Kuphephile yini ukuya eJamaica? Kuphephile yini ukuya eDominican Republic? Abantu abaningi baseMelika bebelokhu bebuza lo mbuzo ngaphambi kokubhuka iholide labo lamaphupho aseCaribbean. Kungani ukuhambela eJamaica kudlondlobala kanti iDominican Republic isesimweni esikahle sokuvakasha? Ongoti bezokuvakasha nabo bayayibuza le mibuzo.
Jamaica futhi i-Dominican Republic amazwe amabili anombono ohluke kakhulu wokuthi ungasingatha kanjani inkinga yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha. Izibalo zakamuva zikhombisa ukuthi iJamaica inyuse ezokuvakasha zayo ngamanye ama-54.3%.
Ngeshwa, akunakushiwo okufanayo ngeDominican Republic. Izibalo zakamuva zikhombisa ukwehla ngo-143% kwabafika kwezokuvakasha. Umehluko? IJamaica ithembekile futhi iyasebenza uma kukhulunywa ngokuphepha kwezokuvakasha kanye nezokuvakasha. Lapho ebhekene nenkinga, iJamaica yayibona inselele yase iyayixazulula.
Le nqubomgomo esebenzayo ihluke kakhulu kulokho okubonwa yiDominican Republic. Ngesikhathi senkinga yakamuva, iDominican Republic kubonakala sengathi ithathe indawo yokuzivikela futhi kunokuba ivume inkinga, izivakashi zikubona njengokuzama ukuyigeza nje.
Ezokuvakasha eJamaica ziyachuma ngemuva kokuthi uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseJamaica, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett wabona inkinga wabe esefuna ukuyilungisa.
Ngasikhathi sinye, ezokuvakasha zaseDominican Republic zisesimweni sokuwa ngokukhululeka ngemuva kokushona kwabantu baseMelika abayi-13 ngenyanga eyodwa nje. Izivakashi zaseMelika ezadlula emhlabeni zazihlala emahhotela e-RIU naseHard Rock. Inkinga yaba yimbi kakhulu lapho kuvela imibiko yokuhlaselwa ngobudlova.
The Amahhotela we-Hard Rock futhi Amahhotela e-RIU ukhethe ukungaphenduli imibuzo eminingi le ncwadi ebinayo. UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eDominican Republic, uFrancisco Javier Garcia, usole ukuphuza kwezivakashi njengembangela yokufa kwezivakashi zaseMelika ezingaphezu kweshumi. Impendulo ye-RIU Hotel ivela eJalimane. Inhloko Yezokuxhumana, uMartin Riecken, e TUI iU-Hannover utshele i-eTN “Sibona lesi sicelo sempendulo njengoba siphethwe ngoba i-eTN yenza ukuthengwa kuphela. I-TUI yaseJalimane inesigxobo esikhulu emahhotela e-RIU.
IJamaica ithathe enye indlela. Lapho ebhekene nezinkinga ezikhona mayelana nobugebengu bempahla nokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi, iJamaica yazithatha ngokungathi sína lezi zinsolo, yamukela inqubomgomo yokuphepha esebenzayo, futhi yakwenza kwacaca ukuthi ngeke iqhube uphenyo oluphelele futhi oluphelele kepha izokwenza noma yini edingekayo ukuqinisekisa ezokuphepha futhi ukuphepha kwezivakashi zayo. Umphumela wale nqubomgomo esebenza kahle ukuzuza ngokuqhamuka kwabavakashi abangama-54.3%.
Ehola iqembu lamahhotela laseJamaica Izicathulo namanye amaqembu amaningi ezivakashi abambisene namanxusa angaphandle kanye nenhloko yethimba lezokuphepha kwezokuvakasha laseJamaica, uDkt Peter Tarlow waseTexas i-safertourism.com. Lokhu kubambisana kube nomthelela ngqo ekuvuseleleni ukuzethemba eJamaica njengendawo okuyiwa kuyo futhi kuhlinzekele ukuqala kwabafika kuleso sizwe kwezokuvakasha.
Ngokuhlukile kumahhotela aseDominican Republic, iJamaica ibiphendula eTurboNews, ngaphandle kwa I-RIU Jamaica ngoJanuwari. Ukuxhumana kwebhizinisi le-RIU eMallorca, eSpain, kuphikile ukuthi kunenkinga eJamaica, ngenkathi uchungechunge lwamahhotela lunikezwa uhlu olude lwezinkinga ezifakazelwe zokuphepha nezokuphepha ngalo mbhali.
Ngasikhathi sinye, iDominican Republic yaqasha i-ejensi ye-PR esekwe e-US ukwehlisa izinombolo, kanye nomcwaningi wokuqasha, Phambili Izinkinobho, ushicilele umbiko othi le nkinga ibonakala yehla. Eqinisweni, ukufika kweDominican Republic ngoJuni kukhombise ukwehla nge-143%. Yize amahhotela eDominican Republic engeke akuvume, imithombo ethembekile ikhombisa ukuthi amanye amahhotela anezinga lokuhlala elingu-20% noma ngaphansi.
Ngonyaka nje odlule e2018, izinga lokushona okungelona ngokwemvelo kwabantu baseMelika eJamaica lalingu-1.04 kwabangu-100,000. Lokho kuphakeme kunaseBahamas (0.71 kwabayi-100,000) naseDominican Republic (0.58 kwabayi-100,000). Kusukela ngo-2017, izinga lokubulawa kwabantu, ukubulawa kwabantu, kanye nokubulawa kwabantu okungenzi lutho e-US kwakungu-5.3 kwabangu-100,000, ngokusho kwePew Research Center, icaphuna imininingwane evela ku-FBI. Konke lokhu kwenze iDominican Republic, iJamaica, noma iBahamas indawo ephephe kakhulu ukuvakasha uma kuqhathaniswa ne-United States ngo-2018.
UCliff Spiegelman woMnyango Wezibalo waseTexas uphawule wathi lezi zinombolo bezingafanele. Uthe ukufa ngokuvakasha kwezivakashi eziyizi-100,000 1 kubalwa eholidini elijwayelekile eliyi-2-100,000 lamasonto. Ngakho-ke isilinganiso sokufa okukodwa kubavakashi abayizi-25 kufanele sihumushe ngezinga lonyaka lokufa kwabantu ababalelwa ku-50-100,000 kwizakhamizi eziyi-13 uma lokhu kuqhathaniswa nezinga lapho izakhamizi zihlala unyaka wonke. Uma ubheka leli qiniso ukushona kwabangu-XNUMX baseMelika ngenyanga eyodwa kuphela eholidini eDominican Republic kungaletha le nombolo phezulu.
Ukudlala phansi inkinga akusona isisombululo, kusho UDkt Peter Tarlow we-Safertourism, uchwepheshe wamazwe omhlaba kwezokuphepha kwezokuvakasha kanye nokulawulwa kwezinhlekelele. Esikhundleni salokho, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseJamaica uBartlett, ucele uDkt Tarlow ukuthi ahole ithimba elenza ucwaningo oluphelele lwezokuvakasha nezokuphepha eJamaica futhi lwakha uhlelo lokuphepha kwezokuvakasha kuzwelonke. Imiphumela yokuqala izokwethulwa ngesonto elizayo, ngesikhathi esizoqala ngoJulayi 28, 2019, nini UDkt Tarlow kuhlelwe ukuyethula eMnyangweni Wezokuvakasha waseJamaica eKingston.
Ngasikhathi sinye, uNgqongqoshe uBartlett uvule iGlobal Tourism Resilience & Crisis Management Centre etholakala e-The University of the West Indies. UNdunankulu wesizwe, i UMhlonishwa. Andrew Holness, ixhase le ngqophamlando ebalulekile ekuvikelekeni kwezokuvakasha komhlaba wonke nasekuphepheni kwezokuvakasha, okwenza iJamaica ibe yikhaya lokuqina kwezokuvakasha kanye nesilinganiso somhlaba wonke sokwenza kahle kwezokuvakasha. Amanye amazwe, kufaka phakathi iMalta neNepal, manje aseyingxenye yemodeli yaseJamican futhi avule nezikhungo zesathelayithi futhi.
IJamaica ayisabonwa njengezwe elinenkinga. Phambilini UMongameli waseMelika uClinton uhlabeke umxhwele lapho exoxa ngeGlobal Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre noNgqongqoshe waseJamaica uBartlett ngesikhathi soMkhandlu Wokuvakasha Nokuvakasha Womhlaba muva nje (WTTC) Ingqungquthela eSeville, eSpain.
Isiphetho sokuqala okufanele sithathwe ukuthi lezo zizwe ezamukela ukuphepha nezokuvakasha azigcini ngokuba abaholi bomhlaba kepha futhi kunezela ekukhuleni komnotho kanye nokuchuma kwesizwe sabo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- When confronted with possible issues of property crime and sexual assault, Jamaica took the accusations seriously, adopted a proactive security policy, and made it clear that it would conduct not only a full and complete investigation but would do whatever was needed to assure the security and safety of its visitors.
- During the recent crisis, the Dominican Republic appears to have taken a defensive position and rather than acknowledging a problem, tourists see it as trying simply to wash it away.
- At the same time, Dominican Republic tourism is in a state of free-fall after the deaths of 13 Americans in just one month.
