Hon. U-Edmund Bartlett wenza uMlingo kubantu baseJamaican kunye noKhenketho lweHlabathi

• IJamaica ifumene i-US $ 1.2 yezigidigidi ukusuka kwi-1.1 yezigidi zeendwendwe ukusukela oko kuqala unyaka.
• Ngokutsho UNWTO, Jamaica wamkela malunga nezigidi ezi-4.23 zeendwendwe zamanye amazwe ezifika ngo-2019, Kwaye kuphela ngama-800,000 kuyo yonke i-2020.
• I-1.1 yezigidi zeendwendwe kwiinyanga ezili-9 kulo nyaka yimpumelelo entle, ukuphinda uqalise ukuhamba nokhenketho eJamaica ngamaxesha angenakwenzeka.

Amanani akutshanje abonakaliswe nguMphathiswa Wezokhenketho, u-Hon. U-Edmund Bartlett, kwiNkonzo yoLwazi yaseJamaica, "Think Tank," kwi-ofisi ye-arhente e-Kingston ngoLwesibini.

"Ukusebenza kukubona ukwanda kweepesenti ezingama-22 kwimivuzo yethu, inyuke nge-US $ 212 yezigidi, kwaye abafikayo bakhuphuke besuka kuma-800,000 kunyaka ophelileyo ukuya kwisigidi esi-1.1 kulo nyaka," utshilo.

Uthe uninzi lweendwendwe kwesi siqithi zazivela eMelika (US), njengoko ezinye iimarike ezinje nge-United Kingdom (UK) kunye ne-Canada zinezithintelo ezahlukeneyo ze-coronavirus (COVID-19), ezazithintela abantu ukuba bangahambi.

Umphathiswa u-Bartlett uchaze ukuba ngokwanda kwengeniso kunye nokufika kweendwendwe, eli shishini lidlala indima ebalulekileyo ekuvuseleleni emva kwesifo.

"Sibuyise ngaphezulu kwama-60,000 abasebenzi emisebenzini yabo, ebilahlekile ngenxa yalo bhubhani," utshilo.

Uthe eli shishini "linobuqili" kwinkqubo yokubuyiselwa kwe-COVID-19 kwaye ijolise kuzinzo "njengombindi wendlela eya phambili."

“Ke ngoko, akukho shishini lingcono ukonyusa ingeniso yeJamaica, ukubuyisela imisebenzi, kunye nokuvelisa amathuba amatsha kuluntu kwilizwe liphela ngaphandle kweshishini lokhenketho,” utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.

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