Ne ukhenketho Jamaican Icandelo liqhubeleka kwindlela yalo yokukhula eyomeleleyo ngo-2023, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho oHloniphekileyo. U-Edmund Bartlett udize ukuba ukusukela nge-10 kaMeyi, 2023, isiqithi samkele ngaphezu kwe-1.5 yezigidi zeendwendwe zizonke, kunye nengeniso yethutyana engaphezulu kwe-US$ 1.6 yebhiliyoni ngelo xesha.
UMphathiswa uBartlett wenze isibhengezo kwizithende ze-41st Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association's (CHTA) Caribbean Travel Marketplace eBarbados, apho wafumana khona Imbasa kaMongameli yokuGqwesa kweCaribbean kwezoKhenketho. Umphathiswa wezokhenketho wabelane ukuba amanani akhoyo unyaka ukuya kumhla adize ukuba i-Destination Jamaica ifikelele kolu thagethi ngaphambi koqikelelo.
“Phakathi koJanuwari 1, 2023, noMeyi 10, sifumene i-1,586,303 iyonke. iindwendwe, ukuma kunye nokuhamba ngenqanawa, ukufumana i-US $ 1.69 yebhiliyoni, ukubeka indawo esisingise kuyo kunye namanani erekhodi ka-2019. Sibone ukukhula okuthe gqolo ekufikeni kwethu kunye notyalo-mali oluqhubekayo kwicandelo lezokhenketho, yimpumelelo enkulu,” utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
Umphathiswa wezoKhenketho ugxininise ukuba utyalo-mali olucwangcisiweyo kunye nokwakha ukomelela zizinto ezingundoqo ekugxilwe kuzo ekuzinziseni ukuchacha okuqinileyo kwecandelo lezokhenketho. Uphinde wakhankanya iinzame zokurhweba eziqinisiweyo, ukwandisa umthamo wamagumbi kunye nokwandiswa koqhagamshelo lweenqwelo-moya njengezona zinto ziphambili ekuqhubeni phambili ekufikeni kwabakhenkethi.
Ngokuphathelele oku, uMphathiswa uBartlett wathi:
"Ukugcina oku kukhula kwinqanaba eliphezulu, siyaqhubeka nokukhusela inkonzo entsha yomoya kunye nokongezwa kweendlela ezintsha ngabathwali abahloniphekileyo njengeAmerican Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Arajet, kunye ne-Edelweiss Airlines."
Ngaphezu koko, sandisa kwaye siphucula iSikhululo seenqwelomoya saMazwe ngaMazwe eSangster kwaye sinamagumbi amatsha ehotele amalunga nama-8,000 ebekelwe ukwakhiwa kule minyaka mibini ukuya mihlanu izayo.
UMphathiswa uBartlett ubalule ukuba iSicwangciso soBuchule seBlue Ocean soMphathiswa wezoKhenketho kunye neSikhokelo soQinisekiso lweNdawo yokuFikela kunye neSicwangciso-qhinga siyaqhubeka ukuphembelela uphuhliso lwemveliso yokhenketho ezinzileyo, eyomelelayo neyohlukeneyo.
“IJamaica ixhasa iintsika eziphambili zokhenketho ezibonisa inkcubeko ekhethekileyo yendawo ekusingwa kuyo kunye nelifa lemveli ngelixa ngaxeshanye ijongana nomnqweno womhambi wanamhlanje wokufumana ngaphezulu kwelanga, ulwandle kunye nesanti kuphela. Kufuneka silawule ngononophelo ishishini ngokwakha ukomelela, ukuze likwazi ukuziqhelanisa rhoqo nemiba enokuthi ivele kwaye libeke izicwangciso endaweni yokulikhusela kwizinto ezothusayo ezizayo,” utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
