Yethulwe ngokusemthethweni ngoMashi 27 e-Artisan Village e-Falmouth, i-TEA ihlose ukubumba kabusha indawo yezokuvakasha yesiqhingi ngokusebenzisa amandla okuzijabulisa kwase-Jamaican.
Lesi sikhungo, esiholwa yiSikhwama Sokuthuthukisa Ezokuvakasha (i-TEF) ngokwesekwa nguMnyango Wezamasiko, Ubulili, Ezokuzijabulisa Nezemidlalo kanye nabanye ababambiqhaza ababalulekile, simele utshalomali oluyizigidi ezingu-J$50 ekusaseni lezokuvakasha kwezamasiko lase-Jamaica.
"Sibheke ukuthi singawakha kanjani amandla kwezokuzijabulisa nezemidlalo embonini yezokuvakasha," kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett ngesikhathi somcimbi wokwethulwa. “Ezokuzijabulisa ziyingxenye enamandla yezokuvakasha esizihlinzekayo futhi esizinikezayo njenge-Destination Jamaica.”
Lesi sinyathelo sihambisana ne-Ministry of Tourism's Blue Ocean Strategy, efuna ukwandisa ulwazi lwamasiko kubavakashi ngenkathi kwakhiwa amathuba amasha ethalente lasendaweni. I-hybrid academy izohlanganisa ukufunda ku-inthanethi, ukwelulekwa komuntu mathupha, imibukiso ebukhoma, nokuhlanganiswa kwemboni ukuze kulungiselelwe amaciko impumelelo yomhlaba.
“Lokhu akulona nje olunye uhlelo lokuqeqesha.”
U-Bartlett ugcizelele, wengeza ngokuthi, “Kuwukungenelela okunesu okuklanyelwe ukufeza izinhloso ezine ezicacile: ukwenza umsebenzi wethu wokuzijabulisa ube ngochwepheshe, ulethe imidlalo esezingeni eliphezulu, ubonise imbuyiselo eqinile ekutshalweni kwezimali, kanye nokuthuthukisa ipulani likazwelonke lokuthuthukisa ezokuzijabulisa ngaphakathi kwesistimu yezokuvakasha.”
I-Academy izoqale igxile ku-reggae, i-jazz, namahlaya, ngohlelo lokulinga oluqondise ithalente lasendaweni elivela e-Montego Bay, e-Hanover, nase-Westmoreland. Iqembu lokuqala lizohlanganisa osomahlaya abayisithupha nabaculi abangu-19 - ibhendi ye-reggae eneziqephu ezingu-11 kanye neqembu le-jazz lamalungu angu-8.
UMhlonishwa. U-Olivia Grange, uNgqongqoshe Wezamasiko, Ubulili, Ezokuzijabulisa Nezemidlalo, naye uzwakalise ukweseka kwakhe lolu hlelo: “Lesi sikole sizonikeza abaculi bethu nosomahlaya ukuqeqeshwa namathuluzi abawadingayo ukuze bacije amakhono abo, bathuthukise ubungcweti babo, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, baguqule amathalente abo abe yimisebenzi eqhubekayo.”
Ungqongqoshe u-Bartlett uveze ukuthi ngenkathi i-Montego Bay isebenza njengendawo yokuqala yokuhlola, uhlelo luklanyelwe ukukalwa kuzo zonke izindawo zezokuvakasha, okuhlanganisa i-Negril, i-Ocho Rios, ne-Kingston.
I-TEA kulindeleke ukuthi ivale igebe phakathi kwethalente lokudala lase-Jamaica kanye nesidingo esikhulayo sokuzijabulisa kwekhwalithi ephezulu, okuhambisana namasiko emkhakheni wezokuvakasha - ukuzijabulisa okuqinisayo njengokungesona nje isici sokuhlangenwe nakho kwesivakashi, kodwa insika emaphakathi ye-Brand Jamaica.
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KUBONWE ESITHOMBE: UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett wethula inkulumo eyisihluthulelo lapho kwethulwa i-Tourism Entertainment Academy, ebibanjelwe e-Artisan Village e-Falmouth ngoMashi 27, 2025.