I-International Air Transport Association (IATA) igqibe ngempumelelo i-4 yayo^th Usuku lweCaribbean Aviation, olwalubanjwe phantsi komxholo othi “Buyisela, Qhagamshelana kwakhona kwaye Uvuselele” yaye lihlanganise abathunywa abangaphezu kwama-250 abasuka ngaphaya kwekhonkco lexabiso lezohambo ngeenqwelomoya kunye nokhenketho. Lo msitho wawuyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yothotho lwemisitho egxile kukhenketho kunye nokuhamba ngenqwelomoya eyayisingathwe yiCaribbean Tourism Organisation kunye noRhulumente weCayman Islands.

Kumazwi akhe okuvula, uPeter Cerdá, IATAUSekela Mongameli weNgingqi waseMelika uthe lo mmandla ukwindlela entle yokuchacha emva kweziphumo ezibi zobhubhani we-COVID-19 kwaye ngokusingqongileyo okufanelekileyo kweshishini, ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya kungaphinda kube negalelo elinamandla kwintlalontle yezoqoqosho. kummandla weCaribbean.

Phambi kowama-2020 ukuhamba ngeenqwelomoya kunye nokhenketho kube negalelo le-13.9% yeGDP kunye ne-15.2% yayo yonke imisebenzi kwingingqi yeCaribbean. Ngokutsho kweWorld Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), amazwe asibhozo kwalishumi axhomekeke kukhenketho kwihlabathi liphela ngo-2019 ebekulo mmandla.

Ukuze kufumaneke kwakhona kwaye kwanokugqithwa kweli galelo, oku kulandelayo kufuneka kuqwalaselwe:

Ukudibanisa: Ngelixa uxhulumaniso phakathi kweCaribbean kunye neemarike zomthombo obalulekileyo waseCanada, iYurophu kunye ne-USA ubukhulu becala bubuyiselwe, amanqanaba e-intra-Caribbean abakhweli afikelele kuphela kwi-60% yamanqanaba angaphambi kobhubhane. Ukuphucula oku kufuna inzame edibeneyo yokwandisa amakhonkco omoya ngaphakathi kweCaribbean. Oku kukwangumanduleli wokubonelela ngeendlela ezininzi zohambo lokuya kwiindawo ezininzi.
Ukhenketho lweendawo ezininzi: Ukuze uhlale ukhuphisana nezinye iimakethi zokhenketho eziphambili kwihlabathi jikelele, Iintlanga ezahlukeneyo kwiCaribbean kufuneka zijonge ukubeka unikezelo lweendawo ezininzi zokusingwa kwimarike.
Amava okuhamba angenamthungo: Ukuququzelela uhambo oluya, ukusuka nangaphakathi kummandla, oorhulumente kufuneka basebenzisane ukuze baphucule kwaye benze lula imigaqo-nkqubo kunye neenkqubo eziphelelwe lixesha ezibeka imiceli mngeni yokusebenza kwiinqwelomoya kwaye zichaphazele kakubi amava abahambi.
Imeko yeendleko ezikhuphisanayo: Okwangoku iCaribbean inezinye zeerhafu eziphezulu kunye neentlawulo kwimisebenzi yeenqwelo-moya kunye namatikiti. Ngothelekiso, kwinqanaba lehlabathi, iirhafu kunye neentlawulo zenza malunga ne-15% yexabiso letikiti kwaye kwiCaribbean umyinge uphinda kabini oku malunga ne-30%. Abakhenkethi banamhlanje banokufikelela kwesinye isiphelo sehlabathi ngenqwelomoya enye okanye ezimbini, ngexabiso lilonke leeholide liya lisiba yinto yokwenza izigqibo. Yiyo loo nto oorhulumente kufuneka balumke kwaye bangazixabisi kwintengiso. Ngokuhamba nemigca efanayo Ababoneleli ngeNkonzo yokuHamba ngoMoya kufuneka baqinisekise ukuba iintlawulo zabo zihlala zifanelekile kwinkonzo yokwenene ebonelelweyo.

“Oorhulumente nabachaphazelekayo bavakalise inkxaso yabo kwizinto eziphambili kushishino ezichongiweyo ngoSuku lokuPhaphama. Ngoku silindele ukubona izenzo ezifanelekileyo kunye nezigqibo. Umzekelo, iirhafu zamatikiti, iintlawulo kunye neefizi kufuneka zithotywe ukuze zihambelane nomndilili wehlabathi. Ukwandisa oku kuya kuba yingozi kwimfuno. Bonke abathathi-nxaxheba kwikhonkco lexabiso lokuhamba kufuneka basebenze kunye ukuze bakhe ngokutsha iinqwelomoya kunye nokhenketho kwihlabathi elisemva kobhubhani. Ishishini lethu limi likulungele ukuboleka inkxaso yethu ukunceda ummandla ukufezekisa okunokwenzeka kwe-6.7% yokuhamba kunye nokunyuka kwe-GDP yokhenketho ngonyaka phakathi kuka-2022 no-2023, njengoko kuqikelelwe WTTC,” waqukumbela ngelitshoyo uCerdá.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

In his opening remarks, Peter Cerdá, IATA's Regional Vice President for the Americas stated that the region was on a good recovery track following the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and that with the right business environment, aviation could once again become a strong contributor to the socio-economic wellbeing of the Caribbean region.
To facilitate travel to, from and within the region, governments need to work together in order to modernize and simplify the outdated policies and procedures which pose operational challenges to airlines and adversely affect the travelers' experience.
By way of comparison, at a global level, taxes and charges make up approximately 15% of the ticket price and in the Caribbean the average is double this at approximately 30%.