I-BRUSSELS, Belgium -Iinkokheli zokhenketho zeCaribbean kunye namagosa e-European Union (EU) bayigqibile ingqungquthela yokuqala yezokhenketho eCaribbean kwikomkhulu laseYurophu ngokuqonda ngakumbi inkxalabo yomnye nomnye malunga necandelo lezokhenketho. Abathunywa beenkokheli zokhenketho zengingqi- zikhokelwe ngusihlalo weCaribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), i-Hon. URicky Skerritt, kunye nabaphathiswa bezokhenketho abavela kwamanye amazwe amahlanu aseCaribbean, beza entliziyweni yoomatshini abathatha izigqibo eYurophu ukugxininisa ukubaluleka kwe-ajenda yomgaqo-nkqubo ngokubhekisele kukhenketho.
Kwiintlanganiso ezazibanjwe kwipalamente yaseYurophu kunye nekomkhulu lamaqela eAfrika, eCaribbean, nasePacific (ACP), la macala mabini axoxa ngezihloko eziphambili kubandakanya neendlela zokuvala umsantsa phakathi kweenjongo zomgaqo-nkqubo kunye nokusebenza; imithombo yenkxaso-mali yophuhliso lokhenketho; ukhenketho, ukuhamba ngenqwelo moya kunye nerhafu; ukhenketho, imfundo, nophuhliso lwentlalo; ukhenketho notshintsho lwemozulu; kunye nendlela icandelo lezokhenketho elinokuxhamla ngayo kwiSivumelwano seNtsebenziswano yezoQoqosho (i-EPA) phakathi kweCaribbean neYurophu.
Ekupheleni kweseshoni uSihlalo we-CTO uthe kukho izigqibo ezintandathu eziphambili kwezi ntetho:
-Izokhenketho licandelo elibalulekileyo kwi-EU nakwiCaribbean kwaye yomibini le mimandla inokwenza kakhulu ukuqhubela phambili ingxoxo yomgaqo-nkqubo ukuqinisekisa ukuba ukhenketho lunikwa ingqwalaselo nenkxaso eyifaneleyo.
-Kukho iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zenkxaso-mali ezikhoyo kwi-EU nakwi-EPA yokuxhasa amanyathelo ahambelana nezokhenketho, kwaye kukho imfuneko yokuseka iindlela zokusebenzisana ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuba inkxaso-mali ihambelana nemimandla ephambili, kubandakanya ukhenketho- kunye noluntu lwaseCaribbean. kwaye amacandelo abucala kufuneka afikelele kwimvumelwano kwimiba ephambili.
-Iirhafu zokuhamba ngenqwelo moya kunye neZikimu zokuRhweba ngeMveliso zizisongelo zokwenene kukhenketho lweCaribbean.
-Ukhenketho lulo oluqhuba kakhulu kuphuhliso lwezoqoqosho nezentlalo kwiCaribbean kwaye naziphi na iimpembelelo ezingalunganga kukhenketho ziya kuba neziphumo ezibi kakhulu kuluhlu lweenkonzo ezinokuthi zinganxibelelani kwaphela necandelo kodwa ezixhomekeke kwinxalenye yenkxaso-mali kurhulumente ngengeniso evela kukhenketho .
Ngelixa iiCaribbean zingakhange zibe negalelo elibonakalayo ekukhutsheni igesi yendlu eluhlaza ziya kubandezeleka kakhulu kwimpembelelo yotshintsho lwemozulu, kodwa iCaribbean inokuba yinkokeli yehlabathi kulondolozo nakwimizamo yotshintsho lwemozulu.
-I-Caribbean ive ukuba i-EPA iqulethe izibophelelo ezithile kuphuhliso oluzinzileyo lokhenketho. Kubonakala ngathi zombini i-CARIFORUM kunye ne-EU zinomgama omninzi ekufuneka zihanjisiwe ngaphambi kokuba kugqitywe ukubonelelwa, kodwa ithemba kukuba le foram iya kube ikhuthaze ubambiswano olusondeleyo nolusebenzayo oluya kufezekisa injongo yophuhliso oluzinzileyo loqoqosho olukhulayo.
Ukongeza kuSihlalo uSkerritt, igqiza laseCaribbean lalibandakanya abaPhathiswa uVincent Vanderpool-Wallace waseBahamas, uManuel Heredia waseBelize, uEd Bartlett waseJamaica; kunye noNobhala wezoKhenketho eTobago, u-Oswald Williams; UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho omncinci ovela eTrinidad naseTobago, uGqirha Delmon Baker; Unobhala Jikelele we-CARICOM (Ag) uNozakuzaku u-Lolita Applewhaite; uNobhala Jikelele we-CTO uHugh Riley; uMongameli weCaribbean Hotel Association Josef Forstmayr; u-CEO we-CHTA u-Alec Sanguinetti; kunye nabalawuli bezokhenketho kunye noonozakuzaku baseCaribbean abazinze eBrussels.
