Isiqithi sele samkele izigidi ezi-2 zokumisa kunye neendwendwe zokuhamba ngenqanawa ukususela ekuqaleni konyaka.
Ethetha izolo (20 Juni) ngexesha lakhe Intetho yokuvala iNgxoxo yeCandelo kwiNdlu yabaBameli, umphathiswa wezokhenketho unikezele ngedatha ebalulekileyo ukuxhasa imitsi eyimbali yasemva kobhubhane eyenziwa kwicandelo lezokhenketho.
“Kwangoku ngaphambi kokuba sigqibe iinyanga ezintandathu zokuqala zalo nyaka, sele sifumene i-2 yezigidi zokumisa kunye nabakhenkethi abahamba ngenqanawa abafumana umvuzo we-2 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, i-18% ngaphezulu kwemivuzo ka-2019 kwangelo xesha. Akumele kusimangalise oko Jameyikha silungiselela elona xesha lihle labakhenkethi basehlotyeni,” utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
"Jameyikha Yamkele malunga ne-3.3 yezigidi zabatyeleli ngo-2022 kwaye yabhalisa imali eyi-3.7 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi yokubuyiselwa kwemivuzo xa kuthelekiswa nemivuzo yangaphambi kwe-COVID ka-2019. IJamaica ikwajongene nokunyuka kwehlobo lika-2023 lokubhukisha ukuhamba ngomoya ngama-33% xa kuthelekiswa nehlobo lika-2022 ngokwedatha. ebonelelwa yenye yeefemu eziphambili zehlabathi zokuhlalutya idatha yohambo, iForwardKeys,” utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho ukwanike amagqabantshintshi ngohambo lwakhe lwakutsha nje oluya eMelika apho ebethethana namaqabane aphambili afana nabameli beCaribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) kwaye benze isivumelwano sentsebenziswano phakathi kweGlobal Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) kunye neYunivesithi yaseGeorge Washington. UMphathiswa uBartlett wongeza wathi:
"Uthethathethwano lwethu lwase-US lubandakanya uthotho lweentlanganiso kunye neengxoxo nabachaphazelekayo abakhokelayo kwezokhenketho kwinqwelomoya, abakhenkethi kunye nabakhenkethi kumacandelo aquka iDelta Airlines, iRoyal Caribbean Group kunye neExpedia."
"Ezi ntlanganiso ziqinisekisile ukuba ngokuqinisekileyo sisendleleni yokurekhoda elona hlobo lihle kakhulu kwimbali yethu, ingakumbi xa siqwalasela iindwendwe ezivela eMelika," watsho uMphathiswa.
Imakethi yomthombo ophambili waseJamaica, eUnited States, imele i-1.2 yezigidi kwi-1.4 yezigidi zezihlalo ezikhuselweyo kwixesha elizayo lokuhamba ehlotyeni, emele ukonyuka kwe-16% ngaphezu kweyona ndawo yangaphambili yesiqithi, erekhodwe ngo-2019.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho ukwanike amagqabantshintshi ngohambo lwakhe lwakutsha nje oluya eMelika apho ebethethana namaqabane aphambili afana nabameli beCaribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) kwaye benze isivumelwano sentsebenziswano phakathi kweGlobal Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) kunye neYunivesithi yaseGeorge Washington.
- “Kwangoku ngaphambi kokuba sigqibe iinyanga ezintandathu zokuqala zalo nyaka, sele sifumene i-2 yezigidi zokumisa kunye nabakhenkethi abahamba ngenqanawa abafumana umvuzo we-2 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, i-18% ngaphezulu kwemivuzo ka-2019 kwangelo xesha.
- IJamaica ikwajongene nokunyuka kwehlobo lika-2023 ukubhukisha ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya ngama-33% xa kuthelekiswa nehlobo lika-2022 ngokwedatha enikwe yenye yeefemu eziphambili zehlabathi zohlalutyo lwedatha, i-ForwardKeys,” utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
