The ishishini lokhenketho eJamaica ilungiselela ukukhula okubonakalayo kwiminyaka ezayo, ngezicwangciso zokwakha amagumbi amatsha angama-20,000. Olu lwando luya kufuna ubuncinane abasebenzi abatsha be-45,000 kwiminyaka emihlanu ukuya kwe-10 ezayo, ngokutsho koMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, uMhlonishwa. Edmund Bartlett.
Ethetha kwiJamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation’s (JCTI) yokuNamkelwa kunye noMsitho wamaBhaso, ngoLwesithathu we-13 kaDisemba, uMphathiswa uBartlett ugxininise imfuneko yoqeqesho nolungiselelo lokuhlangabezana ukwanda kwemfuno. Ugxininise ukubaluleka kokuphuhlisa amandla omntu waseJamaica ukubonelela ngelona nqanaba liphezulu lenkonzo kunye nokudala amava angcono kakhulu kwiindwendwe.
“Sakha amagumbi amatsha angama-20,000, kwaye sele sidale angama-2,000 kuwo… kodwa bangaphi abasebenzi esiza kufuna? Siza kudinga okungenani abasebenzi abangama-45,000 ngaphezulu, kwaye kuza kufuneka baphume kubantu bethu, ekufuneka beqeqeshwe, utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
UMphathiswa uBartlett uphinde wagxininisa amandla okukhula kokhenketho, esithi, “Ndine-KPI entsha; silandela iindwendwe ezizigidi ezisi-8 eziya eJamaica kunye ne-10 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwimivuzo. Ngoqikelelo olubonisa i-1 yebhiliyoni eyongezelelweyo yabakhenkethi abahambahamba kwihlabathi lonke kwiminyaka eyi-10-15 ezayo, iJamaica ijonge ukutsala isabelo esibalulekileyo saba bahambi.
UBartlett ukhankanye uphuhliso oluninzi kumarhamente ahlukeneyo, kuquka iSt. Ann, Trelawny, kunye neSt James eziya kuba negalelo kwisakhono sokuhlala saseJamaica nokudala imisebenzi.
Ukuhlangabezana nale mfuno, i-JCTI, kunye namaziko emfundo asekuhlaleni, aya kudlala indima ebalulekileyo ekulungiseleleni abantu ukuba baqeshwe kushishino lwezokhenketho.
“Kufuneka sibe nabasebenzi abaqeqeshiweyo abanokunika elona nqanaba liphezulu lenkonzo kwaye benze abakhenkethi babe namava abalaseleyo. Emva koko sinokufumana elona nqanaba liphezulu kuba bahlawulela inkonzo esemgangathweni. "
UMnyhadala we-JCTI woKuqatshelwa kunye noMnyhadala we-JCTI ubulela impumelelo yamaqabane e-JCTI, abahlohli abazinikeleyo, iihotele ezithatha inxaxheba, kunye nabaphumeleleyo abafumene isatifikethi ukususela ngo-Okthobha wama-2022 ukuya kuNovemba wama-2023.
Ngeli xesha, abantu abangaphezu kwama-3,500 baye bafumana iziqinisekiso, kunye nama-4,500 abongezelelweyo ababhalisele iinkqubo zoqinisekiso, okubangele ireyithi yokupasa echukumisayo engama-89%. I-JCTI, ephantsi kwe-Tourism Enhancement Fund, igxile kuphuhliso lwabasebenzi, kusetyenziswa indlela egxile kumfundi nekhokelwa kushishino ukunyusa izinga lokhuphiswano lweJamaica njengendawo yokusingwa kumazwe ngamazwe.
Ngokugxila kuqeqesho kunye nophuhliso lwamandla oluntu, iJamaica izilungiselela ishishini lokhenketho elikhulayo elibonelela ngamava akhethekileyo kubakhenkethi ngelixa izisa iingenelo ezibalulekileyo kuqoqosho lwelizwe nakubantu.
BONWA KUMFANEKISO: UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho oHloniphekileyo. U-Edmund Bartlett uthetha nabaphulaphuli kwiziko lokuqala laseJamaica leNgcaciso yezoKhenketho yokuQatshelwa kunye noMnyhadala weMbasa kwiZiko leNgqungquthela laseMontego Bay. Ebudeni balo msitho, owawungoDisemba 13, 2023, uBartlett wabhengeza ukuba ishishini lokhenketho lasekuhlaleni liza kufuna ubuncinane abasebenzi abatsha abaqeqeshiweyo abangama-45,000 kwiminyaka emihlanu ukuya kweli-10 ezayo.
