US Virgin Islands Department of Tourism idachitira umboni dzulo pa Nyumba Yamalamulo ku US kumvetsera bajeti yapachaka, kuwonetsa zotsatira zamphamvu zokopa alendo za Chaka Chachuma cha 2022.

M'chaka cha 2023 Budget Hearing yomwe inachitika pa Julayi 13, Commissioner of Tourism Joseph Boschulte adapatsa Nyumba ya Seneti mfundo zazikuluzikulu zomwe makampani achita bwino komanso bajeti yovomerezeka ya Chaka Chachuma cha 2023 zomwe zipangitsa kuti dipatimentiyi ipitilize kukulitsa bwino bizinesi yokopa alendo. kulimbikitsa USVI ngati malo ochezera ku Caribbean. Anakambirana mwachidule za njira zowonjezerera ndalama ndi ntchito m'magulu akuluakulu okopa alendo, kuphatikizapo maulendo a ndege, maulendo apanyanja ndi malo ogona, komanso kukulitsa misika yapanyanja ndi mayiko.

Pa nthawi ya mliri, a ntchito zokopa alendo anali "malo owala pachuma cha US Virgin Islands," adatero Boschulte. "Zokopa alendo zimatengera 60 peresenti ya GDP yathu (ndi) zowonetsa zamakampani zikuwonetsa kuti kukula kwa zokopa alendo kudzapitilira mu 2022 ndi 2023, mothandizidwa ndi kutsitsimuka kwa maulendo apanyanja."

Kumayambiriro kwamphamvu kwa 2022, Boschulte adati, ofika kotala loyamba adafika 153 peresenti poyerekeza ndi nthawi yomweyi mu 2021. Chaka chino, alendo 452,764 adafika pakati pa Januware mpaka Marichi 2022. Izi zikutsatira zomwe zidachitika bwino mu 2021. Chaka chandalama chomwe chinawonjezeka ndi 96.7 peresenti ya ofika m'ndege ndi 27.7 peresenti ya okhala m'mahotela kuyambira chaka chatha. Boschulte adati izi ndi zomwe dipatimenti ya Tourism idachita mwachangu pambuyo poti ntchito yapamadzi itatsekedwa mu 2020.

Panthawiyo, dipatimentiyo inakulitsa ntchito yake yowonjezereka yokweza maulendo apandege ndi usiku. Zotsatira zake, USVI idakhala malo omwe akuchulukirachulukira okwera ndege zonse ku America pakati pa 2019 ndi 2021. Malinga ndi Transportation Security Administration, ma eyapoti ku St. Croix ndi St. Thomas adalandira okwera 14 peresenti mu February 2022 kuposa omwe adakwera. February 2019.

Kupambana kwandege kumasuliridwa kugawo la malo ogona. Boschulte inanena kuti deta ya malo ogona a STR inasonyeza kuti poyerekeza ndi malo onse a ku Caribbean komwe deta ilipo, USVI inali ndi chiwerengero chapamwamba kwambiri cha anthu okhala m'mahotela a 72.5 peresenti kuyambira June 2021 mpaka May 2022. Territory inatsogoleranso chigawochi ndi chiwerengero chapamwamba kwambiri cha tsiku ndi tsiku. (ADR) ya $637 ndi ndalama pachipinda chilichonse (RevPAR) cha $461.61 nthawi yomweyo.

Ngakhale kuti ulendo wapamadzi udali wopanda ntchito mchaka cha 2021, dipatimenti yowona za zokopa alendo idapitilizabe kugwira ntchito ndi oyang'anira ntchito zapamadzi kuti apange njira zolandirira bizinesiyo mchaka cha 2022. mafoni ndi okwera pafupifupi 23 miliyoni, kuchokera pansi pang'ono 450 (mafoni) ndi okwera pafupifupi 1.4 mu FY250," adatero Boschulte.

Zochitika zina zazikulu za Chaka Chachuma cha 2022 zikuphatikiza kukula kwa zokopa alendo zapamadzi ndi zamasewera. Ntchito zokopa alendo zamasewera zidaphatikizapo zochitika zapanyanja zapadziko lonse lapansi, masewera a basketball aku koleji, mpikisano wa tennis, komanso kutenga nawo gawo mu Edition ya Sports Illustrated's 2022 Swimsuit Edition. Chotsatiracho chinali chipwirikiti chachikulu cha USVI Tourism, kukulitsa kuwonekera kwamtundu kudzera pazithunzi 21 biliyoni zapa media padziko lonse lapansi.

Ponena za makampani apanyanja, zomwe zimathandizira pachaka mwachindunji komanso mosalunjika pachuma cha USVI zikuyembekezeka kuyandikira $ 100 miliyoni mchaka chomwe chikubwera. M'chaka cha 2021, The Moorings, imodzi mwamakampani otsogola kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi obwereketsa ma boti, idakhazikitsa ntchito ku St. Thomas panthawiyi.

Zina mwa njira zazikulu zomwe dipatimenti ya Tourism idapanga mu FY 2022 ndipo ipitilira mu FY 2023:

Ndege

Wonjezerani mayendedwe apandege kuchokera m'malo omwe alipo ndikuwonjezera zipata zatsopano mkati ndi kunja

Nyumbayi

Kuchulukitsa kukhala usiku wonse mpaka FY 2023
Kulitsani ndalama zamisonkho zokhala m'zipinda kudzera m'mahotela ndikugawana malo ogona

zimafika

Yambitsani zoyeserera kuti mupindule ndikukulitsa gawo la bizinesi yapamadzi, kuphatikiza kulimbitsa mgwirizano ndi maulendo apanyanja komanso ndi Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA).
Kuwonjeza okwera 70 peresenti ochulukirapo akubwera ku Crown Bay pa St. Thomas ndikuchulukitsa katatu ziwerengero za St. Croix mu 2023

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