Ethetha nge-22 kaNovemba kwiSeshini yoLwazi loPhuhliso lwezoShishino lwesibini ngonyaka ngokukodwa kwii-SMTEs, u-Bartlett watyhila isicwangciso esibanzi seentsika ezintathu esijolise ekukhuthazeni ukukhula okuzinzileyo kunye nempumelelo yala maqumrhu abalulekileyo.
“Ii-SMTEs ngokuqinisekileyo zidlala indima ebaluleke kakhulu kushishino lokhenketho. Ukuqinisa eli candelo, siyayiqonda imfuneko yokujongana nemiba emithathu ebalulekileyo: uqeqesho lokuphucula amandla, inkxaso-mali yophuhliso lwenkunzi, kunye nenkxaso yokuthengisa,” utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett. Ezi ntsika zi-3 zisebenza njengesiseko sokulungisa ukungalingani okukhoyo, okwenza ukuba ii-SMTEs zihlakulele iingcamango ezintsha, zandise imveliso yazo, zikhusele inkxaso-mali ukuze ziphucule zombini ubuninzi kunye nomgangatho, kwaye ekugqibeleni ziseke ubukho bemarike ebavumela ukuba balawule amaxabiso afanelekileyo iimpahla,” wongeze watsho.
UMphathiswa uqaqambise intsika yokuqala yophuculo lwezakhono ngoqeqesho, egxininisa indima ebalulekileyo yobuchwepheshe. Elinye inyathelo eliphawulekayo eliqhubekayo lintsebenziswano phakathi kweNethiwekhi yoThungelwano loKhenketho kunye neYunivesithi yaseWest Indies, egxile ekuxhobiseni iiSMTEs zaseJamaican ngezakhono ezibalulekileyo zedijithali ukuphucula amashishini abo.
Ethetha nentsika yesibini, ephathelele kwinkxaso-mali ebalulekileyo kunye nenkxaso yophuhliso yee-SMTEs, uMphathiswa uBartlett uye wakhanyisa ngoQeqesho loMgangatho weeMveliso zeSpa, olujonge ukulungelelanisa amashishini amancinci abandakanyeka kukwenziwa kwemveliso yespa kunye nemigangatho yamazwe ngamazwe neyasekhaya egunyaziswe ziihotele. Ngaphezu koko, iNgxowa-mali yoPhuculo loKhenketho, phantsi kwesikhokelo soMphathiswa, iphumeze amalungiselelo enkxaso-mali ukubonelela ngenkxaso emandla kwii-SMTEs.
“Sibeke ibhiliyoni yeedola kwiBhanki ye-EXIM, sinika abachaphazelekayo kushishino ithuba lokufumana inkxaso-mali ukusuka kwizigidi ezi-5 ukuya kwezingama-25 ezigidi zeedola, kunye nenzala emiselweyo yesi-5 ekhulwini kwiminyaka emihlanu.”
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ngaphezulu kweebhiliyoni ezi-2 zeerandi kwimali-mboleko ethe yahlawulwa nge-EXIM Bank kubaqhubi bamashishini amancinci naphakathi okhenketho,” utshilo uMphathiswa.
Ngokumalunga namathuba okuthengisa, uMphathiswa uBartlett ubalule iinzuzo ezibalulekileyo eziye zafunyanwa zii-SMTEs ngobukho bazo kwiwebhusayithi edityaniswe ngokupheleleyo. Jameyikha Ibhodi yabakhenkethi (JTB). Ukongeza, ii-SMTEs ziyakwazi ukufikelela kumathuba okuthengisa ngemisitho eyahlukeneyo yonyaka yeTourism Linkages Network, kubandakanywa iKrisimesi ngoJulayi kunye neSpeed Networking. Le misitho ijolise ekuphembeleleni intsebenziswano kunye nokwakhiwa kwentsebenziswano phakathi kwabavelisi balapha ekhaya, oosomashishini, kunye necandelo elidlamkileyo lokwamkela iindwendwe.
ISeshini yoLwazi loPhuhliso lwezoShishino ebibanjwe ngu Ingxowa-mali yokuphucula uKhenketho (TEF) kwiAuditorium yaseCourtleigh ejolise ekudibaniseni iingcaphephe zophuhliso ezingundoqo ukuze kwandiswe amandla e-SMTEs ukubonelela amacandelo okhenketho nawokwamkela iindwendwe ngempahla neenkonzo eziyimfuneko, ngaloo ndlela ebavumela ukuba bathabathe isabelo esikhulu sengeniso yeshishini.
Amaqumrhu abambiseneyo aquka iJamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), i-Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), iBhunga loPhando lwezeNzululwazi (SRC), i-Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), iJamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), i-National Export-Import Bank yaseJamaica ( IBhanki ye-EXIM), i-Ofisi yeeNkampani zaseJamaica (COJ), i-Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), kunye ne-Jamaica National (JN) Bank.
BONWA KUMFANEKISO: UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho oHloniphekileyo. U-Edmund Bartlett (owesibini ekunene), wabelana noKadian Collington, iGosa lezeMfundo yabaRhafu kuLawulo lweRhafu eJamaica, ngexesha leSeshini yeNkcukacha yoPhuhliso lwezoShishino yesibini yonyaka ebibanjwe yiNgxowa-mali yokuPhucula uKhenketho. Ukujoyina lo msitho nguCarolyn McDonald Riley, uMlawuli weTourism Linkages Network, kunye noGqr. Carey Wallace, uMlawuli oyiNtloko weNgxowa-mali yoPhuculo loKhenketho. Le seshoni ijolise ekudibaniseni iingcali zophuhliso ezingundoqo ukuze kwandiswe amandla e-SMTEs ukubonelela icandelo lezokhenketho nelokwamkela iindwendwe ngempahla neenkonzo eziyimfuneko, ukuze ngaloo ndlela zikwazi ukufunxa isabelo esikhulu sengeniso yeshishini.
