U-HAMILTON, eBermuda - UMlawuli Jikelele we-Caribbean Hotel kunye ne-Tourism Association (CHTA), u-Alec Sanguinetti, namhlanje uthe ishishini linexesha elibi kakhulu kwimbali yalo ngenxa yeengxaki zemali eziqhubekayo kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo yerhafu karhulumente.
"Ishishini endinokuthi lisongelwa kwaye ngelishwa ngenxa yesivumelwano sengeniso karhulumente ngenxa yokuhla kwezokhenketho (kwaye) ukhenketho lube liliso leenkunzi zerhafu," uSanguinetti uxelele iCaribbean Media Corporation (CMC).
“Sibone ukunyuka kwerhafu ngobusuku bamagumbi, sibone ukunyuka kwamatikiti eenqwelo-moya, ngoku sinorhulumente omnye okanye ababini abajonge ukubeka irhafu kwiintlawulo zenkonzo. Kufuneka sifumane isiqabu,” utshilo.
USanguinetti uthe ngoku kukho imfuneko yentsebenziswano enkulu phakathi kwecandelo labucala kunye necandelo likarhulumente.
“Kodwa kufuneka siphinde sisebenzise ishishini lethu. Kukho izinto ezisemandleni ethu ukuzilungisa ekufuneka sizenze kwaye okukhona loo miba yomgaqo-nkqubo ingahoywa kokukhona ingayi kuba yeyoshishino lweehotele kuphela kodwa kulo lonke ishishini. ”
Wongeze ukuba ishishini sele "sele lifile" kwaye wongeza "akukho nto ingako yokubulala."
“Inzulu kakhulu. Kufuneka uqonde ukuba ingeniso yehotele kwigumbi ngalinye, umyinge wemihla ngemihla xa uthelekisa no-2006 sisephantsi nge-15 ukuya kwi-20 yeepesenti… kwaye ngelixa amanani ka-2010 ebonisa umndilili phakathi kokunyuka kweepesenti ezintathu ukuya kwezintlanu ngo-2009, njengoko Ndithe basephantsi nge-15 ukuya ku-20 ekhulwini kwinto ababeyiyo ngo-2006.
USanguinetti uthe ngelixa iBritane igqibe kwelokuba ibambe isandla sayo, ubuncinci unyaka, ekwandiseni i-Air Passenger Duty (APD), kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba lo mmandla uqhubeke nokuqhankqalaza irhafu ayichaza njengeyingozi kulo lonke icandelo.
“Akukho mathandabuzo ukuba i-APD iyingozi kwishishini, sibone iimpawu zalo nto kukhenketho olusekwe emhlabeni kwaye ngo-2012, iintambo zokuhamba ngenqanawa ziye zaqaphela impembelelo enokubakho kwaye sibone ezinye iindlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa zibhengezwe ngo-2012. -indawo yeenqanawa eziphuma kwiCaribbean eziza kuba nefuthe, ngakumbi umzantsi-mpuma weCaribbean.
"Akukho mathandabuzo ukuba i-APD iya kuba nefuthe elibi kuthi," watsho, ephawula ukuba iCaribbean yayikuphela kommandla wehlabathi owawubonisa iLondon ngezindululo ezichaza impembelelo yerhafu eya kuba nayo kwiindawo zengingqi.
I-APD iye yanda minyaka yonke ngokuhambelana nokunyuka kwamaxabiso ukususela ngo-2007 kwaye sele ifikelele kumaxesha e-8.5 ngaphezu komyinge waseYurophu.
Ngaphambi kukaNovemba kulo nyaka uphelileyo, umhambi ngamnye weklasi yezoqoqosho kwiCaribbean wahlawula i-£ 50 (US $ 77) kwi-APD, kodwa loo rhafu yanda ukuya kwi-£ 75 (US $ 115) - okwesibini kwiminyaka emininzi. Umrhumo woqoqosho lwe-premium, ishishini kunye nabakhweli beklasi yokuqala benyuka ukusuka kwi-£ 100 (US $ 154) ukuya kwi-£ 150 (US $ 291).
