Ulendo waku Jamaica Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, wachenjeza ogwira nawo ntchito zokopa alendo kuti aleke kuyitanitsa anthu omwe akufuna kupeza ntchito m'gawoli. Pozindikira kuti zikufanana ndi kubera, Mtumiki Bartlett adati "palibe amene ayenera kulipira wothandizira kapena mkhalapakati aliyense kuti apeze mwayi wogwira ntchito m'gulu la tour0sm pakadali pano."
Polankhula popereka zida za Disaster Risk Management (DRM) kwa osewera mu gawo la zokopa alendo ku Jamaica Pegasus Hotel posachedwapa, Bambo Bartlett adati adamvapo za milandu yomwe anthu omwe akufuna kuti agwire ntchito akulipidwa mpaka $200,000 ndi olemba anzawo ntchito.
Posiya kunena kuti chigawengachi, Mtumiki Bartlett adati aliyense amene agwidwa ndikuchita nawo ntchitoyi adzatengedwa ngati mbava, ndikuwonjezera kuti "lamulo litenga njira yake."
Bambo Bartlett adanenanso kuti pali kufunikira kwakukulu kwa ogwira ntchito ku Jamaica osati kokha m'deralo, koma padziko lonse lapansi, ndikuwonjezera kuti gawo la zokopa alendo lili ndi udindo woonetsetsa kuti ogwira ntchito ake sakupusitsidwa panthawiyi.
Ulendo waku Jamaica Nduna Bartlett kenaka anapereka zida za DRM kwa okhudzidwa ndi zokopa alendo, zomwe zinaphatikizapo Template ndi Malangizo a Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Plan, ndi Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Template ndi Guidebook. Adawalimbikitsa kuti atenge zida za DRM kupita kugawo lina lazatsopano ndikusintha zidziwitsozo kukhala zothandiza komanso zothandiza. Ananenanso kuti kutembenuza zidziwitsozo kuchitapo kanthu kumakulitsa luso komanso kumathandizira kulimba mtima. Undunawu udakumbutsa okhudzidwawo kuti kulimba mtima ndi "kuthekera kwa ife kuyankha mwachangu komanso bwino, kuchira mwachangu, ndikukula pambuyo pake."
Monga gawo la ndondomeko ya Unduna yokonza ndi kukhazikitsa njira zokwaniritsira zolimbikitsa kulimba mtima, DRM Plan Template and Guidelines, ndi BCP Template and Guidebook for the tourism sector, zinapangidwa.
Cholinga chachikulu cha Dongosolo la DRM ndikupereka chitsogozo chomveka bwino kwa oyang'anira ndi ogwira ntchito m'mabungwe okopa alendo pamaziko oyambira ndi njira zogwirira ntchito zomwe zimafunikira kuchepetsa, kukonzekera, kuyankha, ndikuchira ku zochitika zoopsa kapena zochitika zadzidzidzi; pamene BCP Guidebook imapereka malangizo kwa mabungwe okopa alendo pakupanga BCP kuti apititse patsogolo njira zochepetsera chiopsezo ndi kubwezeretsa.
Pakadali pano, Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Camille Needham, atalandira gulu la zida za DRM, adati "JHTA yadzipereka kwathunthu ku njira zamagawo pazinthu monga kasamalidwe ka ngozi zachilengedwe komanso zachilengedwe. ndi kusintha kwa nyengo ndi zotsatira zake.”
Kuonjezeranso kuti kudalira kwakukulu kwa gawoli pazinthu zachilengedwe ndi zochitika za nyengo ndizo zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta, Akazi a Needham adanena kuti JHTA imayamikira kufunikira kwa kulimba mtima ndi kukhazikika monga njira yoyendetsera ntchito zokopa alendo. Ananenanso kuti "kuwongolera ziwopsezo zokopa alendo ndikofunikira pakuwunika kwathu, kuunika, chithandizo, ndi kuwunika zoopsa zomwe timakumana nazo chaka ndi chaka."
Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace, Woyang'anira Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa Ofesi ya Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson, ndi Executive Director wa Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Mr. Wade Mars, anali ena mwa omwe adachita nawo mwambowu.
Ntchitoyi inatha ndi kupereka ziphaso kwa omwe adatenga nawo gawo mu BCP Training Program yomwe yangotha kumene yoyendetsedwa ndi TEF.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- In the meantime, Executive Director of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Camille Needham, after receiving a batch of the DRM tools, said “the JHTA is fully committed to a sectorial approach to issues like the management of natural and anthropogenic hazards and climate change and their impacts.
- The primary objective of the DRM Plan is to provide clear guidance to the management and staff of tourism entities on the basic infrastructure and operating procedures required to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from hazard events or emergency situations.
- As part of the Ministry's initiative to develop and implement comprehensive strategies to build resilience, the DRM Plan Template and Guidelines, and the BCP Template and Guidebook for the tourism sector, were developed.
