- IJamaica inokuba yindawo yenqwelo moya yeCaribbean edibanisa kwiimarike ezintsha ezibandakanya iUnited Arab Emirates, okanye iSaudi Arabia.
- Ubukumkani baseSaudi Arabia sele buyindawo eshushu yokhenketho lwehlabathi. Ngoncedo oluncinci, iJamaica inokuba sendleleni yokuba liziko loKhenketho lweCaribbean.
- ISaudi Arabia inemali kunye nonxibelelwano. IJamaica ibonwa njengesiqhelo sokhenketho lwehlabathi. Intsebenziswano entsha ephumeleleyo isendleleni, kwaye mhlawumbi ihamba ngokukhawuleza.
Inguquko kwisitayile sikaBob Marley inokuba wenze umlingo. Ixesha elitsha lethuba lokhenketho lisandul’ ukuqalisa eJamaica, xa uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho kuBukumkani baseSaudi Arabia u-HE Ahmed Al Khateeb waye wabonwa nommkeli wakhe, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseJamaica, HE Edmund Bartlett. Bobabini abefundisi babethwele umnqwazi webaseball obonisa “iRevolution.”
ISaudi Arabia ibe yindawo eshushu yokhenketho lwehlabathi. UNWTO wavula ikomkhulu lengingqi eSaudi Arabia, yenza njalo WTTC kwaye i I-Global Resilience & Crisis Management Centre inokulandela.
Yaziwa ngokusoloko ucinga ngaphandle kwebhokisi kunye nokuba nengqondo yehlabathi UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho eJamaica, oHloniphekileyo. U-Edmund Bartlett wabonwa encumile xa edibana noHloniphekileyo u-Ahmed Al Khateeb uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho kuBukumkani baseSaudi Arabia. Umphathiswa waseSaudi ubeseJamaica kwintlanganiso esandul' ukuqukunjelwa yengingqi yama-66 yoMbutho weHlabathi wezoKhenketho.
Eli yayilithuba lokuxoxa ngokunokwenzeka konxibelelwano lomoya phakathi kweCaribbean kunye nommandla weGulf. Ikhonkco elinjalo lomoya liya kuba lithuba leJamaica kunye neCaribbean yonke ukuseka ithuba elingazange libonwe ngaphambili lokudibanisa uMbindi Mpuma, i-Indiya, i-Afrika, i-Asia kunye neendawo zomoya ezithe ngqo kwiCaribbean. IJamaica inokuba yindawo yenqwelo moya eneenqwelomoya ezondlayo ezivela kwamanye amazwe eCaribbean ukuze ziqhagamshelane.
Oku akuzukuvelisa kuphela iimarike ezintsha zeCaribbean, kodwa konyusa unxibelelwano phakathi kwezizwe zesiqithi.
UBarlett uthe malunga nendibano yakhe noMphathiswa waseSaudi: “Sithethe ngoqhagamshelo lomoya kunye nendlela yokunxibelelana noMbindi Mpuma, imarike yaseAsia, kunye nemimandla ekweli cala lehlabathi. Sathetha ngeenqwelomoya ezinkulu ezikwezo ndawo. Ngokukodwa i-Etihad, i-Emirates kunye ne-Saudi Arabia Airlines.
Ngenxa yoko uBukumkani baseSaudi Arabia kunye neJamaica batyikitya isivumelwano senjongo. Oku kuxelwe ngu eTurboNews ngolwesihlanu.
“Isivumelwano esiza kuziswa nguMphathiswa u-Al Khateeb ngabo maqabane aphambili eenqwelomoya, ngelixa ndiza kuba noxanduva lokulungelelanisa namazwe asebenzisana nathi kwisakhelo sokhenketho seendawo ezininzi, ukwenza i-Hub. Ukuba ne-hub enje kwi-traffic yaseJamaica kunokusuka kuMbindi Mpuma kwaye ungene kwindawo yethu kwaye ube nosasazo ukusuka kwelinye ilizwe ukuya kwelinye, ”wongeze watsho.
UBartlett ucinga ukuba le ndlela inokwenzeka yeendawo ezininzi zokusingwa ibalulekile kuphuhliso lokhenketho kummandla kwaye iya kwandisa imarike ukuze idale ubunzima obufunekayo ukutsala iinqwelomoya ezinkulu kunye nabaqhubi abakhenkethi abakhulu ukuba babe nomdla eJamaica nakummandla.
Ayikokuqhagamshelwa komoya kuphela ukusuka kumasango e-UAE, okanye eSaudi Arabia ukuya eJamaica. Ngamathuba okubhabha avela eIndiya, eAfrika, kuMbindi kunye nakuMzantsi Mpuma Asia ngesango leGulf lokuya kwiCaribbean ngaphandle kokukhathazeka malunga nemigaqo-nkqubo engqongqo yokundwendwela yase-US.
IJamaica inokuba yindawo yokhenketho kunye neshishini lehlabathi jikelele kummandla weCaribbean.
“Kuthi, oku kukutshintsha umdlalo kuba amazwe amancinci njengeJamaica akanakuze abe namandla okuba neenqwelomoya ezinkulu ezifana ne-Emirates Airlines okanye iSaudia eziza kuthi ngeenqwelomoya ezithe ngqo. Nangona kunjalo, sinokuxhamla kwezi nqwelomoya ziza kwindawo yeCaribbean, zifika apha eJamaica kodwa zisasazwe kwamanye amazwe akulo mmandla, ”ucacisile.
U-Al Khateeb, naye wayeqinile ekomelezeni unxibelelwano phakathi koMbindi Mpuma kunye neCaribbean.
Umphathiswa waseSaudi uthe eJamaica: “Sixoxe noogxa bam ngezihloko ezibaluleke kakhulu kwaye sixhasa ukudala iibhulorho phakathi koMbindi Mpuma kunye neCaribbean. Ndiyabulela uMphathiswa uBartlett ngeli thuba kwaye ndijonge phambili ekwandiseni iqumrhu lokwandisa uMbindi Mpuma kunye neCaribbean, "watsho.
Bobabini aba baphathiswa baye baxoxa ngeminye imimandla yentsebenziswano enokwenzeka, kuquka uphuhliso lwezakhono zoluntu, ukhenketho loluntu kunye nokwakha ukomelela ngaphakathi kwingingqi.
UBartlett wacacisa: “Enye yeenkalo ezingundoqo esiye saxoxa ngazo kuphuhliso lokomelela kunye nolawulo lwentlekele, kunye nokuzinza njengeentsika ezibalulekileyo ekufuneka kuqikelelwe kuzo ukubuyiswa kokhenketho. Kodwa ngakumbi, ukubaluleka kokwakhiwa kwezakhono kumazwe anokhenketho njengomqhubi woqoqosho lwawo - amazwe anezibonelelo ezibuthathaka kwaye asengozini yokuphazamiseka. Siza kubona intsebenziswano kwisakhiwo esiphuma kwiziko lokuqina apha eJamaica kunye neziko lokuqina eliseSaudi Arabia, utshilo uBartlett.
Okwangoku akukho mgca wexesha kwezi mbono, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo ukhenketho luqhubela phambili eJamaica nangaphaya - kwaye alunakubakho kuphela ngabatyeleli baseMntla Melika nase-UK kuphela.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- UBartlett ucinga ukuba le ndlela inokwenzeka yeendawo ezininzi zokusingwa ibalulekile kuphuhliso lokhenketho kummandla kwaye iya kwandisa imarike ukuze idale ubunzima obufunekayo ukutsala iinqwelomoya ezinkulu kunye nabaqhubi abakhenkethi abakhulu ukuba babe nomdla eJamaica nakummandla.
- A new era of a tourism opportunity just started in Jamaica, when the Minister of Tourism for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia HE Ahmed Al Khateeb was seen with his host, the Minister of Tourism for Jamaica, HE Edmund Bartlett.
- Such an air link would be an opportunity for Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean to establish a never before seen opportunity to connect the Middle East, India, Africa, Asia with direct air links to the Caribbean.
