NEW YORK - Gawo lazokopa alendo ku Barbados lakonzedwanso ndi boma latsopano la Prime Minister David Thompson. Pali chiyembekezo kuti utsogoleri wake limodzi ndi Minister of Tourism, Richard Sealy, ndi wapampando wa Barbados Tourism Authority, Ralph Taylor, zipangitsa kusintha kwakukulu kwabungwe komwe kukufunika kuti akhazikitsenso malowa pamsika.
Ngakhale osewera akumaloko akusamala za misonkho yomwe yangoperekedwa kumene pazakumwa zoledzeretsa komanso chiwongola dzanja chokwera kwambiri cha zilolezo zoyendetsa alendo, Prime Minister, yemwenso ndi nduna ya zachuma, awonetsa chidziwitso chotsitsimula kufunikira kwa zokopa alendo pachuma cham'deralo komanso chidwi. kufunitsitsa kuteteza ndi kulimbikitsa mtundu wa Bajan.
Malinga ndi malipoti atolankhani akumaloko sabata yatha pa bajeti, Barbados iwononga ndalama zina zokwana US $ 5 miliyoni ndikuyikanso chilumbachi m'misika yotsika mtengo yoyendera alendo, pomwe zololeza ndi zolimbikitsa zikukonzekera kuthandizira kulimbikitsa bizinesi monga kutsika kwamitengo yamafuta komanso kusatsimikizika kwa ndege. adayambitsa mtambo pa zokopa alendo.
Komabe zokopa alendo za ku Caribbean zakhala zikuyambiranso kuwopseza kukhazikika kwake, kuchokera ku mphepo yamkuntho mpaka kugwa kwapaulendo kutsatira ziwopsezo zowopsa za Seputembara 11 mpaka upangiri wapaulendo wapakatikati. Chifukwa chake mwina namondwe uyu, wonyamula mphepo yamkuntho yamakina amafuta ndi gasi, adutsanso.
Kukonzekera kwa msonkhano woyamba wa Caribbean Tourism Summit ku Washington DC mu June ndi msonkhano wa Akuluakulu a boma a CARICOM ku Antigua mwezi uno onse akupereka zifukwa zokhalira ndi chiyembekezo. Akuluakulu adalengeza kuti akufuna kuukitsanso ntchito zotsatsa malonda ku Caribbean mpaka $60 miliyoni pachaka. Yemwe anali tcheyamani wa Federal Reserve Bank, Dr. Alan Greenspan anauza nthumwi za ku Washington kuti: “Muli ndi chimodzi mwa zinthu zofunika kwambiri zokopa alendo chifukwa cha kukongola kwanu kwachilengedwe,” ndipo analimbikitsa anthu a m’derali kuti “apitirize kuugogomezera.”
Komabe, kuchoka kwaposachedwa kwa czar dera la zokopa alendo Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace ku malo a Mlembi Wamkulu wa Caribbean Tourism Organization, monga iye akutenga mbiri ya Minister of Tourism ndi Aviation mu nduna ya Bahamian, kusiya utsogoleri wanthawi yochepa chabe. kubwerera m'mbuyo kwa zokopa alendo m'madera.
Koma chomwe chili cholimbikitsa kwambiri ndi chidwi cha PM Thompson pa chinthu china chofunikira - a Caribbean Diaspora omwe akuti adapempha Barbados Tourism Authority kuti atsogolere zoyeserera, "kuti akope abwenzi ambiri a Barbados okhala kutsidya lina ngati alendo ku Barbados."
Pamene olinganiza zokopa alendo akufika pachimake kuti agulitse malo omwe akupitako, tikuyembekeza kuti chuma chokwanira chidzapezeka kuti chilowe mumsika wotukuka woterewu mokomera chuma cha dziko. Kuwunika kwazamalamulo kungakhale kofunikira kuti muchepetse kuwononga ndalama zochulukirapo pamsika zomwe zimayenderana ndi Barbados, komanso malo ena, kuti zinthu zatsopano zizitumizidwa kumisika yomwe ikubwera.
Mawu otsatsira monga Barbados' "Zovuta kufika, zovuta kwambiri kuchoka" ziyenera kusiyidwa chifukwa cha malingaliro ake oipa, pamene njira zatsopano zomwe zimalimbikitsa anthu a dzikolo, ma rums ake, zakudya zake ndi zikondwerero zikuyambika mwamsanga. Tsopano, kodi ndege ya maola anayi ndi theka kuchokera ku New York kupita ku Barbados ingapangitse kukhala "kovuta kufikako?"
Barbados ikuyeneranso kuyang'ana ngati iwo omwe alephera m'malo ena oyang'anira zokopa alendo zaka zingapo zapitazi aloledwe kupitiliza. Zomwe chilumbachi chikufunikira kwambiri ndikukopa - osati kukana - zina mwazinthu zopanga komanso zachangu za anthu kunyumba ndi kunja kuti zithandizire kuyikanso mawonekedwe ake pamsika.
Barbados kapena Little England, momwe chilumbachi chimatchulidwira nthawi zina, chimadziwika kuti ndi limodzi mwa mayiko okonda zachilengedwe ku Caribbean - komabe ndi nsanje ya oyandikana nawo ambiri. Koma m'nyengo yamasiku ano yazachuma, njira zotsitsimutsa malonda, kulimbikitsa kukula ndi kuika chilumbachi ngati malo opitira ku bajeti zonse ndi zokonda, ziyenera kukhala zosasintha.
Njira yatsopano idzakhala yovuta, koma ndi njira yaukali ndi machenjerero anzeru, kupambana kumatsimikizika. Kwa inu, Mr. PM ndi gulu lanu latsopano.
