Ngokuphulwa kwerekhodi ye-4.31 yezigidi zabahambi abatyelela i-Jamaica ngo-2018, imboni yezokhenketho yelizwe lesiqithi ilungele ukunyusa izinga lokukhula ngokwandisa utyalo-mali kumashishini amancinci naphakathi (SMTEs), utshilo uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseJamaica, uMhlonishwa. Edmund Bartlett, CD, MP.
Min. U-Bartlett uthethe namhlanje "kwiNkomfa yeHlabathi yeSibini kwiMisebenzi kunye nokuKhula okuBandakanyayo: Amashishini amancinci naPhakathi kwezoKhenketho," ebinikwe ngokubambisana nguMbutho weZizwe eziManyeneyo woKhenketho lweHlabathi.UNWTO) Kunye UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho eJamaica.
Ngaphezulu kweepesenti ezingama-80 zokhenketho ziqhutywa ngamashishini amancinci naphakathi eJamaica.
“Ukunyusa utyalo-mali kuqoqosho lwesizwe kunye nabemi bayo kuya kukhokelela kuphela ekubeni nemithombo emikhulu yokubonelela ngamava abatyeleli aphuculweyo,” utshilo uMin. Bartlett. “Apha eJamaica, kungoluhlu olubanzi lwezicwangciso eziliqili ezifana nemfundo, uqeqesho olukhethekileyo, kunye nenkxaso-mali yetyala esenza ukuba sibe nobungcali kwishishini lezokhenketho laseJamaica, uninzi lwabemi bethu banokulingana neengcali zokuhamba kwihlabathi liphela.
Ngaphezulu kwamalungu angama-200 eSMTE ahlanganisene kwiZiko leNgqungquthela laseMontego Bay, eMontego Bay, eJamaica, ukuba athathe inxaxheba kwiingxoxo ezikhokelwa luluhlu oluchukumisayo lweentetho zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe kunye neephaneli ezibandakanya: UMphathiswa wezoShishino waseJamaica uAudley Shaw, CD, MP; UJaime Cabal, uSekela Nobhala Jikelele, UNWTO; Nestor Mendez, uSekela Nobhala Jikelele woMbutho waMazwe aseMelika; kunye namagqabaza aphambili ka-Álvaro Uribe Vélez, owayesakuba nguMongameli waseColombia.
"Icandelo lamashishini amancinci naphakathi lifaka isandla kakhulu kukhenketho lwaseJamaica, kodwa kuphela i-20 yepesenti ye-SMTE yengeniso ebuyisela kwinzuzo yabo," wongezelela uMn. Bartlett. "Namhlanje, siphinde sayihlaziya incoko yababini malunga nendlela yokulungelelanisa oko kungalunganga kunye nokuxhasa izimvo ezilungileyo ngenkunzi yotyalo-mali." Uthe izicwangciso zikhoyo ukuvumela ii-SMTEs ukuba ziqonde amandla abo, ngaloo ndlela zihamba ukusuka kubaqhubi "umama-pop" ukuya kwimithombo esekelwe, ethembekileyo yengeniso ezinzileyo kunye nexesha elide.
Kutshanje, iSebe lezoKhenketho liye layalela phantse i-J$1 yebhiliyoni I-Export-Bhanki yokuNgenisa ngaphandle yase-United States ngokubolekisa ngexabiso lepesenti ezine ezinesiqingatha kwiSMTEs yaseJamaica, ethe yavelisa impendulo engathethekiyo kubanini bamashishini abancinci bendawo. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku malunga ne-J$950 yezigidi sele kubolekwe kumaqumrhu angaphezu kwama-70 kwaye nawo ahlawula ngenzala. Ngo-Epreli, i-J$ 132 yezigidi zenzala iya kube ibuyiswe,” Min. Utshilo uBartlett.
Ukongeza, i Umbutho waseMelika (OAS) ibophelele i-US$500,000 iyonke ukwakha ukomelela kwee-SMTEs kwiintlekele zendalo kunye nokuphazamiseka kukhenketho. Le projekthi, iqhutywa kwisithuba seminyaka emibini, ixhaswa ngemali liSebe leLizwe lase-United States kwaye ilawulwa nguNobhala we-OAS woPhuhliso oluDibeneyo.
