NgoDisemba ka-2017, abakhweli abahamba ngenqanawa abafika kwi-Jamaicaic bakhule ngeepesenti ze-14 kwaye abafikayo abafikayo benyuke nge-9.3 yeepesenti, xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo ngo-2016.
UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho eJamaica, oHloniphekileyo. U-Edmund Bartlett, uthe amanani asanda kukhutshwa kwi-Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) ngoDisemba 2017, agxininisa ukuba imveliso yezokhenketho yaseJamaica iyaqhubeka nokubona ukukhula kwerekhodi ekufikeni kweendwendwe.
“Besigxile kakhulu kuphuhliso nophuculo lweshishini lethu lokuhamba ngenqanawa. Ndinebhongo kakhulu xa ndibona iziphumo zemigudu yethu. Ndivuyiswa kukuba inani elipheleleyo labafikayo ngenqanawa libandakanya abafikayo abavela kumazibuko angaziwayo- eKingston nasePort Antonio. IPort Antonio yamkela abakhweli abangama-984 kwaye uKingston wamkela iindwendwe ezingama-4,162,” utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
Ngokwedatha, iJamaica yamkele inani elipheleleyo labakhweli abangama-208,212 ukusuka kwiifowuni ezingama-74 zokuhamba ngenqanawa. Ukonyuka okuphawulekayo kwabonwa kwi-Falmouth Port, eyi-17.6 yeepesenti, kunye nabagibeli be-94,090 abavela kwii-21 zeenqanawa zokuhamba ngeenqanawa. I-Ocho Rios port nayo yabona ukwanda kweepesenti ze-21.6, kunye nabakhweli be-56,211 ukusuka kwiifowuni ze-20 zokuhamba ngeenqanawa.
Ukufika kwe-Stop-over kufike kwakhona ngeepesenti ze-9.3, kunye nenye irekhodi elipheleleyo lama-251,800 abafikayo ngoDisemba 2017, xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kwi-2016.
“Olona nyuso lwethu luphezulu lwangoDisemba luvela kwimarike yaseLatin America, enyuke ngama-27 epesenti ngabantu abafikayo abangama-3,001 bebonke. Nangona kunjalo, siqhuba ngokuqhubekayo kwiimarike zethu eziphambili - i-USA naseYurophu, "utshilo uMphathiswa.
Wongeze ukuba i-USA inyuke ngeepesenti ze-9.4, kunye nabafikayo be-156,660 - kunye nolonyuso oluphezulu olubonwayo ukusuka kumazwe asezantsi. Eli lizwe likwamkele iindwendwe ezingama-33,662 zokumisa ezisuka eYurophu, nto leyo ebonisa ukwanda kwe-9 ekhulwini.
“Xa ndiphinda ndonyulwa njengoMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, ndabona ukwehla okukhulu kwimarike yaseCanada. Kwafuneka sibeke amaqhinga akhethekileyo ukuze siqinisekise ukuba oku kusonjululwa ngokukhawuleza. Ndinebhongo ukuthi iphakheji yethu yokuhlangula ibonakalise impumelelo kwaye amanani ethu amva nje abonisa ukuba iCanada inyuke ngeepesenti ezili-10.5, utshilo uMphathiswa.
