Kukhokelwa ngu Ukhenketho lwaseJamaica UMphathiswa, oHloniphekileyo. U-Edmund Bartlett, abasebenzi abasebenze kwicandelo lezokhenketho iminyaka engama-50 nangaphezulu baye bawongwa kwiiMbasa zeGolden Tourism Day.
“Ngokuhlwanje, ndiwonge abasebenzi bezokhenketho abali-14 abazinikele iminyaka engama-50 nangaphezulu kwishishini lethu lokhenketho esilithandayo ngembasa yezoKhenketho yeGolden,” utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett kulo msitho.
“Ndiwongwe ngenene ukufumana ithuba lokubulela kwaye ndiqhwabele izandla iminyaka emininzi yokuzinikela nokuzinikela kweli candelo libaluleke ngendlela emangalisayo nelinegalelo elingaka kuqoqosho lwesizwe sethu.”
“Ndithanda ukubulela ngamnye wenu ngomsebenzi wenu onzima, ukuzinikela, kunye nenqanaba eliphezulu lobuchule enibeke umqobo wemigangatho yokwamkela iindwendwe kunye nezenzo ezingcono namhlanje,” utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
"Xa iitshiphusi zaziphantsi kwaye imida yethu ivaliwe, nonke nenze isigqibo sokunamathela kukhenketho kwaye nibuyele kwizinto ezithandwayo ningazange nihambe."
“Uxabiseke ngokwenene ekuboniseni abahambi into eyenza iJamaica nabantu baseJamaica babe yiHeartbeat yeHlabathi. Egameni lam, urhulumente wethu nelizwe lethu liphela, ndibulela ngokungazenzisiyo kwakhona ngokudlala indima ebaluleke kangaka ekukhuliseni icandelo lethu lezokhenketho.”
Kulo nyaka iGolide Tourism Awards iwonga abantu abangama-20 bebonke abaneminyaka engama-50 okanye ngaphezulu benkonzo kwicandelo lezokhenketho esiqithini. Ababini kwaba bantu bafumana iwonga elikhethekileyo ngokusebenza kweli candelo iminyaka engaphezu kwama-60: u-Inez Scott noJames “Jimmy” Wright.
U-Inez Scott uchithe iminyaka engama-61 kumsebenzi awuthandayo, edala kwaye ethengisa iimveliso zobugcisa zaseJamaican ezizodwa. Wenza iibhegi athunge iingobozi adla ngokuzihombisa ngeentaka, imithi yebhanana neminye imizobo etsala amehlo, nto leyo ebeyenza yonke le minyaka ukususela ebuntwaneni ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje.
Igama elithi “Jimmy James” Wright lalisisithetha-ntonye nenye yeehotele eziphambili eMontego Bay amashumi eminyaka. Umdla awayenawo uJimmy ngomsebenzi wakhe, nokuba unoxanduva lweyiphi na indawo, wahlala kuye kuyo yonke iminyaka yakhe engama-61 kushishino lwezokhenketho phambi kokuba athathe umhlala-phantsi kutsha nje njengoMlawuli weMisebenzi wehotele.
Ukuqhubela phambili kwi Mabhaso ngokwabo, umsitho walo nyaka unike aba basebenzi babalaseleyo ithuba lokonwabela imveliso yokhenketho abathe benza igalelo elibaluleke kangaka kuyo. Kuba uninzi lwabo lungakhange lube nakho ukufumana amava eholide, abawongwayo baye bathuthwa basiwa kwindawo yokuhlala iqabane apho babenokuphumla kwaye bathathe inxaxheba kuzo zonke izinto eziluncedo ezikhoyo ngohambo olugcinwe ngokukodwa.
