IGrenada: Ukusebenza kokhenketho lweStellar 2019

Unyaka ka-2018 ibingunyaka owaphula irekhodi eGrenada, eCarriacou nasePetite Martinique njengoko iziqithi ezithathu zamkele iindwendwe ezingaphezu kwesiqingatha sesigidi kwiinxweme zayo. Ukwakhiwa kwesi siseko siluqilima, sixhaswa bubudlelwane obunobundlongondlongo boluntu kunye neenzame zokuthengisa ukutsala abantu ekujoliswe kubo, iGrenada igcine ukukhula kwayo ngo-2019 okubangele inani lokuqala labatyeleli abangama-525,453 njengoko likhutshwe liGunyabantu lezoKhenketho laseGrenada (GTA) namhlanje.

Ukufika kwabatyeleli be-Stayover, ezithathwa njengezona ndwendwe zixabisekileyo ngokwemiqathango yenkcitho kwisiqithi, zibalelwa kwi-162,902, ukwanda kwe-1% ngaphezu kokukhula okukhulu kwe-2018 (10%) ye-160,970 yabafikayo. Ukongeza kwenkonzo entsha ngqo yeAmerican Airlines evela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iCharlotte's Douglas International kwaye kuthathelwa ingqalelo ukuba enye yeehotele ezinkulu esiqithini, iRex Grenadian, ivaliwe ukuba ilungiswe ukusukela ngoMeyi ka-2019, olu luphawu oluhle lokukhula kwendawo imfuno kunye nabahambi abanesibindi.

Njengoko isabelo semarike sisanda, kuya kuba njalo GrenadaIpotfoliyo yeendawo zokuhlala kunye nokongezwa kwehotele yaseRoyalton Grenada, ecwangciselwe ukuvulwa ngoMatshi 1, 2020 njengeyona hotele inkulu kwisiqithi enamagumbi angama-269. ISandals Grenada enamagumbi angama-257 kunye neRadisson Grenada Beach Hotel enamagumbi angama-227 iya kuba yihotele yesibini neyesithathu ngobukhulu kwisiqithi ngokulandelelanayo. Indawo ekufikelwa kuyo iza kuba likhaya lehotele yaseKimpton Kawana Bay eza kuba namagumbi angama-220 kwaye ulwakhiwo oluqhuba kakuhle kwiGrand Anse Beach yodumo lwehlabathi kwaye amagumbi ayi-100 aya kufumaneka ngoDisemba ka-2020.

Ukufika kwabatyeleli beCruise babalelwa kuma-337,940 agcina amanani aqinileyo emva kokukhula kwerekhodi ka-2018 (15%) yama-342,826. Izicwangciso zikhona zeRoyal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) yokwandisa utyelelo ukusuka kwiifowuni ezili-19 zokuhamba ngenqanawa ngo-2019 ukuya kwiifowuni ezingama-29 zokuhamba ngenqanawa ngo-2020 kunye neeNdwendwe zooDuma kunye neRoyal Caribbean International. Inqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa yeCarnival Corporation yeCarnival Fascination icwangcisa iminxeba emitsha eli-12 ukuya eGrenada unyaka wonke ka-2021.

IGrenada iyaqhubeka nokukhula kwayo okumangalisayo kwi-yachting kunye nokufika kwabatyeleli bokuqala ngoku kwi-24,611. Ngokwandiswa kweenqanawa zaseCamper kunye neNicholson's marina ali-160, kunye namanye angama-90 agqityiweyo, iziko elikumgangatho wehlabathi ePort Louis lilungiselela ukukhula okukhulu kweli candelo.

Grenada Tourism Authority’s Chief Executive Officer, Patricia Maher, stated that tourism prospects are excellent for the destination, not just for 2020 but beyond, with the announcement of a Six Senses Hotel to open in 2022. This upscale 100-room hotel project is part of a two hotel development plan at La Sagesse in the beautiful parish of St. David’s. It will be the first Six Senses brand hotel in the Caribbean. Recently, the destination was named “Top 12 to watch in 2020” in the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) Travel Trends Report 2020, the only Caribbean destination to be included in the UK global benchmark report since 2018.

UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho noPhapho kuLuntu, oHloniphekileyo. UGqr. Clarice Modeste-Curwen, uphawule amaqabane okhenketho kunye namalungu oshishino ajonge phambili kwizicwangciso zohlumo zexesha elizayo kulo lonke elaseGrenada, eCarriacou nasePetite Martinique ethathela ingqalelo yonke into entsha ephuhlayo kumacandelo okuhlala, ukuhamba ngenqanawa kunye ne-yachting.