USanta Lucia uhlasela iindwendwe 'ngentlawulo yokuhlala' yabakhenkethi

Urhulumente wase-Saint Lucia ubhengeze ukuba, kulandela ukubonisana nabachaphazelekayo kwishishini labakhenkethi, uzakwazisa umrhumo omtsha wendawo yokuhlala.

Ukusukela nge-1 ka-Epreli 2020, iindwendwe ezihlala eSaint Lucia ziya kucelwa ukuba zihlawule imali yokuhlala kwabo kwesi siqithi ebusuku.

Bonke ababoneleli ngendawo yokuhlala kwesi siqithi (iihotele, izindlu zeendwendwe, izindlu zezindlu, izindlu njl.njl.) Bayacelwa ukuba baqokelele kwiindawo abahlala kuzo ngaphezulu kweedola zase-US $ 3.00 kunye ne-US $ 6.00 ngokwahlukeneyo kwizinga lobusuku elingaphantsi okanye ngaphezulu kwe-US $ 120.

Imirhumo iya kuhlawulwa ngumtyeleli wokuhlala kwaye aqokelelwe ngababoneleli ngendawo yokuhlala abaya kukhuphela iifizi eziqokelelwe kuRhulumente IGunya lezoKhenketho laseSanta Lucia.

Iindwendwe kwiindawo zokuhlala zifunyenwe ngokwabelana ngamaqonga anje Airbnb kwaye i-VRBO iya kuba phantsi komrhumo wendawo yokuhlala oyi-7% kwixabiso elipheleleyo lokuhlala.

Umrhumo wokuhlalisa abakhenkethi uya kusetyenziselwa ukuxhasa ngemali imisebenzi yentengiso yendawo ekusingwa kuyo eyenziwa yiSaint Lucia Tourism Authority (SLTA) njengoko ikhuthaza imveliso yokhenketho yaseSaint Lucia kwihlabathi liphela kwaye ngakumbi kwiimarike eziphambili ngaphakathi e-US, eCanada, eCaribbean, eUnited Kingdom naseYurophu. .

Umrhumo uya kusetyenziswa ukuxhasa uphuhliso lokhenketho kwilali, kunye nolawulo lwendawo ekuyiwa kuyo kunye nophuhliso lwemveliso yalapha eSaint Lucia. Injongo kukomeleza isakhono se-SLTA sokwandisa ukuthengisa kwayo indawo esiya kuyo kunye nokuxhasa uphuhliso lokhenketho eSaint Lucia ngokuqokelelwa kwemali ehambelana nokufika kwabatyeleli.

I-Saint Lucia itsalela ukuya kuthi ga kwi-350,000 yokuhlala-abakhenkethi kunxweme lwayo minyaka le. I-SLTA isete ithagethi ye-541,000 yokuhlala ngaphezulu kweendwendwe ngowama-2022. I-SLTA ifuna ukwandisa amandla esihlalo kunye nenani lomthwalo kuzo zonke iinqwelomoya eziya eSanta Lucia ukuya kuma-85%. I-SLTA ikwasebenza ekwandiseni ulwazi malunga negama u-Saint Lucia. Uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwe-SLTA lonyaka lokuthengisa kunye nokunyusa limalunga nezigidi ezingama-35 zeedola.

Ishishini lokukhuthaza indawo yokhenketho liya lisiba ngumceli mngeni kwaye likhuphisana kakhulu njengoko amazwe ehlabathi ezama ukubamba isabelo esikhulu semalike yabakhenkethi ekhulayo. Xa kujongwa oku, ngoku iyinto eqhelekileyo ukuba amazwe axhase ngemali ukuthengiswa kwemveliso yokhenketho ngomrhumo wendawo yokuhlala okanye irhafu ehlawulwe ngabatyeleli abahleliyo kwindawo ekusingwa kuyo.

Iindawo ezinokusekwa ngakumbi ezinezixhobo ezikhulu kakhulu kuneSanta Lucia ezinje ngeCanada, iUS kunye ne-Italiya zonke zisebenzisa iifizi zokuhlala ngeenjongo zokuthengisa. Ukongeza, amazwe amaninzi eCaribbean anje ngeJamaica, iBarbados kunye neBelize kunye nalawo akwi-OECS kubandakanya i-Anguilla, Antigua kunye neBarbuda, iSt. Ezi rhafu zihlala zisetyenziswa kwigumbi ngalinye, ngobusuku kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ziye zilinganiswe (zibekwe emgangathweni) ngokuxhomekeke kuhlobo lwepropathi. Njengoko iqulunqiwe, iNtlawulo yokuHlala kwabaKhenkethi eSanta Lucia iphakathi kwezona ziphantsi kwi-OECS nase-CARICOM, nakwezinye iindawo ezimi kakuhle kubakhenkethi kwihlabathi liphela. Isakhiwo somrhumo waseSanta Lucia siyafana neMaldives.

IGunya lezoKhenketho laseSanta Lucia lisungula inkqubo yokuvumela ababoneleli ngendawo yokuhlala esiqithini, abasebenza kubakhenkethi bamanye amazwe kunye nokubhukisha iiwebhusayithi ukukhupha ngokulula imirhumo abayiqokelelayo kwiindwendwe zokuhlala. Inkqubo ineendlela ezakhelwe-ngaphakathi zokuqinisekisa ukuba ulwazi olunikezelwayo luchanekile. Ngenxa yokuba kuza kusetyenziswa inkqubo ezisebenzelayo yokuxolela iifizi eziqokelelweyo kwiindwendwe, iindleko kubaboneleli ngendawo yokuhlala azizukubakho.

Umphathiswa Wezokhenketho Mhlonishwa. UDominic Fedee uthi ukuthengisa indawo ekuyo kunceda bonke abadlali kwishishini - ababoneleli ngendawo yokuhlala, iinqwelomoya, abaqhubi babakhenkethi, iiarhente zokuhamba, abaphathi bomhlaba, iisayithi kunye nezinto ezinomtsalane. Uqhubeke wathi, “Kuhlala kungumceli mngeni kumazwe amancinci ukwaba izibonelelo eziyimfuneko kakhulu kwintengiso yezokhenketho. Umrhumo wendawo yokuhlala uvumela ukhenketho ukuba luzihlawulele, njengoko irhafu iza kuhlawuliswa kubakhenkethi kwesi siqithi. Ikhulula imali efunekayo kwezempilo, ezemfundo nakukhuseleko lwesizwe. ”