UKINGSTON, eJamaica; Nge-Okthobha 03, 2018: Umphathiswa Wezokhenketho, Hon. U-Edmund Bartlett umke esiqithini izolo esiya eParis, ukuya kugqibezela amalungiselelo enkonzo yomoya, eya kuthi ikhokelele kuphuhliso lwenqwelomoya ngokuthe ngqo ukusuka eMontego Bay ukuya eFrance, kungekudala.
“Ndinovuyo kakhulu ukwazisa ukuba iJamaica iza kwandisa unxibelelwano neFrance. Mna noMlawuli wezoKhenketho sizakudibana neAir France / KLM kunye nabatyali zimali baseFrance kwezokhenketho, ukuze sibophelelise amalungiselelo aza kulinceda ilizwe lethu, ”utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
Ingxoxo ibiqala ukwenzeka ngexesha lotyelelo oluvakalayo ngu-Ambassia waseFrance ophuma eJamaica, oHloniphekileyo uJean-Michel Despax kwi-Ofisi yoMphathiswa New Kingston.
Ngethuba lale ntlanganiso, kuye kwathathwa isigqibo sokuba igqiza loMphathiswa lityelele amagosa afana noMmeli waseJamaican eFrance kunye nenkampani entsha yentengiso.
“Siyamenywa ukuba sidibane e-France noMphathiswa weSizwe wezoRhwebo lwaNgaphandle, uKhuthazo loKhenketho kunye nabemi baseFrance abakwamanye amazwe, u-Hon. UMatthias Fekl, uGunyaziwe wezoPhapho waseFrance, iAir France kunye nenani labatyali zimali abanomdla kwimveliso yezokhenketho eJamaica. Omnye wabatyali zimali yiSofitel [uthotho lweehotele eziphambili eziseParis, eFrance, neziphethwe yiAccorHotels], utshilo uMphathiswa.
Ngokwedatha evela kwiBhodi yabaKhenkethi yaseJamaica, ukufika kwabo bevela eFrance ngo-2017 babone ukonyuka ngama-40.2% kwabafikayo, kunye nabakhenkethi abangama-7400 kwesi siqithi. Nangona kunjalo, abafikayo khange bahambisane kule minyaka isixhenxe idlulileyo. Isiqithi sasinencopho yaso ngo-2014 kunye nabatyeleli abangama-12,087 XNUMX bokuma.
“Sikholelwa nyani ukuba abo bafika bevela kwimakethi yaseFrance abazukuzinza kuphela kodwa baya kubona ukunyuka okukhulu xa siphucule unxibelelwano. Kukho umdla onzulu kwinkcubeko yethu, ukutya kunye nomculo ovela kubemi baseFrance kunye nabantu baseJamaica abahlala eFrance. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo kuyakufuneka siphucule intengiso yethu kulo mmandla, kodwa ndijonge phambili ekwamkeleni abakhenkethi abaninzi baseFrance nje ukuba sigqibe isivumelwano, ”utshilo uMphathiswa.
UMphathiswa uBartlett kunye noMlawuli wezoKhenketho, uDonovan White bazakubuyela kwesi siqithi nge-7 ka-Okthobha ka-2018.
