Abaqhubi bamaShishini amaNcinci namaPhakathi oKhenketho (SMTEs) abonelela icandelo lezokhenketho bayakhuthazwa ukuba babonelele ngeemveliso ezikumgangatho ophezulu ukuqinisekisa ukomelela kweshishini kunye nokusebenza kwabo okuqhubekayo kwimarike.
Ngelixa ethetha malunga namakhulu amabini abathengisi basekhaya kumsitho wokuvula iqonga le-8 leKrisimesi ngoJulayi umboniso worhwebo izolo (ngoJulayi 12), uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, oHloniphekileyo. U-Edmund Bartlett ugxininise ukuba "umgangatho wokwakha, ukungaguquguquki, umthamo, kunye namaxabiso afanelekileyo angundoqo kukhuphiswano lweemveliso zaseJamaica."
Waqhubeka wathi “akukho mntu ufuna yiza eJamaica ukufumana into ekumgangatho ophantsi, enexabiso elingaphezulu ngexabiso layo” kwaye kunzima ukuyifumana, ukongeza ukuba ii-SMTEs, banomsebenzi nceda eJamaica "ukususa ibala lokuqala lokuba yindawo ekusingwa kuyo iisampulu."
Umphathiswa wezoKhenketho uthe oku kubalulekile ekukhuseleni okanye "ekuqinisekiseni ikamva kumashishini amancinci naphakathi okhenketho ukuze abe ngumqhubi oqhubekayo wamava okhenketho," kunye "nobungqina bentengiso kwikamva."
UMnu Bartlett uqaphele ukuba uyaqonda ukuba imingeni, kubandakanywa ukunyuka kwamaxabiso, ukungabikho kwenkxaso-mali, kunye nokuphazamiseka kwe-supply chain disruptions, kodwa wongezelela ukuba i-Ofisi yoMphathiswa iphendula ngokucwangcisekileyo.
UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho uye waqaphela ukuba imingeni iyasonjululwa “ngoqeqesho, uphuhliso, kunye nenkxaso-mali,” egxininisa ukuba “siyaqonda ukuba kufuneka ube nesikhundla kwaye kufuneka ube nenkxaso-mali.”
Ukwacacisile ukuba ngelixa abaqhubi be-SMTE besebenzela ukuhlala besebenza kwindawo enokhuphiswano, iSebe lezoKhenketho likwasebenzela "ubungqina bexesha elizayo eli shishini ngokuchasene nokudodobala koqoqosho."
Ngeli xesha, uMongameli weJamaica Hotel kunye noMbutho wabakhenkethi (JHTA), uClifton Reader uthe naye ufuna ukubona impumelelo yee-SMTEs kweli candelo.
UMnu Reader uvakalise ukuba i-JHTA inomdla ekuncedeni amaqumrhu anjalo. Uthe, "sifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba iingcango zethu zivulekile" wongeza ukuba "Ndiza kucela umngeni kwilungu ngalinye lombutho wam ukuqinisekisa ukuba eli shishini litsha liyaphumelela.'
Umongameli we-JHTA uvakalise ukuba "kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba le ntsebenziswano ingabi ngamazwi kuphela." Ngomoya ofanayo wagxininisa ukuba ngelixa i-SMTEs iya kuba nenkxaso yombutho, ababoneleli kufuneka banikeze "umgangatho ngexabiso elihle".
USihlalo weQela eliSebenzayo lobuGcisa bezeNgcaciso zoKhenketho loThungelwano (I-TLN), UJohn Mahfood uphinde wathi icandelo lemveliso liphumelela ngokuqhubekayo phakathi kwe-8-9% ye-GDP ngonyaka kwaye lilo lesibini igalelo elikhulu kuqoqosho lwawo onke amacandelo avelisa iimpahla. Abavelisi basekhaya baye bavuma ngexesha lobhubhani we-COVID-19 kwaye kukho ukonyuka kwe-76% kwizicelo ngo-2022, xa kuthelekiswa no-2019.
Njengoko iJamaica iqhubeka nokuchacha ngokukhawuleza, abavelisi bayakhuthazwa ukuba basebenzise ngokupheleleyo indawo yentengiso ekhoyo.
Umboniso worhwebo weKrisimesi kaJulayi uqhutywa yiTLN, icandelo leTourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) kwaye iqhuba ukusuka nge-12-13 kaJulayi 2022, eJamaica Pegasus Hotel.
Iqonga lomsitho ka-2022 libonisa abavelisi abayi-180 bezinto ezenziwe ekhaya, kwiindidi ezininzi, kubandakanya i-aromatherapy, ihombiso, ifashoni kunye nezixhobo, ubugcisa obuhle, izikhumbuzo, ukutya okucutshungulweyo, kunye neemveliso ezenziwe ngeefayibha zendalo nezendalo.
Inyathelo lonyaka likhuthaza ukuthengwa kweemveliso zengingqi eziyinyani ngabachaphazelekayo kwicandelo lezokhenketho kunye neshishini laseJamaica elikhangela izipho kubathengi kunye nabasebenzi. Ngumzamo wendibaniselwano weTourism Linkages Network kunye namahlakani ayo: iJamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Jamaica Manufacturers' and ExportersAssociation (JMEA), Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) kunye neJHTA.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- He continued that “no one wants to come to Jamaica to get an item that is inferior in quality, overpriced for its value” and hard to find, adding that SMTEs, have a job to help Jamaica “to remove the original stigma of us being a destination of samples.
- The Chairman of the Manufacturing Technical Working Group of the Tourism Linkages Network (TLN), John Mahfood also stated that the manufacturing sector consistently achieves between 8-9% of GDP annually and is the second largest contributor to the economy of all the goods producing sectors.
- The Tourism Minister said that this is critical to safeguarding or “future-proofing the small and medium tourism enterprises to be a continued driver of the tourism experience,” as well as “future-proofing the market.
