NgoLwesihlanu, ngo-Oktobha 5, i-2018, kwi-Atlantis Resort, kwiSiqithi seParadise, e-Bahamas, uNobhala Jikelele we-Caribbean Tourism Organisation, u-Hugh Riley, wabulela itafile eyintloko kunye nabanye abahloniphekileyo kunye neendaba ngokuza kwi-State of the Tourism Industry. INkomfa (SOTIC) kwaye yenza la mazwi okuvula alandelayo kwinkomfa yeendaba:
Mandiqale kuko konke, ndibulele esidlangalaleni abefundisi endisebenza nabo ngokubeka ukholo lwabo kum ngokundinyula ngoLwesibini njengosihlalo woMbutho wezoKhenketho weCaribbean. Ndithobekile kukuzithemba kwabo, kodwa ndichulumancile ngethuba lokunceda ekukhokeleni iziko lengingqi elibaluleke kangaka kule minyaka mibini izayo.
Ndikwachulumancile ngamathemba e-CTO kunye nendima ebalulekileyo enokuyidlala ekudibaniseni iCaribbean, hayi nje njengendawo yokhenketho, kodwa njengabantu abasikelwe ubukhulu.
Ndiqinisekile ukuba i-CTO exhaswa kakuhle, exhaswa ngemali kakuhle, inokuthatha indawo yayo kunye namanye amaziko ahloniphekileyo ukuphakamisa abantu baseCaribbean kwiindawo eziphakamileyo ezifikelelekayo kodwa ezingekaphunyezwa.
Ubunkokeli bombutho kukhenketho kunye negalelo labo kuphuhliso lwabasebenzi bethu kuya kunceda ukuqhuba uqoqosho olomeleleyo kunye nokwakha abasebenzi abathembekileyo, abanobuchule nabanemveliso kunye nabemi baseCaribbean abalungele ukujongana nemekobume yehlabathi ehlala iguquka.
Ubunkokeli be-CTO bebuboniswe ngokupheleleyo kule veki ngeengcaphephe esizidibanise ukuze sabelane ngeembono malunga nokuba singalakha njani ngcono icandelo lezokhenketho elihlala lihleli nelinozinzo eliya kuxhamlisa umntu ngamnye, uluntu ngalunye, ilizwe ngalinye kulo mmandla.
Sibe nobuganga bokucela umngeni kulo mmandla ukuba sakhe ngcono, hayi iziseko zophuhliso kuphela, kodwa ishishini liphela. Siphonononge izindululo ezifanelekileyo zokusetyenziswa kwetekhnoloji, kungekuphela nje ukuphucula amava abatyeleli, kodwa indawo yethu njengabantu. Siye sajongana ngenkalipho nemiba ephikisanayo efana nokuthengisa iinkcubeko zethu ngaphandle kokuzisebenzisa kunye nokwamkela iCaribbean njengendawo yeengcambu.
Sizise le miba phambili hayi kuba idumile, kodwa ngenxa yokuba siqinisekile ukuba kufuneka ilungiswe ngokukhawuleza kunokuba sizakwakha ngokwenene ishishini lokhenketho leCaribbean kwixesha elizayo.
Kwaye ayikho indlela engcono yokubumba ikamva kunokubandakanya abantu abatsha bethu. Akukho namnye kwabo bebesegumbini lenkongolo yolutsha yayizolo, okanye phakathi kwabantu abamalunga namawaka amathathu abebeyibukele kwiphepha le-Facebook le-CTO, oya kundiphikisa xa ndisithi sinabo kakhulu. Ulutsha oluyilayo, olunentelekelelo kunye nolona lukrelekrele naphina.
Ngabo baza kucelwa umngeni wokuba baqhubeke nokwakha ishishini lezokhenketho kwisiseko esele sibekwe ziinkokeli zanamhlanje noovulindlela bayizolo. Ngokokuqina kwemidlalo yabo yayizolo, ndiqinisekile ukuba ikamva lokhenketho liqaqambile.
Kulo mxholo, ndivumeleni ndivuyisane nolutsha oluphumeleleyo lwenkongolose, uBryana Hylton waseJamaica, kwakunye noKiara Meyers waseSt.
Ndiyazi ukuba ungathanda uhlaziyo lwephulo lethu elithi The Rhythm Never Stops; Ndiyavuya ukucebisa ukuba eli phulo liza kuphehlelelwa kulo Mvulo uzayo, ndibulela kurhulumente- nabecandelo labucala abachaphazelekayo abathe banegalelo kwesi sigaba sokuqala sibalulekileyo.
Kumsebenzi wokhenketho kulo mmandla, ibe libali leemeko ezimbini. Kwelinye icala, sinohlumo olomeleleyo kumazwe ebengachatshazelwanga zizitshingitshane zonyaka ophelileyo.
Kwelinye icala, sikubonile ukwehla okumangalisayo kokufika kwabo bathwaxwa zizaqhwithi, nangona indlela aqhuba ngayo la mazwe iphucuka ngokuthe ngcembe.
Kwiindawo ezingama-22 zokunika ingxelo, i-13 kubo ibhalise ukunyuka kwabakhenkethi abafikayo kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka, ukusuka kwi-1.7 yeepesenti ukuya kwi-18.3, ngelixa i-0.3 erekhodwayo iyancipha phakathi kwe-71 yeepesenti kunye ne-XNUMX ekhulwini.
Ezona ndawo ziphum’ izandla ngeli xesha yiGuyana ili-18.3 ekhulwini, iBelize ili-17.1 ekhulwini, iCayman Islands ili-15.9 ekhulwini, yaye iGrenada ili-10.7 ekhulwini, iBahamas yona ili-10.2 ekhulwini.
Ezi ziphumo zomntu ngamnye zingqina umyalezo wommandla wokuvuleleka kweendawo ekusingwa kuzo ushishino kunye nokuzithemba kwiindawo ekusingwa kuzo ukuhambisa amava asemgangathweni.
Ukusebenza kweemarike zemithombo engundoqo kwahluka kakhulu, iindawo ezithile zirekhoda ukukhula olomeleleyo, ngelixa ezinye zibhalise ukuhla.
Kwimarike yase-US, umzekelo, ngelixa iJamaica yabika ukukhula kweepesenti ze-8.4, iRiphabhlikhi yaseDominican inyuke ngepesenti ze-6.3 kwaye ezinye iindawo ezili-11 ziphumelele ukukhula, ezintandathu kuzo zaziphindwe kabini, iCaribbean ifumene utyelelo lwezigidi ezisixhenxe ukusuka e-US ngexesha isiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka.
Oku bekukuhla kweepesenti ze-15.8 xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elihambelanayo kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ngenxa yepesenti ye-54.6 yokuwa ekufikeni ePuerto Rico kwaye iyancipha ekufikeni eCuba.
Kwelinye icala, bekukho irekhodi elitsha lokufika kwabantu abavela eKhanada ngeli xesha lonyaka, nabakhenkethi bezizwe ngezizwe abazizigidi ezisisi-2.4, nto leyo emele ukwanda kwe-4.7 ekhulwini.
Ukufika kweYurophu kwanda, nangona kancinci kwi-0.3 ekhulwini, kunye nabakhenkethi abazizigidi ezithathu abatyelela iCaribbean kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka.
IBelize inkqenkqeza phambili ngolwando lwama-24.3 ekhulwini, ilandelwa yiGuyana ngesi-9.4 ekhulwini, iCuraçao isi-6.2 ekhulwini neSaint Lucia ngesi-4.5 ekhulwini. Nangona kunjalo, ukukhula kukonke kuye kwachatshazelwa kukuwa komnqantsa ekufikeni eAnguilla, ePuerto Rico naseBermuda.
Kwakhona kwakukho ukuhla okuncinci kweepesenti ze-0.5 kwiindwendwe zokuhamba ngeenqanawa, nangona kukho iimpawu zokuphucula. Kwiindawo ze-23 zokunika ingxelo, i-15 ibone ukuphuculwa kwentsebenzo yabo ye-2017 kunye ne-Trinidad & Tobago yokubhalisa ukunyuka kwe-166 ekhulwini, i-St.
Noko ke, oku kwachaswa ngokuhla phantse ngama-90 ekhulwini kwiiBritish Virgin Islands, iDominica yehla ngama-88.4 ekhulwini, iSt. IPuerto Rico, nangona ichaphazeleke sisitshingitshane, yandisa ulwando lwe-27.5 ekhulwini ngelo xesha.
Iinzuzo zokhuphiswano zommandla zemveliso yokhenketho eyahluka-hlukeneyo kunye nokhuseleko nokhuseleko zisasebenza. Iindawo ekusingwa kuzo ziyakhiwa ngokutsha, kwaye iimveliso neenkonzo ezintsha zokhenketho zibuyiselwa yonke imihla kwiindawo ezichatshazelwe zizitshingitshane zonyaka ophelileyo.
Isebe lethu lophando lilindele ukuhla ngokubanzi phakathi kweepesenti ezintathu ukuya kwezine kulo nyaka, kodwa liqikelela ukunyuka kwe-4.3 yeepesenti kunyaka ozayo.
Kwelinye icala, iCruise, kulindeleke ukuba ikhule ngeepesenti ezintlanu ukuya kwisithandathu ekhulwini kulo nyaka.
Mandithathe eli thuba ndibulele uMphathiswa uDionisio D'Aguillar, umlawuli jikelele uJoy Jibrilu kunye neqela kwisebe lezokhenketho laseBahamas, kunye nabasebenzi bethu beCTO ngokusebenza nzima kangaka ukukhupha iNkomfa yeLizwe yezoKhenketho, kunye Ndiyabulela ngenxaxheba yakho.
