Inkulumbuso Jameyikha, Oyena Obekekileyo. Andrew Holness, uthe: “Ukhenketho lusebenza njengentshatsheli kuhlumo loqoqosho nophuhliso ikakhulu ngenxa yempembelelo yalo yoqoqosho ngokudala unxulumano olubalulekileyo namanye amacandelo amaninzi oqoqosho lwesizwe… Njengenxalenye yokwakha ukhenketho oluzinzileyo noluzinzileyo esilufunayo sonke, la makhonkco onxibelelano kufuneka omelezwe kwaye ixabiso eliseleyo longezwe kuqoqosho lwasekhaya ukusuka kukhenketho liphuculwe.
Inkulumbuso ibisenza intetho ephambili namhlanje kuvulwa iNkomfa yeentsuku ezintathu yeGlobal Tourism Resilience ebanjwe yiJamaica kwiYunivesithi yaseWest Indies (UWI) kwikomkhulu leNgingqi eKingston. Izimvo zakhe zifika njengokuba IJamaica iyaqhubeka nokukhokela intlawulo ngomsebenzi weTourism Linkages Network (TLN), icandelo leTourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), ebiqinisa amakhonkco okhenketho kwiJamaica iphela.
Uxelele abaphulaphuli bakhe bamazwe ngamazwe abaPhathiswa bezoKhenketho, abaphathi abaphezulu kwishishini kunye namahlakani ecandelo ukuba: "Ngenxa yegalelo layo elikhulu kwihlabathi jikelele, kukho imeko ecacileyo emele yenziwe ukuba icandelo lezokhenketho likhuselwe njenge-asethi yehlabathi."
UMnu. Holness utsalel’ ingqalelo kwinto yokuba: “Eli candelo liya lichanabeka ekuguquguqukeni nasekuphazamisekeni okubangelwa kuluhlu lwezoyikiso zemveli nezingezizo ezemveli, eziquka iintlekele zemvelo, ukuguquka kwemozulu nokufudumala kwehlabathi, ubunqolobi, ukungakhuseleki nokungazinzi kwezopolitiko; ubuthathaka kwi-cyber, ukudodobala koqoqosho, oobhubhane kunye nobhubhane; ngokwenene, ukhenketho luchatshazelwa phantse kuko konke ukothuka kwehlabathi.”
Ukukhuthaza ukomelela yeli candelo ngowona mba wenkomfa, ekhokelwa liSebe lezoKhenketho kunye neZiko leHlabathi lokuZinzisa uKhenketho kunye noLawulo lweNgxaki (GTRCMC).
Ngokuka-Nkulumbuso u-Holness, "uRhulumente waseJamaica uyazingca ngokuxhasa eli qonga libalulekileyo eliza kubonelela ngeqonga lothethathethwano oluneziqhamo phakathi kwabachaphazelekayo, abenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo, iinkokeli zeshishini, abavelisi, izifundiswa kunye nabaphandi abavela kuzo zonke iinkalo."
Inkulumbuso uHolness uthe ubhubhani we-COVID-19 ugxininise ukubaluleka kwenkqubo esebenzayo, enqamlezayo yokwakha ukomelela kulo lonke ikhonkco lexabiso lokhenketho. “Oku kubandakanya ukudibanisa iziphumo zophando zamva nje, iinguqulelo ezintsha kunye nethekhnoloji ukuyila izenzo zokhenketho ezizinzileyo. Ifuna utshintsho kusetyenziso oluzinzileyo, imveliso kunye nokusetyenziswa kwamandla,” utshilo.
I-GTRCMC yokuphuhlisa iSilinganisi-manani sokuZimela
Okwangoku, ukuthetha kwingxoxo yomlilo kunye noPeter Greenberg we-CBS News, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett ubonise ukuba i-GTRCMC iya kuphuhlisa "i-barometer yokuqina" ukuze ikwazi ukulinganisa inqanaba lokuqina kwamazwe, imibutho kunye neenkampani. “Oku kubaluleke kakhulu kuba oko kuya kunika ulwazi olubalulekileyo kulawulo olukhulu lokuthatha izigqibo, nakwizigqibo zotyalo-mali,” utshilo. Iya kuba yimfuneko nakubakhenkethi, inika ulwazi malunga nexesha lokuhamba kunye nendawo yokuhamba kunye nendlela yokuzilungiselela iindawo abajolise kuzo.
Umphathiswa uBartlett uchaze ukuba ukuphuhlisa i-barometer ngumsebenzi omkhulu kwaye umsebenzi omninzi sele ungenile “kodwa kufuneka senze ngakumbi kwaye kufuneka sifumane uncedo oluninzi nakwamanye amahlakani ethu anamacala amaninzi kuba oku ayisiyiyo into enokwenziwa yiyunivesithi apha kwaye sithi sodwa.” Uthe amava kuya kufuneka atsalwe kwiindawo ezininzi zehlabathi kwaye wongeza ngelithi “kuya kufuneka sitsale italente, izakhono nolwazi kunye nedatha ekhoyo ngoku ukuze siqonde kakuhle ukuba zeziphi ezona ngongoma ziphambili zokuchukumisa kwaye silulungisa njani uxwebhu oluvumela abantu ukuba balandele ngokucacileyo kwaye bakwazi ukwenza ngokufanelekileyo."
