Umyalezo New Year evela UNeil WaltersUNobhala Jikelele weBambela Umbutho woKhenketho kwiCaribbean:
Ukuba besinokuma kwaye sicingisise ngalo nyaka njengoko usondela esiphelweni, besinokuchaza i-2019 njengonyaka ohlukeneyo, owathi wabonisa amandla kwezokhenketho lweCaribbean kunye nobuthathaka obuzalwa nabo.
Amandla ecandelo abonakala kumanqanaba okukhula abalulekileyo afunyanwa lilizwe laseCaribbean. Ngaphandle kokuncipha kwezinye iindawo ezinkulu, ezinje ngeCuba kunye neRiphabhlikhi yaseDominican, iCaribbean yafumana i-6.1% yenqanaba lokukhula kwabafikayo kwiinyanga ezilithoba zokuqala zonyaka. Kuyaphawuleka ukuba amaqondo okukhula kwala mazwe achatshazelwe ziinkanyamba zango-2017 ayebalulekile, kwezinye iimeko ukuya kuthi ga kumanqanaba aphindwe kathathu.
Eli nqanaba lokuchacha lithetha ngokubanzi malunga nokuzibophelela kweCaribbean kolu shishino eliye laba ligazi lobomi bamazwe aliqela.
Ngethuba lokuqala kukaSeptemba, inxenye yamantla eBahamas yahlaselwa yiNkanyamba uDorian, inkanyamba enkulu eyaphula iirekhodi ezininzi. Intshabalalo ebangelwe kukuvuselelwa kuthi kwingingqi ukuba utshintsho lwemozulu lulapha kwaye alunakulungiseka. Luxanduva lwethu ukwenza ukomelela kungekuphela kwicandelo lezokhenketho, kodwa nawo onke amacandelo oqoqosho lwethu nangokwandisa onke amacandelo oluntu lwethu. Siyaqhubeka nokuthetha nabazalwana noodadewethu kwi-Bahamas ngokusweleka kobomi kunye nepropathi efunyenwe sisiphumo sikaDorian.
Icandelo lokuhamba ngenqanawa liye labonisa ngokuqinileyo kwi-2019 ngenqanaba lokukhula le-5.8% kwiikota ezintathu zokuqala. Okucacileyo koku kukhula kohambo lokundwendwela enqanaweni kukuba njengoko kwenzekile ngowama-2018, kuye kwakho ukukhula okungaguquguqukiyo kohambo lokuhamba ngenqanawa kwikota nganye yowama-2019, nangona kungamazinga asezantsi kunalawo anamava ngo-2018.
Ngexesha leenyanga ezimbini ezidlulileyo ze-2019, thina kwiCaribbean Tourism Organisation (i-CTO) sibhengeze ukuba lo mbutho uza kuhamba kwinkqubo yohlengahlengiso. Oku kuyaqhubeka ngoku, kwaye yinjongo yethu ukuphuma kule nkqubo ngolwakhiwo oluhlaziyiweyo olusebenzela iimfuno zawo onke amalungu ethu.
Icandelo lezokhenketho kwiCaribbean liphelisa u-2019 kwindawo esinokuthi sonke sibe nebhongo kuyo, sikubonile ukubuyela umva kwesimo ekupheleni kuka-2018. Njengokuba sijonge ku-2020, akufuneki siphumle, kodwa siqhubeke sebenzela ukugcina ukukhula okuye kwafezekiswa kulo nyaka. Kwangelo xesha linye, kufuneka sikhumbule ukuba siphila kwingingqi ezinemozulu etshintshayo ethi ngelixa isinika inkalakahla yamava amangalisayo abatyeleli bethu, kufuneka ihlonitshwe kwaye ithathelwe ingqalelo kucwangciso nakuphuhliso.
Kwi-2020 siyaqhubeka nomxholo 'woNyaka weMithendeleko' njengoko saqaphela ukuba konke akunakwenzeka kuthi ukuba samkele ngokupheleleyo inkcubeko etyebileyo yeCaribbean kwinyanga enye ezilishumi elinambini. Kulo nyaka sinethemba lokuhamba ngakumbi kwindlela yokudibanisa imithendeleko yethu kunye neminye iminyhadala yenkcubeko kwimveliso yezokhenketho kuwo onke amazwe ethu. Siyaqonda ukuba ayisiyihluki nje le miba yamazwe ethu ngokwahlukeneyo, kodwa ikwanamandla amakhulu kumzamo wokutsala abatyeleli abangakumbi kunxweme lwethu.
Into ecacayo kuthi kukuba asikaqali ukuwasebenzisa ngokuzeleyo nangokuthembekileyo amandla enkcubeko kunye nelifa lethu ekuchazeni ukuba singobani, kwaye oku kubaluleke kakhulu njengoko sifuna ukubonelela ngamava anyanisekileyo anceda undwendwe kunye noluntu apho kukho la mava.
Ngenxa yeziphumo ezirekhodiweyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ngo-2019, kulindeleke ukuba unyaka wama-2020, zonke izinto zilingane, ube ngomnye unyaka wokukhula, ngokunokwenzeka ngezinga elisezantsi kancinane kwabo bafikayo nabatyeleli. Enye indlela esinokubamba ngayo ukunciphisa ukukhula -kwaye sigcine ukukhula kwinqanaba langoku- kukwamkela ixabiso lokuthetha ngazwi-nye, IKHARIBHALI ENYE, kwilizwe liphela. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, silindele ukuba esinye seziphumo zohlengahlengiso lwe-CTO iya kuba yindlela entsha yokuthetha ngazwi-nye kwilizwe liphela elihambahambayo, ngaloo ndlela sidibanisa izixhobo zethu ezinqongopheleyo ukuze sibe namandla okomelela kulondolozo. kunye nokukhula kwesabelo sentengiso apho amaCaribbean, owona mmandla uxhomekeke kubakhenkethi, uwaxabisile.
Egameni le-CTO Council yaBaphathiswa kunye nabaKomishinala bezoKhenketho, iBhodi yaBalawuli kunye nabasebenzi be-CTO, ndifuna ukunibulela nonke ngokuma nathi ngo-2019 kwaye sijonge phambili kwinkxaso yenu ngo-2020. Ndinqwenela unyaka ezele ziintsikelelo, ukukhula kunye nokuchuma kulo mmandla siwuthandayo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Into ecacayo kuthi kukuba asikaqali ukuwasebenzisa ngokuzeleyo nangokuthembekileyo amandla enkcubeko kunye nelifa lethu ekuchazeni ukuba singobani, kwaye oku kubaluleke kakhulu njengoko sifuna ukubonelela ngamava anyanisekileyo anceda undwendwe kunye noluntu apho kukho la mava.
- In 2020 we continue with the theme of the ‘Year of Festivals' as we recognized that it was all but impossible for us to fully embrace the rich culture of the Caribbean in one twelve-month span.
- One way that we can arrest the reduction in growth – or even maintain growth at current levels – is to embrace the value of speaking with one voice, ONE CARIBBEAN, to the rest of the world.
