Ukuqhuba uKhenketho kwiPost-COVID-19 yoBuyiselo kuQoqosho lwaseJamaica

Oku kuchazwe kwingxelo yamva nje yeZiko loCwangciso laseJamaica (PIOJ) liqaqambisa inyani yokuba ukhenketho luyaqhuba. Ukuchacha koqoqosho lwaseJamaica emva kwe-COVID-19.

Oku njengoko wamkele ingxelo yePIOJ ebonisa ukuba Icandelo lokhenketho ibe negalelo elikhulu kuhlumo loqoqosho lweli lizwe kwikota yesibini yonyaka. I-PIOJ izolo (ngomhla we-18 ku-Agasti) ibhengeze ukuba uqoqosho lukhule nge-5.7% kwikota ka-Epreli ukuya kuJuni ka-2022, xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo ngo-2021, kunye necandelo lezokhenketho nelokwamkela iindwendwe libe negalelo elikhulu.

I-PIOJ inike ingxelo yokuba iXabiso lokwenyani eloNgezelelweyo kwiiHotele kunye neeNdawo zokutyela likhule ngoqikelelo lwe-55.4%, nto leyo ebonisa ukonyuka okubukhali kokufika kweendwendwe ezivela kuzo zonke iimarike ezingundoqo, nokuba ngo-Epreli ukuya kuMeyi ka-2022 abafikeli beLizwe baNgaphandle bebonke ibe ziindwendwe ezingama-399,310, ezimele ukonyuka. ye-110.0% xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elihambelanayo ngo-2021.

Umphathiswa uBartlett ugxininise ukuba "amanani avela kwi-PIOJ aqaqambisa inyani yokuba ishishini lokhenketho liqhuba iJamaica emva kwe-COVID-19," wongeza ngelithi:

"Iziphumo ziluphawu olucacileyo lokomelela kwecandelo, elikhula ngokuthe ngcembe."

Njengoko wamkela iindaba uMphathiswa uBartlett wadibana nabameli be-Jamaica Hotel kunye ne-Tourist Association (JHTA) kunye nabanye abachaphazelekayo kwishishini, kubandakanywa namalungu e-Tourism Recovery Task Force, namhlanje (ngo-Agasti 19), ukuphononongwa phakathi konyaka kweli candelo.

Kwaye kwacaciswa ukuba inkcitho yabatyeleli ngoku idlula amaNqanaba ka-2019. Ngokwamanani eBhodi yabakhenkethi yaseJamaica, ubude bokuhlala bubuyele kumanqanaba ka-2019 obusuku obuyi-7.9 kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba uMndilili wenkcitho ngondwendwelo unyuke ukusuka kwi-US $ 168 ngobusuku ukuya kwi-182 yeedola zaseMelika ngobusuku ngabunye.

Umphathiswa uBartlett uqaphela ukuba “oku kuthetha ngokulula ukuba icandelo lezokhenketho lenza utshintshiselwano oluninzi lwangaphandle kumtyeleli ngamnye. Ke, kukho imali eninzi ejikelezayo kuqoqosho olubanzi kwaye oku kuxhamlisa abadlali abohlukeneyo kwishishini, njengokutsala umdla, icandelo lezothutho kunye namagcisa, ngaloo ndlela kudala impembelelo enkulu kwezoqoqosho. ” 

Ngexesha lentlanganiso, kwagxininiswa ukuba ukususela ekuvulweni kwakhona ngoJuni ka-2020, iJamaica yamkele iindwendwe ezingaphezu kwe-3.5 yezigidi (3,556,394) njengoko ngoJulayi 2022. Ngokunjalo, unyaka ukuya kumhla isiqithi samkele iindwendwe ezingaphezu kwe-1.7 yezigidi (1,714,956), ukwanda ye-139.4% kwangelo xesha linye ngo-2021.

Kukwakho nokunyuka okuqikelelwa kwe-10% ekufikeni kweendwendwe ngoJulayi ka-2022 xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo ngo-2019. Ngokunyuka kwabantu abafikayo inyanga nenyanga, uMphathiswa uBartlett uthe "sihleli sinethemba lokuba amanani ethu okusebenza azakubuyela ku-2019 pre-COVID. amanqanaba erekhodi ngo-2023. "