Abathathi-nxaxheba bokhenketho basekhaya bamiselwe ukuba bafune utyalo-mali olongezelelekileyo kuRhulumente oMkhulu ukuze asungule iphulo lentengiso ezinzileyo yendawo ekusingwa kuyo kunye nephulo lokuthengisa iTobago.
Ngesiqithi sizamazamana nokufika kwabakhenkethi okusezantsi kunye nokuhlaliswa kwehotele okuphantsi, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho uRupert Griffith ubize abachaphazelekayo kwintlanganiso kwikomkhulu leSebe lezoKhenketho eDuke Street, ePort of Spain, ngomso ngentsimbi yesibini emva kwemini.
Kwingxelo yeveki ephelileyo iSunday Express, abanikazi beehotele zaseTobago, iivenkile zokutyela, abarhwebi kunye namashishini anxulumeneyo bathi le meko isoyikisa ngokutshabalalisa uqoqosho lwaseTobago.
Abanye abalindeleke kwindibano yangomso nguMphathiswa woPhuhliso lwaseTobago uVernella Alleyne-Toppin, uNobhala weNdlu yeNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yaseTobago (THA) u-Orville London, unobhala we-THA kwezoKhenketho u-Oswald Williams kunye nosihlalo weTourism Development Company (TDC) uStanley Beard.
UGriffith uphinde wabiza umongameli weTobago Hotel and Tourism Association (THTA) uCarol Ann Birchwood-James, kunye nosekela mongameli uChris James.
Umongameli weTrinidad Hotels, Restaurants and Tourism Association uMichelle Palmer-Keizer kunye nosekela-mongameli uKevin Kenny nabo baya kuba kwintlanganiso.
Nangona kukho uqhushululu oluqhubekayo olubandakanya i-THA kunye nesibini sase-UK uPeter no-Murium Green, abanqunyulwa ebusweni ngomhla woku-1 ku-Agasti ka-2009 kwilali yabo yaseBacolet, amagosa oshishino ahlukeneyo athi ulwaphulo-mthetho ayingowona mba ucinezelayo kukhenketho lwaseTobago.
Babonisa ukuba iJamaica inolwaphulo-mthetho oluphakame kakhulu kuneTrinidad neTobago kodwa ubutyebi bokhenketho beso siqithi buyanda, kuquka ulwando lweepesenti ezintandathu lwabakhenkethi abafikayo ngoDisemba. IJamaica iye yavotelwa njengeyona ndawo iGqwesileyo yeCaribbean ngabafundi bemagazini yeshishini lokhenketho lase-US lokuHamba ngeveki nge-16 kaDisemba.
“Sonke sifuna ukuba imeko yolwaphulo-mthetho iphucuke kodwa ibiya kuba bubudenge ukucinga ukuba sithi sodwa esithwaxwa kukwanda kolwaphulo-mthetho.
"Ke ewe, kufuneka sibeke onke amanyathelo okuphucula imeko yolwaphulo-mthetho kubantu basekhaya nakwiindwendwe kodwa njengoko umba weGreen ugxininisile, sikwafuna ungenelelo lobudlelwane bobuchwephesha bokujongana neengxaki ngendlela eyanelisa wonke umntu," elinye igosa. watsho.
Umthombo weshishini, ocele ukuba ungachazwa, uthe enye yeengongoma eziphambili eziza kuxoxwa kwindibano yangomso iyakuba yintengiso yendawo ekusingwa kuyo kunye nebranding yeTobago.
Abo bachaphazelekayo baza kufuna ukukholisa uRhulumente ukuba akhuthaze utyalo-mali lokuhlaziya iihotele ezikhoyo kunye nezindlu zeendwendwe kunye nokugqitywa kweehotele ezintsha ezifana neVanguard kunye neCrown Reef Hotel, ukuzisa isitokhwe samagumbi esikhoyo kwi-1,500 esiqithini.
Umthombo uthe ukhenketho eTobago lufikelele incopho yalo ngo-2005 kwaye "sasimonelwa ngabamelwane bethu kulo mmandla kodwa ngoku sesisigculelo, kwaye i-THA ibeka ityala kuye wonke umntu ngaphandle kwabo."
Uthe iphulo lokuthengisa indawo ekusingwa kuyo likaRhulumente ukuza kuthi ga ngoku “lisilele ngokulusizi” kwaye iTobago kufuneka iphawulwe ngokwahlukileyo ngephulo elilungileyo lokuthengisa.
Amanani oMbutho wezoKhenketho weCaribbean (CTO) abonise i-T&T ichithe i-US$12 yezigidi kurhwebo oluthe ngqo kumajelo eendaba ngo-2010 ngelixa ukhenketho lube negalelo le-TT$5.4 yeebhiliyoni kwiMveliso yeLizwe eliPheleleyo.
Amathuba engqesho ngokhenketho (malunga ne-100,000 ngokuthe ngqo nangengathanga ngqo eTrinidad naseTobago) kunye neenzuzo ezivela kutyalo-mali oluthe ngqo lwangaphandle lunokunceda ukuphuhlisa iTobago.
“Kufuneka sithathe amanyathelo ngoku. Uvuko luhlala lubiza kakhulu kunokungenelela, "utshilo umthombo.
Amanani e-CTO akwabonisa ukuba iTrinidad neTobago itsale kuphela iipesenti ezimbini zabatyeleli bamazwe ngamazwe abazizigidi ezingama-23 kulo mmandla kulo nyaka uphelileyo. ITobago, iyodwa, yabona ngaphantsi kwesiqingatha sesibini ekhulwini.
I-Tobago nayo ihlupheke ngokuhla okuzinzileyo kwiminyaka emine edlulileyo kwimilinganiselo yamagumbi ngelixa amaxabiso kwezinye iziqithi zeCaribbean anyuke ngeepesenti ezimbini ukuya kwezintathu.
Amagosa ezoKhenketho nawo aza kuphakamisa umba welayisenisi yomhlaba, imithombo eqaphele ukuba ithathe iminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha ukwenziwa kwaye, abathi itshabalalise ukuzithemba kwabatyali-zimali.
“Ngoko ngoku unemeko apho iipropati ezikhoyo zingakwazi ukufikelela kwimali yokuvuselela iipropati zabo kuba ixabiso leepropati zabo lilinganiselwe kwixabiso lendawo kwaye kungekhona ixabiso lemarike, "waphawula omnye umthombo.
Nkqu neebhanki zasekhaya ziye zaphambuka kutyalo-mali kukhenketho, zishiya imeko apho iiprojekthi ziye zamiswa ngokunyanzeliswa kwelayisenisi yomhlaba zibambekile ngenxa yokungathembi umtyali-mali, wongeze watsho umthombo.
Abanye abanikazi behotele baye bachaza ukuba amanye amazwe eCaribbean, njengeBarbados kunye neJamaica, anemvumelwano yerhafu engcono kunye nezinye izinto ezikhuthazayo ezenza kube nzima ukuba iTobago ibe nezibonelelo ezifanayo.
Benza umzekelo into yokuba iTrinidad neTobago ine-35 yepesenti yomsebenzi wewayini ngelixa uninzi lwezinye iziqithi zeCaribbean zingenamsebenzi wewayini kunye nezinye izinto ezininzi ezityiwayo.
“Urhulumente uvakalise ukuba bafuna ukuguqula uqoqosho, kwaye ukhenketho yenye yeentsika abazichongileyo.
“Akubonakali ngathi abayiqondi inyani yokuba ukuthengisa ukhenketho kunokunceda intengiso yeTrinidad and Tobago kunye nokwenza ishishini lokuthumela ngaphandle,” utshilo omnye umnini hotele.
