Inqwelomoya entsha, amava amatsha kunye nemveliso ehlaziyiweyo sele iguqulela kushishino lokhenketho olwandisiweyo lweBarbados. Amanani asanda kukhutshwa abonisa ukuba iBarbados iyaqhubeka nendlela yayo yokukhula okuhle ngo-2018, itsala iindwendwe ezingama-357,668 zokuhlala kwithuba likaJanuwari ukuya kuJuni. Xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elihambelanayo kwi-2017, bekukho iindwendwe ezongezelelweyo ze-10,819 kwisiqithi; ukwanda nge-3.1 ekhulwini.
Ngokwezibalo zangaphakathi ezisuka kwiBarbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI), esi siqithi sakonwabela ukugaleleka kwabantu abafikayo, kwaye kwezintlanu iimakethi ezivelisa imveliso, iUnited Kingdom iphume phambili kwakhona ngokufika kwe-119,241, ukuya kwi-2.8. ekhulwini ukusuka 2017. I-UK igcina i-33.3 yepesenti yesabelo semarike. Ukulandela ngokusondeleyo ngasemva yi-United States, erekhode ukukhula okukhawulezayo kweepesenti ze-8.8 ukusuka kwiindwendwe ze-107,328 ngexesha likaJanuwari ukuya kuJuni ka-2018. Ngaphaya eCanada, kufike abantu abangama-53,236 barekhodwa, bebona le marike ikhula nge-2.9 yeepesenti xa kuthelekiswa no-2017.
Esi siqithi sabona abantu abafikayo be-14,863 bephuma eTrinidad naseTobago, kwaye kukho ukwanda okungaphezulu kwe-3.1 yepesenti yokukhula kwezinye iindawo zeCaribbean, ngelixa iYurophu igcina i-4.3 yesabelo semarike kunye neendwendwe ze-18,988.
ICEO yeBarbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI), uWilliam 'Billy' Griffith uvuyisene nabadlali bokhenketho abathe banegalelo ekukhuleni kwendawo. Wongeze ukuba “kukho uxinzelelo lokuqhubeka nokuphucula kwaye sihlale sikhuphisana njengoko siqhubeka nokukhulisa uphawu lwethu. Kufuneka sibe nobuchule kwiinzame zethu, kwaye ngoku, kunanini na ngaphambili, kufuneka sigxile kubudlelwane bethu obuphambili. Yiyo loo nto kwezi nyanga zintandathu zizayo, niza kusibona sisebenza ngokusondele ngakumbi namaqabane ethu ukuqinisekisa ukuba ezi meko ziyaqhubeka ngexesha lasebusika elizayo nangaphaya. ”
Ukonyuka komthamo womoya
NgoDisemba ophelileyo, i-BTMI idibene ne-Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) ukwamkela i-Virgin Atlantic entsha ye-London Heathrow inkonzo kabini ngeveki eBarbados, eya kuqala kubusika obuzayo be-2018/19. Omtsha uThomas Cook uya kuphinda aqalise ngenkonzo yakhe yeveki ngokuthe ngqo esuka eLondon Gatwick kobu busika buka-2018/19, eqhube ngempumelelo kubusika buka-2017/2018.
Onke amehlo ajonge eLatin America njengoko ubambiswano olutsha lweBarbados kunye neCopa Airlines yazisa inkonzo yeBarbados-Panama kabini ngeveki. Inqwelomoya yokuqala yafika eBarbados ukuya kumdla omkhulu ngoJulayi 17 kwaye le nkonzo intsha kulindeleke ukuba ivule isango lokuya kuMzantsi Merika obanzi nakwezinye iindawo zaseCaribbean.
I-United States iya kufumana ukongezwa ngakumbi kobu busika kunye nezongezo ezimbini ezivela kwi-American Airlines. I-airline isanda kwazisa ukuba iya kongeza inqwelomoya yesithathu yemihla ngemihla esuka eMiami eqala ngo-Disemba 19, 2018. Ngaloo mini, iya kuqalisa kwakhona inkonzo engapheliyo, yemihla ngemihla esuka kwi-Airport ye-Charlotte Douglas International ukuya eBarbados. Ngaphaya eKhanada, iWestJet ngoku yongeza izihlalo zayo ngeepesenti ezisi-8 phakathi kukaMeyi no-Oktobha 2018, kwaye kobu busika, i-Air Canada iya kwandisa umthamo wayo ukusuka eMontreal ngeenqwelomoya ezintathu zeveki.
Iindawo ezinomdla ezintsha kunye neendawo zokuhlala
Ukongeza kokunyuka kokuhamba ngenqwelomoya, uGriffith ukwamkele indima edlalwe ngumtsalane omtsha wesiqithi ekunyuseni amanani okufika kuka-2018. “Siyayiqonda imfuneko eqhubekayo yokuhlaziya kunye nokomeleza unikezelo lwemveliso yethu ngelixa sigcina izinto zamava eBarbados ezigcina izinga lethu lokuphinda iindwendwe liphezulu kakhulu. Izinto ezintsha ezinomtsalane ezifana neRihanna Drive kunye neNikki Beach, okanye nendawo yokutyela kaHugo, zihamba umgama omde ekuboniseni ukuba iBarbados izibophelele ekugcineni indawo yayo njengendawo ekwiholide ephezulu.
Ukwathethe ngokongezwa kwendawo entsha yokuchithela iiholide yeSandals Royal, kunye neendawo zokuhlala ezihlaziyiweyo ezifana neSea Breeze Beach House eMaxwell, eChrist Church.
Ejonge phambili kwiinyanga ezintandathu ezizayo, uGriffith uthe ujonge phambili ekufumaneni umzila kaloliwe omtsha weLifa leMveli yiSt.
