Ugonyo, uKhenketho, ezepolitiko: Imbono eyiyo nguMphathiswa, owomeleleyo noliQhawe

Xa iinkanyamba zonakalisa amazwe eCaribbean ngo-2017 lo mphathiswa wezokhenketho waxakeka ukunciphisa umonakalo. Xa iinkanyamba zahlasela kwakhona kwakulo mphathiswa mnye wabuza ilizwe lezokhenketho ukuba linyuse kwaye lijongane nalo naluphi na uhlobo lomngeni kunye.

Isibhengezo saseMontago Bay sisayinwe kwi- UNWTO kwinkomfa yowama-2018 yahlaba ikhwelo lokuba kusekwe iqumrhu eliza kujongana nokuphazamiseka kwezokhenketho. 

Ngoncedo lwabafundi ababandakanyekayo kunye namandla abo kwiYunivesithi yaseWest Indies eJamaica, i-Hon. Ukhenketho lwaseJamaica, uEdmund Bartlett ubhengeze ukusekwa kuka-G wokuqalaUkuqina koKhenketho kunye neZiko loLawulo lweNtlekele. Kwiminyaka kamva amaziko asekwa eMalta, eKenya, eNepal, eJapan nakwamanye amazwe kwihlabathi liphela.

Ihlabathi lalingazi ngeCoronavirus ngelo xesha, kodwa lo mphathiswa wayesele edibanise umhlaba kwaye urhulumente wakhe omncinci wayihlawulela.

Ukuqhambuka kweCoronavirus kwi2020 yayiyingxaki enkulu eJamaica. Endaweni yokunikezela, lo mphathiswa ufikelele kwezona zikhuselekileyo kwezokhenketho nakwezokhuseleko. Akazange ancede kuphela umfanekiso welizwe lakhe, kodwa wakwazi ukugcina ukhenketho lusebenza kumaxesha angenakwenzeka.

UMnu. Bartlett wawongwa nge IQhawe lezoKhenketho isihloko ngu World Tourism Network fokanye igalelo lakhe kwilizwe lakhe nakwihlabathi.

IJamaica njengayo nayiphi na iriphabliki yesiqithi ixhomekeke kakhulu kwingeniso eveliswa lishishini lokhenketho kunye nokhenketho. Ngokukholelwa kwakhe ngamandla ukuba imiba yasekuhlaleni isonjululwe ngcono kwinkqubo yelizwe, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseJamaicas uEdmund Bartlett ubonwa kuyo yonke indawo njengenkokeli yehlabathi kunye nomntu oxhasa ukomelela kukhenketho.

Ukusebenza ngokuzimisela ukunciphisa ukubandezeleka kohambo kunye nokhenketho lwehlabathi ngenxa ye-COVID-19, uMphathiswa uBartlett ebesoloko ekhangela amathuba ngaphandle kwebhokisi. Akazange akwazi nje ukuseka iimarike ezintsha ngokuseka iinqwelomoya ezisuka eJamaica zisiya eNigeria, kodwa ithemba lakhe lokhenketho likuphuhliso lwesitofu sokugonya. Ukwehla kuphela kukusasazwa okucothayo

Namhlanje uMhlonishwa. UMphathiswa uBartlett uzakuthetha ngezopolitiko ngezitofu zokugonya, izinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka kwihlabathi kunye neendawo zokufikela egameni leziko. Ingxoxo neengcali zamanye amazwe zimodareyithwe nguNjingalwazi uLloyd Waller, uSihlalo wezoKhenketho lweHlabathi kunye noLawulo lokuQiniseka, ezinze eJamaica.

Nantsi into ayithathayo uMphathiswa uBartlett:

• Njengokuba uqoqosho lwehlabathi luqhubeka ukurhoxa kwifuthe elibi lendyikityha ye-coronavirus, kugxilwe ku-2021 kuguqukile kakhulu ekuqinisekiseni ukuba kugonyelwa ngokukhawuleza ugonyo kwihlabathi jikelele kwimimandla echaphazelekayo, ebonwa ibaluleke kakhulu ekuphumeleleni umlo wehlabathi. ngokuchasene ne-COVID-19 kunye nokubuyisela uqoqosho lwehlabathi kwinqanaba elithile lesiqhelo ngexesha elifutshane elinokwenzeka. 
• Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, luphawu lwethemba elikhulu lokuba malunga ne-206 yezigidi zeedosi zokugonya sele zinikezelwe kumazwe angama-92 kwihlabathi liphela, ziguqulela kwiidosi ezizizigidi ezi-6.53 mihla le. 
• Njengokuba uvavanyo lokugonya kunye nokuvavanywa kwenziwa mihla le, ngakumbi kuqoqosho oluphambili, izitofu ezingakumbi ziye zakhanyiswa nguMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi ngokusetyenziswa ngokubanzi kunye nokusasazwa emva kokubonisa ukusebenza okuphezulu ngexesha lovavanyo ekufezekiseni i-COVID-19, ngesiqhelo emva kwembini okanye iidosi ezingaphezulu.
• Iyeza lokugonya le-Pfizer-BioNTech sele lisetyenzisiwe eMntla Melika, eYurophu naseMbindi Mpuma, kwaye amaphulo okugonya sele eqalile kumazwe angama-92 ubuncinci. Abavelisi beCovishield, ingxelo eveliswe eIndiya yeyeza lokugonya i-AstraZeneca, sele behambise amakhulu amawaka eebhotile kumazwe aseCaribbean naseLatin America, kubandakanya iDominica, iBarbados, iDominican Republic, iTrinidad neTobago, iArgentina neEcuador.
• IZiko leSerum laseIndiya, lelinye lawona mazwe makhulu enza iyeza lokugonya, lithembise ukuvelisa iidosi eziyi-1.1 yezigidi zeyeza lokugonya i-AstraZeneca. Kutshanje iWHO iqinisekisile ukuba amazwe angama-36 akuLatin America naseCaribbean azakufumana izigidi ezingama-35.3 kwinqanaba lokuqala lokuthunyelwa. I-China ne-Russia nazo ziyathengisa kwaye zisasaza izitofu zazo ze-COVID-19 eLatin America.
• Ngelixa ndisamkela lo mdla womeleleyo wehlabathi kunye nomdla ojikeleze iinzame zokugonya ze-COVID-19, kukho izinto ezininzi ezixhalabisayo. Inye, kwinqanaba lokugonya lemihla ngemihla, malunga ne-6.53 yezigidi, kuya kuthatha iminyaka emi-5 ukugubungela i-75% yabemi ngogonyo lweedosi ezimbini ngokophando lweBloomberg. Eli nqanaba langoku lobubi kufuneka likhawuleze ngokukhawuleza njengoko iinzame zokubuyisela uqoqosho kwihlabathi zingenakulinda iminyaka emihlanu, ngakumbi phakathi kwezoqoqosho oluchaphazelekileyo. 
• Okwesibini, kukho ukungafani okukhulu ekusasazeni izitofu kwihlabathi liphela. Umfanekiso ovelayo kukuba amazwe ahambele phambili abonakala ngathi ayayikhaba indlela emanyanisiweyo yokuxhasa ukungalingani ngesiseko sobumi besizwe. Ngenxa yoko iWHO ilumkise ngelithi umhlaba usecicini loku “phelelwa sisimilo” njengoko amazwe ahluphekayo esengozini yokuwa ngasemva ngenxa yokuba ukukhutshwa kwamayeza okugonya kuqoqosho oluhambele phambili kuninzi kakhulu kunalawo asahlumayo nasakhulayo kwezoqoqosho - nkqu nakumazwe amazinga okufa afanayo.
• Ewe kunjalo, ngelixa i-US kwaye uninzi lwamanye amazwe atyebileyo sele eqale ukugonya kakhulu abemi bayo kwi-COVID-19, amazwe asaphuhlayo, ikhaya kumawaka ezigidi zabantu, akakafumani zixhobo zokugonya. Ngapha koko, phantse ali-130 amazwe ebengekazisi ngethamo elinye lokugonya kubemi babo abangama-2.5 ezigidi, ukusukela kwiveki ephelileyo. Ukusasazwa kwamachiza okugonya okukhoyo ngoku kukwathetha ukuba kukho umngcipheko omkhulu wokutshintsha kweentsholongwane.
• Zithini iziphumo zolu phuhliso kuqoqosho oluxhomekeke kukhenketho umntu anokuzibuza lona? Ewe, iziphumo zicace gca. Ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-45 zamatyala aqinisekisiweyo kunye nokusweleka okungaphezulu kwesigidi esinye, amazwe kunye nemimandla kulo lonke elaseMelika, ngakumbi abahlwempuzekileyo phakathi kwabo, bafumana ingxaki yezempilo, yezoqoqosho nezentlalo engazange ibonwe.
• Uqoqosho oluxhomekeke kukhenketho luphulukene ne-12% ye-GDP yayo xa kuthelekiswa nokuncipha koqoqosho lwehlabathi lwe-4.4%. Ingeniso yokuthumela ngaphandle kwezokhenketho yehle jikelele phakathi kwe-US $ 910 yezigidigidi ukuya kwi-US $ 1.2 trillion ngowama-2020. Phakathi kwe-100-120 yezigidi zemisebenzi kuhambo nakwezokhenketho zenziwa amadini ngo-2020.
• Ukuhlala kwiihotele ngaphesheya kweCaribbean kufikelela kwi-avareji ephakathi kwe-10 ukuya kwi-30% ngo-2020. Abakhenkethi abafikayo behle ngama-40 ukuya kuma-60% ngowama-2020. Iihotele ezininzi kunye nezinto ezinomtsalane kubakhenkethi zisemngciphekweni wokuwela ekuhlawuleni amatyala nokufumana.
• Ezokhenketho ziyinjini yokukhula kwiCaribbean kunye nokuphazamiseka kwayo ixesha elide kuthetha intlekele. Uqoqosho lwethu lusopha kakhulu kwaye kufuneka luphoswe. Imeko yangoku ejongene noluqoqosho, kunye nezinye kwiindawo ezikhulayo zehlabathi, inokuchazwa njengengxaki yoluntu. 
• Isisombululo sicacile: ukufikelela kugonyo kula mazwe kufuneka kuphuculwe ngokukhawuleza. Asinako ukuhlawula iimpendulo kwezopolitiko kwingxaki esikuyo. Ndisebenzisa eli thuba ukubeka phambili uqoqosho oluxhomekeke kukhenketho kugonyo.
• Kubalulekile ukuba eli candelo lisinde ngexesha nangaphaya kwengxaki ekhoyo ukuze liqhubeke nokufezekisa indima yalo ebalulekileyo njengeyona nto ibalulekileyo yokuvuselela uqoqosho kunye nokukhula. 
• Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, ukwehla kwexesha elide kunye nokubuyela umva kwecandelo kuya kubonisa ubunzima obugqithisileyo boqoqosho kunye nokuhleleleka kwezigidigidi zabantu kwihlabathi liphela.