UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseBahamas wenze isicwangciso sokwenza isiqithi saseGrand Bahama sibe ngumdlali ophambili kukhenketho kwakhona, ngokutsho koMphathiswa wezoKhenketho uNeko Grant.
Kumsitho we-10 woNyaka weGrand Bahama Business Outlook obubanjelwe kwi-Our Lucaya Resort, uye wabhengeza ukuba ngeenkqubo zokhenketho ezisekelwe kuluntu zoMphathiswa, ekhokelwa nguJeritzan Outten neqela lakhe, ubulungiseleli ngoku bangahambisa abakhenkethi abatsha abangama-35 kunye nemisebenzi kubatyeleli kwesi siqithi.
Ukhenketho luya kufumaneka kubatyeleli kunye nabahlali ngokufanayo, ukusuka kwidives ezimbini zetanki ukuya kwi-eco-tours, utshilo.
“Umbono wokhenketho olusekelwe kuluntu awumtsha, kodwa indlela esiwujonga ngayo ivelisa into entsha. Sizimisele ukuba uluntu lweSiqithi saseGrand Bahama lunendima ebalulekileyo ekufuneka luyidlalile ekuqinisekiseni ukuba ishishini lokhenketho lilonke lizinzile,” utshilo uMnu Grant.
Uthe iSebe lezoKhenketho kungoku nje ligqibezela uvavanyo lophuhliso lwezixhobo zokhenketho kule ndawo kwaye ulindele ukuba akwazi ukonyusa inani lamava okusingwa kwesi siqithi nge-16 ukusuka kwi-35 ukuya kwi-51 imisebenzi kwikota yesithathu yalo nyaka. .
Kunyaka ophelileyo kwindibano yedolophu eyayibanjelwe eFreeport lisebe lezoKhenketho, kwaphinda kwaphindwa ngabathathi-nxaxheba kolu shishino ukuba abakhenkethi bakhalazela ukuba akukho nto banokuyenza kwesi siqithi.
UMphathiswa uGrant uthe izinto ezintsha ezikhangayo ziquka ukhenketho olusezantsi lweGrand Bahama, i-East End Trip kunye nohambo oluya kwi-Abacos, iHolmes Rock Nature Trail kunye neCave Tour, i-Lighthouse Point e-Pinder's Point; i-Eight Mile Rock Boiling Hole kwidolophu yaseHepburn, iMyuziyam yaseGrand Bahama, iiNdawo zeMifanekiso eJunkanoo Beach Club, iCoastline Cruise kunye noKhenketho lokuThenga, iCruise yaseCoastline ukuya eParadise Cove kunye neBeach Party, kunye neRafting iLucayan Creek.
Uninzi lokhenketho lwaselunxwemeni luza kubandakanya utyelelo kwiindawo zokutyela zemveli kunye neebhari zeziselo kunye nokutya kwalapha ekhaya okudityaniswa nomculo wesintu kunye nolonwabo lwenkcubeko.
"Kungakhathaliseki ukuba sisebenza ngaphantsi kwe-stellar kwiminyaka yamuva nje, ukhenketho lwehlabathi luyanda," kusho uMnu Grant.
Uqikelelo lwehlabathi luka-2007 lucebisa ukunyuka kweepesenti ezintandathu kuqoqosho lwezokhenketho lwehlabathi ngokutsho kweUnited Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), uthe.
"Uqoqosho lwezokhenketho olukhulayo lwehlabathi lubonisa ithuba leSiqithi saseGrand Bahama sokwandisa ukusebenza kokhenketho ukuya phambili," waqhubeka uMnu.
Elinye lawona macandelo akhula ngokukhawuleza lishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa, apho inzala evela kubantu abakhulileyo base-US, ixesha lokuhamba ngenqanawa elandisiweyo, kunye nokuqaliswa ngempumelelo kweenqanawa ezintsha zidibene nemfuno yokuvelisa inzuzo yerekhodi kwabanye ababoneleli ngenqanawa base-US kwikota yesithathu ka-2007, uthe.
"Nangona isoyikiso sokuba iiholide zibeke kwishishini lethu eliphambili lokumisa abatyeleli, oku kuhlala kulicandelo elibalulekileyo, elibonelela ngomthombo wengeniso yezokhenketho eyongeziweyo enenzuzo eyongeziweyo yokuhamba ngokukhawuleza, kwaye ngqo kwizandla zecandelo elikhulu elinqamlezileyo labancinci abazimeleyo. Oosomashishini baseBahamian,” utshilo.
UMnu. Grant ukwaqaphele ukuba ukuba bekungengenxa yokungenelela kwenkonzo, inkonzo ye-Discovery Cruise Lines yokuhamba ngenqanawa mihla le ngeyema ekwindla ka-2007.
Uthe ukuze ukukhula okuzinzileyo kwenzeke kwicandelo lezokhenketho, isebe kufuneka lisebenze ngokuzimisela ukuqinisekisa ukuba amava aselunxwemeni angaphezulu kobekulindelekile.
“Kungale ndlela kuphela esiya kuba nakho ukonyusa umndilili wenkcitho yeendwendwe ukusuka kwi-53 yeedola ukuya kumgangatho weshishini kwindawo ye-100 yeedola ngomntu. Oku kuyafezekiswa ngaphandle kokuba abantu baseGrand Bahamian bakulungele ukutyala imali kwiimveliso zokhenketho ezihambelana nendawo ekusingwa kuyo,” utshilo uMnu Grant.
Uye waphawula ukuba i-100 yezigidi zeedola zezibuko elitsha lokuhamba ngenqanawa elafanekiselwa kwangaphambili kwisicwangciso sikarhulumente lilandelwa ngenkuthalo kwaye “lisondela ngakumbi.”
“Senze uthethathethwano olongezelelweyo ngenkonzo yejethi entsha engamisiyo evela kwamanye amasango eniza kuva ngawo kungekudala njengoko siqhubela phambili izicwangciso zethu zokubeka ngokutsha le ndawo sisiya kuyo ngentsebenziswano yokwenene necandelo labucala,” utshilo uMnu Grant.
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