphindwe kathathu ingqikithi yamanje yonyaka, kanye no-St. Thomas ophethe i-300,000 esele, ukwanda ngamaphesenti angu-70.
Ukwengeza, i-USVI iyaqhubeka nokwamukela imikhumbi emisha, kuhlanganise ne-Celebrity Beyond eyenza uhambo lwakhe lokuqala lokuya e-St. Thomas ngoNovemba 2022. Konke lokhu kuhloswe ukusho izinzuzo eziqondile emnothweni wendawo kanye nezakhamuzi, ngezokuvakasha zokuhamba ezikhiqiza i-$ 184.7 million kuzo zonke izindleko, ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-77.9 zamaRandi emalini engenile yeholo labasebenzi, phakathi nonyaka wokuhamba ngomkhumbi ka-2017/2018, ngokusho kombiko weBusiness Research & Economic Advisors “Igalelo Lomnotho Lokuvakasha Ngomkhumbi Emnothweni Wendawo.
Isivumelwano sigxile ekwandiseni lezi zinzuzo. Sisuka emyalezweni weKomidi Eliphethe le-FCCA, elakhiwe omongameli nangaphezulu kwe-FCCA Member Lines, isivumelwano sibonisa ukufinyelela kubenzi bezinqumo ababalulekile kanye nemizamo yabo ehlanganyelwe ne-FCCA yokufeza izinjongo, okuhlanganisa ukwanda kwezingcingo zokuhamba ngomkhumbi, ulwazi olusha kanye nemikhiqizo, ukusebenzisana. nezinkampani ezizimele zasendaweni, amathuba emisebenzi amaningi kanye namathuba okuthenga, ukuguqulwa kwabavakashi ukuba babe yizivakashi ezihlala njalo, ukukhuthazwa kokuhamba ngomkhumbi ehlobo, ukudalwa kwesidingo sabathengi, i-travel agent kanye nokunye.
"Siyabonga ngokuseseka isikhathi eside kwe-US Virgin Islands, futhi ngeke sikujabulele ukubuyisela ukholo olulubonise kithina kanye nemboni ngokwandisa izinzuzo zabo kulo mkhakha," kusho uMichele Paige, oyi-CEO, i-FCCA. "Ngalesi sivumelwano, i-US Virgin Islands iphinde ibe nokuzibophezela okugcwele kwe-FCCA ekufezeni izinhlelo zalapho kuyiwa khona, okuhlanganisa nokusiza izinkampani ezizimele nokusiza bonke abantu bendawo ukuthi baphumelele emthelela wezomnotho olethwa yimboni."
