Anagwira madera ambiri ndi ntchito za mautumiki; apa tikugawana zomwe adagawana mwachindunji za zokopa alendo.
Madam Speaker, olemekezeka anzanga, ndayima pamaso panu lero kuti ndithetse mkangano wachigawo wa chaka cha 2023-2024. Ndi mwayi waukulu kugwira ntchito imeneyi. Ndikufuna kuthokoza mochokera pansi pamtima, m'malo mwa boma, kwa onse omwe adadzipereka nthawi ndi mphamvu zawo kuti aperekepo mwayi pamkanganowu.
Tasanthula zinthu zambiri zomwe zimafuna chidwi chathu ndikuchitapo kanthu pakukambiranaku. Takambirana zakufunika kokonzanso chisamaliro chaumoyo kuti zitsimikizire kuti nzika zathu zikukhala bwino.
Takambirana za njira zolimbikitsira kukula kwachuma ndikukhazikitsa mwayi wantchito kwa anthu athu. Tafufuza njira zolimbikitsira maphunziro athu ndikukonzekeretsa achinyamata athu maluso omwe amafunikira kuti achite bwino m'dziko lomwe likukula mwachangu. Tafufuza njira zachitetezo ndi zamalamulo zomwe cholinga chake ndi kulimbikitsa chitetezo cha anthu athu komanso kuteteza ufulu wa anthu athu. Izi ndi zitsanzo zochepa chabe za nkhani zovuta zomwe zidaperekedwa patsogolo pamkanganowu.
Ndikuthokoza anzanga olemekezeka a ku Nyumba Yamalamulo chifukwa cha zopereka zawo zamtengo wapatali mumkangano wa chaka chino. Ndikufuna kuthokoza Prime Minister Wolemekezeka Andrew Holness chifukwa cha utsogoleri wake wokhazikika komanso wodalirika komanso Madam Sipikala, kukuthokozani kochokera pansi pamtima, chifukwa cha kudzipereka kwanu kosasunthika kutsogolera ntchito zanyumba yamalamulo ya dziko lathu ndi luso komanso kudzipereka kwapadera. Ndikufunanso kuthokoza kwa Wachiwiri kwa Mtsogoleri wa Bizinesi ya Boma, Wolemekezeka Olivia Babsy Grange chifukwa chogwira ntchito nthawi zonse ndi Mlembi ndi antchito akhama a Nyumba Yolemekezekayi, omwe apitiliza kupereka ntchito yofunikira kwa atolankhani. Nyumba.
Pamene tikumaliza mkangano wachigawowu ndikofunikira kuti tilingalire ndi kutsindika zina zomwe zidanenedwa.
Ngakhale kuti n’zosatheka kufotokoza mfundo iliyonse mwatsatanetsatane, ndikufuna kuvomereza khalidwe lapadera la mafotokozedwewo ndikuyamikira okamba nkhani chifukwa cha kudzipereka kwawo ndi ukatswiri wawo. Kuzama kwa chidziwitso ndi mzimu wa zokambirana zolimbikitsa zomwe zidalowa mkanganowu zatithandiza kumvetsetsa zovuta ndi mwayi womwe uli patsogolo pathu.
Mayi Sipikala, ndisanalowe m'zambiri zina zomwe zidakambidwa mumkangano wachigawo, ndikufuna ndifotokoze mwachidule zina zazikuluzikulu. zotukuka m'makampani okopa alendo, kupitirira zomwe ndinanena kale mu gawo langa la gawo.
Tourism Portfolio
Summer Tourism Boom - alendo 2 miliyoni mpaka pano chaka chino
Madam Speaker, asanamalize miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ya chaka chino, alandira kale 2 miliyoni yoyima ndi alendo oyenda panyanja omwe adapeza ndalama zokwana US $ 2 biliyoni, zomwe ndi 18% kuposa zomwe amapeza mu 2019 nthawi yomweyo. Madam Speaker, tisadabwe nazo Jamaica akuyembekezera zabwino nyengo yachilimwe alendo konse. Izi zidatsimikizidwanso ndi zomwe ndidatsogolera ku New York City, Miami ndi Atlanta mwezi uno.
Zochitazo zidaphatikizanso misonkhano ndi zokambirana ndi otsogola okhudzidwa ndi zokopa alendo m'magawo ang'onoang'ono oyendetsa ndege, apaulendo ndi oyendera alendo kuphatikiza Delta Airlines, Royal Caribbean Gulu ndi Expedia. Kuwonjeza pamenepo kunali kuyankhulana kwapawailesi yakanema, wailesi, digito ndi zosindikizira zapawayilesi kuphatikiza ndi zochitika zapamwamba ndi Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), World Bank ndi George Washington University.
Madam Speaker, Jamaica ikukweranso m'chilimwe cha 2023 kusungitsa maulendo apandege ndi 33% poyerekeza ndi chilimwe cha 2022 malinga ndi zomwe zidaperekedwa ndi imodzi mwamakampani otsogola padziko lonse lapansi osanthula deta yapaulendo, ForwardKeys.
Madam Speaker, izi zikungolimbikitsidwa chifukwa mipando yandege yokwana 1.4 miliyoni yatetezedwa munyengo yachilimwe, zomwe zikuyimira chiwonjezeko cha 16% poyerekeza ndi zomwe zidachitika kale mu 2019. Msika waukulu waku Jamaica, United States of America, watsekedwa. 1.2 miliyoni mwa mipandoyi. Madam Speaker, zinthu zonyamula ndege zanyengo yachilimwe zikuyenda pafupifupi 90 peresenti!
Mneneri, Unduna wa za Tourism ndi mabungwe ake akupitiliza kukhazikitsa mapologalamu ofunikira kuti tikhazikitse gawo lazokopa alendo lophatikizana, lokhazikika komanso lokhazikika m'nthawi ya COVID-19.
Ndine wokondwa kufotokoza zina mwazinthu zazikuluzikuluzi, motere:
• Ndife okondwa kukhala ndi Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) ngati bwenzi laukadaulo pomwe Unduna wanga ukukonza njira yolimba komanso yodziwika bwino ya Tourism Strategy & Action Plan, yomwe idzakhala njira yoyendetsera ntchito zokopa alendo. Njirayi ikuyang'ana nkhani zofunika kwambiri za kukula kwachuma ndi kuphatikizika, kukhazikika kwa chilengedwe, kusunga chikhalidwe, chitukuko cha anthu, ndi kusunga mgwirizano pakati pa khalidwe la mlendo ndi moyo wa nzika zathu.
• Njira yoyendera alendo ili ndi ubwino wake monga mgwirizano wake. Chifukwa chake, mgwirizano ndi omwe akukhudzidwa nawo kwambiri komanso ogwira nawo ntchito zokopa alendo ndikofunikira pakuchita izi. Pachifukwa ichi, tayamba zokambirana zapazilumba zambiri kuti tipeze mayankho ofunikira komanso zidziwitso zomwe zingathandize kukonza njira zoyendetsera ntchito zokopa alendo zamtsogolo. Takhala tikuchita kale misonkhano yopambana ku Montego Bay ndi Port Antonio ndi zokambirana zomwe zikuchitika ku Ocho Rios. Maphunziro m'malo ena achisangalalo achitika kuyambira pano mpaka Seputembala.
• Zoyesayesa zomaliza za Dongosolo la Chitsimikizo cha Destination Assurance Framework and Strategy (DAFS) zikupitilirabe. Madam Speaker, DAFS ili ndi njira zokopa alendo zomwe zidzatithandize kukwaniritsa lonjezo kwa alendo athu a ulendo wotetezeka, wotetezeka komanso wopanda malire, womwe ndi wolemekezeka kwa anthu ndi chilengedwe. Yavomerezedwa ndi Bungwe la nduna ngati Green Paper kuti akambiranenso ndi kumalizidwa ngati White Paper.
• Tapangana zokambirana ndi anthu onse ndi cholinga chomaliza ndondomeko ya ndondomeko ndi ndondomeko ngati White Paper kuti ikaperekedwe kunyumba yamalamulo mchaka chandalama chomwe chilipo. Madam Speaker, 95% ya zokambirana za okhudzidwa zatha ndipo misonkhano isanu ndi umodzi ya holo yamatawuni ikuchitika kale ku Negril, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Treasure Beach, Mandeville ndi Kingston. Adzapitirira kumapeto kwa sabata ino ndi zokambirana ku Portland ndi St. Thomas.
• Madam Speaker, gulu loyamba la Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) Tourism Innovation Incubator initiative kwatsala miyezi ingapo kuti pulogalamu yawo ithe. Otenga nawo gawo makumi atatu ndi asanu ndi awiri omwe akuyimira magulu 11 okhala ndi malingaliro apadera abizinesi 11 akutenga nawo gawo pakampaniyi.
• Pulogalamu ya miyezi 10 idzatha ndi zochitika zomwe zikuyembekezeredwa kwambiri pamene otenga nawo mbali adzafika ku gulu la anthu omwe angakhale nawo mabizinesi, osunga ndalama ndi mabungwe opereka ndalama. Cholinga cha chochitika ichi ndikupeza chidwi chokwanira kuchokera kwa omwe akukhudzidwa nawo, zomwe, mwachiyembekezo, zidzabweretsa makonzedwe abizinesi. Pitch Event ikuyembekezeka kuchitika mu Seputembara 2023.
Pakutha kwa pulogalamuyi, otenga nawo mbali akadatsimikizira malingaliro awo abizinesi, kutsimikiza kuti apitilize monga momwe adakonzera kapena kusintha, ndipo, nthawi zina, apanga mabizinesi awo kuti agwire ntchito mokwanira. Pakadali pano, Madam Speaker, otenga nawo mbali atha kukhala ndi mwayi wopeza imodzi kapena kuphatikiza njira zotsatirazi:
1. Mgwirizano wamalonda
2. Kupeza (bizinesi imagulidwa kuchokera kwa otenga nawo mbali)
3. Pezani ndalama kudzera mu Tourism Innovation Facility
• Madam Speaker, chiyambireni kuperekedwa kwa ndalama zokwana $100 miliyoni kwa anthu omwe amaliza bwino ntchito ya Tourism Innovation Challenge, gulu la TEF lakhala likugwira ntchito mwakhama kuti lipeze mgwirizano ndi zivomerezo zoyendetsera ntchitoyi. Izi zidzakhala kuphatikiza kwa ngongole ndi thandizo. Chiwongola dzanjacho chidzakhala pa chiwongola dzanja chochepa kwambiri.
• Mgwirizano wofunikira walembedwa ndipo uperekedwa ku nduna kuti ivomerezedwe komaliza. Malowa ayamba kugwira ntchito pofika kotala lachitatu la chaka chandalama chino.
Phunziro la Tourism Economic Impact
Madam Speaker, pokhala ndi luso loyendetsa ntchito zokopa alendo kudzera mu mliriwu, Boma likhala ndi njira zopezera umboni kuti lipange zisankho za momwe lingakwaniritsire phindu lazachuma, chikhalidwe, chilengedwe ndi zomangamanga pazachuma.
M’chaka chomwe chikubwerachi, Unduna wanga uchita kafukufuku wa Tourism Economic Impact Study, yomwe cholinga chake ndi kudziwa mmene chuma, chuma, chikhalidwe ndi chilengedwe chidzakhudzire kukula kwa zipinda 15,000 mpaka 20,000 kuti ziwonjezere kuchuluka kwa zipinda zomwe zilipo ku Jamaica.
Madam Speaker, zolinga zake ndi izi:
• Kuzindikiritsa ndi kuunikira zotsatira zomwe zikuyembekezeka pa Gross Domestic Product, Foreign Exchange Earnings, Investment, and Government Revenue and Expenditure;
• Kupeza ndi kuwunika zotsatira zomwe zikuyembekezeka pazachuma ndi ntchito (zachindunji ndi zina);
• Kupeza ndi kuunikira zotsatira zomwe zikuyembekezeka kukhudza mbali zazikulu monga zaulimi, zomangamanga, zopanga zinthu ndi zosangalatsa;
• Kupeza ndi kuunikira zotsatira zomwe zikuyembekezeka pakufunika kwa zomangamanga, chilengedwe ndi anthu (makamaka nyumba, zoyendera ndi zosangalatsa);
• Perekani malingaliro ochepetsera mavuto omwe angakhalepo pamene mukugwiritsa ntchito zabwino; ndi
• Perekani umboni wodalirika wodziwitsa anthu za kufunika kwa ntchito zokopa alendo ku Jamaica.
Madam Speaker, uku ndiye kuwonjezeka kwachulukidwe kwa zipinda, kwakanthawi kochepa kwambiri m'mbiri ya Jamaica. Imayimira mphindi yosinthika mwapadera. Tiyenera kutenga mphindi kuti tipeze phindu lalikulu lazachuma komanso chikhalidwe.
Kulimbitsa Mgwirizano
Madam Speaker, bungwe la Tourism Linkages Network, lomwe lili pansi pa thumba la Tourism Enhancement Fund, lakula ndikuphatikiza mafakitale osiyanasiyana omwe akuthandizira kukula kwa gawo lathu. Ulimi umagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri pothandizira zokopa alendo. Kudzera mu pulogalamu yathu ya Agri-Linkages Exchange (ALEX), alimi ang'onoang'ono amalumikizidwa mwachindunji ndi ogula m'makampani azokopa alendo, zomwe zimapindulitsa alimi akumaloko.
M'miyezi isanu yoyambirira ya chaka chino, alimi adachita bwino kwambiri popanga ndalama pafupifupi $325 miliyoni kudzera papulatifomu ya ALEX. Kupambana kwakukuluku kukuwonetsa kuthekera kwa nsanja polumikiza alimi ndi omwe angathe kugula ndikupanga mwayi wotukuka. Kuphatikiza apo, mchaka chatha cha 2022, tsamba la ALEX lidathandizira kugulitsa zokolola zaulimi zamtengo wopitilira $330 miliyoni. Kupambana kumeneku sikungowonetsa kupambana kwa nsanja komanso kutsindika zabwino zomwe zakhala nazo pa moyo wa alimi 1,733 ndi ogula 671 olembetsa.
Madam Speaker, tidapanga buku la Agricultural Food Safety Manual ndikuchita zokambirana ndi alimi oposa 400. Kudzera mu maukonde a Tourism Linkages, kusowa kwa madzi ndi nthawi ya chilala zidadziwika ngati zolepheretsa alimi ammudzi omwe amapereka ntchito zokopa alendo. Kuti zimenezi zitheke, tinapereka matanki a madzi kwa alimi a ku St. Elizabeth, St. James, St. Ann, ndi Trelawny. Mugawo loyamba, matanki 50 anaperekedwa kwa alimi a ku St. Elizabeth ndipo 20 kwa alimi a ku St. Mugawo lachiwiri, matanki 200 adaperekedwa kwa alimi a St. Ann ndi Trelawny. Tidzapitiliza ntchitoyi mu 2023 kuti tithandizire alimi ang'onoang'ono ambiri, ndikufalitsa phindu la zokopa alendo.
Pulogalamu Yokonzekera Ntchito Yoyendera
Madam Speaker, gawo la zokopa alendo likupitilirabe kusokonezedwa ndi mavuto a ntchito.
Gulu lophunzitsira la Undunawu, bungwe la Jamaica Center of Tourism Innovation (JCTI), poyankha izi, likupereka njira yokopa anthu atsopano komanso kuwathandiza kukonzekera ntchito zomwe zilipo. Madam Speaker, ndi thandizo lochokera kwa anzawo, bungwe la JCTI likukonzekera kulemba anthu a m'timu mwa ophunzira omwe amaliza maphunziro awo kusekondale mu June ndi July 2023. Cholinga chake ndi kukopa anthu 2,000 mpaka 3,000.
Bungwe la Tourism Enhancement Fund, lomwe bungwe la JCTI ndi gawo lake, lapempha bungwe la HEART NSTA Trust kuti likhazikitse Pulogalamu Yokonzekera Ntchito makamaka kwa omwe angoyamba kumene kulowa nawo ntchito zokopa alendo. Ochita bwino adzalandira Sitifiketi ya NCTVET.
Mayi Sipikala, kuwonjezera pa ntchito zopambanazi, pulogalamu ya Hospitality & Tourism Management (HTM) ndi gawo lina lofunika kwambiri la ndondomeko ya Boma ya Human Capital Development. Mu June chaka chatha ophunzira 99 akusekondale anamaliza pulogalamu ya zaka ziwiri ndipo analandira ziphaso zawo kuchokera ku American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute. M'modzi mwa ana awo ochokera ku Anchovy High School ku St. James adapeza bwino kwambiri- 100 mwa 100! Onse tsopano ali ndi ntchito m'gawoli.
Gulu 3 lili ndi ophunzira 303 m'masukulu apamwamba 14 m'dziko lonselo. 150 mwa ophunzirawa, omwe ali ndi zaka 18 kapena kuposerapo, akuchita maphunziro awo ku Sandals, Altamont Court, AC Marriott ndi Golf View Hotel. Ogwira ntchito m’mahotela anasangalala kukumana ndi achinyamatawa ndipo onse aikidwa m’dipatimenti imene asankha. Tili ndi chidaliro kuti ophunzirawa akamaliza maphunzirowa, alowa nawo mapologalamu opititsa patsogolo maphunziro kapena adzagwira ntchito pazigawozi.
Zokopa Zamagulu - Trench Town's Vin Lawrence Park
Madam Speaker, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) yadzipereka ku ntchito zokopa alendo, zomwe zimapitilira malo omwe alendo ambiri amakumana nazo komanso kulowa mkati mwa madera angapo. Popanga ndalama zopititsa patsogolo ntchito zokopa alendo, TPCo imazindikira kuthekera kotukuka kwachuma, kupanga ntchito, ndi kusunga chikhalidwe cha chikhalidwe.
Tsopano Madam Speaker, pamene tikupitiriza kugwira ntchito ndi madera kuti awonjezere kutenga nawo gawo pa zokopa alendo, ndili wokondwa kugawana nanu chitukuko chodabwitsa chomwe chikulonjeza kusintha chikhalidwe cha Trench Town ndi kukopa alendo ochokera kufupi ndi kutali. Malo otchedwa Vin Lawrence Park, omwe kale anali malo osagwiritsidwa ntchito mocheperapo, adatsitsimutsidwanso kuti akhale likulu la kumizidwa pazikhalidwe komanso kupezeka. Kusintha uku kumadutsa zowonjezera zakuthupi; ikuyimira chikondwerero cha mbiri yakale ya Trench Town, zaluso, komanso kulimba mtima. Alendo adzakhala ndi mwayi wofufuza pamtima ndi m'mitima ya anthu ammudzi uno, akudziwonera okha nyimbo, zaluso, zakudya, komanso nkhani zokopa. Alendo akamayendayenda m'misewu ya pakiyi, amajambula zithunzi zowoneka bwino zomwe zatuluka ku Trench Town, monga Bob Marley ndi Peter Tosh. Zithunzi zazikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzikuluzanyimbo zomwe zinabadwira mdera lino.
Madam Speaker, kuchuluka kwa alendo kudzakopa malonjezo obweretsa moyo ku chuma cha m'deralo, kuthandizira mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono, ndikulimbikitsa kunyada pakati pa anthu ammudzi.
Tsogolo la Tourism
Madam Speaker, ndikuwonetsanso mwachidule za mphambano yaukadaulo ndi zokopa alendo. Kupita patsogolo kwaukadaulo kukusintha makampani oyendayenda. Monga opanga malamulo, tiyenera kuvomereza kusinthaku kuti tiwongolere zomwe wapaulendo akukumana nazo. Tsogolo la ntchito zokopa alendo lidzasinthidwa ndi nzeru zamakina ndi intaneti ya Zinthu. Mothandizana ndi Banki Yadziko Lonse, tipanga kafukufuku wachigawo pa “Future of Tourism in the Caribbean.” Phunziroli lititsogolera pakupanga malo okhazikika komanso ophatikizika oyendera alendo ku Caribbean.
kutseka
Pomaliza, a Hon. Mtumiki Bartlett adati: Madam Speaker, masomphenya athu ku Jamaica ndi kupita patsogolo, kutukuka, komanso kuphatikiza. Tikukhalabe odzipereka kuwonetsetsa kuti palibe amene atsala, kuti aliyense waku Jamaica ali ndi mwayi, komanso kuti dziko lathu likuchita bwino pamipikisano yapadziko lonse lapansi. Tonse, tiyeni tigwirizane ndi zovuta zomwe zikubwera, mogwirizana pakutsimikiza kwathu kumanga tsogolo labwino la Jamaica.
Ndikupereka kuthokoza kwanga kwa mamembala onse a nyumba yolemekezekayi, ogwira ntchito m'boma, ndi anthu a ku Jamaican chifukwa cha thandizo lawo losagwedezeka ndi kudzipereka ku zolinga zomwe tagawana nazo. Ndi khama lathu limodzi, ndili ndi chidaliro kuti tidzapambana kwambiri m'chaka chomwe chikubwerachi.
