Iziqithi zaseCayman zamkele iindwendwe ezingaphezu kwe-1.3 yezigidi phakathi kukaJanuwari noJuni 2018, emele ukwanda kweepesenti ze-19.52 okanye iindwendwe ze-214,711 xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kwi-2017.
Ngelixa abantu abafikayo ngeenqwelo moya benyuke ngeepesenti ezili-15.9 kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka, nto leyo ebonisa ukwanda kweendwendwe ezingama-34,693, abakhweli abahamba ngenqanawa abafikayo babalelwa kwi-81 yeepesenti yotyelelo lulonke lweZiqithi.
Lo msebenzi weenyanga ezintandathu ufika emva kwempumelelo yokwaphulwa kwerekhodi kaJuni njengeyona ingcono kaJuni kwirekhodi yokutyelela ngokuhlala kwaye iphawula inyanga ye-15 ilandelelana yokukhula kwabafikayo.
“Ndichulumancile kakhulu into yokuba ukhenketho oluqhubela phambili kwiZiqithi zeCayman lubhalisa ukukhula okuthe gqolo kwaye lusaqhubeka lugqitha imbonakalo,” uhlomle watsho uSekela Nkulumbuso kunye noMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, oHloniphekileyo uMoses Kirkconnell. Ngokusebenzisa amacebo afanelekileyo okuthengisa, umbono kunye nomoya wentsebenziswano ukuqhuba ukusebenza, iCayman Islands yezokhenketho igcine inomtsalane, amaxesha amaninzi, ukonyuka kwamanani aphindwe kabini kangangexesha elizinzileyo. Oku kunceda ukugcina abasebenzi benkonzo yokwamkela iindwendwe beqeshwe kulo lonke ihlobo kwaye yongeza ukomelela okubonakalayo kuqoqosho lweZiqithi zethu. Uqikelelo lokuqala oluvela kwiSebe lezoKhenketho lubonisa ukuba phakathi kukaJanuwari noMeyi ka-2018, inkcitho yeendwendwe ukusuka ekufikeni kohambo lokuhamba ngenqanawa kunye nokufika kwindawo yokuhlala inikele nge-CI $ 325 yezigidi kwingxowa yesizwe - ukwanda kwe-45 yezigidi zeerandi xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kulo nyaka uphelileyo - kwaye oku kulindeleke ukuba kuqhubeke. ukwanda ngoJuni.” uthe.
Ukufika kwe-United States ngoJuni kwakunyuka ngeepesenti ze-13.89 kwaye kuqhutywe ngokukhula kwimimandla yaseMidwest kunye ne-Southwest, eyabona ukukhula kwe-23.67 kunye ne-21.56 ekhulwini ngokulandelanayo. I-Northeast yabona ukwanda kweepesenti ze-6.59, ngelixa i-Southeast Coast kunye ne-West Coast yabona ukwanda kweepesenti ze-9.82 kunye ne-1.61 ekhulwini ngokulandelanayo. IKhanada ibone ulwando lwenyanga ye-12 ilandelelana ngokunyuka kwama-20.36 ekhulwini. Ukongeza, ukuqhubeka nokukhula ngo-2018, iiCayman Islands kunye namaqabane amaninzi asekuhlaleni anikezelwe kakhulu kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka ngamawonga amaninzi anjengokukhankanywa kwi-TripAdvisor's Choice Awards, USA Namhlanje kunye neCaribbean Journal.
Kwezi nyanga zintandathu zidlulileyo, iSebe lezoKhenketho (DOT) liphumeze isicwangciso sentengiso esineenkalo ezininzi ukunyusa izinga lokwazisa ngebrendi kunye nokuguquguquka kwamaxesha onyaka ngelixa likwakhuthaza amathuba okuba amashishini amancinci adlale indima kwimveliso yokhenketho. NgoJanuwari, i-DOT yaphehlelela i-Summer Only in Cayman promotion, ethe kulo nyaka yasebenzisa isikhundla sikaCayman njengeCapital Culinary Capital yeCaribbean kunye neNkomfa yethu yeCulinary ye-Kid ye-Caribbean. Le nnyuso imeme iintsapho ukuba zonwabele uthotho olungapheliyo lwezidlo ezifumaneka esiqithini ngoluhlu olunomtsalane lwabapheki basekhaya kwaye ibandakanya amava e-epikure acudiweyo kwanayena mncinane wabafuna ukutya bokwenyani.
NgoMatshi, iDOT yatyikitya iSivumelwano sokuQondana (MOU) no-Airbnb. Imemorandam inike ithuba lentsebenziswano kwimiba ephambili efana nokwabelana ngedatha ehlanganisiweyo kunye nokubonelela ngengcaciso malunga nemithetho nemimiselo yendawo yokuhlala, nto leyo enceda ekuqinisekiseni ukuba zonke iindwendwe, kungakhathaliseki iindawo zokuhlala, zifumana umgangatho ofanayo wemveliso. Ngoku zingaphezu kwama-470 izakhiwo ze-Airbnb ezibhaliswe kwa-Airbnb kwaye elo nani kulindeleke ukuba likhule kulo nyaka. I-Airbnb kunye namagosa eDOT abambe intlanganiso yababuki zindwendwe nge-10 kaJulayi ukuze babandakanyeke eli candelo likhula ngokukhawuleza loshishino lokhenketho lwasekhaya.
Umoya wethu weCaymankind uye wasasazwa kuso sonke isiXeko saseNew York kutsha nje ekubhiyozeleni iVeki yoKhenketho yeCaribbean yonyaka yesixeko, ngomhla wesi-4 ukuya kowesi-8 kuJuni. Igqiza leZiqithi zaseCayman eliquka uMphathiswa oHloniphekileyo wezoKhenketho kunye nompheki wasekhaya uMaureen Cubbon, badibene neentatheli ezivela kumajelo osasazo okhenketho, bevakalisa amava ethu okutya awodwa kunye neminikelo ejoliswe kusapho. Abafundi abavela kwiCayman Islands School of Hospitality Studies (SHS) bamenywa ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kwiCaribbean Student Colloquium yonyaka. Abafundi babonise isiphakamiso soshishino lwelali enemixholo yaseCaymanian ezinzileyo kwaye baphume kwindawo yesibini.
“Kukhuthaza kakhulu ukubona ukukhula kotyelelo kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka ngesantya esingazange sasibona ukusukela ngo-2004,” utshilo uMlawuli wezoKhenketho, uNksk. Rosa Harris. “NjengeSebe, sihlala sikhangela iindlela ezintsha, ezintsha zokuqhuba utyelelo ngelixa sihlala sinyanisekile kukuzinikela kwethu ekudaleni imigaqo-nkqubo yokhenketho ezinzileyo ukuze kuxhamle abantu bethu. Ngokuqhubeka uthethathethwano nabachaphazelekayo basekhaya kunye noluntu ngokubanzi, ndinethemba lokuba sikunye singayila iSicwangciso soKhenketho seSizwe esibonelela ngesicwangciso sempumelelo eyongezelelekileyo.”
Iziqithi zeCayman zikulungele ukubona ukukhula okuqhubekayo kwisiqingatha sesibini sonyaka. I-DOT kungekudala iza kukhupha inkuthazo yayo yonyaka ethi "Fall Only in Cayman", ebonisa izibonelelo ezinyanzelisayo kuyo yonke into ukusuka kwindawo yethu yokuhlala ekumgangatho wehlabathi ukuya kumhlaba wethu ontywilayo kunye namava olwandle.
