UMnyango Wezokuvakasha wase-US Virgin Islands wethule ubufakazi izolo ngesikhathi I-US Senate ukulalelwa kwesabelomali sonyaka, esiveza imiphumela eqinile yezokuvakasha yoNyaka Wezimali ka-2022.
Ngesikhathi sokulalelwa kwesabelo-zimali sonyaka wezimali wezi-2023 okwakungoJulayi 13, uKhomishana Wezokuvakasha uJoseph Boschulte unikeze iSenethi amaphuzu avelele empumelelo yemboni kanye nesabelomali esinconyiwe soNyaka Wezimali ka-2023 esizovumela uMnyango ukuthi uqhubeke nokukhulisa ibhizinisi lezokuvakasha ngesikhathi. ukuphromotha i-USVI njengendawo yetende e-Caribbean. Uxoxe kabanzi ngamasu okukhulisa imali engenayo kanye nokuqashwa emikhakheni ebalulekile yezokuvakasha, okuhlanganisa ezokuthutha ngezindiza, ezokuvakasha kanye nezindawo zokulala, kuyilapho andisa izimakethe zasolwandle nezamazwe ngamazwe.
Ngesikhathi sobhubhane, i- imboni yezokuvakasha "Bekuyindawo ekhanyayo emnothweni wase-US Virgin Islands," kusho uBoschulte. "Ezokuvakasha zenza amaphesenti angama-60 e-GDP yethu (futhi) izinkomba zemboni ziphakamisa ukuthi ukukhula kwezokuvakasha kuzoqhubeka ngo-2022 nango-2023, okugqugquzelwa ukuvuselelwa kokuhamba ngomkhumbi."
Ekuqaleni kuka-2022, i-Boschulte ibike, izivakashi ezifika kwikota yokuqala zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-153 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2021. Kulo nyaka, izivakashi ezingu-452,764 zifike phakathi kukaJanuwari kuya ku-March 2022. Lokho kulandela i-2021 eyimpumelelo. onyakeni wezimali lapho kube nokukhuphuka ngamaphesenti angama-96.7 ezivakashini ezifika ngendiza kanye namaphesenti angama-27.7 kwenani labantu abahlala emahhotela kusukela onyakeni odlule. U-Boschulte uthi lokhu kudalwe yisu elisheshayo loMnyango Wezokuvakasha ngemuva kokuvalwa kwemboni yezokuvakasha ngo-2020.
Ngaleso sikhathi, umnyango wandisa umkhankaso wawo owawushubile wokwandisa izindiza nezindawo zokuhlala ebusuku. Ngenxa yalokho, i-USVI ibe yindawo ekhula ngokushesha kakhulu yomthamo wezindiza eziphelele emazweni aseMelika phakathi kuka-2019 no-2021. Ngokusho kweTransportation Security Administration, izikhumulo zezindiza e-St. Croix nase-St. Thomas zithole abagibeli abangaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-14 ngoFebhuwari 2022 kunangomhla ka-2019. Februwari XNUMX.
Impumelelo yezindiza ihunyushelwe emkhakheni wezindawo zokulala. I-Boschulte ibike ukuthi idatha yokulala ye-STR ibonise ukuthi uma iqhathaniswa nazo zonke izindawo zase-Caribbean lapho idatha etholakala khona, i-USVI yayinezinga eliphezulu lokuhlala kwamahhotela elingamaphesenti angu-72.5 kusukela ngoJuni 2021 kuya ku-May 2022. I-Territory iphinde yahola isifunda ngesilinganiso esiphezulu sansuku zonke. (ADR) ka-$637 kanye nemali engenayo ngegumbi ngalinye elitholakalayo (RevPAR) engu-$461.61 phakathi nenkathi efanayo.
Nakuba ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kwakungasasebenzi kakhulu onyakeni wekhalenda ka-2021, uMnyango Wezokuvakasha uqhubekile nokusebenzisana nabaphathi bemboni yezokuvakasha ukwakha amasu okwamukela leli bhizinisi ngo-2022. izingcingo kanye nabagibeli abacishe babe yizigidi eziyi-23, benyuka besuka ngaphansi kuka-450 (izingcingo) kanye nabagibeli abalinganiselwa ezinkulungwaneni ezingama-1.4 ku-FY250,” kubika u-Boschulte.
Okunye okubalulekile okuthuthukile kuNyaka Wezimali wezi-2022 kufaka phakathi ukukhula kwezokuvakasha zasolwandle nezemidlalo. Imizamo yokuvakasha kwezemidlalo ihlanganisa imicimbi yamazwe ngamazwe yokuhamba ngomkhumbi, imiqhudelwano ye-basketball yasekolishi, imiqhudelwano yethenisi, nokubamba iqhaza ku-Sports Illustrated's 2022 Swimsuit Edition. Lokhu kwakamuva kube ukuvukela umbuso okubalulekile kwe-USVI Tourism, okwandisa ukuvezwa komkhiqizo ngemibono yemidiya eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-21 kuyo yonke imithombo yezindaba yomhlaba.
Ngokuqondene nemboni yasolwandle, umnikelo wayo waminyaka yonke oqondile nongaqondile emnothweni we-USVI ubikezelwa ukuthi uzofinyelela ku-$100 million ngonyaka ozayo. Ngo-2021, i-The Moorings, enye yezinkampani eziqasha ama-yacht emhlabeni jikelele, yasungula imisebenzi e-St. Thomas phakathi nesizini.
Phakathi kwamasu abalulekile uMnyango Wezokuvakasha owakhiwe ngo-FY 2022 futhi uzoqhubeka kuze kube ngu-FY 2023:
I-Airlift
- Khulisa ukuhamba ngendiza kusuka ezindaweni ezikhona futhi wengeze amasango amasha ngaphakathi nangaphandle
Ngokuvamile izindawo zokulala
- Khulisa ukuhlala ubusuku bonke ngo-FY 2023
- Khulisa imali yentela yokuhlala egunjini ngamahhotela futhi wabelane ngendawo yokuhlala enomnotho
I-Cruise
- Qalisa izinhlelo zokuzuza futhi ukhulise isabelo sebhizinisi lokuhamba ngomkhumbi, okuhlanganisa ukuqinisa ubudlelwano nemizila yemikhumbi kanye neFlorida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA).
- Ingeza abagibeli abengeziwe abangamaphesenti angu-70 abeza e-Crown Bay e-St. Thomas futhi kuphindwe kathathu izinombolo zase-St. Croix ngo-2023
lasemanzini
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- During the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Hearing held on July 13, Commissioner of Tourism Joseph Boschulte provided the Senate with the highlights of the industry's achievements along with a recommended budget for Fiscal Year 2023 that will allow the Department to continue to effectively grow the tourism business while promoting the USVI as the marquee destination in the Caribbean.
- As for the marine industry, its annual direct and indirect contribution to the USVI economy is forecasted to approach $100 million in the coming year.
- While cruising was largely dormant for the calendar year 2021, the Department of Tourism continued to work with cruise industry executives to develop strategies to welcome the business back during 2022.
