URoger Dow, uMongameli we-US Travel Association uMongameli kunye ne-CEO ibe ngowokuqala ukuthetha kwiNkomfa ye-IPW ye-IP Travel Association ebibanjwe kuhlelo lwama-51 olwenziwe ngoLwesibini, nge-4 kaJuni 2019,
Kwiziko leNgqungquthela laseAnaheim eCalifornia. Waqala ngala mazwi okuvula:
Wamkelekile kwi-IPW yama-51.
Ndichulumancile kakhulu ukwabelana nani ukuba sibe nenxaxheba entle kulo nyaka: ngaphezulu kwe-6,000 abathunywa abavela kumazwe angama-70, kubandakanya amajelo eendaba angama-500. Sivuyiswe ngokukodwa kukufumana irekhodi labathunywa abavela e-China kulo nyaka.
Ngokusekwe kwidatha ehlaziyiweyo, ndiyakwazi ukunika ingxelo yokuba i-IPW izakuvelisa i-5.5 yezigidigidi zeedola kwinkcitho yokuhamba ngokuthe ngqo e-United States kule minyaka mithathu izayo. Ihlaziyiwe yenyuka isuka kwi-4.7 yezigidigidi zeerandi esiyixele kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo. Impembelelo yeshishini lokuhamba, kwaye lo msitho ngokukodwa, awunakuhoywa. Umsebenzi esiwenzayo apha-sisonke- ukudibanisa iindawo ekuyiwa kuzo e-US kwiimarike zamanye amazwe kubaluleke kakhulu.
Ukuhlangana kwethu kulo nyaka uphelileyo, bendikuxelele ukuba i-US ilahlekelwe sisabelo sentengiso kumazwe aphesheya. Ngelishwa, kunjalo. Ngalo nje uLwesihlanu odlulileyo, iSebe lezoRhwebo laseMelika likhuphe amanani abonisa ukuba ukhenketho lwamazwe aphesheya oluya e-US lukhule nge-3.5% kunyaka ophelileyo.
Oko kunokuvakala kukuhle-kodwa hayi xa ucinga ukuba kwihlabathi liphela, uhambo olude lokuhamba ixesha elide lukhule nge-7%. Oko kuthetha ukuba i-US isabuyela emva kukhuphiswano lokutsala iindwendwe zamanye amazwe. Ziindaba ezimbi ezo. Kwaye kuthetha ukuba sinomsebenzi ekufuneka siwenzile.
Ke, senza ntoni ngayo?
Ndiyazi ukuba abantu abaninzi bafuna ukubeka le nto ezinyaweni zikamongameli wethu. Kodwa sivela indlela ende ukunceda ulawulo ukuba luxabise uhambo njengothunyelo olukhulu lwaseMelika kunye nomyili wemisebenzi. Ngokuqinisekileyo asicingi ukuba umongameli uthi ngokufuthi ngokwaneleyo ukuba ufuna iinombolo ezisempilweni zeendwendwe ukuba zize e-US Kodwa kukho ukuvuleka kokuthetha nolawulo malunga nemigaqo-nkqubo encedisa kutyelelo. Kwaye senze kanye loo nto.
Ndadibana nomongameli ngobuso ukuwa kokugqibela, ecaleni kwee-CEO zamalungu e-US Travel. Sithethile malunga nokuba kubaluleke kangakanani ukuhamba kuqoqosho lwaseMelika kunye nabasebenzi, kunye nendlela uhambo olusinceda ngayo ukunciphisa ukusilela kwethu kurhwebo. Kwaye ndonwabile ukunika ingxelo yokuba umongameli wayekulangazelela ukuva into esiza kuyithetha kwaye wayamkela kwi-It yavula ingxoxo enentsingiselo kunye nomongameli kunye neqela lakhe kwaye yabonisa ukuzimisela kolawulo ukunceda kwizinto ezininzi eziphambili ngokubaluleka. Kwaye siyaqhubeka nengxoxo yethu ne-White House kunye nabanye abalawuli kufutshane-ngeveki.
I-America inokuba-kwaye kufanele ukuba ibe-lelona lizwe likhuselekileyo nelona lityelelweyo ehlabathini. Kwaye sinecebo lokukufezekisa oko. Ukucacisa ngakumbi ngayo, ndingathanda ukukwazisa kumntu odlala indima ephambili ukuyityhalela phambili, USekela-Mongameli oLawulayo wase-US wemiCimbi yoLuntu kunye noMgaqo-nkqubo, uTori Barnes.
UTori Barnes, uMbutho kaMongameli wase-US oSekela Mongameli weMicimbi yoLuntu kunye noMgaqo-nkqubo
EWashington, uninzi lwempikiswano lusekwe kwizinto ezintathu eziphambili: urhwebo, ukhuseleko kunye nentengiso. Sinemantra eqhuba inkqubo yethu yemicimbi yoluntu, kuba iyinyani: Ukuhamba kwezorhwebo. Ukuhamba kukhuseleko. Kwaye uhambo lurhwebo. Lo ngumyalezo wokuba ukuhamba kwe-US kuthatha yonke imihla kwiiholo zeCongress, nakwiNdlu ye-White House nakwelinye isebe elilawulayo.
Nabantu abanolwazi abasoloko becinga ngokuhamba njengokuthumela ngaphandle. Kodwa xa undwendwe lwamazwe aphesheya luza e-US kwaye luhlala ehotele, lukhwele uloliwe, lutye kwivenkile yokutyela okanye luthenge into ethile evenkileni, kuthathwa njengokuthumela ngaphandle-nangona intengiselwano yenziwa kumhlaba wase-US. Kwi-2018, abatyeleli bamanye amazwe e-US bachitha-okanye mandithi, i-US yathumela kwelinye ilizwe- $ 256 yezigidigidi. Kwaye ngelixa intsilelo yorhwebo ibetha irekhodi eliphezulu le- $ 622 yezigidigidi kulo nyaka uphelileyo, uhambo luye lwenza intsalela yorhwebo ye- $ 69 yezigidigidi. Ngaphandle kokusebenza kwamanye amazwe kushishino lokuhamba, intsilelo yorhwebo eMelika iyakuba yi-11% ngaphezulu.
Ngapha koko, i-US iyayonwabela intsalela yorhwebo lokuhamba kunye namaqabane ayo alithoba aphezulu kwezorhwebo. Ukuhamba kukwadala imisebenzi kunye nemisebenzi ebhetele kunesinye ishishini lamanye amashishini aseMelika, inyani eqinisekisiweyo kuphando esilukhuphe kule ntwasahlobo idlulileyo. Ngokuhlala sichaza ezi nyani kubenzi bethu bomgaqo-nkqubo, sinenjongo ephambili: ukuphakamisa uhambo kwinto esiyibiza ngokuba yingxoxo enkulu. Ukubeka ngokulula, oko kuthetha ukuba iinkokheli zopolitiko kufuneka bacinge ngefuthe kuhambo xa besenza nawuphi na umgaqo-nkqubo… ngokungathi bacinga ngamanye amashishini, njengokuvelisa okanye iinkonzo zemali.
Sinebali elinamandla lokulixela, kwaye lixhaswe yidatha: Xa uhambo luphumelela, kunjalo naseMelika.
URoger Dow, uMongameli woMbutho woKhenketho wase-US kunye ne-CEO
Ukuhamba komeleza uqoqosho lwethu kunye nabasebenzi. Kwaye ikwadlala indima ebalulekileyo ekomelezeni ukhuseleko lwesizwe. Ezinye zeenkqubo ezilungileyo esinazo zokuququzelela ukuhamba nazo zezokomeleza ukhuseleko kakhulu. Umzekelo: I-America-kunye nehlabathi-zikhuselekile ngenxa yeNkqubo yokuNciphisa iVisa.
Ukhuseleko yinto yolawulo olunomdla kuyo kakhulu. Kodwa yinto esiyikhathaleleyo nathi, kuba ndiyithetha ngalo lonke ixesha: Ngaphandle kokhuseleko, akunakubakho kuhamba. Kwaye siyazi ukuba umongameli wabelana ngomnqweno wethu wokongeza amazwe afanelekileyo kwiNkqubo yokuNciphisa iVisa. Kunyaka ophelileyo, uMongameli uTrump wathi i-US ithathela ingqalelo ngamandla ukongezwa kwePoland kwi-VWP. U-Israyeli ngomnye umanyano obalulekileyo oqwalaselwayo. Kwaye baninzi abanye abagqatswa abagqwesileyo bokujoyina le nkqubo yezokhuseleko.
Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, i-JOLT Act ye-2019 yaziswa kwiCongress ukunceda ukuzisa la mazwe kwi-VWP fold. Umthetho osayilwayo uza kuthiya ngokutsha iNkqubo yokuHanjiswa kweVisa kuQeqesho lokuHamba oluKhuselekileyo, olubonisa eyona njongo yayo zombini njengenkqubo yokukhuthazwa kokuhamba kunye nokuhamba. Kwangokunjalo, zombini ukhuseleko kunye nokuququzelela kunokufezekiswa ngcono ngokongeza iindawo ezininzi zokuLungiswa kweMpahla kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya kwihlabathi liphela.
Ndiyabulela ukuTyhilwa kwangaphambili, abakhweli bacacisa Amasiko ase-US ngaphambi kokubeka inyawo e-US- ekhulula izixhobo zokhuselo ezixabisekileyo. Okwangoku kukho iindawo ezili-15 kumazwe amathandathu — kwaye elo nani lingakhula ngokukhawuleza. ISweden kunye neRiphabhlikhi yaseDominican ziphakathi kwamazwe asandula ukutyikitya izivumelwano zokongeza iindawo zangaphambi kokucaca. Sikwaxhasa iinzame ze-CBP zokongeza iisayithi kumazwe afana ne-UK, Japan kunye neColombia.
Kwaye sijonge phambili ekuncediseni ukwandisa le nkqubo nangakumbi.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, i-US Customs kunye noKhuselo lweMida ibisoloko isenza i-biometric enteryexit screening ibe yinyani ebanzi. Ndinebhongo ngelithi i-US ikhokelela kwihlabathi kule teknoloji ye-cuttingedge. Inceda amagosa okhuseleko ukugcina umkhondo wokuba ngubani oza nokuza, kwaye yenza ukuhamba kukhuseleke ngakumbi kwaye kusebenze ngakumbi. Ukusetyenziswa kwebhayometri kwiscreen sabakhweli kusasazeka ngokuthe chu kuyo yonke inkqubo yaseMelika yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya.
Itekhnoloji yokuthelekisa ebusweni ingqineke ichanekile kakhulu. Kwakufutshane nje emva kokuphunyezwa kwesikhululo senqwelomoya saseWashington iDulles International Airport, umzekelo, amagosa athabathe abaphula umthetho abaninzi bezama ukungena eMelika ngoxwebhu lokuhamba olungelulo. Kwaye usenokuba uyibonile inkqubo yokuqala yokuphuma kwebhayometri kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseOrlando. Ukuhamba kwe-US kuxhasa le teknoloji intsha, ekhuthaza ukhuseleko kunye nokusebenza kwabahambi. Kwaye siza kuqhubeka nokusebenza ne-CBP ukwenza inkqubo yovavanyo lwebhayometri ngokubanzi.
Ndiqinisekile uninzi lwenu luzivile iindaba zokuba abalawuli bathumela amagosa avela kwi-CBP nase-TSA ukuxhasa ukhuseleko kumda wase-US-Mexico. Ngokukhawuleza nje sakuva iingxelo, uhambo lwaseMelika lwasebenza kwangoko kulo mbandela. Kudala sitsho ukuba ezokhuseleko kunye nezoqoqosho ngokubaluleka kufanele zihambisane, kwaye sikwenze kwacaca kulawulo ukuba oovimba akufuneki baphambukiswe kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya okanye kwezinye iindawo zokungena.
Ndiqinisekile uninzi lwenu luzivile iindaba zokuba abalawuli bathumela amagosa avela kwi-CBP nase-TSA ukuxhasa ukhuseleko kumda wase-US-Mexico. Kamsinya nje sakuva iingxelo… I-US Travel yasebenza ngokukhawuleza kulo mba. Kudala sitsho ukuba ezokhuseleko kunye nezoqoqosho ngokubaluleka kufanele zihambisane, kwaye sikwenze kwacaca kulawulo ukuba oovimba akufuneki baphambukiswe kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya okanye kwezinye iindawo zokungena. Siyakwazi konke ukungena ngokude kunye neendlela zokhuseleko. Oko silapha, ndivile kwabaninzi kuni ukuba ixesha enilichithe e-US Customs belilixesha elingamkelekanga. Ndifuna wazi: Ndiyakuva. Ulwazi oluqokelelwe kubakhenkethi abaxabisekileyo nabanamava afana nolwenu lusinceda sazi imiba ekufuneka siyiphakamisile kurhulumente wase-US. Ndifuna ukukwazisa ukuba ngoku sikwinkqubo yokufuna idatha kumaxesha okulinda amaSiko kumalungu ethu amakhulu esikhululo seenqwelomoya. Kwaye sisebenzise incoko malunga nalo mbandela neearhente zikarhulumente ezifanelekileyo. Siza kuqhubeka nokwenza ukuba inkxalabo yethu iviwe xa kukho ubungqina bokuba inkqubo yethu yokungena isemva.
Sivile ngokufanayo ukuba amaxesha okulinda ii-visa aqale ukuba made kwakhona, ngakumbi kwiimarike ezibalulekileyo ezinjenge China. Kodwa ndifuna uyazi ukuba i-US Travel iphumelele ukukhuthaza isenzo sikarhulumente ukunciphisa amaxesha okulinda ngaphambili. Kwaye ukuba ezi ngxaki ziphindaphindeka, siyakusebenzisa izixhobo zethu ukwenza njalo kwakhona.
Ukuthetha egameni lamalungu ethu, ndingathanda ukwazisa umhlobo wam olungileyo owaziyo uninzi lwenu. Wayengumphathi we-IPW kwi-2017 eWashington, DC, kwaye wathetha nawe kunyaka ophelileyo eDenver malunga nesikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-50 se-IPW kunye nokukhula kwesi siganeko sibalulekileyo. Nceda wamkele usihlalo omtsha welizwe lase-US kwezohambo, umongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-Destination DC, u-Elliott Ferguson.
U-Elliott L. Ferguson, II, uMongameli we-DC oFikayo kunye ne-CEO
Kuyandonwabisa ukusebenza njengesihlalo sikazwelonke se-US Travel Association.
E-Denver, ndithethe ngembali ye-IPW, kwaye kutheni kubalulekile ukuba siqinisekise ngeminye iminyaka engama-50 yokuzisa ishishini lethu e-United States kwesi siganeko sibalulekileyo. Sifuna ukuqhubeka sikhula-siqinisekisa ukuba i-IPW iguquka njengoko sisebenza ngokusondeleyo neBrand USA-kwaye iyaqhubeka nokubonakalisa utshintsho kwindawo yentengiso yehlabathi. Ndiza kudibanisa iqela eliza kuqinisekisa ukuba ikamva lale nkqubo lihlala liqaqambile. Ukwamkela iindwendwe ezivela kwihlabathi liphela kuyaqhubeka kubalulekile.
Njengombutho wophuhliso lwezoqoqosho, yeyona nto sigxile kuyo kwi-Destination DC, ikwayenye yezinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka kuhambo lwase-US. Abahambi baseMelika abasuka kwihlabathi liphela banokudimazeka ukuba badibana namaxesha amade okulinda i-visa. Sibe neziganeko ezininzi e-DC apho izithethi eziphambili kwiintlanganiso zazingavunyelwa ukuba zingene okanye zazinolibaziseko lwevisa, ezibangele ukuba bayitsibe inkomfa. Ndisandula ukubuya eJamani ndaza ndangqina imigca emide egqithisileyo yamasiko. Ezi ntlobo zamava zithatha ityala.
Kwaye ukuhla okuncinci kutyelelo kubangela indleko kuqoqosho lwaseMelika. Sifuna abantu beze apha, kwaye besisebenza namagosa eWashington ukunciphisa amaxesha okulinda kunye nokwenza inkqubo ye-visa isebenze ngakumbi kwaye ingabi luxanduva, ukuyigcina ikhuselekile kwaye isebenza ngokufanelekileyo. Xa ezi ndwendwe zamanye amazwe zizokufika apha, sifuna ukubabonisa eyona nto ifunekayo eMelika, kwaye kubandakanya neepaki zethu zesizwe ezixabisekileyo.
Iipaki zethu zesizwe-zombini izinto ezimangalisayo zendalo kunye nokubona ezidolophini-zezinye zezona zinto zibalulekileyo eMelika kubakhenkethi bamanye amazwe. Kunyaka ophelileyo, iipaki zikazwelonke zamkela iindwendwe ezizizigidi ezingama-318 — yaye ngaphezu kwesinye esithathwini kuzo zazivela phesheya. Nokuba ezi ndwendwe ziza kwisixeko sam ukuza kubona izikhumbuzo, iimyuziyam kunye nezikhumbuzo kwiNational Mall okanye zibona ubuhle bukaJoshua Tree apha eCalifornia, kufuneka siqiniseke ukuba le mihlaba yoluntu iyakhathalelwa.
Kuba inyani yile, uninzi lobu butyebi buwela ekulungisweni. Inkonzo yeSizwe yePaki ijongene ne- $ 12 yezigidigidi kulungiso lolondolozo. Kwaye ukuba asenzi nto ukusombulula ezi mfuno, uluntu oluthembele kutyelelo lweepaki luza kulahlekelwa zizigidi zeedola kuqoqosho lwasekhaya- kunye neepaki ngokwazo zisengozini yokuwela kulungiso olungaphezulu.
Yiyo loo nto sixhasa amatyala amabini kwiCongress ngoku: Buyisela uMthetho weePaki zethu kunye noMthetho weePaki zethu kunye neMihlaba yoLuntu.
Le mithetho iyilwayo iyakuseka indawo ezinikele kuyo yenkxaso mali kwiipaki zethu zesizwe kwaye igcine ukusebenza kwayo kwizizukulwana ezizayo. Sinethemba lokuba bazakuqhubeka nokuhamba kwiCongress kwaye bayakwenziwa umthetho. Kuluvuyo kum ukuba lapha namhlanje. Enkosi, Roger, kunye neqela elimangalisayo le-US Travel, kunye neqela e-Anaheim.
URoger Dow, uMongameli woMbutho woKhenketho wase-US kunye ne-CEO
I-Elliott ichanekile-iipaki zikazwelonke zelizwe lethu ngumtsalane omkhulu kubatyeleli bamanye amazwe. Kodwa zininzi iindawo ezintle emhlabeni onokundwendwela. Le yinto uElliott kunye nam esithetha ngayo rhoqo- uninzi lwabantu baseMelika bacinga ukuba iindwendwe zamanye amazwe sele zisazi ngazo zonke izinto ezintle eziza neMelika kwaye bacinga ukuba wonke umntu ufuna ukutyelela apha.
Ngelishwa, amanani abalisa ibali elahlukileyo.
Isabelo seMelika kurhwebo lokuhamba lwehlabathi lwehle ukusuka kwi-13.7% ngo-2015 ukuya kwi-11.7% kuphela ngo-2018. Yiyo loo nto sifuna iBrand USA iphinde igunyaziswe kulo nyaka. Njengoko uvile kuChris Thompson izolo ekuseni, iBrand USA ikhuphe isifundo esitsha sokubuyela kutyalo-mali kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, iphinda ibonise ukuba ibaluleke kangakanani le nkqubo ukukhuthaza iMelika kwihlabathi. Iindaba ezimnandi zezokuba, kuninzi ukuxhaswa kwe-bipartisan kwiCongress yeBrand USA yokugunyazwa kwakhona.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo, ileta exhasa iBrand USA ifumene phantse ama-50 amasayine avela kumaseneta macala omabini ezopolitiko, kwaye kungekudala kuya kufumaneka ileta efanayo kwiNdlu yabaMeli. Ukuhamba kwe-US, kunye namaqabane ethu kuMbutho waseMelika wokundwendwela, kuyanceda kule nzame, eya kuthi ikhule ngakumbi inkxaso eqinileyo iBrand USA esele inayo eWashington. Ndingathanda ukuvuyisana noChris kunye neqela lakhe ngomnye unyaka obalaseleyo. Andikwazi ukugxininisa ngokwaneleyo ukubaluleka komsebenzi owenzayo. Ndiyabulela kwakhona ukuba uyiNkulumbuso uMxhasi we-IPW.
Kodwa ke, kufuneka ndibulele abantu abenze i-IPW yalo nyaka ibe yimpumelelo: uJay Burress kunye nabo bonke abantu abatyelele iAnaheim, uCaroline Beteta kunye neqela lakhe e-Visit California, kunye namaqabane amaninzi alapha. Ngowuphi umsebenzi omangalisayo owenziwe yile mibutho. Enkosi ngako konke okwenzayo.
Ndiyazi ukuba uninzi lwenu belulapha ngo-2007 ngethuba i-IPW ibibanjelwe e-Anaheim — ayothusi na into yokuba izinto zitshintshile ukusukela ngoko? Le ndawo iyakhula, kwaye iziphumo ze-IPW ziya kuziva apha kwiminyaka ezayo. Ndonwabile ukuba yinxalenye yawo.
Okokugqibela kodwa okokugqibela, ndingathanda ukunibulela: abathengi bamanye amazwe abahambahambayo kunye nemithombo yeendaba abahambe besuka kumazwe ahlukeneyo angama-70 ukuza kuba nathi kule veki.
Ukuhamba kwezorhwebo, ukuhamba kukhuseleko, kunye nohambo lurhwebo, kwaye elowo kuni udlala indima ebalulekileyo ekukhuleni kohambo oluya eUnited States. Sinombulelo ongazenzisiyo ngako konke okwenzayo. Enkosi ngokuba lapha namhlanje, kwaye siza kubona lonke unyaka olandelayo kwi-IPW eLas Vegas.
