Ngesikhathi sabo vakashela eGuam kusukela ngoFebhuwari 4-7, 2023, uSihlalo we-Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA), u-Hiroyuki Takahashi, kanye namalungu ebhodi ayi-8 badlulisele lo mlayezo kuBamba likaMbusi uJosh Tenorio kanye Ihhovisi lezivakashi laseGuam (GVB).
I-Guam kulindeleke ukuthi yamukele izivakashi zase-Japan ezingaphezu kuka-130,000 onyakeni Wezimali ka-2023. Nakuba lokho kuqagela kusadla ngoludala, ukuzibophezela okuvuselelwe kwe-JATA nozakwethu bezindiza ze-Guam ukugqugquzela i-Guam kwenza ukubuya kwemakethe yaseJapan ethembisa kakhulu. I-Guam ibheke ukubona ukwanda okuphelele kwabantu abafikayo ekupheleni konyaka wezimali ngezivakashi ezingu-670,000 (+104% kusukela ku-FY22) nezinkampani zezindiza nabasebenzeli bezokuvakasha abasebenza eduze ne-GVB ukukhuthaza uhambo oluya ngaphandle.
"Ukubuya kwemakethe yaseJapan kuyathembisa futhi kwagcizelelwa ngokucacile emihlanganweni yethu nobuholi be-JATA kuleli sonto eledlule," kusho ibamba lombusi uJosh Tenorio. “Siqinisekiswa ukuzibophezela kwabo ekubekeni phambili iGuam kanye nomsebenzi owenziwayo ekugcineni kwabo ukubuyisela abafikayo baseJapan emazingeni angaphambi kobhubhane. Ngomfutho oqinile wokwenyuka kwezindiza kanye nezinhlelo nemikhankaso yokufundisa, sinethemba lokuthi igagasi elikhulu elilandelayo lezokuvakasha lifinyelele ogwini lwethu lisuka emakethe yase-Japan.”
Kulindeleke ukuthi i-Guam ilulame kanzima
Ngaphezu kweBamba likaMbusi uTenorio, izikhulu ze-JATA zahlangana no-Consul-General waseJapan u-Toshiyaki Kobayashi futhi zabamba umhlangano wazo wokuqala wesigungu saphesheya kwezilwandle, ongakaze ubanjwe selokhu kwaqala ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19.
U-Takahashi ugcizelele ukuzibophezela kwenhlangano yakhe kokuthi iGuam ibekwa phambili njengenye yezindawo zase-US abazoqhubeka nokuzikhangisa ngezinhlelo nemikhankaso ehlukahlukene yezokuvakasha.
“Kusenezinselele ezimbalwa ezisilindele, njenge-yen ebuthakathaka, izindleko zokuhamba eziphakeme, ukukhuphuka kwamanani ezimpahla endaweni ngayinye, kanye nesimo sengqondo esivamile sase-Japan sokuqapha mayelana nokuphepha nokuvikeleka,” kusho uSihlalo we-JATA uTakahashi. “Yize ijubane lokululama lokuya phesheya kwezilwandle eJapan lihamba kancane kunalokho ebesikulindele ekuqaleni, thina, i-JATA, sizohola ukubuyiselwa kwemakethe yezokuvakasha yaseJapan phesheya ukuze sithole ukululama ngokushesha kwenani labahambi abaya eGuam ngokubambisana. neGuam Visitors Bureau namalungu ayo.”
Ukubuyiswa kwezindiza ze-JAL, imakethe yabafundi etafuleni
Ibhodi le-JATA lizobheka ukuthuthukisa imakethe yezitshudeni yase-Japan eyake yachuma yase-Guam, ubudlelwano bezinkampani zezindiza ukuze kubandakanye ukubuya kwezindiza ezisuka e-Japan Airlines entwasahlobo, kanye nemigomo yentuthuko esimeme. Baphinde bakhuluma ngemikhawulo yokuhamba eJapan ekhuphuka ngokuqhubekayo ngoMeyi 8, ezokwehlisa i-COVID-19 ukuze ibe sezingeni elifanayo nomkhuhlane wesizini nomkhuhlane.
“Sibonga iJATA ngokuthatha isinqumo sokusivakashela nokuba nomhlangano wabo webhodi eGuam. Kanye noMbusi u-Lou Leon Guerrero kanye noLt. Governor Josh Tenorio, samukele ngokufudumele uSihlalo Webhodi u-Takahashi kanye nalo lonke ibhodi le-JATA futhi sinomuzwa wokuthi ukuvakasha kwabo kuzothola ukunakwa okuhle ukusiza ukukhulisa imboni yezokuvakasha yase-Guam,” kusho uMongameli we-GVB kanye ne-CEO uCarl TC Gutierrez. “Ubambiswano lwethu olunesikhathi eside ne-JATA lokuthuthukisa nokukhulisa imakethe yase-Japan lubonakala emashumini eminyaka ambalwa edlule njengoba befuna nokwenza ngcono izinga lezinsizakalo zabavakashi abaya noma ababuya e-Japan. Sibheke ngabomvu ebudlelwaneni babo obuqhubekayo njengoba sobabili sisebenzela ukuvuselela ezokuvakasha ezindaweni esizihambelayo.”
Mayelana ne-JATA
I-JATA yinhlangano egunyazwe uNgqongqoshe Wezomhlaba, Ingqalasizinda, Ezokuthutha, Nezokuvakasha e-Japan. Le nhlangano ibamba iqhaza ekuthuthukisweni kwemboni yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha ngokwenza izinto ezahlukene okubalwa kuzo ukusabalalisa ulwazi, ukukhuthaza ukubambisana phakathi kwamalungu, nokugqugquzela ukuthuthukiswa kwamabhizinisi nemithetho ezohlomulisa amalungu kanye nemboni yonkana.
