Ulendo waku US Virgin Islands Upita ku Seatrade Cruise Global

Dipatimenti ya Zokopa alendo ku US Virgin Islands ikukondwerera chaka china chochita bwino pamwambo wapachaka wa Seatrade Cruise Global tradeshow. Seatrade ndiye chochitika chotsogola chapachaka chamakampani oyenda panyanja, kubweretsa ogula ndi ogulitsa kuchokera kumayiko 140 komanso atolankhani akumayiko 300.

Seatrade ndi imodzi mwamawonetsero ofunikira kwambiri pachaka ku zilumba za Virgin za US chifukwa ntchito yapamadzi yakhala yolimbikitsa zachuma kwa alendo obwera kuderali. Mu 2022, St. Thomas adalandira okwera maulendo opitilira 1.6 miliyoni kudzera m'madoko ake awiri ndipo akuyembekeza owonjezera 200,000 chaka chino. St Croix's Frederiksted Pier inali ndi anthu okwera 100,000 omwe adadutsa mu 2022 ndipo akuyembekezera kuwonjezeka kwa 80% mu 2023. Pafupifupi maulendo onse akuluakulu apanyanja a Caribbean omwe amachoka ku madoko akuluakulu a US ayambiranso kuima ku St. Thomas, zomwe zikupangitsa kuti chiwonjezeko chiwonjezeke. pafupifupi 650,000 apaulendo atsopano mu 2023.

Pamodzi ndi atsogoleri ena anayi amakampani, Commissioner Boschulte adatenga nawo gawo pamwambo wotsegulira mwambowu, womwe uli ndi mutu wakuti "The State of Global Tourism: Forward Momentum, Catching Tailwinds," womwe udawunikira zomwe zikuchitika komanso zomwe zakhala zikuchitika kuyambira mliri wa COVID-19, kuphatikiza. chiwopsezo chachikulu chobwera chifukwa cha kuchepa kwa ngongole ya kirediti kadi komanso kuchuluka kwa ndalama zomwe anthu akufuna kuzigwiritsa ntchito poyenda. Ena omwe adasankhidwa ndi Jonathan Daniels, CEO ndi Port Director wa Port Everglades; Terry Thornton, vicezidenti wamkulu, chitukuko cha malonda cha Princess Cruises; Russell Benford, wachiŵiri kwa pulezidenti wa maubale a boma, Americas, wa Royal Caribbean Group; ndi Stephen Xuereb, mkulu wogwira ntchito, wa Global Ports Holding komanso wamkulu wa Valletta Cruise Port PLC.

Commissioner Boschulte adati, "Panthawi ya mliri mu June 2020, Bwanamkubwa ndi gulu lazaumoyo adatsegula malire athu ndikuyitanitsa alendo, kotero USVI idakhala ndi hotelo yolimba usiku womwewo. Komabe, kusiyana kumodzi kwakukulu kunali kusakhala ndi zombo zapamadzi zomwe zakhala nangula pazachuma chathu chokopa alendo kwazaka zambiri. Tsopano, ndife okondwa kunena kuti bizinesi yoyenda panyanja yabwerera, ndipo kuchuluka kwa anthu okwera akuyembekezeka kufika pre-Covid 2019 kumapeto kwa chaka chino. ” Boschulte anawonjezera kuti, "zokopa alendo zimapanga 60% ya Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ya Zilumba zitatu za Territory kotero kuti zotsatira zake pa chuma chonse ndi zazikulu."

Bwanamkubwa Bryan, Commissioner Boschulte, dipatimenti yowona za zokopa alendo ndi Port Authority adaombera m'manja kuchokera kwa a Russell Benford a Royal Caribbean Group omwe adawunikira njira zoyendetsera bizinesi yapamadzi kuti ateteze malo awo pamsika womwe ukuyambanso. Gululi lidabweretsanso zinthu zina zofunika zomwe zidabwera chifukwa cha mliriwu, kuphatikiza kusintha kwamayendedwe komanso kulimbikitsa kukulitsa mgwirizano wachigawo ku Caribbean. "Bungwe la Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) likuchita ntchito yodabwitsa kuwonetsetsa kuti komwe akupita kuderali sakupikisana wina ndi mnzake," adatero Boschulte. “Sitima zapamadzi sizingopita kumalo amodzi m'derali koma m'malo ambiri choncho kugwira ntchito limodzi n'kofunika kwambiri kuti zilumba za Caribbean ziziyenda bwino. Pamodzi, tikupanga zisankho mwachangu, kukambirana zambiri, ndikugwirira ntchito limodzi,” adatero.

Pazochitika zamasiku anayi, mamembala omwe akuimira Dipatimenti Yoona za Tourism ndi Virgin Islands Port Authority akumana ndi oimira akuluakulu ochokera ku makampani oyendetsa maulendo apanyanja, ogulitsa, ndi atolankhani, kumanga maubwenzi atsopano ndi kulimbikitsa akale kuti apitirize kukulitsa chikhalidwe cha gawoli monga otsogolera. doko ku Caribbean.