Ukubhiyozela iNqanaba eliBalulekileyo
Kumbhiyozo omkhulu ohambelana noSuku lweHlabathi loKhenketho, inqwelomoya esemthethweni yeminyaka engama-25 yafika kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iGrantley Adams kungekho mntu wumbi ngaphandle komnini-mbono we-Virgin Atlantic, uMhlekazi uRichard Branson, ekhwele. Ukufika kwahlangatyezwana nolwamkelo olufudumeleyo kunye nolonwabo olukhokelwa nguNdunankulu waseBarbados, uMia Amor Mottley kunye noSihlalo weBarbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI), uShelly Williams.
“Sivuyiswa kukubhiyozela iminyaka engama-25 yenkonzo ethe ngqo yeVirgin Atlantic kwisiqithi sethu. Esi siganeko sibalulekileyo sibubungqina bentsebenziswano olomeleleyo phakathi kweNtombikazi yaseAtlantiki kunye neBarbados, kwaye ibonisa isibheno esihlala sihleli sendawo yethu kubahambi abavela kwihlabathi jikelele. Sijonge phambili ekuqhubekeni nolu hambo luyimpumelelo kunye, samkela iindwendwe kunxweme lwethu, kwaye sibonisa imfudumalo kunye nobuhle beBarbados kwiminyaka emininzi ezayo, utshilo uShelly Williams.
Ukukhumbula le mpumelelo, inkomfa ekhethekileyo yabezindaba yabanjwa ngoLwesibini, ngoSeptemba 26th e-Sea Breeze Hotel, eyayihanjelwe ngabameli abakhulu abavela kwi-Virgin Atlantic kunye ne-BTMI.
"Intsebenziswano yethu kunye neNtombikazi yaseAtlantiki iqinisekise ukuba iBarbados iyafikeleleka kubakhenkethi base-UK, eyona ntengiso yethu yokuqala."
“Sisebenze ngokuzimisela ukubonelela ngamava okwenene ahenda abahambi ukuba baphinde babuyele esiqithini sethu. Yiyo loo nto sivuya kakhulu ukwamkela kungekudala iVirgin Atlantic's Airbus A330neo entsha eBarbados. Le nqwelo-moya yenzelwe ukubonelela ngeprimiyamu kunye namava omntu esingakwaziyo ukulinda abahambi abasendleleni eya eBarbados ukuba bayonwabele, utshilo uMarsha Alleyne, iGosa eliyiNtloko loPhuhliso lweMveliso.
Ukuququzelela uHambo lweNgingqi
Ubudlelwane beBarbados kunye neVirgin Atlantic baqala ngo-1998, obuhlala buqina kule minyaka ingamashumi amabini idlulileyo. Kuyo yonke le minyaka, siye sabona ukwanda komthamo kunye nokubonelela ngeenqwelo zeenqwelo ezintsha eziye zanceda ekwenzeni iBarbados ibe liziko lokuhamba kwi-Eastern Caribbean.
“Njengoko sisazi uninzi lonxibelelwano ngenqwelomoya lunqongophele kakhulu phakathi kweCaribbean eseMpuma, ngoko ke sichulumancile ukunika iinkonzo ezithembekileyo eGrenada naseSaint Vincent naseGrenadines. Sikholelwa ngokuqinileyo ukuba ukunika olu khetho lweziqithi ezininzi zasekhaya kuya kulunyusa ngakumbi uqoqosho lweBarbados. Sineminyaka engama-25 silapha kwaye asinakulinda ukwakha iminyaka engama-25 ezayo kwesi siqithi sihle,” latsho iGosa eliyiNtloko lezoRhwebo, uJuha Järvinen.
Ukukhuthaza uBudlelwane obuhlala ixesha elide
Namhlanje, i-airline ibonelela ngeenkonzo zemihla ngemihla yonke imihla eBarbados esuka eLondon, eHeathrow enezihlalo ze-264 kunye nomthamo ophezulu oye wenyuka ukusuka kwizihlalo ze-16 ukuya kwizihlalo ze-31. Inqwelomoya ikwabonelela ngeenqwelomoya kathathu ngeveki ukusuka eManchester.
I-Virgin Atlantic kunye ne-BTMI zihlale zisebenza kunye ukukhuthaza iBarbados njengendawo ephambili yabakhenkethi, ibonelela abahambi ngenkonzo ekumgangatho wehlabathi, imbonakalo-mhlaba entle, kunye namava angalibalekiyo. Njengoko lo mbhiyozo uqhubeka, yomibini le mibutho ichulumancile ngekamva nangamathuba azayo.
Malunga neBarbados
Isiqithi saseBarbados lilitye leCaribbean elityebileyo kwinkcubeko, ilifa, ezemidlalo, amava okupheka kunye ne-eco. Ijikelezwe ziilwandle ezimhlophe zesanti emhlophe kwaye kuphela kwesiqithi sekorale kwiCaribbean. Ngaphezulu kweendawo zokutyela ezingama-400 kunye neendawo zokutyela, iBarbados likomkhulu leCulinary yeCaribbean. Esi siqithi saziwa njengendawo yokuzalwa yerum, ivelisa urhwebo kunye nokufaka iibhotile ezona zidibaniso zintle ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1700s. Enyanisweni, abaninzi banokufumana ii-rum zembali zesiqithi kwi-Barbados Food and Rum Festival yonyaka. Esi siqithi sikwasindleka imisitho efana noMnyhadala weCrop Over waminyaka le, apho u-A edwelisa abantu abadumileyo abafana noRihanna wethu uhlala ebonwa, kunye neRun Barbados Marathon yonyaka, eyona mdyarho inkulu kwiCaribbean. Njengesiqithi se-motorsport, likhaya kwindawo ekhokelayo yomdyarho wesekethe kwiCaribbean ethetha isiNgesi. Yaziwa njengendawo ezinzileyo yokusingwa, iBarbados yabizwa ngokuba yenye yeNdawo eziPhakamileyo zeNdalo emhlabeni ngo-2022 ziiMbasa zokuKhetha iiTraveler’ kwaye ngo-2023 yaphumelela iMbasa yeBali leGreen Destinations yeNdalo kunye neMozulu ngo-2021, esi siqithi saphumelela iimbasa ezisixhenxe zeTravvy.
Iindawo zokuhlala kwesi siqithi zibanzi kwaye zahlukene, ukusuka kwiivillas ezintle zabucala ukuya kwiihotele zebhoutique, ii-Airbnbs ezipholileyo, amakhonkco ehlabathi adumileyo kunye neendawo zokuchithela iiholide ezine-diamond ezintlanu eziphumelele ibhaso. Ukuhamba kule paradesi kukubethwa ngumoya njengoko iSikhululo seenqwelomoya iGrarley Adams sibonelela ngeenkonzo ezahlukeneyo ezingamisiyo nezithe ngqo ukusuka ukukhula US, UK, Canadian, Caribbean, European, and Latin American gateways. Ukufika ngenqanawe nako kulula njengoko iBarbados ilizibuko lemarquee elineminxeba ephuma kwezona nqanawa zibalaseleyo zokuhamba ngenqanawa kunye neelinen zodidi oluphezulu. Ke, lixesha lokuba undwendwele iBarbados kwaye ube namava kuyo yonke into enokubonelela ngesi siqithi se-166-square-mile.
Ukufumana ulwazi oluthe kratya malunga nohambo oluya eBarbados, ndwendwela www.visitbarbados.org, landela kuFacebook ku http://www.facebook.com/VisitBarbados, kunye ne-Twitter @Barbados.
