I-US Virgin Islands Tourism ifakaza phambi kweSenethi yase-US

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

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