Iqhubeleka nokubethelela indawo yayo njengendawo ehamba phambili kwezokhenketho kwihlabathi, iJamaica yaphinda yabekwa phakathi “kweZiqithi eziPhezulu” kwiiMbasa zokuKhetha iConde Nast Traveller's Choice 2023 kudidi lwe'Caribbean & The Atlantic'. Ukufika ngokuqinileyo phakathi kwe-10 ephezulu, iihotele ezininzi zaseJamaican kunye neendawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide nazo ziye zamkelwa kwiiMbasa zalo nyaka.
“Inyaniso yokuba iJamaica ibisoloko ikwazile ukubeka indawo kwiziqithi ezikwinqanaba eliphezulu bubungqina besibongozo esihlala sihleli kwimveliso yokhenketho yesiqithi,” utshilo u-Hon. Edmund Bartlett, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, eJamaica. “Ukubuk’ iindwendwe kukwiDNA yabantu baseJamaica, abakunandipha ngokwenene ukwenza iindwendwe zizive zamkelekile. Dibanisa oko kunye nobutyebi bethu bezinto ezinomtsalane, ubuhle bendalo obuphefumlayo, uluhlu lweehotele kunye neendawo zokuchithela iiholide kunye nokufikeleleka ngokulula kubakhenkethi bamazwe aphesheya, ayimangalisi into yokuba wonke umntu ukusuka kubantu abadumileyo ukuya kwi-mega-influencers kunye neentlobo ezahlukeneyo zabakhenkethi bakhetha ukuza eJamaica. Sibabulela ngokungazenzisiyo wonke umntu othe wasivotela.”
Ukongeza kuluhlu lweJamaica njengendawo yokusingwa, iihotele ezisixhenxe kunye neendawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide ziye zavotelwa ukuba zibe phakathi kwezona zibalaseleyo. Kwezona Hotele ziBalaseleyo kwiCaribbean nakuMbindi waseMelika, Ihotele yaseJamaica ithathe indawo ye-#1 kwezilishumi eziphezulu, ilandelwa yi Jamaica Inn kwi #7. Ihotele yase-S yaseJamaica iye yabekwa kwindawo ye-#16 kwezona Hotele ziBalaseleyo kudidi lweHlabathi kwiihotele ezingama-50 ezenze uluhlu. Iyonke yeendawo zokuchithela iiholide ezintlanu zaseJamaican nazo zabekwa kudidi lweNdawo zokuchithela iiNdawo eziBalaseleyo zeCaribbean, kuquka iHalf Moon (#10), iRound Hill Hotel & Villas (#18), Rockhouse (#31), iSanals South Coast (#33), kunye neembadada. I-Negril (#35) ngaphandle kwama-40 abekwe kwindawo.
"Kuvuyisa kakhulu ukubona ukuba abafundi abaninzi beConde Nast Traveller bathanda iJamaica ngokunyanisekileyo kangangokuba basivotele ngamanani amakhulu ngokwaneleyo ukusigcina sibekwe njengesinye seziqithi ezilishumi eziphezulu unyaka nonyaka," utshilo uDonovan White, uMlawuli we. UKhenketho, iBhodi yabakhenkethi yaseJamaica.
"Kuyasivuyisa ukwazi ukuba sinika amava esiqithi akhumbulekayo angaphezulu kolindelo lweendwendwe kwaye siya kuzama ukwenza ngcono ukuqhubela phambili."
Bamalunga nama-500,000 abantu abavotileyo kuphando lwama-36 lwe-Readers' Choice Awards lonyaka lwe-Conde Nast, ukulinganisa amava abo ohambo kwihlabathi jikelele kwiindawo eziphezulu abazonwabele kulo nyaka kwaye abanakulinda ukubuyela kolandelayo. I-Readers' Choice Awards lelona xesha lide liqhutywa kwaye lihlonishwa kakhulu lokugqwesa kwishishini lezohambo. Uluhlu olupheleleyo lwalo nyaka lwabaphumeleleyo lunokufumaneka Apha.
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