Ukhenketho lwaseJamaica UMphathiswa, oHloniphekileyo. U-Edmund Bartlett, udize ukuba iXesha labakhenkethi baseBusika lika-2022/23 likwisiqalo esimangalisayo njengoko iJamaica irekhode iindwendwe ezingaphezu kwama-40,000 ukusukela oko isizini yaqala nge-15 kaDisemba, nabakhenkethi abangaphezu kwe-11,000 ababhabha besiya kukhenketho eMecca yaseMontego Bay ngoMgqibelo. , ngoDisemba 17.
“Esi siqalo sika-2022/23 ixesha labakhenkethi basebusika lelona linamandla kwimbali yaseJamaica. Siye sakwazi ukwamkela ngempelaveki, ukususela ngoDisemba 15 ukuya kwi-18 iindwendwe ezingama-42,000 zizonke. Oko kubandakanya ukumisa kwama-37,000 kunye nabakhenkethi abahamba ngenqanawa abangama-5,000, ”utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
UMnu. Bartlett uthe: “Ngaphezu kwe-11,000 iindwendwe zokumisa ziye eMontego Bay ngoMgqibelo, kwiinqwelomoya ezingama-61. Le yirekhodi yecandelo kwaye igxininisa ngakumbi ukuchacha okuqinileyo emva kobhubhani oluqhubeka ukubonwa lishishini lezokhenketho. ”
“Sanelisekile kukuba icandelo lezokhenketho liphumelele ngokufanelekileyo. Sanelisekile ngokulinganayo ukuba imarike iphendula ngamandla kwiJamaica. Ukubhukishela phambili isizini yonke yomelele ngokulinganayo. Siyazi ukuba imakethi iyayiqonda iJamaica kwaye siyazi ukuba imarike iyawuxabisa umgangatho wemveliso kunye nokugqwesa kwamava esiwanikezelayo,” utshilo.
Ugxininise ukuba ukungena ngamandla kwabatyeleli sisiqhamo somsebenzi onzima kwicala labachaphazelekayo kwezokhenketho.
Lilonke, amanani abafike kwimpelaveki ebemangalisa kwaye bubungqina bomsebenzi onzima owenziwe liSebe lezoKhenketho, imibutho yalo yoluntu, kunye namaqabane ezokhenketho kwintengiso yeNdawo yaseJamaica.
"Ixesha lonyaka lenza ukuba lolona busika bugqwesileyo eJamaica, ngokufika kwerekhodi elo xesha," wongeze watsho uMphathiswa.
UMphathiswa wongeze ukuba ukhenketho lokuhamba ngenqanawa nalo luyakhula. “Ngaphezu kwama-80% abakhweli ngenqanawa abasuka kwiCarnival Sunrise, eyamisa izibuko eSt. Ann ngoDisemba 15 behla. Inqanawa yayinabakhweli abamalunga ne-3,000 kunye nabasebenzi be-1,200, kwaye babegcwele yonke indawo e-Ocho Rios kwaye babexakekile bechitha kwaye besonwabela iminikelo yethu yokhenketho. Kwenzeke into efanayo njengoko abakhweli behla kwiinqanawa ezimise eFalmouth, kuquka neenqanawa zaseRoyal Caribbean Cruise.”
Ukuqaphela ukuba amanani okufika anyuswe yikonsathi enkulu yaseBurna Boy ebibanjelwe eKingston kwimpelaveki, uMphathiswa uBartlett ugxininise ukuba isiqithi sihlala sinomtsalane kakhulu kubakhenkethi.
“IJamaica ihleli isentloko phakathi kwabantu abakwimarike yokhenketho kwaye iinzame zethu zokuphucula imveliso yethu yokhenketho ziyaqhubeka nokuba neziqhamo. Siyaqhubeka nokwenza konke esinako ukomeleza ukhuseleko, ukhuseleko kunye nokungabinamthungo kwendawo esiya kuyo,” utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
UMphathiswa ubonise ukuba iJamaica izimisele ukugcina irekhodi le-US$1.4 yebhiliyoni kwingeniso yezokhenketho ngexesha lobusika labakhenkethi. Ingeniso eqikelelweyo ibisekelwe kwizihlalo zomoya ezisisi-1.3 sezigidi ezikhuselweyo ngeli xesha kunye nokufunyanwa ngokupheleleyo kweenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa. "Ngoko ke sijonge phambili kwixesha elinamandla kakhulu lasebusika eliya kwenza unyaka oqinileyo kuqoqosho lwaseJamaica," utshilo uMnu Bartlett.
