- UMphathiswa uBartlett ubhengeze umnxeba kwi UNWTO IKomishini yeNgingqi yaseMelika ibanjelwe eJamaica namhlanje.
- Iirisithi zokhenketho zamazwe aphesheya ngo-2020 zehle ngeepesenti ezingama-64 ngokwenyani, elingana nethontsi elingaphezulu kwe-US $ 900 yezigidigidi.
- Ilahleko iyonke kwimali engenayo yokuthumela ngaphandle evela kukhenketho lwamazwe aphesheya ifikelele phantse kwi-US $ 1.1 trillion.
Umphathiswa wezoKhenketho eJamaica uBartlett wenze eli khwelo ngethuba echophela iqonga elidityanisiweyo loMbutho weZizwe eziManyeneyo woKhenketho weHlabathi.UNWTO) IKhomishini yeNgingqi ye-66 yaseMelika (CAM), namhlanje (ngoJuni 24).
UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho eSaudi Arabia, oHloniphekileyo u-Ahmed Al Khateeb, kunye noMphathiswa wezoKhenketho kunye nezoThutho lwaMazwe ngaMazwe zeBarbados, uSenator, u-Hon. U-Lisa Cummins, baphakathi kweenkokheli zokhenketho zehlabathi eziye zaya eJamaica ukuya kwindibano ye-CAM. USenator Cummins ukwangusihlalo weCaribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO). Amagosa ezokhenketho nawo athe athatha inxaxheba kwiNgxoxo yabaPhathiswa malunga nokuvuselelwa kwecandelo lezokhenketho ukuze kuhlume kulo wonke umntu.
Ukhenketho lwaseJamaica Umphathiswa u-Bartlett uphawule ukuba "iirisithi zokhenketho zamazwe aphesheya ngo-2020 zehle ngama-64 eepesenti ngokwenyani, elingana nethontsi elingaphezulu kwe-US $ 900 yezigidigidi, ngelixa ilahleko iyonke kwingeniso evela kumazwe angaphandle isuka kwi-US $ 1.1 yezigidi zezigidi."
Wongeze ukuba "impembelelo ye-COVID-19 kwicandelo lezokhenketho laseJamaica eMelika ibone ukwehla ngeepesenti ezingama-68 kubakhenkethi bamazwe aphesheya ngo-2020, irekhoda izigidi ezingama-70 ukusuka kwizigidi ezingama-219 ezirekhodwe ngo-2019." Ukhale ngelithi ngokutsho kwe UNWTOIngxelo yesithoba malunga nezithintelo zokuhamba, iindawo ezili-10 eMelika, okanye iipesenti ezingama-20 zazo zonke iindawo ekufikelwa kuzo kulo mmandla, zazivale ngokupheleleyo imida yazo ukusukela nge-1 kaFebruwari 2021, kunye nokuhla kokuhamba kwenqwelomoya.
Ngelixa benethemba lokujonga izinto ezintle eziza kuqhubela phambili uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseJamaic. UMnu. Bartlett ugxininise ukuba "ikhwelo ngoku, kukuphinda-phinda iinzame zethu zokusebenzisana ngendlela ebonakalayo nenentsingiselo yokubuyela kwiintsuku eziphumeleleyo zokuhamba nokhenketho." Uthe, "Ndiyathemba ukuba isiphumo esinye sale ntlanganiso, kubandakanya nengxoxo yabaphathiswa, ayizukuba kukuphinda-phinda ukuzibophelela kwethu kunye nentando yethu yezopolitiko, kodwa ke linyathelo elinye elibambekayo elinokuthathwa ngummandla ukuvuselela ukhenketho."
UNobhala-Jikelele we UNWTO, UMnu Zurab Pololikashvili, ekugxininiseni isidingo sokukhawulezisa ukubuyiswa kwecandelo lezokhenketho wathi "asikwazi ukushiya nabani na emva kule nkqubo ... Ixesha libalulekile, iintsapho ezininzi ngakumbi kwiiCaribbean azinayo enye indlela yokuphuma kule nto. Ngowona mthombo wengeniso kubo kwaye abantu abaninzi nabantwana abaninzi kunye neentsapho ezininzi zixhomekeke kulo mvuzo. ”
UMphathiswa u-Al Khateeb ugxininise isidingo sokusebenzisana ngakumbi ekulweni ubhubhane we-COVID-19. "Le yingxaki yehlabathi, kwaye isisombululo kufuneka sivela kuwo wonke umntu kwaye ke kufuneka sisebenzisane kwaye kufuneka sisebenzisane," utshilo. Ukwabize iinkqubo ezicacileyo nezimanyeneyo zokuququzelela ukunyuka kwecandelo lezokhenketho.
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Jamaica Tourism Minister Bartlett highlighted that “international tourism receipts in 2020 declined by 64 percent in real terms, equivalent to a drop of over US$900 billion, while the total loss in export revenues from international tourism amount to nearly US$1.
- He added that “the impact of COVID-19 on the Jamaica tourism sector in the Americas saw a 68 percent decrease in international tourist arrivals in 2020, recording 70 million down from the 219 million recorded in 2019.
- ” He lamented that according to the UNWTO's ninth report on travel restrictions, 10 destinations in the Americas, or 20 percent of all destinations in the region, had completely closed their borders as of February 1, 2021, with a downward trend in air traffic.
