JameyikhaUkungena kutshintshiselwano lwangaphandle kuhleli kwindlela yokukhula kwikota yokuqala ka-2023 kunye nokonyuswa okulindelweyo kwe-US$1.4 yebhiliyoni kwimivuzo yokhenketho ngexesha lobusika labakhenkethi, eliqale nge-15 kaDisemba.
UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho ovuyayo, Hon. UEdmund Bartlett, uthe ingeniso eqikelelweyo isekwe kwizihlalo zomoya ezisisi-1.3 sezigidi ezikhuselweyo ngeli xesha kunye nokubuyiswa ngokupheleleyo kweenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa. Imbono encumisayo yazotywa nguMphathiswa uBartlett kwisidlo sakusasa sombulelo esasibanjwe yiJamaica Tourist Board (JTB) kumacandelo ahlukeneyo abasebenzi kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseMontego Bay's Sangster International.
Ethetha namhlanje kwisidlo sakusasa sonyaka sabasebenzi kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iSangster International eMontego Bay, ekuqaleni kwesizini, uMphathiswa uBartlett ubalule ukuba indawo yokuya kuyo, "Yamkelekile ngaphezulu kwe-1.4 yezigidi zabatyeleli kwaye ufumane malunga ne-1.5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kutshintshiselwano lwangaphandle."
Efumana ukuchacha ngokupheleleyo kwi-COVID-19, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho uthe: “Obu busika buya kuba bobona busika bugqwesileyo iJamaica inabo ngokufika kwerekhodi kwixesha eliqikelelwa ukuba ngeli xesha liza kuba ngama-950,000 okumiswa kunye nama-524,000 ohambo ngenqanawa. . Ke, loo nto iyenza isondele kakhulu kwiindwendwe ezizigidi ezisisi-1.5 ngeli xesha lonyaka; elona nani likhulu leendwendwe sakha saba nazo.”
Kwakhona, ubonise: “Ngemivuzo, sijonge kwi-US$1.4 yebhiliyoni. Ngapha koko, kufutshane ne-1.5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwaye kwakhona kukunyuka kwe-36% ngo-2019 kwaye iphezulu kakhulu kune-US $ 1.094 yebhiliyoni efunyenwe kulo nyaka uphelileyo, eya kwenza i-2023 ibe yeyona mivuzo inamandla yasebusika eyakha yafunyanwa yiJamaica. Oku kubonisa kakuhle uzinzo kunye nokukhula kotshintshiselwano lwamazwe angaphandle njengoko i-NIR (intsalela yezizwe ngezizwe) iza kuba kwimeko esempilweni.”
UMphathiswa uBartlett wathi:
"Sibuyele esiqhelweni, kwaye ndifuna ukubulela kakhulu bonke abachaphazelekayo ngomsebenzi omkhulu abawenzileyo ukwenza oku kuphinda kukhule kukhule."
Uxelele abasebenzi besikhululo seenqwelomoya oku: “Yonke le nto yenzekile ngenxa yokuba nisebenze nzima, kuba nizinikele kangangokuba nasiphathela ibhola ngexesha lobunzima.”
Ukuqinisekiswa ukuba ukuchacha ngenqanawa ngokuqinisekileyo kuyaqhubeka kulo nyaka uzayo, kudityaniswa nokufika kwabafikayo, "iza kusithatha sifikelele kwisiphelo sika-2023 esiya kuba phambi kuka-2019 ke siza kuphila ngokukhula kwaye yile nto sithetha ngayo ngokuthi ukuba sifuna ukuchacha ngamandla,” utshilo.
Xa kuthelekiswa nobusika obudlulileyo, uMnu. Bartlett uthe ubusika 2022/23 kufuneka buphume kunye ne-29.6% yokunyuka kokufika kokuma. Kwangaxeshanye, ngokuhamba ngenqanawa kubusika obudlulileyo, iJamaica ibinabakhweli abayi-146,700 kwaye kobu busika “silindele ukonyuka nge-257%. Umfanekiso opheleleyo wokufika kwabakhenkethi ngexesha lasebusika kukuba "kulo nyaka uphelileyo besinama-879,927 kwaye kobu busika abangama-23 senza imveliso yabatyeleli abazizigidi ezisisi-1.47 ngeli xesha, ukonyuka okukhulu nge-67.5%," wongeze watsho.
Xa kuthelekiswa, ingeniso ibimi ngaphezulu nje kwe-US$1 yebhiliyoni kulo nyaka uphelileyo ngelixa ukumisa kuphela kufanele kuvelise i-US$1.4 yebhiliyoni, ngexesha lasebusika, ukonyuka nge-33.4%. Ukuhamba ngenqanawa kuba phantsi kulo nyaka uphelileyo ngenxa yobhubhane, iJamaica yafumana kuphela i-14 yezigidi zeedola zaseMelika kodwa ngoku ilindele ukutsala nge-51.9 yezigidi zeedola zaseMelika kulo nyaka.
Ixesha labakhenkethi basebusika lihlala liqala nge-15 kaDisemba kwaye lihlala kude kube phakathi ku-Epreli. Ngokubhekiselele kwiinqwelomoya zeli xesha, iJamaica iphinda iveze izihlalo ezizizigidi ezisisi-1.3 apho ngaphezulu kwe-900 lamawaka ziya kuvela eUnited States.
I-Jamaica imiselwe ukwamkela i-1,474, iindwendwe ze-219 ezimele ukunyuka kwe-67.5% xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kwi-2022. Imivuzo iqikelelwa ukuba ifikelele malunga ne-1.5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, eya kuba yi-36.3%.
"Oku kubaluleke ngakumbi kuba sisebenze kunye ukubeka ukhenketho, ubomi boqoqosho lwethu, umva emva kokudlula kolona bhubhani ungazange ubonwe ngaphambili," wongeze watsho uMphathiswa uBartlett.
“Isikhundla sophawu lweJamaica sihlala somelele kakhulu, kwaye siyaqhubeka nokubona iindwendwe zisiza ngobuninzi ukuze zibe namava okwenyani ukusuka ekutyeni kwethu ukuya kumculo wethu kunye nobomi basebusuku. Siza kuqhubeleka nokubeka indawo ekuyiwa kuyo ukuze siqinisekise ukonyuka nangakumbi kwabafikayo kunye nemivuzo, utshilo uDonovan White, uMlawuli wezoKhenketho, iBhodi yabaKhenketho yaseJamaica.
