M’mawu ake otsegulira, Nduna Bartlett analankhula kwa Madam Speaker ponena kuti: “Ndayimirira m’Nyumba Yolemekezeka ino masana ano kuti ndisonyeze kupambana kwakukulu kwa Makampani opanga zokopa alendo ku Jamaica, zomwe zikuyimira kukula kwachuma ndi chitukuko. Zomwe zachitika bwino kwambiri pazantchito zokopa alendo sizinangoyika dziko la Jamaica pa mapu apadziko lonse lapansi komanso zathandiza kwambiri kuti chuma chipite patsogolo. ”
Gawo lazokopa alendo ku Jamaica lidakula kwambiri mu 2023, kukopa alendo ochokera padziko lonse lapansi omwe amabwera kudzawona magombe abwino kwambiri, zokopa zapamwamba, chikhalidwe champhamvu, zakudya zabwino, komanso kuchereza alendo. Kuchuluka kwa alendo odzaona kumeneku kwasintha kwambiri pazachuma, ndipo ndalama zomwe zakhala zikuwonjezeka.
Ziwerengero zikusonyeza kuti chilumbachi chiyenera kulemba alendo okwana 4,122,100 m'nyengo ya January mpaka December 2023. Izi zikusonyeza kuwonjezeka kwa 23.7% pa chiwerengero cha alendo omwe adalembedwa mu 2022. zomwe zingawonetse kuwonjezeka kwa 2,875,549% pa chiwerengero cha anthu oima ofika mu 16. Kuphatikiza apo, zikuyembekezeredwa kuti chakachi chidzatha ndi okwera 2022 oyenda panyanja, omwe angawonetse kuwonjezeka kwa 1,246,551% pa chiwerengero cha 46.1.
Izi zikupititsa patsogolo kakulidwe kochititsa kaso ka zokopa alendo, potengera kuchuluka kwa alendo komanso ndalama zomwe amapeza. Jamaica yapita kotala 10 motsatizana kuyambira mliri wa COVID-19 ukuwonetsa kukula kwakukulu, ndipo kutengera ziwerengero zomwe zikufika mpaka pano, zisonyezo zonse zikuwonetsa kuti gawo la 11 liwonetsanso kukula kwakukulu.
Pankhani ya zopeza zokopa alendo, kuchuluka kwa alendo kumeneku kukuyembekezeka kubweretsa ndalama zokwana $4.265 biliyoni mchaka cha 2023, zomwe zikuyimira chiwonjezeko cha 17.8% kuposa ndalama zomwe zidapezeka mu 2022, ndi kukwera kwa 17.2% mchaka chisanachitike mliri wa 2019.
Ngati dzikolo lipitilize kukula mochititsa chidwi chonchi, dzikolo likhala panjira yopitilira chiyerekezo cha alendo okwana 4 miliyoni ndi ndalama zakunja zokwana US$4.1 biliyoni pakutha kwa chaka.
Kugawika kwina kwa zopezazi kuti ziphatikizepo ndalama zachindunji m'nkhokwe zaboma ndi:
- Ndalama zolipirira Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) zomwe zimapita ku Consolidated Fund - US$57.5 miliyoni kapena JA$8.9 biliyoni
- Msonkho Wonyamuka - US $ 100.6 miliyoni kapena JA $ 15.6 biliyoni
- Ndalama Zowongolera Ndege - US $ 28.8 miliyoni kapena JA $ 4.47 biliyoni
- Airline Passenger Levy - US $ 57.5 miliyoni kapena JA $ 8.9 biliyoni
- Ndalama Zokwera ndi Zolipiritsa - US $ 69 miliyoni kapena JA $ 10.7 biliyoni
- GART - US $ 22.6 miliyoni kapena JA $ 3.5 biliyoni
- ZONSE ZABWINO ZABWINO (zonse pamwambapa) - US $ 336 miliyoni kapena JA $ 52 biliyoni
Izi zikuphatikiza ndalama zomwe zimaperekedwa mwachindunji; zomwe sizikuphatikizidwa ndi zina zomwe zimakhala zazikulu kangapo ndipo zimaphatikizapo ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito m'malesitilanti, masitolo, masitolo akuluakulu, ogulitsa ntchito zamanja, zokopa, ogwira ntchito zapansi, otsogolera alendo, ma Airbnbs, zikwi zambiri zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito mwachindunji kapena mwa njira zina ndi kupitirira apo, maulumikizano kupyolera mwa alimi, opanga, ogulitsa, ogulitsa ena, ntchito zomanga, ndi zina zotero.
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
Mgwirizano wanzeru wapititsa patsogolo ntchito zokopa alendo ku Jamaica pomwe zida zidaphatikizidwa, kufalikira kwa msika kumakulitsidwa, ndipo mgwirizano udapangidwa. Kugwirizana ndi makampani oyendetsa ndege, mabungwe oyendera maulendo, ndi maunyolo a hotelo zathandiza kukulitsa chidziwitso chamtundu, kukopa alendo ambiri, komanso kusiyanitsa zochitika za alendo.
Kuphulika kwa msika wapadziko lonse mu 2023 kwakhala kofunikira pakuwonjezeka kwa kufunikira kwa Brand Jamaica komanso kuthandizira kukwera ndege. Izi zinaphatikizapo:
- Argentina, Chile, ndi Peru pomwe chidwi chinali chofuna kupezanso gawo la msika wopindulitsa wa alendo ku South America. Cholinga chake ndikulimbikitsa alendo omwe abwera kuchokera kumsikawu kwa alendo 250,000 pazaka 5 zikubwerazi.
- Eastern Europe Kulimbikitsa Destination Jamaica mkati mwa mpikisano wa 19th World Athletics Championships ku Budapest, Hungary, mu Ogasiti. Kumeneko, Minister of Tourism adakumana ndi oposa 50 ogwira ntchito zokopa alendo, othandizira apaulendo, ndi oyimilira atolankhani kuti akambirane njira yatsopano yomwe Jamaica idzagwirizanitse ndi mayiko aku Central ndi Eastern Europe, kuphatikiza Poland, Georgia, Serbia, ndi Bulgaria, pakati pa ena.
- Canada, komwe mabungwe apamwamba kwambiri, motsogozedwa ndi Ensemble Travel ndi Kensington Tours, adagawana nawo posainira kutsatsa kwatsopano kwa msika wapamwamba kwambiri ku Jamaica "Bwerani ku Jamaica yapamwamba" ku Toronto.
- United Kingdom, kumene Jamaica tsopano ndi malo oyamba opita ku Britain ku Caribbean. Kuchokera ku World Travel Market London, dziko lino lakhazikitsa chandamale chatsopano cholandirira alendo 250,000 ochokera ku UK ndi Ireland pofika 2025.
Malonjezano oyendetsa ndege akupitilira kuwonjezeka, ndipo nyengo yachisanu ya 2023/24 ikuwoneka bwino. Bungwe la Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) likuchitabe mgwirizano wolimba ndi ogwira ntchito paulendo ndi makampani oyendetsa ndege kuti azitha kusungitsa malo m'nyengo yozizira. Pali ndege zatsopano zochokera ku Canada Jetlines, Flair, Frontier Airlines, Norse Atlantic Airways, LATAM Airlines, ndi Southwest Airlines.
Posonyeza chidaliro champhamvu ku Destination Jamaica, mipando yandege yokwana 1.05 miliyoni yatetezedwa kuchokera pafupifupi ndege 6,000 zobwera mdzikolo kuchokera ku United States m'nyengo yachisanu ikubwerayi. Kukwera kwa ndege kukuwonetsa kuwonjezeka kwa 13% m'nyengo yozizira 2022/2023, pomwe mipando yandege yopitilira 923,000 idajambulidwa.
Mpaka pano, ndege 10 zasungitsa ndege 5,914 pazipata zazikulu zaku US zopita ku Sangster International Airport ku Montego Bay ndi Norman Manley International Airport ku Kingston pakati pa Januwale ndi Epulo 2024, ndikuwonjezera zomwe zikuyembekezeredwa patchuthi cha Khrisimasi cha 2023.
Chidaliro cha Investor chimakhalabe cholimba ndipo dziko likuyang'ana zipinda zatsopano za 20,000 muzaka zikubwerazi za 10 mpaka 15, kuphatikizapo zipinda zatsopano za 2,000 mu 2024. Zomwe zikuyembekezeka kuti ziyambe chaka chamawa ndi zipinda zoyamba za 1,000 za chipinda cha 2,000 cha Princess Grand Jamaica, ndi 753 chipinda Riu Palace Aquarelle, ndi 450 chipinda Unico Hotel ku Montego Bay.
Ku World Travel Market London mu Novembala, adalengezedwa kuti akutuluka pamsonkhano womwe gulu lodziwika bwino la hotelo lapadziko lonse lapansi, Lopesan, lodziwika ndi malo ake ochititsa chidwi a zipinda zopitilira 17,000 ku Europe, Asia, ndi Caribbean, likufuna kupanga 1,000. -Chipinda chapamwamba pachilumbachi. Ntchitoyi ikuyembekezeka kubweretsa ntchito zoposa 2,500 zachindunji kapena zosalunjika, ndipo zidzakhudza alimi ambiri, opanga, mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono, ndi ena onse omwe akuchita nawo gawo.
Kupitilira izi, Jamaica ilinso ndi ndalama zamphamvu zomwe zikubwera posachedwa, zochokera ku bizinesi yaku Jamaica, Thailand, Middle East, Mexico, komanso zokonda ku Europe.
KUPANGA MAULULULU NDI MTIMA WA ANTHU
Kupitilira pazokhudza zake zenizeni, bizinesi yoyenda bwino yokopa alendo yakhala yolimbikitsa magawo ena azachuma. Mabizinesi akumaloko, kuyambira m’malesitilanti ndi zokopa mpaka alimi ndi opanga zinthu, apita patsogolo chifukwa akusamalira zosowa zosiyanasiyana za alendo. Izinso zalimbikitsa kukula kwa ulimi, mayendedwe, ndi ntchito zosiyanasiyana.
Mgwirizano wa mgwirizano pakati pa zokopa alendo ndi magawowa wapangitsa kuti pakhale chitukuko cholimba cha zachuma. Kuphatikiza apo, zotsatira zake zabwino zimangowonjezera phindu lachuma. Kuyika ndalama muzomangamanga, monga kukweza mayendedwe amayendedwe ndi malo abwinoko, sikumangowonjezera mwayi wa alendo komanso kumathandizira chitukuko chonse cha dziko. Kuwonjezeka kwa ndalama zobwera chifukwa cha ntchito zokopa alendo kumapangitsa kuti pakhale ndalama zambiri pazamaphunziro, zaumoyo, komanso zachitukuko, zomwe zimalimbikitsa moyo wabwino kwa nzika zonse zaku Jamaica.
Izi zikutsimikiziridwa ndi kupambana kwa nsanja ya Agri-Linkages Exchange (ALEX), yomwe yapanga ndalama zokwana $ 1 biliyoni pogulitsa ndi alimi ang'onoang'ono. Awa ndi alimi ang'onoang'ono omwe ali ndi maekala atatu ndi maekala 3 komanso alimi akuseri kwa mahotela ndi malo odyera. Bungwe la ALEX, lomwe ndi mgwirizano pakati pa TEF ndi Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), lasintha mgwirizano pakati pa ogulitsa mahotela ndi alimi.
Izi zikuwonetseredwanso ndi ndalama zobwereketsa ngongole zoyendera alendo kudzera ku Banki ya National Export-Import (EXIM) yomwe idaposa $1 biliyoni mchaka cha 2023. Malo a ngongole a Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (SMTE), omwe amayendetsedwa ndi TEF komanso mothandizidwa ndi EXIM Bank, amasewera. gawo lofunikira kwambiri pakukulitsa kulimba mtima ndi kuthekera kwa ma SMTE mu gawo la zokopa alendo. Ntchitoyi yapatsa mphamvu ochita mabizinesi kuti azitha kupeza ndalama zofikira $25 miliyoni pa chiwongola dzanja chowoneka bwino cha 4.5% kwa zaka 5.
Kudzera m'gulu lachitukuko cha anthu, bungwe la Jamaica Center of Tourism Innovation (JCTI), dzikolo likupitilizabe kupititsa patsogolo maphunziro osalekeza ndikupereka ziphaso kwa anthu ogwira ntchito m'mafakitale pachilumbachi ndikuwapatsa mwayi watsopano. Kuyambira mchaka cha 2017, bungwe la JCTI lapereka ziphaso zaukadaulo kwa anthu opitilira 15,000, zomwe zikulimbikitsa kudzipereka kwa dziko lino pantchito yopititsa patsogolo ntchito zokopa alendo.
The groundbreaking Tourism Workers Pension Scheme (TWPS), yomwe idayamba kugwira ntchito mu Januwale 2022, ikupitilizabe kupereka chitetezo chofunikira kwa ogwira ntchito molimbika m'makampani, omwe tsopano amatha kupuma pantchito mwachitonthozo ndi ulemu kumapeto kwa zaka zawo.
Ndondomeko ya penshoni idachititsa msonkhano wawo woyamba wapachaka mu mawonekedwe osakanizidwa ku Montego Bay Convention Center mu Julayi chaka chino. $ 1 biliyoni idabzalidwa ndi Boma la Jamaica kuti alole kuti phindu lipezeke kwa omwe ali ndi penshoni oyenerera. Zopereka za mamembala ku thumbali tsopano zikupitilira $1 biliyoni pomwe antchito opitilira 9,000 adalembetsa ndipo masauzande ambiri atsala.
MTSOGOLERI WA tourism RESILIENCE
Jamaica ikupitilizabe kuchita gawo lofunikira pakuwongolera kulimba kwa zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi kudzera munjira zake zanzeru komanso kudzipereka kosasunthika kumayendedwe okhazikika okopa alendo. Kudzera mu Global Tourism Resilience & Crisis Management Center (GTRCMC), njira zochepetsera zovuta zakunja, monga masoka achilengedwe ndi zovuta zapadziko lonse lapansi, pazantchito zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi zathandizidwa.
The Hon. Nduna Bartlett posachedwapa wabwera kuchokera ku Dubai komwe adapita ku COP 28, msonkhano wa United Nations Climate Change 2023, ndi atsogoleri apadziko lonse, oimira boma, ndi ena otsogolera, komwe adakambirana za momwe angachepetsere ndikukonzekera kusintha kwa nyengo. Ndunayi inakamba nkhani yaikulu pa Msonkhano wa ku Latin America ndi Caribbean Development Bank (CAF) ya mutu wakuti “We are the Caribbean: We are the Solution.”
Ali kumeneko, nduna idapereka Mphotho zoyambilira za Global Tourism Resilience Awards monga gawo la Mphotho zapachaka za 30 za World Travel Awards, zomwe zimawonedwa ngati ma Oscar amakampani okopa alendo ndi maulendo.
Omwe adalandira mphotho 5 anali mayiko a Qatar; Maldives; ku Philippines; ndi makampani opanga mphamvu ku UAE DP World, kampani ya Emirati yogwira ntchito zamitundu yosiyanasiyana yonyamula katundu, ntchito zamadoko, ntchito zapanyanja, ndi malo ochitira malonda aulere; ndi Dnata, yemwe ndi wotsogola padziko lonse lapansi wopereka ntchito zoyendera ndege ndi maulendo omwe amapereka zonyamula pansi, zonyamula katundu, zoyendera, zopatsa chakudya, ndi zogulitsa m'maiko opitilira 30 m'makontinenti asanu ndi limodzi.
Mphotho ya Global Tourism Resilience Awards imakhala pansi pa utsogoleri wa GTRCMC - thanki yapadziko lonse lapansi yomwe ili ku Jamaica, yokhala ndi ma satelayiti ku Africa, Canada, ndi Middle East.
Jamaica idachoka ndi mphotho zazikulu ziwiri pamwambo wolemekezeka kwambiri wa World Travel Awards: “Dziko Labwino Kwambiri Padziko Lonse la Banja Padziko Lonse” ndi “Malo Oyenda Panyanja Abwino Kwambiri Padziko Lonse.”
Kukambitsirana za kulimba mtima ndi kasamalidwe ka zokopa alendo kupitilirabe ku Jamaica chaka chamawa pachikumbutso chambiri cha United Nations chilengezo cha February 17 ngati Global Tourism Resilience Day, yomwe Jamaica idachita chidwi, pomwe dzikolo lidzakhala ndi gawo lachiwiri la Global Tourism. Msonkhano wa Resilience ku Montego Bay kuyambira February 2-16 monga gawo la zochitika zapadziko lonse lapansi za tsikuli.
Izi zisanachitike, pa February 14, 2024, bungwe la United Nations General Assembly likuyesetsa kuchita zokambirana za Ministerial Resilience Resilience kulimbikitsa kuyesetsa komanso kufalikira kwa uthenga padziko lonse lapansi.
Msonkhano wa Resilience udzasonkhanitsa atsogoleri oganiza bwino padziko lonse lapansi, ophunzira, nduna za boma, akatswiri azachuma, ndi ena omwe akuchita nawo ntchito zokopa alendo ochokera ku Middle East, Africa, ndi Caribbean, motsogozedwa ndi Secretary General wa United Nations World Tourism Organisation. (UNWTO), Zurab Pololikashvili, and Chairman of the UNWTO Executive Council, Olemekezeka Ahmed Al Khateeb, Minister of Tourism for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Msonkhanowu ukukonzedwa pamodzi ndi Unduna wa Zokopa alendo, GTRCMC, Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), International Tourism Investment Conference, Jacobs Media, ndi World Travel Awards.
KUPITIRIRA KUPITIRIRA KUKHALA KWAMBIRI
Jamaica ikulowa m'nyengo yozizira ya 2023/2024 mwamphamvu kwambiri ndipo Minister of Tourism akutsimikiza kuti ikhala nthawi yabwino kwa ofika komanso omwe amapeza. Izi ndi nkhani zabwino kwambiri chifukwa ntchito zokopa alendo ku Jamaica ndizomwe zikupangitsa dzikolo kuti lifike pachimake pazachuma chomwe sichinachitikepo.
Chitukuko cha zokopa alendo chikupitilira kuthandizira kulumikizana kwakuya m'magawo osiyanasiyana, makamaka ndiulimi ndi zopanga, kulimbikitsa mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono, ndikulimbikitsa kuphatikiza kwakukulu kwa anthu amderali pazambiri zokopa alendo.
Dzikoli likuwonetsetsa kuti mipata yolumikizana yolumikizana yomwe zokopa alendo imapanga sizikweza gawo la zokopa alendo komanso dziko lonse lapansi, pamene likupitiliza ulendo wake monga anthu kulimbikitsa zokolola ndikulimbikitsa mtendere, kupita patsogolo, ndi chitukuko.
