Ukubaluleka kokubonisa umbulelo kubasebenzi bokhenketho kunye nabachaphazelekayo kushishino, kwagxininiswa nguMphathiswa uBartlett kwiJamaica Tourist Board's (JTB) yabasebenzi bokhenketho bonyaka besidlo sakusasa kunye nombulelo wamahlakani, kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iSangster International (SIA) njengoko icandelo beliphawula ukuqala ixesha labakhenkethi basebusika ngoDisemba 15.
Echaza abasebenzi “njengentsika yeshishini,” wachaza ukuba “ukhenketho lumalunga nenkonzo kwaye i-60 yepesenti yexabiso lamava ondwendwe kwindawo ekusingwa kuyo yinkonzo, hayi inkonzo enikezelwa ngoomatshini kodwa ngabantu, wena abasebenzi.”
Ukukhumbuza ukuba ukuhanjiswa kweenkonzo kuqala kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, uMphathiswa uBartlett uxelele iindidi ezahlukeneyo zabasebenzi besikhululo seenqwelomoya:
"Umele umzuzu wenyaniso kwintengiso - xa umthengi edibana nemveliso okokuqala."
Ke xa befika kwitela apha baphume baphefumle umoya omtsha nomnandi, kulapho inkonzo iqala khona.
Uye wabonisa ukuba iJamaica yayikude kakhulu ekusebenziseni itekhnoloji ukwenza kube lula ukufika kwabatyeleli kwaye yakhupha isibheno sabahambi, kubandakanya namaJamaican, ukuba bagcwalise ulwazi lwabo lokufudukela kwi-Intanethi kwangaphambili ukuphepha ukulibaziseka kwiMfuduko kunye neSiko.
Umphathiswa uBartlett ubongoze abasebenzi bezokhenketho ukuba “masenze eli xesha lobusika libe lelona ligqwesileyo, kuba sele libumbeka ukuba libe njalo. Sinezihlalo ezitsha ezingama-178,000 ngaphezulu kobu busika kunalo naliphi na ixesha lasebusika kwimbali yethu; oko kuthetha ukuba sinezihlalo ezizizigidi ezisisi-1.45 ezivela kwihlabathi liphela ebusika ukuba i-80 yepesenti yomthwalo iyenzeka. ”
Umphathiswa ugxininise ukuba "kwi-100 yepesenti yezinto ezithathwayo, abafikayo baya kuba kwirekhodi le-1.6 yezigidi zezihlalo."
I-Montego Bay Isahluko Usihlalo weJamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), uKerry-Ann Quallo-Casserly naye udlulise umbulelo kubo bonke abasebenzi abazinikeleyo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, ephawula ukuba "imizamo yenu engadinwanga yokuqinisekisa ukusebenza kakuhle kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya sethu, kunye nokufudumala kwenu. ububele kunye noncumo olwamkelekileyo luhlala luhlala luhleli kubo bonke abatyeleli.”
Ngeli xesha, iGosa eliLawulayo eliyiNtloko le-MBJ Airports, abaqhubi be-SIA, u-Shane Munroe bagxininise ukuba "Isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseSangster asilosango nje; yindawo apho iJamaica iqala kunye neyokugqibela, kwaye nina basebenzi besikhululo seenqwelomoya niqinisekisa ukuba ezo nkumbulo azilibaleki.” Wongeze wathi, "uyintliziyo yokusebenza apha e-MBJ kunye nobuso baseJamaica kwilizwi, kunye nesizathu sempumelelo yethu."
Kwakhona encoma abasebenzi, uSodolophu waseMontego Bay, uCeba uRichard Vernon wabafanisa namava e-Intanethi kunye nesikhululo seenqwelomoya esimele uqhagamshelo kwindawo ebonakalayo. “Olo nxibelelwano ludala amava kwabo bandwendwelayo kwaye unoxanduva lokuhlanganisa la mava xa ungena naxa uphuma,” utshilo.
Isidlo sakusasa sonyaka sisebenze njengomsitho wokuwonga, kunye ne-JTB ithathela ingqalelo abasebenzi abaliqela abavela kumasebe ohlukeneyo eenkonzo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ngegalelo labo elibalaseleyo kushishino lokhenketho. Oyena uphambili kuluhlu lwabawongwa ngokubanga “iMbasa kaSihlalo” nguNatari Dixon owanconywa “njengomntu ozinikeleyo kunye nenkxaso yakhe engagungqiyo eshiye uphawu olungacimekiyo kwi-JTB kunye nokwandiswa, iJamaica.” Eli wonga linikezelwe nguMphathiswa uBartlett.
