UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, oHloniphekileyo u-Edmund Bartlett uye wagxininisa indima ebalulekileyo edlalwa ngabacebisi bokhenketho ekuqhubeleni phambili ukukhula kokhenketho lwaseJamaica. Ethetha kwisidlo sasemini esikhethekileyo sokuhlonipha abacebisi abahamba phambili kuMntla-mpuma weMelika, uMphathiswa ubonakalise ngomzamo kunye nokuzinikela kwaba bacebisi ngexesha lobhubhani.
“Sonke siyakhumbula mhla iinqwelomoya zayeka ukubhabha, iinqanawa zayeka ukuhamba kwaye amazwe avala imida yawo. Sasingazi ukuba ngosuku olulandelayo luza kubamba ntoni kodwa ngedatha, ukuveliswa kwezinto ezintsha kunye nentsebenziswano yecandelo labucala likarhulumente, iJamaica yakwazi ukuvula imida yayo kwaye yahlala ivulekile. Abacebisi bethu abaxatyisiweyo bohambo bebeqala baphuma kwiibhloko, bethengisa indawo yokuya, kodwa okona kubaluleke kakhulu kumyalezo wethu wesiqinisekiso sendawo yokufikela kubaxumi babo, utshilo uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, oHloniphekileyo u-Edmund Bartlett.
IJamaica yavula imida yayo nge-15 kaJuni, ngo-2020, ngemigaqo yayo eyomeleleyo yezempilo kunye nokhuseleko kunye nenye yepaseji eyomelelayo eyayineziseko eziluncedo zokuvumela amava okundwendwela akhuselekileyo nangenamthungo ngexesha lo bhubhani.
“Ilizwe elenze ukuba iJamaica iphinde yachacha yi-United States engazange ivale imida yayo kwaye kwisithuba esingangonyaka emva kokuvulwa kwendawo, samkela abatyeleli abasisigidi, abangama-800 amawaka kubo bevela eUnited States.
Kwaye kwiindwendwe ezizizigidi ezi-4.1 esazamkela kulo nyaka uphelileyo, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba izigidi ezi-3 kuzo zivela e-United States, i-2.2 yezigidi zokumisa kwaye abanye ngabakhenkethi abahamba ngenqanawa. Eli nani likhulu belingenakufezekiswa ngaphandle kwabacebisi bethu bohambo abaqhubeka nokulwela uhlobo lweJamaica kwaye bazinikele kwindawo ekusingwa kuyo,” wongeze watsho uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, oHloniphekileyo u-Edmund Bartlett.
Idatha ibonisa ukuba phakathi kuka-2020 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, isabelo semarike yeendwendwe zase-US eziya eJamaica sinyuke ukusuka kwi-63% ukuya malunga ne-74%.
“Ngowama-2019, iJamaica yamkele malunga ne-1.6 yezigidi zeendwendwe zase-US zokumisa okuthetha ukuba ukusukela kwi-COVID, sonyuse elo nani ngama-600 amawaka. Oku kuthetha nemfuno yendawo ekusingwa kuyo, ukuzithemba kwimarike yaseMelika kunye neenzame zamahlakani ethu kwezokhenketho njengabacebisi bethu bokhenketho, utshilo uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, oHloniphekileyo u-Edmund Bartlett.
Malunga neBhodi yabakhenkethi yaseJamaica
I-Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), eyasekwa kwi-1955, yi-arhente yezokhenketho yesizwe yaseJamaica esekelwe kwisixeko esikhulu saseKingston. Iiofisi ze-JTB zikwafumaneka eMontego Bay, eMiami, eToronto naseJamani naseLondon. Iiofisi zabameli zifumaneka eBerlin, eSpain, eItali, eMumbai naseTokyo.
Ngo-2022, i-JTB yaye yabhengezwa 'iNdawo yoKhenketho eKhokela kwiHlabathi liphela,' 'iNdawo yoSapho eKhokela kwiHlabathi liphela' kunye 'neNdawo yoMtshato eBalaseleyo kwiHlabathi' yiWorld Travel Awards, eyathi yayithiya 'iBhodi yabaKhenkethi eKhokela kwiCaribbean' kunyaka we-15 olandelelanayo; kunye 'neNdawo eNgqwesileyo yeCaribbean' kunyaka we-17 olandelelanayo; kunye 'neNdawo yokuFikela yeNdalo eKhokela kwiCaribbean' kunye 'neNdawo yoKhenketho eNgcono kwiCaribbean.' Ukongeza, iJamaica izuze iimbasa ezisixhenxe kudidi oluphezulu lwegolide nesilivere kumaBhaso eTravvy ka-2022, kuquka ''Eyona ndawo iGqwesileyo yoMtshato - Lilonke', 'Eyona ndawo yokuFikela kuyo - iCaribbean,' 'Eyona ndawo yokuFikela iCulinary - iCaribbean,' 'IBhodi yoKhenketho iGqwesileyo - I-Caribbean,' 'INkqubo ye-Arhente ye-Arhente yokuHamba eBalaseleyo,' 'INdawo yokuHamba ngeNqanawa eNgcono – iCaribbean' kunye 'neNdawo yokuFikela eNgcono yoMtshato - iCaribbean.' IJamaica likhaya kwezona ndawo zibalaseleyo zokuhlalisa, umtsalane kunye nababoneleli ngeenkonzo abaqhubeka befumana ukuqondwa okubalaseleyo kwihlabathi.
Ukufumana iinkcukacha ngemisitho ekhethekileyo ezayo, iindawo ezinomtsalane kunye neendawo zokuhlala eJamaica, yiya kwiwebhusayithi ye-JTB ku. www.wendwendani.com okanye utsalele iBhodi yeJamaica yabakhenkethi e-1-800-JAMAICA (1-800-526-2422). Landela i-JTB kwi Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Twilley kwaye YouTube. Jonga ibhlog yeJTB kwi visitjamaica.com/blog.