Umphathiswa Wezokhenketho waseJamaica ukhuthaza utyalo-mali ngakumbi kwezokhenketho

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Amaziko ezezimali, kubandakanya neBhanki yoPhuhliso lweCaribbean (CDB), bayacelwa nguMphathiswa Wezokhenketho waseJamaica, u-Edmund Bartlett, ukuba baseke ngcono iwindow yamathuba amaShishini amaNcinci naPhakathi oKhenketho (ii-SMTE) kunye nokutyala imali ngakumbi kukhenketho kulo mmandla. U-Bartlett uvakalise ukuba igalelo elibaluleke kakhulu kuqoqosho lwesizwe kunye nabemi balo linokuza kuphela ngokuphucula amandla abantu ukubonelela ngamava abatyeleli.

Uhlalutyo lukaBartlett lwaphuma ekuthatheni inxaxheba kwakhe kwingxoxo yephaneli ephezulu ngoLwesine kwiNtlanganiso yoNyaka yama-47 yeBhodi yeRhuluneli yeCDB kwiiTurks naseCaicos Islands.

“Nangona umqeshwa omnye kwabali-1 ehlabathini esebenza nomzi mveliso wezokhenketho kwaye ezinye i-US $ 11 zeetriliyoni zedola yenkcitho yokhenketho yenzeke kunyaka ophelileyo kwihlabathi liphela; Kuphela yi-7.6 yepesenti encinci yemali yamazwe amaninzi kunye ne-arhente yabanikeli eya kukhenketho kwihlabathi liphela, engaphantsi kwekota yepesenti enye. Oku kufikeleleke ngaphantsi kwe-US $ 0.15 yezigidi zayo yonke imali-mboleko ebonelelweyo yaya kwicandelo. Kufuneka kubekho utshintsho ke kwisimo sengqondo esipheleleyo malunga nolu shishino ukuze kubonelelwe ngakumbi ngabantu abanokuthi benze igalelo kuphuhliso lommandla, ”utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.

Uye waphawula ukuba inkqubo yeebhanki kwiCaribbean ayikafumani bango lezokhenketho kunye nokuphuhliswa kohlobo lweepotifoliyo eziya kuvumela ii-SMTE's ukuba zibe nokufikelela kwimali efunekayo. Oku ekukhanyeni kwenyani yokuba iiCaribbean ngoyena mmandla uxhomekeke kubakhenkethi emhlabeni, ungaphezulu kweepesenti ezingama-50 ze-GDP kunye nomsebenzi omnye kwabahlanu enxulumene nokhenketho ubuncinci kwi-16 yamazwe angama-28 kwiCaribbean.

Ngeli xesha, umphathiswa u-Bartlett uqaqambise ukuba ingxelo ka-2014 eqhutywa yiNkqubo yezeNdalo yeZizwe eziManyeneyo (i-UNEP) ibonakalise ukuba iCaribbean, nangona ingoyena mmandla uxhomekeke kubakhenkethi emhlabeni, unelona zinga liphezulu lokuvuza kwenkcitho yezokhenketho.

“Kukwiipesenti ezingama-80, oko kukuthi, iisenti ezingama-80 zedola nganye ziyavuza; Intsingiselo yokuba ibuyela umva ukubhatalela iindleko zokhenketho, undwendwe kunye nezinto ezifunekayo zeshishini ezifunekayo. Kwimeko yeJamaica, ingxelo ithi singama-70 eepesenti, iisenti ezingama-30 zedola zihlala apha kwaye iisenti ezingama-70 zimka kweli, ”utshilo.

"Ke ngoko, kufuneka sibe ngabecandelo lokusetyenziswa kwezokhenketho kwaye sakhe amandla abantu bethu ekuhambiseni amava kwaye, ngokwenza njalo, sonyusa inqanaba lokugcinwa kwedola yezokhenketho kuqoqosho," utshilo uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho.

Uqhubeke wathi "ngokubonelela ngenkxaso yemali edingeka kakhulu kwii-SMTEs kunye nezo nkampani zidlala indima ebalulekileyo kwikhonkco lexabiso lezokhenketho sinokwakha amava ethu abatyeleli- kwisisu sokutya, ukonwaba, ezemidlalo, ezempilo kunye nezinye iindawo ezinomtsalane iingongoma zabo uthando. Oku kuya kukhuthaza abatyeleli ukuba bachithe ngaphezulu; ke, sizogcina ngaphezulu kweedola zokhenketho siyeke ukuvuza, utshilo.

Ngelixa baseTurks naseCaicos, uMphathiswa uBartlett wajoyina uNobhala Jikelele weCaribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), uHugh Riley; Ingcali yezoqoqosho uGqirha Amos Peters; UMlawuli oLawulayo weTurks kunye neCaicos Hotel kunye noMbutho wezoKhenketho uStacy Cox kunye nabanye abathathi-nxaxheba bezokhenketho kwingingqi kwingxoxo ngemiba engundoqo ekuqhubeleni phambili ukukhula koqoqosho kwiCaribbean, kubandakanya imveliso yengingqi kunye nohlaziyo kumzi mveliso wokhenketho.

I-Bhanki yoPhuculo lweCaribbean (i-CDB) liziko lemali lengingqi elenzelwe injongo yokufaka igalelo kuhlumo loqoqosho kunye nophuhliso lwamazwe angamalungu eCaribbean. Inceda amazwe aseCaribbean ekuxhaseni ngemali iinkqubo zentlalo nezoqoqosho. IBhodi yeRhuluneli lelona qumrhu liphezulu lokwenza umgaqo-nkqubo we-CDB kwaye idibana kube kanye ngonyaka kwelinye lamazwe angamalungu e-CDB.

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